Course Descriptions

For more in-depth descriptions of the Spanish and Portuguese courses offered, click on a semester below.

Spring 2024 Summer 2024 Fall 2024

Schedule as of August 1, 2024

Spanish

Taught in Spanish (required for major study).Emphasis on oral and written expression based on a theme or language related topics (literature, culture, civilization, translation, commercial, etc.)

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
T: Cultural Studies
00131572

Jun. 10, 2024 - Jun. 28, 2024
MW  9:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Dane Smith Hall  317

Jun. 10, 2024 - Jun. 28, 2024
F  9:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Online MAX  UNM CANVAS

Hybrid - Topics
Irene  E  Vasquez - ivasquez@unm.edu33
Fees: $ 20
T: Testimonies of Soc Justice
00331394

Jul. 8, 2024 - Jul. 26, 2024
MTWR  9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Dane Smith Hall  128

Web Enhanced - Topics
Ana  G  Hernandez Gonzalez - aherna@unm.edu34
Fees: $ 20

Individual research into an area proposed by the student and conducted under the direction of a faculty member. Restriction: permission of instructor.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00131423

   

Independent Study
Damian  C  Wilson - damianvw@unm.edu1 TO 6 Section Full
Fees: $ 20

Faculty-supervised investigative study that results in the development and writing of a doctoral dissertation. Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00131556

   

Dissertation
Damian  C  Wilson - damianvw@unm.edu3 TO 121
Fees: $ 20
00231557

   

Dissertation
Richard  J  File-Muriel - richfile@unm.edu3 TO 12 Section Full
Fees: $ 20

Portuguese

Designed for students with no previous exposure to Portuguese, this course develops basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. This is an introductory course aimed at teaching the student to communicate in Portuguese in everyday situations. Credit for both this course and PORT 2110 may not be applied toward a degree program.

Sections
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00163908

MWF  10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
 

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 9
Fees: $ 20

An accelerated multimedia class designed for natives or advanced level Spanish speakers that uses authentic models of communication in Portuguese. Credit for both this course and PORT 2110 may not be applied toward a degree program. Credit for both this course and PORT 2115 may not be applied toward a degree program.

Sections
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00276350

MWF  10:00 AM - 11:50 AM
 

Lecture
Staff 614
Fees: $ 20

An advanced language course emphasizing interdisciplinary themes in Luso-Brazilian literature and culture. Prerequisite: 311 or 312.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
Brazilian Lit & Film
CANCELLED
001
78068Web Enhanced - Topics Staff 330
Fees: $ 20
Brazilian Lit & Film
00179333

R  3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Remote Instruction  UNM CANVAS

W  2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
 

Hybrid - Topics
Jessica  A  Carey-Webb - jcareywebb@unm.edu314
Fees: $ 20

An advanced language course emphasizing interdisciplinary themes in Luso-Brazilian literature and culture. May be repeated with a change of topic.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
Brazilian Lit & Film
CANCELLED
001
78072Web Enhanced - Topics Staff 34
Fees: $ 20
Brazilian Lit & Film
00279334

R  3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Remote Instruction  UNM CANVAS

W  2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
 

Hybrid - Topics
Jessica  A  Carey-Webb - jcareywebb@unm.edu35
Fees: $ 20

Examines works of literature and/or culture and the scholarship written about them from a national or comparative framework.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
Indigenist Abolition LtAm Lit
00178333

F  2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Ortega Hall  435

Seminar
Kimberle    Lopez - klopez@salud.unm.edu33
Fees: $ 20

Spanish

Designed for students with little exposure to Spanish, this course develops basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills and basic intercultural competence in interpretive, interpersonal and presentational modes of communication at the Novice Level of proficiency based on ACTFL guidelines. During this course, students perform better and stronger in the Novice-Mid level while some abilities emerge in the Novice High range. This is an introductory course aimed at helping the student to communicate in Spanish in everyday familiar situations via recognition and production of practiced or memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences. Meets University of New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 6: Second Language.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00265134

TR  8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Mitchell Hall  211

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 6
Fees: $ 20
00365135

MWF  9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Mitchell Hall  208

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 12
Fees: $ 20
00765151

MWF  10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
Ortega Hall  153

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 7
Fees: $ 20
00865152

MWF  11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Mitchell Hall  121

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 10
Fees: $ 20
00965153

MWF  1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
 

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 9
Fees: $ 20
01065154

MWF  12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Dane Smith Hall  128

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 12
Fees: $ 20
01165155

TR  12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Collaborative Teaching & Learn  230

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 7
Fees: $ 20
01265156

MWF  12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Collaborative Teaching & Learn  210

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 12
Fees: $ 20
01465158

TR  9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Dane Smith Hall  234

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 11
Fees: $ 20
01565161

TR  2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Collaborative Teaching & Learn  210

