Spanish

This course offers 40 hours of intermediate study of Spanish language for students at a B1.1 to B2.2 level, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

This course offers a study of the poetry of Spanish-speaking Latin America from pre-Hispanic times to the beginning of the 20th century.

This course introduces the language and culture of the Hispanic world. This course is designed to help students develop the four linguistic skills in Spanish as well as to expand their cultural competency. The course focuses on the acquisition of basic structures in present tense, which is developed and reinforced in subsequent courses. This course is meant for students with no prior knowledge of the target language.

This course offers elementary study of Spanish language for students at an A1 to A2.2 level, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

This course offers a panoramic survey of socially marginalized persons in Spanish literature (Jews, converts, Muslims, prostitutes, gypsies, homosexuals, etc.), from its origins to present time. Emphasis is placed on how images of exclusion and protest have been constructed and have evolved over time. 

This course introduces Spanish as a foreign language at a basic user level and provides the foundations for effective communicative competence as social agents, intercultural speakers, and autonomous learners. By the end of the course, students will be able to understand, produce and interact at Level A1 in a simple way for personal and public domains in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). 

This course offers a study of texts produced from the arrival of Christopher Columbus until the mid-18th century which are representative of the main themes and issues characterizing the emergence of Latin American and, particularly, Chilean literature and culture.

This course corresponds to the advanced level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. At this level, students can understand large texts with a certain difficulty level and recognize implicit meanings in them, speak with fluidity and spontaneity without showing evident signs of effort, flexibly and effectively use the target language for social, academic, and professional purposes, write long texts that are clear, well structured, and detailed about topics of certain complexity, showing organization, articulation and textual cohesion. The course addresses relevant aspects about the culture of Chilean interaction that benefit communicative skills and language acquisition in immersive conditions.

The course offers a panoramic approach to knowledge and beliefs of the Middle Ages with an emphasis on Spanish Literature. It explores various cultural expressions, particularly those closely tied to literary production, knowledge, and the quest for understanding in the medieval period. 

This course introduces the history of Spanish literature and the evolution of literary genres throughout Spanish literature. It discusses classical foundations of literature and the evolution of rhetorical and poetic tradition; as well as genre theory, its classical foundations, and its later contributions. Topics include culture and society in Baroque Spain; the picaresque novel; the short novel; trends, poetic theories, and genres in baroque poetry; love poetry, satirical prose, and emblematic literature.