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Our objectives and learning outcomes for our language courses are according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) as a user of Spanish. Global scale - Table 1 (CEFR 3.3): Common Reference levels

Please see the UVic Course Timetable to search for SPAN courses offered by academic term.
For Spanish course descriptions and prerequisites refer to the UVic Academic Calendar.
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Fall 2024 SPAN Courses

September 4 - December 4, 2024

Courses	Instructors
SPAN 100A: Beginners' Spanish I A01-A06	Chrissie Forster Gabriela McBee Pablo Restrepo Gautier Dan Russek Alicia Ulysses
SPAN 149: Intensive Spanish	Alicia Ulysses
SPAN 250A: Intermediate Spanish I A01-A02	Pablo Restrepo Gautier Silvia Colás Cardona
SPAN 304: Indigenous Latin America, Eco & Social Justice (in English) Latin America and the Caribbean are home to over 50 million people who belong to more than 600 Indigenous groups. In this course we will learn about a few of them, centering our attention on the wealth of knowledge and the vibrancy of their diverse cultures, some endangered while others strongly resurging everywhere in the region. The ancestral wisdom and teachings brought forward offer ideas and solutions that we all can learn from as they are relevant to many shared global concerns. Cross-listed with LAS 304	Gabriela McBee
SPAN 307: Latin American Culture Through Music (in English) (Online) Discover the rich cultural diversity and uniqueness of this region through music, art, film and literature. Cross-listed with LAS 307	Chrissie Forster
SPAN 309: Latin American Cities (in English) (Online) Explore the literature, arts, and cinema of three iconic urban centres: Buenos Aires, Havana, Mexico City. Cross-listed with LAS 309	Dan Russek
SPAN 349: Intensive Upper Intermediate Spanish	Chrissie Forster
SPAN 408C: Advanced Topics in Latin America and Spain (in English) "Graphic novels: Gender, Memory, and Social (In)justice" Analysis of graphic novels by contemporary Spanish and Latin American illustrators. Issues of gender, violence, social justice, and social reproduction will be discussed.	Marina Bettaglio
CANCELLED SPAN 484C: Conquest and Rebellion in Latin America, 1492 to 1783	Beatriz de Alba-Koch

Spring 2025 SPAN Courses

January 6 - April 4, 2025

Courses	Instructors
SPAN 100A: Beginners' Spanish I A01-A02	Gabriela McBee
SPAN 100B: Beginners' Spanish II A01-A03	Alicia Ulysses Dan Russek
SPAN 185: Latin America Through Contemporary Film (in English) (Online) This course offers a panoramic vision of contemporary Hispanic cinema. Because the “Hispanic World” is geographically vast and culturally diverse, the limitations of time require that a selection of material be made. You will be introduced to a variety of cinematic genres (eg. Historical Drama, Comedy, Horror, Social Realism and Documentary) representing four main regions of filmmaking: Spain, North and Central America, The Caribbean and South America.	Chrissie Forster
SPAN 210: Histories of Violence in Mexico (in English) Explore cultural and media depictions of topics including the Drug Wars, immigration and femicide in Mexico.	Alicia Ulysses
SPAN 249: Intensive Intermediate Spanish	Chrissie Forster
SPAN 250B: Intermediate Spanish II A01-A02	Pablo Restrepo Gautier Gabriela McBee
SPAN 305A: Upper Intermediate Topics in Hispanic Culture (in English) "Women Without Hats, Lorca, Art, Censorship and Identity in Spain: Art and Censorship in Spain" Explores the vibrant intersections of literature, art, identity and resistance in early 20^th-century Spain. Highlights Las Sinsombrero movement and the works of Lorca and other key figures. Tackles themes of censorship, gender and societal norms. Delves into Spain's cultural renaissance and political turmoil. Engages with the period’s fascism, challenges faced by women, sexual and gender minorities and other social groups and contributions to avant-garde movements. Illuminates the struggle for freedom in the face of oppression.	Pablo Restrepo Gautier
SPAN 390: Hispanic Literature I The literature of Latin America from 1492 to the present.	Dan Russek
SPAN 449: Intensive Advanced Spanish	Silvia Colás Cardona