SPA100Y1
Spanish Language for Beginners 26L, 26P, 26T

A comprehensive introduction to Spanish grammar, including a weekly laboratory hour, oral practice in small groups, and selected readings.
Exclusion: OAC Spanish or equivalent knowledge of Spanish

SPA220Y1
Composition and Oral Practice II 52L, 26T

A comprehensive grammar review, development of reading and writing skills, and oral practice in small groups for the intermediate student.
Prerequisite: OAC Spanish/SPA100Y

SPA225Y1
Catalan (formerly SPA325Y) 52L, 26T

The study of Catalan grammar and literary texts provides speaking and reading knowledge of the language. Ramon Llull, Ausi…s March, Tirant lo Blanc. Works of Salvador Espriu, Joan Maragall, and Jacint Verdaguer.

SPA250Y1
Spanish Culture and Civilization 26L, 26T

The political, social, literary, and artistic history of Spain. The intention is to trace, chronologically, patterns and events which assist the student in understanding the conditions that prevail in 20th-century Spain. Lectures and readings in English.

SPA251H1
Catalan Culture and Civilization 26L

The social, political, intellectual, and artistic history of Catalonia. The intention is to trace, chronologically, patterns and events which assist the student in understanding the conditions that prevail in 20th century Catalonia.

SPA257H1
The Spanish Civil War and Hispanic Literature (formerly SPA357H) 26L

The impact of the Civil War on Hispanic writers who were participants and on others who grew up during and after the conflict. Some reference to non-Hispanic writers. (Offered in alternate years)
Co-requisite: SPA220Y
Recommended preparation: SPA258H

SPA258H1
Introduction to Hispanic Literary Studies 26L, 13T

Introduction to university literary studies in Spanish. Critical terminology and methods. Representative selections of modern Spanish and Spanish American prose, poetry, and drama.
Prerequisite: OAC Spanish/SPA100Y
Co-requisite: SPA220Y

SPA299Y1
Research Opportunity Program

Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See page 42 for details.

SPA320Y1
Composition and Oral Practice III 52L, 26T

Study of selected grammatical features and questions of usage with intensive practice in written and oral Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPA220Y

SPA321H1
Spanish Phonetics and Pronunciation 26L, 13T

An introduction to articulatory phonetics, Spanish sound patterns, phonetics, phonology; the basic concepts of phonetic description and transcription; the study of Spanish vowel and consonant systems, stress and intonation. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y

SPA323Y1
Business Spanish 78P

Practical uses of spoken and written Spanish for business contexts. This course builds on grammar and vocabulary knowledge already acquired at the intermediate level, and is directed primarily at students pursuing a second major in Ibero-American Studies or European Studies.
Prerequisite: SPA220Y

SPA350Y1
Golden Age Literature 78L

Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spanish drama, poetry, and prose, with particular attention to Don Quijote.
Prerequisite: SPA220Y
Recommended preparation: SPA258H

SPA380H1
Spanish American Literature: From Conquest to Independence 26L

Literary currents of the colonial period and the 19th century prior to Modernism: the growth of cultural self-expression. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y
Recommended preparation: SPA258H

SPA381H1
Spanish-American Literature from Independence to 1916 26L

Selections from the poetry, short story, novel and essay genres of the period studied to illustrate the role of literature in the pluridisciplinary effort to achieve independence in Spanish America. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y
Recommended preparation: SPA258H

SPA382H1
Women Writers in Spanish America 26L

Themes and textual strategies of representative works by women writers from various parts of Spanish America. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y
Recommended preparation: SPA258H

SPA386H1
The Literature of the Cuban Revolution 26L

A broad selection of the literature underlying and arising from the Cuban Revolution serves as the basis for the study of the relationship between literature and this social phenomenon. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y
Recommended preparation: SPA258H

SPA420H1
Advanced Composition (formerly SPA420Y) 26L, 13T

A course intended to enhance the student's skill in essay writing with intensive practice in writing descriptive and argumentative essays in Spanish from outline to completion of final draft. Study of the development of the organizational aspects of essay writing and the sequence of ideas to develop a coherent essay.
Recommended preparation: SPA320Y

SPA421H1
The Structure of Spanish 26L

Descriptive linguistics as applied to Spanish. A systematic description of the components of language and their realization in Spanish: phonology, morphology and syntax of the simple sentence. Emphasis on the interplay between form and function. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA320Y, 321H or permission of department

SPA423Y1
Practical Translation 52L

Written and oral translation from English to Spanish and from Spanish to English, with texts drawn from fields such as literature, business, politics, and advertising. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA320Y

SPA425H1
History of the Spanish Language 26L

The evolution of Spanish. The dialectalization of Hispano-Latin through inherent linguistic changes and influences from other languages and the development of Castilian into one of the world's most important languages. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y

SPA438H1
Topics in Modern Spanish Literature 26S

A course on a specific topic in modern Spanish literature, designed for advanced students. Course content and instructor are established on a yearly basis.
Prerequisite: Permission of department

SPA450H1
Medieval Spanish Literature 26L

An introduction to medieval prose and verse in historical and critical context.
Prerequisite: SPA220Y
Recommended preparation: SPA258H

SPA456H1
Topics in the Modern Hispanic Novel (formerly SPA456Y) 26L

A comparative view of some of the major novelists from the Hispanic tradition in the 19th and 20th centuries. Lectures in English. Reading in English except for students in Spanish programs. (Offered in alternate years)
Recommended preparation: SPA258H

SPA466H1
Poetry and Society in Contemporary Spanish America 26L

A study of the different currents in 20th-century Spanish American verse with specific reference to their outstanding exponents. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y
Recommended preparation: SPA258H

SPA468H1
Topics in Modern Spanish-American Literature 26S

A course on a specific topic in Spanish American literature, designed for advanced students. Course content and instructor are established on a yearly basis.
Prerequisite: Permission of department

SPA482H1
The 20th-Century Spanish American Novel 26L

The 20th-century Spanish American novel in historical and critical context. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y
Recommended preparation: SPA258H

SPA484H1
Modern Spanish American Cuento 26L

Representative works from the short story genre in the 19th and 20th centuries, including Borges, Cort zar, Rulfo, and others. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SPA220Y
Recommended preparation: SPA258H

SPA490H1/491H1
Independent Study TBA

Individual study with a member of staff on a topic of common interest including readings, discussion and written assignments.
Prerequisite: SPA320Y and written approval of the Undergraduate Coordinator