42 courses with the subject SPAN, 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.
previously and the CORE World Languages requirement. SPAN 101 offered every fall term; SPAN 102 offered every spring term. (LAN or WL)
This elementary-level course condenses one year of Spanish into one semester and is designed for students who have studied Spanish previously but who need a comprehensive review of grammar and vocabulary at the introductory level. Students will learn about Hispanic cultures through readings, films, discussions, and events sponsored by the department. In addition to traditional class time, students spend one hour each week with our Spanish language assistant. SPAN 111: INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I (4) ; SPAN 112: INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II (4) This year-long course is a review of grammar, an expansion of verbal and writing skills, and includes reading of literary selections. In addition to three hours per week in class, students practice conversational skills for one hour per week with the Fulbright Spanish language assistant. SPAN 111-112 fulfills the ESP language requirement (LAN) for students who studied Spanish in high school and the CORE World Languages requirement. offered every spring term. SPAN 112 is a designated language course in the Spanish major and minor. (LAN or WL)
This course is a review of grammar, an expansion of verbal and writing skills, and includes literary selections. In addition to three hours per week in class, students practice conversational skills for one hour per week with the Fulbright Spanish language assistant. Fulfills the ESP language requirement (LAN) for students who studied Spanish in high school and the CORE World Languages requirement. designated language course in the Spanish major and minor. Offered fall and spring terms. (LAN or WL) Hollins University 2026–27 Undergraduate Catalog Page 410
This course introduces students to the study of minoritarian American cultural production as it is traversed by the problematic aspects and the politics of ethnicity and identity in America after the Civil Rights Generation of the 1960s. This course will examine historical and cultural accounts of both African-American and Latino/a voices in Hip Hop. Latinos/as historically have been marginalized and remain outside of the racial-binary discourse constructed in the United States. Hip Hop culture reproduces this erasure. As these voices are incorporated into our study of Hip Hop music, dance, movies, and street art, students will understand how crucial the Latino/a presence has been in Hip Hop cultural productions. After establishing these facts, the course will move into the analysis of new trends in Hip Hop music and culture produced and consumed in Latin America, Spain, and the United States. Designation: Culture course.
This course is a survey of U.S. Latinx literature that introduces students to the major trends in the tradition. While Latinxs are people of Latin American descent who live in the U.S., the term describes a broad range of racial, cultural, and political backgrounds. Latinxs have played a central role in the U.S. since its inception, influencing the history, politics, and culture of the United States. Latinx literature draws on literary traditions that span more than 400 years, but our course will focus on more contemporary forms of the tradition and its canon. Our course emphasizes the historical and aesthetic networks established in the Latinx literary canon that continue into the present, while also exploring the relationship between genre and socio- historical issues. Cross-listed with ENG 219. Designation: Literature course. Taught in English.
In this course, students will read a variety of short stories and view movie shorts from around the Spanish-speaking world. The goal will be to increase students’ knowledge of Hispanic cultures and literatures while improving their oral, aural, and writing skills in Spanish. Designation: Literature/Culture course.
Focus on the study of Hispanic cultures through visual media and material artifacts. The course will highlight the study of Hispanic paintings, monuments, films, and other current artistic production in their historical and cultural context. Topics explored include colonization and Hollins University 2026–27 Undergraduate Catalog Page 411
This course is conceived as a journey guided by the idea of “the border.” Its framework and jumping-off point will be Latin-American history and culture. Students will venture beyond geographical or national boundaries and explore class, gender, ethnicity, linguistic, legal, age, technological, and interspecies borders, among others. Our inquiry will include the study and discussion of written documents from literature and journalism, as well as films, maps, music, and art. In addition to written reports and exams, the class will build a collective reflection, documented in a blog or podcast, that will serve as a travel journal. Students will continually study how borders —even at their most radical imposition of separation— are only recognizable because there are common elements on both of its sides; it’s in that commonality where the potential for critique and change resides. Designation: Culture/Literature course.
Students will develop writing and speaking skills at an advanced level. This course uses Hispanic film as the springboard for conversation and composition. In addition to three hours per week in class, students practice conversation skills for one hour per week with the Fulbright Spanish language assistant. Designation: Language/Culture course.
