Outstanding novels and short stories of Spain since 1940 reflecting politics, society, economics, and culture of Spain after the Civil War. Recommended: Three (3) credits in Spanish at the 400 level.

Seminar on the major aspects of Hispanic Linguistics such as sound patterns, word-formation, sentence structure, meaning and context, discourse structure, regional and social variation. Prerequisite: One 400-level SPN course; or graduate standing in the M.A. Spanish Program.

Special topics may include language, literature and/or culture. May be repeated when the content is not a duplication of a previous special topics offering. Recommended: Three (3) credits in Spanish at the 400- level; or graduate standing in M.A. Spanish Program.

The in-depth study of a topic under the direction of a faculty member who together with a student designs the format of the study. Prerequisites: permission of instructor and department chairperson; three (3) credits in Spanish at the 400 level.