Majors must successfully complete the Senior Capstone Experience, which may consist of a comprehensive examination, an original research project (open to students with a 3.5 GPA or higher in the major), or a thesis based on a seminar paper. In each case, students will consult with the faculty advisor(s) to choose the most appropriate Capstone Experience, which must be approved by the faculty advisor(s). The Senior Capstone Experience will be graded Pass, Fail or Honors and should be taken during the semester in which the student plans to graduate.

Designed to develop basic proficiency in aural comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. A native Spanish-speaking assistant serves as tutor for the course.

Designed to develop basic proficiency in aural comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. A native Spanish-speaking assistant serves as tutor for the course.

A learning contract is developed prior to enrollment in an internship. Evaluation of student performance is completed by the faculty mentor based on the fulfillment of the contract terms and written evaluation by the internship site supervisor. Students must work at least 45 hours for each internship credit and be enrolled in the course prior to beginning work. Graded A-F or Pass/Fail.

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An agreement between a sponsoring faculty member and a student researching a topic of interest that is relevant to a student's major or minor. Research is conducted on campus. Students must be enrolled before the research can begin. Graded A-F or Pass/Fail. 45 hours are required per credit.

Review and intensified practice of language skills. Readings cover a wide range of topics in Spanish and Spanish American culture and literature. A native Spanish-speaking assistant serves as tutor for the course.

Review and intensified practice of language skills. Readings cover a wide range of topics in Spanish and Spanish American culture and literature. A native Spanish-speaking assistant serves as tutor for the course.

A learning contract is developed prior to enrollment in an internship. Evaluation of student performance is completed by the faculty mentor based on the fulfillment of the contract terms and written evaluation by the internship site supervisor. Students must work at least 45 hours for each internship credit and be enrolled in the course prior to beginning work. Graded A-F or Pass/Fail.

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An agreement between a sponsoring faculty member and a student researching a topic of interest that is relevant to a student's major or minor. Research is conducted on campus. Students must be enrolled before the research can begin. Graded A-F or Pass/Fail. 45 hours are required per credit.

An agreement between a sponsoring faculty member and a student researching a topic of interest that is relevant to a student's major or minor. Research is conducted off-campus. Students must be enrolled before the research can begin. Graded A-F or Pass/Fail. 45 hours are required per credit.

An agreement between a sponsoring faculty and a student letting the student study a topic of interest not offered at WC. 45 hours are required per credit.

A course designed to improve reading and writing skills and to augment vocabulary through the use of literary and cultural texts, including film. Spanish grammar is thoroughly reviewed with emphasis on those elements of the structure of Spanish that are often the most troubling to non-native learners.

An introduction to Spanish and Latin American literature. This course provides students with the analytic tools that facilitate the reading and interpretation of the literature of Spain and Latin America and their representative authors. The course includes works of poetry, drama, short story, novel, and essay. This class combines key texts from HPS 303 and HPS 304 and prepares HPS majors for their Senior Capstone Experience.

This interdisciplinary course familiarizes students to the varied societies of the Spanish speaking world, including Spain and a variety of Latin American countries in relation to their cultural production. By drawing on art, film, and mass media, students are able to discuss, explore, and contextualize the major themes and issues that have shaped these linguistic communities. The scope and sequence varies by semester depending on the instructor's research area-region.

Designed to give students a foundation in the vocabulary of business and international trade and in the expression of basic business concepts in Spanish. Practice in presenting oral reports on business and cultural topics, in reading business reports and other texts of a cultural nature, and in writing various kinds of business correspondence, including r sum s, memos, and letters. All materials are presented within a cultural context intended to expand the student's knowledge and understanding of the manners and mores of Spain and the Spanish-speaking republics of Latin America, as well as of demographic, geographic, and other data related to those nations.

A study of the evolution (phonological, morphological, semantic, and syntactic of spoken Latin into Castilian through the reading and analysis of medieval texts. The class will also consider the major historical events (social and political that contributed to the formation of modern Spanish. Prerequisite: HPS 301 or 302, or permission of the instructor.

This tutorial continues the development of specific listening, speaking, reading, writing, and critical thinking skills in the target language while majors pursue their language-immersion study abroad program. Students create a portfolio remotely with frequent consultation and feedback from a faculty advisor. The study abroad portfolio is assessed for progress in the student's language learning skills and personal development.

A learning contract is required prior to enrollment. Evaluation of student performance is completed by the faculty mentor based on fulfillment of the contract terms and written evaluation by the internship site supervisor. 45 hours per credit is required.

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An agreement between a sponsoring faculty member and a student, researching a topic of interest that is relevant to a student's major or minor. Research is conducted on campus. 45 hours per credit is required.

An agreement between a sponsoring faculty member and a student researching a topic of interest that is relevant to a student's major or minor. Research is conducted off-campus. 45 hours of credit is required per credit.

An agreement between a sponsoring faculty and a student letting the student study a topic of interest not offered at WC. 45 hours are required per credit.

This course investigates different texts that were read and/or produced in Early Modern Spain around the topics of love, gender, and sex in order to reflect on how we have loved throughout history. It looks at manuals, treatises, and diverse literary genres (poetry, narrative, and theater) that aimed to describe and/or prescribe ways of loving and ways of knowing. The goal is for students to put into practice their literary analytical skills and to reflect on everyday issues that puzzle us, weaken us, and strengthen us: love, sex, and the Other.

Spanning the medieval era to the XVIII century, this course focuses on selective works of history, essay, poetry, prose, and theatre that are representative of literary periods such as Medieval, Golden Age, Baroque, and/or the Enlightenment. This class emphasizes close reading as well as contextual analysis, considering the major historical, social, and political events that contributed to each period formation.

Spanning the pre-hispanic era to the XVIII century, this course focuses on selective works of history, essay, poetry, prose, and theatre that are representative of periods like Pre-Hispanic literature, Colonial Baroque, and/or the Enlightenment. This class emphasizes close reading as well as contextual analysis, considering the major historical, social and political events that contributed to each period formation.

This class introduces students to the process of critical thinking through theoretical works on race and through selected historical and contemporary texts about the legacy of Africa in Latin America and the USA. This course explores the effects of race on the relationship between language and the mind and looks at the intersections of race, gender, class and sexuality as socially constructed practices. Students learn to read, think and write critically about different perspectives on being Afro-American, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Mexican, etc. It considers why race still matters in the so-called post-racial America.

The course explores and contextualizes the historical, cultural, and industrial development of telenovelas from a once regional media object to now a globalized media phenomenon. The course's theoretical and video material will consider the performative role of emotions in shaping national constructs, as well as its effects on representations of gender, class, and political ideologies, promoted not only by the telenovela, but also by the industry it supports.

The course theorizes how the ushering of modernity in Latin America resulted in state censorship and or repression. This process is exemplified through case studies on the experiences of university students in Cuba, Mexico, and Argentina in order to contextualize their role in negotiating and contesting modernity. The course draws from government documents, media, and literary texts to trace student resistance and leadership in paths to non-violence.

A learning contract is required prior to enrollment. Evaluation of student performance is completed by the faculty mentor based on fulfillment of the contract terms and written evaluation by the internship site supervisor. 45 hours per credit is required.

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An agreement between a sponsoring faculty member and a student, researching a topic of interest that is relevant to a student's major or minor. Research is conducted on campus. 45 hours per credit is required.

An agreement between a sponsoring faculty member and a student researching a topic of interest that is relevant to a student's major or minor. Research is conducted off-campus. 45 hours of credit is required per credit.

An agreement between a sponsoring faculty and a student letting the student study a topic of interest not offered at WC. 45 hours are required per credit.