Spring Quarter 2025

For day, time, room, and TA information, see our Spanish Schedule, Portuguese Schedule or the class search tool https://registrar-apps.ucdavis.edu/courses/search/index.cfm.
For all courses not described here, please refer to the General Catalog course descriptions: https://catalog.ucdavis.edu/courses-subject-code/spa or https://catalog.ucdavis.edu/courses-subject-code/por/

Spanish Undergraduate Courses

Lower Division

SPA 001 — Elementary Spanish
SPA 001V — Elementary Spanish
SPA 001Y — Elementary Spanish

SPA 002 — Elementary Spanish
SPA 002V — Elementary Spanish
SPA 002Y — Elementary Spanish

SPA 003 — Elementary Spanish
SPA 003V — Elementary Spanish
SPA 003Y — Elementary Spanish

SPA 021 — Intermediate Spanish I
SPA 021Y — Intermediate Spanish I

SPA 022V — Intermediate Spanish
SPA 022Y — Intermediate Spanish I

SPA 023 — Spanish Composition I

SPA 024 — Spanish Composition II

SPA 032 — Spanish for Native Speakers II

SPA 033 — Spanish for Native Speakers III

Upper Division

SPA 100 — Principles of Hispanic Literature & Criticism
Charles Oriel

SPA 113 — Spanish Pronunciation
Travis Bradley

SPA 116 — Applied Spanish Linguistics
Claudia Sanchez Gutierrez

SPA 131N — Survey of Spanish Literature: 1700 to Present
Charles Oriel

SPA 141 — Introduction to Spanish Culture
Charles Oriel

SPA 142 — Special Topics in Spanish Cultural & Literary Studies
Cristina Martinez Carazo

SPA 151 — Survey of Latin American Literature 1900 to Present
Leopoldo Bernucci

SPA 153 — Latin American Short Story
Ana Peluffo

SPA 167 — Borders of the Spanish Speaking World
Emily Vazquez Enriquez

SPA 170 — Introduction to Latin American Culture
Robert Irwin

SPA 177 — California & Latin America
Robert Irwin

Portuguese Undergraduate Courses

POR 003 Elementary Portuguese
Benjamin Chaffin

POR 023 Portuguese Composition
Benjamin Chaffin

POR 162 Intro to Brazilian Literature
Robert Newcomb

Spanish Graduate Courses

Spanish 205-Spanish Phonology- Travis Bradley
Wednesdays, 4:10-7:00 in Olson 109

Course Description: La fonología es el subcampo de la lingüística que intenta describir y explicar lo que sabemos acerca de cómo pronunciar, combinar e interpretar los sonidos de una lengua. Este seminario ofrece una introducción al sistema fónico del español contemporáneo desde la perspectiva de la fonología generativa, un modelo teórico que conceptualiza la competencia fonológica como si fuera un programa informático ejecutado por una computadora artificial. Revisaremos los avances tecnológicos del modelo generativo desde los marcos lineales de los años 1960 hasta los marcos no lineales de los 1980 que todavía se utilizan hoy en día. Haremos comparaciones teóricas y prácticas entre las variedades del español y con otras lenguas. Lxs estudiantes serán capaces de (1) identificar patrones fonéticos a partir de un conjunto de datos transcritos o grabados, (2) describir y analizar los patrones mediante el lenguaje formal de la teoría fonológica, (3) leer, comprender y criticar las propuestas analíticas de la literatura y (4) explorar un tema de investigación en la fonología de una o más variedades del español.

Prerequisite: Some prior experience in linguistics or Spanish linguistics is recommended.

Format: Seminar - 3 hours; Term Paper.

Required Textbook:
ISBN: 9781626160415 (1626160414)
Title: Fonología generativa contemporánea de la lengua española (2a edición)

SPA 230: On Fire and Under Water: Migration in the Anthropocene- Emily Vazquez Enriquez
Thursdays, 4:10-7:00, Sproul 622

Focusing on contemporary Latin American literature and film, this seminar examines the intersections of migration, climate change, natural disasters, and cultural representation in the context of the Anthropocene. Through the lens of ecological disruption—ranging from wildfires to flooding and drought—we will analyze how these phenomena impact human and nonhuman migration. Race relations will be a central factor in our discussions, as we examine how environmental degradation disproportionately affects marginalized communities. Students will investigate themes of displacement and ecological violence, considering how environmental factors shape experiences of migration in the communities of origin and destination.

SPA 274- Latin American Lit: Narrative-Representations of the Amazon- Leopoldo Bernucci
Mondays, 4:10-7:00, Sproul 622

The objective of this course is to explore and deepen the different meanings that the Amazon has: territory of the Amazons, paradise, green hell, the last frontier, the lungs of the world, the land of the last indigenous peoples, treasure of the illegal mining and logging industry, future breadbasket of the world, drug trafficking, etc. Through a series of literary texts (novels, short stories, essays, and historical accounts), students will have the opportunity to read, interpret and problematize the various fictional and historical representations that will be discussed in class. Our classes will revolve around the notions of history and fiction, civilization vs. barbarism (a dichotomy that has been appropriated by several Latin American writers since Romanticism), and neo-Colonialism. Texts to be read by the following writers: Euclides da Cunha (Brazil, 1866-1909), Horacio Quiroga (Uruguay, 1878-1937), José Eustasio Rivera (Colombia, 1888-1928) and Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru, 1936- )