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 9
Fees: $ 20
01665162

TR  11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Social Sciences  1111

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 8
Fees: $ 20
01878077

MWF  9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
 

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 12
Fees: $ 20
01965193

MWF  10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
Mitchell Hall  121

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 12
Fees: $ 20
02165195

MWF  11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Dane Smith Hall  128

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 11
Fees: $ 20
02367893

MWF  9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
 

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 12
Fees: $ 20
02665200

MWF  2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
 

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 8
Fees: $ 20
03165205

TR  2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Bandelier Hall East  105

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 11
Fees: $ 20
03265206

TR  12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Mitchell Hall  120

Lecture
Staff 31
Fees: $ 20

Designed for students with some degree of exposure to Spanish in high school and/or at home, this course continues to develop basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills and basic intercultural competence in interpretive, interpersonal and presentational modes of communication at the Novice High Level of proficiency based on ACTFL guidelines, although a few abilities may emerge in the Intermediate Low Level. Students in this course communicate in Spanish in familiar topics using a variety of words, phrases, simple sentences and questions that have been highly practiced and memorized. Meets University of New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 6: Second Language.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00178078

TR  8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
 

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 12
Fees: $ 20
00365285

TR  11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Collaborative Teaching & Learn  230

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 12
Fees: $ 20

This is a beginning-level Spanish course designed for students who have a cultural connection to the Spanish language. Some students have had very little exposure to the language and enter the class to develop beginning-level skills. Other students may have grown up hearing the heritage language in the community and may understand some Spanish and speak at a basic level as a result. The objective is to draw upon the connection to the heritage language as a source of motivation and engagement for our learning communities. At the same time, we build upon the language base that students may already have as a result of their heritage learner experience in order to develop new proficiencies in Spanish and reactivate the Spanish that students have learned previously. By the end of this course, students will be able to describe their home, campus surroundings and common activities including cultural traditions. At the same time, students gain cultural competency and develop a critical understanding of their linguistic and cultural background.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00165297

MWF  1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Dane Smith Hall  126

Lecture
Staff 31
Fees: $ 20
00265298

MWF  10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
Dane Smith Hall  128

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 12
Fees: $ 20
00367219

MWF  12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Dane Smith Hall  126

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 12
Fees: $ 20
00465302

TR  9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Mitchell Hall  221

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 12
Fees: $ 20
00565304

TR  11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Mitchell Hall  221

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 11
Fees: $ 20
00678081

MWF  11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
 

Lecture
Staff 36
Fees: $ 20
00778092

MWF  2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
 

Lecture
Staff 313
Fees: $ 20
CANCELLED
008
78095Lecture Staff 3 Section Full
Fees: $ 20
CANCELLED
009
78098Lecture Staff 3 Section Full
Fees: $ 20
CANCELLED
010
78100Lecture Staff 3 Section Full
Fees: $ 20
01178102

TR  12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
 

Lecture
Staff 33
Fees: $ 20
01278104

TR  2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
 

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Fees: $ 20

A second semester class designed for students who have developed some basic Spanish proficiency from previous classes and/or from community experiences. This course provides students with the opportunity to develop their proficiency in the four language skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing). Class activities are designed to strengthen oral communication skills (speaking and listening) through a variety of group activities. By the end of the course students will be able to understand and produce narrations of past events in oral and written Spanish. In order to foster a desire to revitalize and maintain the Spanish language in the US context we attempt to raise students’ critical awareness of what it means to be part of a specific speech community. Meets University of New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 6: Second Language.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00165307

MWF  11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Ortega Hall  107

Lecture
Staff 34
Fees: $ 20
00265308

TR  11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
 

Lecture
Staff 39
Fees: $ 20

This course is based on the integration of learning outcomes across interpretive, interpersonal and presentational modes of communication at the Novice High Level of proficiency based on ACTFL guidelines. Students accomplish real-world communicative tasks in culturally appropriate ways as they gain familiarity with the target culture(s). This is an intermediate course aimed at helping the student to communicate in Spanish on familiar topics about self, others and everyday life at the same time that they recognize and handle short social interactions in interactions in everyday situations by asking and answering a variety of questions. Meets University of New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 6: Second Language.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00365312

TR  9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Ortega Hall  109

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
Waitlist: 12
Fees: $ 20

This course is based on the integration of learning outcomes across interpretive, interpersonal and presentational modes of communication at the Intermediate High Level of proficiency based on ACTFL guidelines. Students accomplish real-world communicative tasks in culturally appropriate ways as they gain familiarity with the target culture(s). This is an intermediate course aimed at helping the student to communicate in Spanish on familiar topics about self, others and everyday life at the same time that they recognize and handle short social interactions in interactions in everyday situations by asking and answering a variety of questions. Meets University of New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 6: Second Language.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00265319