Students will develop writing and speaking skills at an advanced level. The focus of this class is on controversial and/or timely topics that will generate discussion. In addition to three hours per week in class, students practice conversation skills for one hour per week with the Fulbright Spanish language assistant. Designation: Language course. SPAN 234: LATIN AMERICAN ART AND CULTURE AFTER 1968 (4) This mid-level course exposes students to the histories, theories, and forms of modern art in Latin America after 1968. The course explores the development of artistic movements in the region after 1968, the year of global political demonstrations and revolution. We will research how avant-garde art practices have engaged a variety of nation-building programs -either as validations or refutations. During this course students will become familiar with scholarship and Hollins University 2026–27 Undergraduate Catalog Page 412
An introduction to the geography, history, art, literature, and society of Spain. Student research will result in a series of oral presentations in Spanish. Quizzes are also given. Designation: Culture course.
geography, history, and cultures of Latin America, as well as an overview of its social, political, and economic importance. Students will develop a critical understanding of Latin America through the study of cultural productions from a variety of disciplines such as literature, essays, film, art, music, and philosophy. Student research results in one substantial oral presentation, several short presentations, and a final project. Designation: Culture course.
This course approaches relevant contemporary debates as they are presented by media from Spain, Latin America and the Hispanic communities in the United States. Students will gain a critical insight of the ways in which media not only portray aspects of culture and society, but shape their perception by the public and, in many cases, follow political agendas and ideological tendencies. There will be group presentations, several writing assignments, and a final project. Designation: Culture course.
This course will explore the specificities of sound within the context of Latin American cultures. From the sounds of ceremonial and ritualistic practices, to the repetitive and often impersonal and machinal sounds of factories, to the frantic and chaotic sounds of traffic during rush hour in a Latin American city, to the serenity of a garden within its confines, students will engage in immersive experiences of sound in their private, public, aesthetic, and political dimensions. Some of the questions that will be considered are: How are spaces shaped by sound and conversely, how is sound shaped by spaces? What differences in sound emerge when spaces are inhabited, used, and traversed by humans? What is the importance of sound in a political demonstration or in the celebration of a sports championship? Ultimately, every manifestation Hollins University 2026–27 Undergraduate Catalog Page 413
This course offers an introduction to the literary and cultural production of Spain and Latin America, from the 18th to the 20th centuries, situating cultural products of the Hispanic world in their contexts of creation and consumption. Students will read and analyze literary texts (short stories, essays, poems) as well as visual works (paintings and films). The emphasis of the course is transatlantic and interdisciplinary. The discussions will focus on both the points of overlap and the divergences between the thought and culture of Latin America and Spain. Designation: Literature/Culture course.
SPAN 250: Special Topic: Latin American Art after 1968 (now SPAN 234)
A study of major literary works and authors from the 11th through the 17th centuries. Representative works include El poema de Mío Cid, El libro de buen amor, La Celestina, Lazarillo de Tormes, and Don Quijote. Designation: Literature/Language course.
Independent study conducted below the advanced level. Application must be made with faculty prior to registration. Designation: Literature, culture, or language course depending on the topic. Offered any term. Hollins University 2026–27 Undergraduate Catalog Page 414
Each time this course is offered, a different genre, theme, or author is studied. Designation: Literature course.
Please see the description for SPAN 220 above. SPAN 320 is a 300-level version of SPAN 220 and the two courses meet at the same time. Students enrolled in SPAN 320 will complete all the requirements for SPAN 220 as well as additional work as assigned by the instructor. This work might include longer or additional papers, more in-depth research, additional presentations, being a discussion leader, or serving as a mentor to students enrolled at the lower level. The instructor will make clear what the additional responsibilities are in the syllabus for the course. Designation: Language/Culture course.
This course focuses on topics related to Hispanic and Latine women, including marianismo, motherhood, domestic violence, trauma, memory, poverty, public and private spaces, and matricide. These topics are studied through literature, film, art, newspaper articles, and scholarly articles. Literature/Culture course.
Please see the description for SPAN 230 above. SPAN 330 is a 300-level version of SPAN 230 and the two courses meet at the same time. Students enrolled in SPAN 330 will complete all the requirements for SPAN 230 as well as additional work as assigned by the instructor. This work might include longer or additional papers, more in-depth research, additional presentations, being a discussion leader, or serving as a mentor to students enrolled at the lower level. The instructor will make clear what the additional responsibilities are in the syllabus for the course. Designation: Language/Culture course.
