Majors must successfully complete the SeniorCapstone Experience, which may consist of acomprehensive examination, an original researchproject (open to students with a 3.5 GPA or higherin the major), or a thesis based on a seminarpaper. In each case, students will consult withthe faculty advisor(s) to choose the mostappropriate Capstone Experience, which must beapproved by the faculty advisor(s). The SeniorCapstone Experience will be graded Pass, Fail orHonors and should be taken during the semester inwhich the student plans to graduate.

Designed to develop basic proficiency in auralcomprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Anative Spanish-speaking assistant serves as tutorfor the course.

Designed to develop basic proficiency in auralcomprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Anative Spanish-speaking assistant serves as tutorfor the course.

A learning contract is developed prior toenrollment in an internship. Evaluation of studentperformance is completed by the faculty mentorbased on the fulfillment of the contract terms andwritten evaluation by the internship sitesupervisor. Students must work at least 45 hoursfor each internship credit and be enrolled in thecourse prior to beginning work. Graded A-F orPass/Fail.

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An agreement between a sponsoring faculty memberand a student researching a topic of interest thatis relevant to a student's major or minor.Research is conducted on campus. Students must beenrolled before the research can begin. GradedA-F or Pass/Fail. 45 hours are required percredit.

Review and intensified practice of languageskills. Readings cover a wide range of topics inSpanish and Spanish American culture andliterature. A native Spanish-speaking assistantserves as tutor for the course.

Review and intensified practice of languageskills. Readings cover a wide range of topics inSpanish and Spanish American culture andliterature. A native Spanish-speaking assistantserves as tutor for the course.

A learning contract is developed prior toenrollment in an internship. Evaluation of studentperformance is completed by the faculty mentorbased on the fulfillment of the contract terms andwritten evaluation by the internship sitesupervisor. Students must work at least 45 hoursfor each internship credit and be enrolled in thecourse prior to beginning work. Graded A-F orPass/Fail.

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An agreement between a sponsoring faculty memberand a student researching a topic of interest thatis relevant to a student's major or minor.Research is conducted on campus. Students must beenrolled before the research can begin. GradedA-F or Pass/Fail. 45 hours are required percredit.

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

An agreement between a sponsoring faculty and astudent letting the student study a topic ofinterest not offered at WC. 45 hours are requiredper credit.

A course designed to improve reading and writingskills and to augment vocabulary through the useof literary and cultural texts, including film.Spanish grammar is thoroughly reviewed withemphasis on those elements of the structure ofSpanish that are often the most troubling tonon-native learners.

This course is designed especially to improvespeaking and listening comprehension skills, againthrough the use of cultural and literarymaterials, including film. Emphasis will continueto be placed on vocabulary building and the reviewof Spanish grammar.

An introduction to the literature of LatinAmerica. This course provides students with theanalytic tools that facilitate the reading andinterpretation of the literature of various LatinAmerican countries and their representativeauthors. The course includes works of poetry,drama, short story, novel and film.

An introduction to Spanish literature. Thiscourse provides students with the analytic toolsthat facilitate the reading and interpretation ofthe literature of Spain and its representativeauthors. The course includes works of poetry,drama, short story, novel, and film.

An introduction to Spanish and Latin Americanliterature. This course provides students withthe analytic tools that facilitate the reading andinterpretation of the literature of Spain andLatin America and their representative authors.The course includes works of poetry, drama, shortstory, novel, and essay. This class combines keytexts from HPS 303 and HPS 304 and prepares HPSmajors for their Senior Capstone Experience.

This interdisciplinary course familiarizesstudents to the varied societies of the Spanishspeaking world, including Spain and a variety ofLatin American countries in relation to theircultural production. By drawing on art, film, andmass media, students are able to discuss, explore,and contextualize the major themes and issues thathave shaped these linguistic communities. Thescope and sequence varies by semester depending onthe instructor's research area-region.

Designed to give students a foundation in thevocabulary of business and international tradeand in the expression of basic business conceptsin Spanish. Practice in presenting oral reportson business and cultural topics, in readingbusiness reports and other texts of a culturalnature, and in writing various kinds of businesscorrespondence, including r sum s, memos, andletters. All materials are presented within acultural context intended to expand the student'sknowledge and understanding of the manners andmores of Spain and the Spanish-speaking republicsof Latin America, as well as of demographic,geographic, and other data related to thosenations.

