Spanish

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 works on translating from Spanish to French. The course is taught in Spanish using French texts.

Students focus on contextualized vocabulary and grammatical structures useful in communication of health-related issues. Examples from the areas of community development, public health, and social interaction provide the basis to expand the analytical and conversational skills of the participants.