Please see the description for SPAN 231 above. SPAN 331 is a 300-level version of SPAN 231 and the two courses meet at the same time. Students enrolled in SPAN 331 will complete all the requirements for SPAN 231 as well as additional work as assigned by the instructor. This work might include longer or additional papers, more in-depth research, additional Hollins University 2026–27 Undergraduate Catalog Page 415
Ever since President James Monroe declared a sort of protectorate over the hemisphere in the early 19th century, a policy now known as the 'Monroe Doctrine," the United States has intervened in the political affairs of nations across Latin America, often in the service of American commercial interests or to support right-leaning forces against leftist leaders. The course will engage the history and the national cultural productions that stem from the uneven relationship. Issues of imperialism, right-left politics, communism, socialism, fear and avant- garde movements will be discussed. The readings will be in English or English translation, and the course will be conducted in English. Designation: Culture course.
Please see the description for SPAN 236 above. SPAN 336 is a 300-level version of SPAN 236 and the two courses meet at the same time. Students enrolled in SPAN 336 will complete all the requirements for SPAN 236 as well as additional work as assigned by the instructor. This work might include longer or additional papers, more in-depth research, additional presentations, being a discussion leader or serving as a mentor to students enrolled at the lower level. The instructor will make clear what the additional responsibilities are in the syllabus for the course. Designation: Culture course.
Please see the description for SPAN 238 above. SPAN 338 is a 300-level version of SPAN 238 and the two courses meet at the same time. Students enrolled in SPAN 338 will complete all the requirements for SPAN 238 as well as additional work as assigned by the instructor. This work might include longer or additional papers, more in-depth research, additional presentations, being a discussion leader or serving as a mentor to students enrolled at the lower level. The instructor will make clear what the additional responsibilities are in the syllabus for the course. Designation: Culture course. Hollins University 2026–27 Undergraduate Catalog Page 416
This course examines the transatlantic experience focusing on common themes that affect both Spain and Hispanic America and authors, artists, directors, and cultural mediators who have experienced life on both sides of the ocean either as exiles or expatriates. Each time this course is offered, a different theme, genre, or set of authors may be studied. May be repeated for credit if the course addresses a different theme, genre, or authors from the prior enrollment. Designation: Literature/Culture course.
Each time this course is offered, a different genre, theme, or author is studied. May be repeated for credit if the course addresses a different theme, genre, or authors from the prior enrollment. Designation: Literature course.
Each time this course is offered, a different genre, theme, or author is studied. May be repeated for credit if the course addresses a different theme, genre, or authors from the prior enrollment. Designation: Literature course.
Please see the description for SPAN 251 above. SPAN 351 is a 300-level version of SPAN 251 and the two courses meet at the same time. Students enrolled in SPAN 351 will complete all the requirements for SPAN 251 as well as additional work as assigned by the instructor. This work might include longer or additional papers, more in-depth research, additional presentations, being a discussion leader, or serving as a mentor to students enrolled at the lower level. The instructor will make clear what the additional responsibilities are in the syllabus for the course. Designation: Literature/Language.
This course focuses on the history of translation and translation theory, as well as the challenges in producing accurate translations due to idioms, false cognates, and differing vocabularies from one Spanish-speaking country to another. We will focus on the importance of contextual translations over literal, word-for-word translations. The course also includes Hollins University 2026–27 Undergraduate Catalog Page 417
In addition to a comprehensive review of Spanish grammar, students will be introduced to some of the more complex points of the Spanish language. Topics will include syntax, morphology, and lexicon. Open to first-year students with permission. Designation: Language course.
Independent study conducted at the advanced level. Application must be made with faculty prior to registration. Designation: Literature, culture, or language course depending on the topic. Offered any term.
Application must be made with faculty prior to registration. May be proposed for any term.
This seminar provides a capstone experience for Spanish majors. It affords an in-depth study of a particular writer or theme and fosters analytical skills through discussion and writing. At the end of the semester, students will organize a colloquium or presentation. Designation: Literature, culture, or language course depending on the topic. Senior Seminar is usually taught as a stacked course, and it carries the ESP and/or CORE designations assigned to the course with which it is stacked.
Students have the option of writing a thesis, which will be directed by the department. The thesis serves as a capstone experience. Designation: Literature, culture, or language course depending on the topic. registration. Offered both terms. Hollins University 2026–27 Undergraduate Catalog Page 418
A student may be invited to write a thesis for departmental honors. For honors candidates, the thesis spans the academic year and culminates in a substantial thesis and a formal defense. depending on the topic.
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