OSPMADRD 12M: Accelerated Second-Year Spanish I
Intensive sequence integrating language, culture, and geo/sociopolitics of Spain. Emphasis is on achieving advanced proficiency in oral and written discourse, including formal and informal situations, presentational language, and appropriate forms in academic and professional contexts. Prerequisite: one year of college Spanish or 11 or 21B more than two quarters (six months) prior to arriving in Madrid.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Camblor Portilla, M. (PI)
OSPMADRD 13M: Accelerated Second-Year Spanish II
Intensive sequence integrating language, culture, and geo/sociopolitics of Spain. Emphasis is on achieving advanced proficiency in oral and written discourse, including formal and informal situations, presentational language, and appropriate forms in academic and professional contexts. Prerequisite: 11 or 21B within two quarters (six months) of arriving in Madrid or 12 or 22B.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Camblor Portilla, M. (PI)
OSPMADRD 14: Introduction to Spanish Culture
Required for Madrid students. Spain's historical, physical, and socioculutural diversity. Includes a weekend study trip and other cultural encounters. Linguistic skills and cultural knowledge through museum visits, readings, and writing a paper in Spanish. Study trips: Autumn Quarter to Cantabria-Léon and Basque country; Winter Quarter to Andalusia and Extremadura; Spring Quarter to Catalonia and Galacia.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Tejerina-Canal, S. (PI)
OSPMADRD 15: Flamenco Dance
Practical instruction. The rhythms and styles of flamenco and the expression of feelings proper to this art form which synthesizes song, music, and dance.
Zapateado (footwork),
braceo (arm positions and movement technique), and choreographies, including Rumba flamenca and Sevillanas. Enrollment limited. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Murcia Canovas, L. (PI)
OSPMADRD 18: Ecology of Spain
Basics of ecology and evolutionary biology with field trips to examine some of the ecosystems of Spain. Impact of history and human activity on the ecology of Spain: similarities between the ecology of some parts of Spain and that of coastal California compared to differences in history of human use, including agriculture and the import of exotic species.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci
Instructors:
Gordon, D. (PI)
OSPMADRD 19: Independent Study on Selected Topics in Ecology of Spain
Possible topics include: urban animal behavior, e.g. pigeons, or squirrels, with observation, data collection and analysis; invasion ecology looking at the Argentine ant and differences in rate of spread in California vs Mediterranean coastline; history of ideas in Spanish literature or art regarding open space, wilderness and nature. Weekly meetings to review progress and discuss goals of the project.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Gordon, D. (PI)
OSPMADRD 33: Spanish Language Tutorial
May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: three years of Spanish at Stanford or placement.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 2
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Camblor Portilla, M. (PI)
OSPMADRD 40: Introduction to Literary and Cultural Analysis in the Spanish World
Technical and cultural vocabulary and methods to examine literary criticism in the literary genres, movements, and history of literature written in Spanish. Skills to consider Spanish texts critically.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Tejerina-Canal, S. (PI)
OSPMADRD 41: Dissidence and Continuity: Spanish Theater, 1907 to the Present
Tradition, transformation, experimentation, rupture, renovation, and innovation in the theater in Spain as a reflection of the artistic, social and historical commotion that led to the Spanish Civil War, Franco, and the present democratic monarchy. Ortega y Gasset, Benavente, Grau, Valle-Inclán, García Lorca, Buero Vallejo, Sastre, Arrabal, Fernán Gómez, Paloma Pedrero, Yolanda Pallín or other playwrights who may be staged in Madrid theaters.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Tejerina-Canal, S. (PI)
OSPMADRD 42: A European Model of Democracy: The Case of Spain
Current Spanish political system, its main judicial and political institutions, outstanding actors' and the political process of the last decade. Historic antecedents; immediate precedents; and the current political system and life. Relation between the elements that constitute a political system; results of the process of democratization; integration to the EU.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-SI
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