Spanish

This course examines the psycholinguistic processes that underlie the acquisition, understanding and production of speech as well as the organization of these processes in the brain. It discusses the traditional debates related to the genesis of language, its evolution and its acquisition. The course also reviews known speech processing models in the area of psycholinguistic studies that describe the processes of understanding and production of both oral and written discourse.

This five-week intensive summer course is intended for advanced heritage language learners -- students who have native or near-native language skills in Spanish -- who have had some formal instruction in the language. It concentrates on improving students' ability to write academic Spanish. It requires heavy assignments of written work and the review and correction of assignments based on extensive, detailed comments by the instructor.

This course examines the evolution of Madrid society throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, from the perspective of urban history. It examines the interrelationship of urban, demographic, economic, social, political, and cultural factors and how they have shaped contemporary Madrid society.

This course studies medieval literary production in what is now considered Spain. This course explores the most representative works of the Middle Ages and their significance in Spanish literature.

This course explores Spanish cinema from its origins to the present day including viewings of some of the most representative films of each era.