To present students with integrative studies of various aspects of Hispanic culture,
civilization, literature, literary theory, or linguistics. Students will improve
their oral/aural and written skills by reading and analyzing texts in Spanish, and
through classroom discussions, written and oral assignments, and exams in the target
language (Spanish). Therefore, oral communication and writing skills are given the
same importance as analytical skills. Given in Spanish.

Topics will vary with each instructor. The following are two
examples of possible topics:
1)  "The Baroque Across Centuries: a Cultural Concept Applied 
to Spanish Literature": Studying a variety of literary, 
critical, and cultural texts, students will acquire deeper 
insight into 17th century Spain by first identifying and 
analyzing the "baroqueness" of their own culture.
2)  "Contemporary Spain and Cultural Studies": Reading the
Spanish constitution and other non-literary texts, students will
a) discuss the relationship between law and culture, b) discuss
historical, political, and ideological issues that brought about
Spain's Autonomous Regions, c)discuss the relationship among
different kinds of textual materials:  literary, documentary,
visual, etc.