MWF  11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Ortega Hall  219

Lecture
Staff 312
Fees: $ 20

This course aims to help undergraduate students feel more comfortable become more effective “public speakers” and more critical “public receivers” of information in Spanish. The primary focus of the course is the practice of techniques to lessen speaker anxiety and to enhance speaker presentations in public settings with multiple audiences in mind. This course has been designed for undergraduates who speak Spanish as a daily basis with their own families and/or other personal networks in addition/outside educational settings.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
CANCELLED
001
78864Lecture Staff 33
Fees: $ 20

A third semester course designed for students who have been raised in a Spanish-speaking environment and speak, or understand, some Spanish as a result of hearing it in the home, and in the community by family, friends, and neighbors. Students in this course will continue to develop their ability to narrate events in the past and will be able to describe hypothetical situations. Students will also develop their ability to express wishes, desires, and necessities. This course will help the student build confidence in their Spanish abilities and expand the language use in the areas of writing, reading, oral production and listening comprehension. In order to foster a desire to revitalize and maintain the Spanish language we attempt to raise students’ critical awareness of wider issues facing Spanish speakers in the US context.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00170144

MWF  1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Ortega Hall  107

Lecture
Staff 320
Fees: $ 20
00265325

TR  9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
 

Lecture
Staff 315
Fees: $ 20

A fourth-semester course designed for students who have been raised in a Spanish-speaking environment and speak, or understand, Spanish as a result of having heard it in the home and in the community. It is also for students with a cultural connection to heritage language speech communities or who have achieved proficiency from study in previous courses. This course will help the student build confidence in their Spanish abilities and expand the language use in the areas of writing, reading, oral production and listening comprehension. In addition to scaffolding skills that students already have, in this class they will expand their ability to describe abstract and hypothetical situations. Students will write essays, reaction papers, and creative pieces. Students will also examine formal and informal contexts of language use in speaking and writing. By studying the cultural and historical background shared by students as part of the program, students will develop an increased critical awareness of Spanish language speech communities. Meets University of New Mexico General Education Curriculum Area 6: Second Language.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00165326

TR  2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
 

Lecture
Staff 318
Fees: $ 20

Taught in Spanish (required for major study).Emphasis on oral and written expression based on a theme or language related topics (literature, culture, civilization, translation, commercial, etc.)

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
T: Perspectivas queer en LatAm
00175840

TR  9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
 

Topics
Marco  A  Torres - mtorre21@unm.edu32
Fees: $ 20
T: Ficciones urbanas
00259240

MWF  12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
 

Web Enhanced - Topics
Jorge  A  Hernandez - jahern72@unm.edu31
Fees: $ 20
From Bracero to Dreamer
CANCELLED
003
78233Topics Staff 33
Fees: $ 20
Voces de Nuevo Mexico
CANCELLED
004
78230Topics Staff 36
Fees: $ 20
Sea and Islands
00578239

TR  12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
 

Topics
Eleuterio    Santiago-Diaz - esantia@unm.edu32
Fees: $ 20

Taught in Spanish (required for major study). Emphasis on developing Spanish written expression.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00114086

MWF  11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
 

Web Enhanced - Writing
Himanshi    Arora - harora@unm.edu32
Fees: $ 20

Examination of selected Spanish and Spanish-American literary texts representing old and new literary currents. Special attention will be given to stylistics and the analysis of style and literary language. Credit for both this course and SPAN 306 may not be applied toward a degree program. Prerequisite: 301. Pre- or corequisite: 302.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00178274

TR  3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
 

Lecture
Paulo  R  de Souza Dutra - pdutra@unm.edu317
Fees: $ 20
00278275

TR  11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
 

Lecture
Mary  B  Quinn - mbquinn@unm.edu313
Fees: $ 20

Students will learn fundamental concepts related to the sound patterns of Spanish, such as Phonetics, Phonology, Laboratory Phonology, and Sociophonetics and will receive hands on training in a laboratory setting.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00162437

TR  9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Humanities  428

Lecture
Erick    Garcia Pineda - erga2222@unm.edu310
Fees: $ 20

An introduction to the phonology, morphology, syntax and dialectology of the Spanish language. Prerequisite: 302.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00178381

MWF  9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
 

Lecture
Staff 312
Fees: $ 20

A survey of Spanish literature from the 11th to the 17th century. Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00160397

TR  5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
 

Lecture
Paulo  R  de Souza Dutra - pdutra@unm.edu37
Fees: $ 20

Topics will deal with individual authors, genres or periods. Prerequisite: (302 or AP Spanish Language and Culture =>4) and (306 or 307 or AP Spanish Literature and Culture =5).

