ESP 199Spanish Literature and Culture Transfer Credits1-9
Transfer Credits
- Subject
- ESP
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 9
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.wcupa.edu
West Chester University of Pennsylvania · Courses
ESP
14 courses with the subject ESP, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ESP 300Latin-American Culture and Civilization (In English)3
Cultural, geographic, literary, philosophical, and artistic manifestations of the Hispanic- American world. No knowledge of Spanish is required. Gen Ed Attribute: Interdisciplinary, Spanish Culture Cluster, Writing Emphasis Distance education offering may be available.
- Subject
- ESP
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.wcupa.edu
ESP 303Convivencia: Muslims, Jews, and Christians in Medieval Spain3
This course focuses on the culture of the southern portion of the Iberian Peninsula (today, Spain and Portugal), known as Al-Andalus, where Christians, Jews, and Muslims lived together from the 8th to the 15th centuries. Through the study of historical, religious, and artistic materials, political and social events, and architectural and literary works, the course examines the display of multicultural identities in Medieval Europe. All course materials are in English. Gen Ed Attribute: Spanish Culture Cluster Distance education offering may be available.
- Subject
- ESP
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.wcupa.edu
ESP 305Spanish Cinema3
This course will investigate the ways in which films participate in and create debates about the relationship between national identification, class, and gender. No knowledge of Spanish is required; taught in English. Gen Ed Attribute: Arts Distributive, Spanish Culture Cluster Distance education offering may be available.
- Subject
- ESP
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.wcupa.edu
ESP 306Representations of the Spanish Civil War3
A study of how political activism in and outside of Spain created debates about the relationship between national culture(s), society, politics, and "official" versions of history. Gen Ed Attribute: Spanish Culture Cluster
- Subject
- ESP
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.wcupa.edu
ESP 309Latin America on Film (in English)3
This course explores contemporary Latin American film production in order to foster a better understanding of Latin American cultures and history while investigating complex power dynamics in Latin American societies. Films will be the points of departure to address critical issues such as history, culture, politics, economics, and religion; ethnic diversity, gender, class-based and racial conflicts; violence, dictatorship, and revolution; and the place of Latin America in an increasingly globalized world. No knowledge of Spanish is required. Gen Ed Attribute: Arts Distributive, Diverse Communities, Spanish Culture Cluster Distance education offering may be available. 2026-2027 CATALOG - UNDERGRADUATE DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
- Subject
- ESP
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.wcupa.edu
ESP 310Latin American Narrative from the European Conquest to 1930s3
This course is an overview of the literature of Latin America from the arrival of European conquerors through the early 20th century. Throughout the semester, students will focus on narratives of encounter and conquest, life in the Colonial period, early republican literatures in Spanish American countries, and life in Imperial Brazil, as well as texts from the first half of the 20th century. Students will reflect on geographic ideological perspectives on "America" and "Latin America," cultural and religious mixes (hybridism, syncretism), indigenismo, and the concept of identity in regional, national, ethnic, and gender matters. Gen Ed Attribute: Spanish Culture Cluster Distance education offering may be available.
- Subject
- ESP
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.wcupa.edu
ESP 311Contemporary Latin American Narrative3
An examination of Latin American narrative (short story, novella, novel, and testimonial literature). Spanish- and Portuguese-language writers from South and Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean will be studied, from the period of magical realism (1950s and 1960s) through the present. They may include Isabel Allende, Jorge Amado, Miguel Angel Asturias, Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Clarice Lispector, Elena Poniatowska, and Luis Rafael Sanchez. Gen Ed Attribute: Spanish Culture Cluster Distance education offering may be available.
- Subject
- ESP
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.wcupa.edu
ESP 316Latin American Avant-Gardes and Mass Media3
An exploration of the groundbreaking avant-garde artistic practices and the technological innovations of mass media from the early 1900s to today in Latin America with a focus on structural inequality in the region. Course studies the historical origins and transformation of concepts such as "originality," "individuality," and "the new" to understand how they acquired political, economic, social, and cultural value in modern Latin America. No knowledge of Spanish is required. Gen Ed Attribute: Diverse Communities, Interdisciplinary, Spanish Culture Cluster
- Subject
- ESP
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.wcupa.edu
ESP 318Speaking Spanish in the United States3
A course on the different historical, social and cultural issues related to the use of Spanish in the United States alongside other languages, mainly English, including the centuries-long presence of the language, and phenomena such as bilingualism, code-switching, language shift and language death. This course is taught entirely in English. Gen Ed Attribute: Spanish Culture Cluster Distance education offering may be available.
- Subject
- ESP
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.wcupa.edu
ESP 319Cultural Realities of Spain3
A study of the origins and evolution of Spanish character, tradition, and thought as a result of its multi-cultural past and present. The interrelationship of its history and arts. The scope of its contribution to Western culture. No knowledge of Spanish is required. Gen Ed Attribute: Interdisciplinary, Spanish Culture Cluster
- Subject
- ESP
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.wcupa.edu
ESP 324Latinos in the U.S3
An interdisciplinary examination of Latinas/Latinos in the U.S. Course examines the changing cultural, historical, political, and economic situations of several Hispanic groups, including Central Americans, Cubans, Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans. Gen Ed Attribute: Diverse Communities, Interdisciplinary, Spanish Culture Cluster
- Subject
- ESP
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.wcupa.edu
ESP 333Latina Writing3
An examination of the literary works produced by Latinas in the 20th century. The study of this literature will include a cross-cultural approach that will elucidate sociopolitical themes emerging from the texts. No knowledge of Spanish is required. Gen Ed Attribute: Diverse Communities, Spanish Culture Cluster
- Subject
- ESP
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.wcupa.edu
ESP 335Latino Literatures in the US3
This course examines the history of Latino groups (e.g., Mexicans, Cubans, and South Americans) in the U.S. through literary texts written by Latinos, and studies the cultural, economic, and political experiences leading to their acculturation or alienation in mainstream America. Gen Ed Attribute: Diverse Communities, Spanish Culture Cluster Equivalent courses: CLS 335
- Subject
- ESP
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.wcupa.edu
Source: West Chester University of Pennsylvania's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59