A study of the evolution (phonological,morphological, semantic, and syntactic of spokenLatin into Castilian through the reading andanalysis of medieval texts. The class will alsoconsider the major historical events (social andpolitical that contributed to the formation ofmodern Spanish. Prerequisite: HPS 301 or 302, orpermission of the instructor.

This tutorial continues the development ofspecific listening, speaking, reading, writing,and critical thinking skills in the targetlanguage while majors pursue theirlanguage-immersion study abroad program. Studentscreate a portfolio remotely with frequentconsultation and feedback from a faculty advisor.The study abroad portfolio is assessed forprogress in the student's language learning skillsand personal development.

A learning contract is required prior toenrollment. Evaluation of student performance iscompleted by the faculty mentor based onfulfillment of the contract terms and writtenevaluation by the internship site supervisor. 45hours per credit is required.

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An agreement between a sponsoring faculty memberand a student, researching a topic of interestthat is relevant to a student's major or minor.Research is conducted on campus. 45 hours percredit is required.

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

An agreement between a sponsoring faculty and astudent letting the student study a topic ofinterest not offered at WC. 45 hours are requiredper credit.

The course offers a journey through the history ofthe Fantastic in Spain, from Romanticism to the present day. Throughout the semester wedefine the concept of the Fantastic, we analyzedifferent formal and thematic varieties of thegenre, and we discuss aesthetic, historical andideological reasons that justify its evolution.Likewise, we see some recurring thematic motifs,as well as the fantastic in the most recentliterary and cinematographic manifestations.

This course investigates different texts thatwere read and/or produced in Early Modern Spainaround the topics of love, gender, and sex inorder to reflect on how we have loved throughouthistory. It looks at manuals, treatises, anddiverse literary genres (poetry, narrative, andtheater) that aimed to describe and/or prescribeways of loving and ways of knowing. The goal isfor students to put into practice their literaryanalytical skills and to reflect on everydayissues that puzzle us, weaken us, and strengthenus: love, sex, and the Other.

Spanning the medieval era to the XVIII century,this course focuses on selective works ofhistory, essay, poetry, prose, and theatre thatare representative of literary periods such asMedieval, Golden Age, Baroque, and/or theEnlightenment. This class emphasizes closereading as well as contextual analysis,considering the major historical, social, andpolitical events that contributed to each periodformation.

Spanning the pre-hispanic era to the XVIIIcentury, this course focuses on selective worksof history, essay, poetry, prose, and theatrethat are representative of periods likePre-Hispanic literature, Colonial Baroque, and/orthe Enlightenment. This class emphasizes closereading as well as contextual analysis,considering the major historical, social andpolitical events that contributed to each periodformation.

This class introduces students to the process ofcritical thinking through theoretical works onrace and through selected historical andcontemporary texts about the legacy of Africa inLatin America and the USA. This course exploresthe effects of race on the relationship betweenlanguage and the mind and looks at theintersections of race, gender, class and sexualityas socially constructed practices. Students learnto read, think and write critically aboutdifferent perspectives on being Afro-American,Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Mexican, etc. It considerswhy race still matters in the so-calledpost-racial America.

The course explores and contextualizes thehistorical, cultural, and industrial developmentof telenovelas from a once regional media objectto now a globalized media phenomenon. The course'stheoretical and video material will consider theperformative role of emotions in shaping nationalconstructs, as well as its effects onrepresentations of gender, class, and politicalideologies, promoted not only by the telenovela,but also by the industry it supports.

The course theorizes how the ushering of modernityin Latin America resulted in state censorship andor repression. This process is exemplified throughcase studies on the experiences of universitystudents in Cuba, Mexico, and Argentina in orderto contextualize their role in negotiating andcontesting modernity. The course draws fromgovernment documents, media, and literary texts totrace student resistance and leadership in pathsto non-violence.

A learning contract is required prior toenrollment. Evaluation of student performance iscompleted by the faculty mentor based onfulfillment of the contract terms and writtenevaluation by the internship site supervisor. 45hours per credit is required.

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An agreement between a sponsoring faculty memberand a student, researching a topic of interestthat is relevant to a student's major or minor.Research is conducted on campus. 45 hours percredit is required.

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

An agreement between a sponsoring faculty and astudent letting the student study a topic ofinterest not offered at WC. 45 hours are requiredper credit.