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
Voces de Nuevo Mexico
CANCELLED
001
78236Topics Staff 39
Fees: $ 20
T: Ins. Escritoras Mexicanas
00279161

W  1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
 

Topics
Patricia    Rosas Lopategui - paty585@unm.edu3 Section Full
Waitlist: 1
Fees: $ 20

Topics explore relationships between space, place, and cultural expression. How does cultural expression fix, reinforce or deconstruct socio-symbolic spaces such as kingdom, nation, favela, or prison? What meanings are shaped by conquest, migration or globalization? Prerequisite: 306 or 307.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
Voces Migrantes
00178327

MWF  11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
 

Seminar
Miguel    Lopez - miglopez@unm.edu314
Fees: $ 20

Individual research into an area proposed by the student and conducted under the direction of a faculty member. Restriction: permission of instructor.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00179522

   

Independent Study
Carmen  J  Holguin-Chaparro - cjhch@unm.edu1 TO 61
Fees: $ 20
00279537

   

Independent Study
Eleuterio    Santiago-Diaz - esantia@unm.edu1 TO 61
Fees: $ 20

Study of approaches to language teaching methods. Focuses on the practical application of its results to the teaching of Spanish and Portuguese. Required of all Teaching Assistants in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00159959

T  4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
 

Web Enhanced - Seminar
Alessio    Piras - apiras83@unm.edu37
Fees: $ 20

An advanced course providing students with the opportunity to develop expertise in linguistic analysis. A broad range of branches are covered, including sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, phonetics, mophosyntax, semantics and psycholinguisticis. Prerequisite: 351 or LING 301.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
Childhood Bilingualism
00178325

M  4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Ortega Hall  135

Web Enhanced - Seminar
Naomi    Shin - naomishin@unm.edu32
Fees: $ 20

Study of literary genres and periods, including Chicano theater, narrative, poetry, women's writing, etc.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
Speculative Borderlands
00178328

W  4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Ortega Hall  435

Topics
Santiago  R  Vaquera - svaquera@unm.edu32
Fees: $ 20

Topics may include, but are not limited to, Medieval Witchcraft, Golden Age Prose, Love and Death in Spanish Literature, 19th-Century Novel, Generation of 1898 Prose, Women in Literature and Film, Women Writers.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
Theories of the Novel
00178329

TR  2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Ortega Hall  435

Seminar
Mary  B  Quinn - mbquinn@unm.edu36
Fees: $ 20

Topical seminars geared to doctoral students, emphasizing the literature of one country or region (e.g., Argentine novel), one genre (e.g., romantic poetry), the literary essay, essential or complete works of one author or trend (e.g., the dictator novel).

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
Afro- Caribbean Lit in Span
00178326

M  2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
 

Seminar
Eleuterio    Santiago-Diaz - esantia@unm.edu36
Fees: $ 20

Topics study intersections between the humanities and political processes, including regime shift, insurgency, and social movements. Literature, film, and performance are examined as spaces of (de)colonization and contestation of the state, nation and hegemonic groups.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
Indigenist Abolition LtAm Lit
00178331

F  2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Ortega Hall  435

Seminar
Kimberle    Lopez - klopez@salud.unm.edu37
Fees: $ 20

Faculty-supervised investigative study that results in the development and writing of a doctoral dissertation. Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00114379DissertationAnna  M  Nogar - anogar@unm.edu3 TO 1222
Fees: $ 20
00214380DissertationEleuterio    Santiago-Diaz - esantia@unm.edu3 TO 1224
Fees: $ 20
00314381DissertationKathryn  J  McKnight - mcknight@unm.edu3 TO 1225
Fees: $ 20
00414382DissertationMary  B  Quinn - mbquinn@unm.edu3 TO 1224
Fees: $ 20
00514383DissertationDamian  C  Wilson - damianvw@unm.edu3 TO 1222
Fees: $ 20
00714385DissertationKimberle    Lopez - klopez@salud.unm.edu3 TO 1225
Fees: $ 20
00914387DissertationDamian  C  Wilson - damianvw@unm.edu3 TO 1225
Fees: $ 20
01014388DissertationRichard  J  File-Muriel - richfile@unm.edu3 TO 1225
Fees: $ 20
01114389DissertationMiguel    Lopez - miglopez@unm.edu3 TO 1225
Fees: $ 20
01314391DissertationSantiago  R  Vaquera - svaquera@unm.edu3 TO 1224
Fees: $ 20
01414392DissertationEva    Rodriguez Gonzalez - evarg@unm.edu3 TO 1225
Fees: $ 20
01514393DissertationNaomi    Shin - naomishin@unm.edu3 TO 1224
Fees: $ 20