Spanish Courses

This is a list of all courses offered in the program. Visit the Upcoming Courses page for a list of courses offered for the current and next semester (when available).

SPANISH 103 First-Semester Spanish
4 cr. Undergraduate.
Introductory course for students who have had little or no previous work in Spanish.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Open only to students with 2 yrs H.S. Spanish or less or a score of 1 on Spanish placement exam.
Last Taught: Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024.
SPANISH 104 Second-Semester Spanish
4 cr. Undergraduate.
Continuation of Spanish 103.
Prerequisites: grade of C- or better in Spanish 103(P) or level 2 score on Spanish placement exam.
Course Rules: Generates L&S credits for demonstrated equivalent preparation (4 retro crs).
Last Taught: Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024.
SPANISH 197 Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate.
Designed to enable students studying language abroad to receive course credit at appropriate level.
Prerequisites: acceptance in Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2020, Fall 2019.
SPANISH 203 Third-Semester Spanish
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Continuation of Spanish 104. Review of the main grammatical concepts. Readings in modern Spanish and Spanish-American literature.
Prerequisites: grade of C- or better in SPANISH 104(P) or level 3 score on Spanish placement exam.
Course Rules: Generates L&S credits for demonstrated equivalent preparation (8 retro crs).
Last Taught: Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024.
SPANISH 204 Fourth-Semester Spanish
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Continuation of Spanish 203. Review of the main grammatical concepts. Readings in modern Spanish and Spanish-American literature.
Prerequisites: grade of C- or better in SPANISH 203(P) or level 4 score on Spanish placement exam.
Course Rules: Generates L&S credits for demonstrated equivalent preparation (11 retro crs).
Last Taught: Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024.
SPANISH 225 Understanding the Hispanic World:
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Different manifestations of Hispanic culture across continents and centuries studied from many angles.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: HU
Course Rules: In English. May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018.
SPANISH 289 Internship in Spanish, Lower Division
1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
Application of basic principles of Spanish in a business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting.
Prerequisites: introductory course in Spanish; 2.25 GPA, and consent of supervising faculty member.
Course Rules: One cr earned for academic work based on 40 hours in internship. May be retaken to 3 cr max.
SPANISH 296 UROP Apprenticeship
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Undergraduate research participation in a project developed with a supervising member of the faculty or staff.
Prerequisites: acceptance into UROP and completion of or concurrent enrollment in UROP seminar.
Course Rules: One credit for 45 hrs research. May be retaken to 9 cr max in any combination of UROP apprenticeship courses. Not open to juniors or seniors.
SPANISH 297 Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before coursework level, content and cr are determined and/or in specially prepared program coursework.
Prerequisites: acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2022.
SPANISH 299 Ad Hoc:
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires only dept & assoc dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one additional semester. May be retaken with change in topic.
Prerequisites: none; additional prerequisites may be assigned to specific topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2000, Fall 1999, Spring 1999, Spring 1998.
SPANISH 308 Advanced Writing and Reading
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Development of proficiency in different writing styles; emphasis on the most difficult aspects of Spanish through reading and other exercises.
Prerequisites: a grade of C- or better in SPANISH 204(P), or concurrent enrollment or previous completion of SPANISH 318, or score level 4 on Spanish placement exam, or consent of instructor.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of SPANISH 305 and SPANISH 316. Generates L&S credits for demonstrated equivalent preparation (14 retro credits).
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
SPANISH 318 Advanced Speaking and Listening
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Development of oral proficiency in relation to Hispanic culture.
Prerequisites: C- or better in SPANISH 204(P), or score level 5 on Spanish placement exam, or consent of instructor.
Course Rules: For non-heritage Spanish speakers. Students cannot receive credit for both 318 and 319. Generates L&S credits for demonstrated equivalent preparation (14 retro cr).
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
SPANISH 319 Advanced Speaking and Listening for Heritage Speakers
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Development of full proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking skills in Spanish for students with native/near-native command of these skills.
Prerequisites: C- or better in SPANISH 204(P) or score level 5 on Spanish placement exam or consent of instructor.
Course Rules: Open only to heritage Spanish speakers. Others with near-native proficiency admitted at instr discretion. Students cannot receive credit for both SPANISH 318 and SPANISH 319. Generates L&S credits for demonstrated equivalent preparation (14 retro credits).
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023.
SPANISH 332 Using Spanish in the Business World
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Business language and practice in Spanish-speaking countries.
Prerequisites: SPANISH 308(P) and SPANISH 318(C) or SPANISH 319(C).
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.
SPANISH 333 Advanced Spanish Grammar
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Designed to solidify written expression skills and provide a clear understanding of Spanish grammar rules at an advanced level.
Prerequisites: SPANISH 308(P), and either SPANISH 318(P) or SPANISH 319(P).
Course Rules: Generates L&S credits for demonstrated equivalent preparation (14 retro cr).
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2017.
SPANISH 338 Spanish for Health Professionals
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Acquisition of intermediate conversational and written skills in medical terminology in Spanish through a communicative approach. For health care students.
Prerequisites: SPANISH 308(P) and a grade C- or better in SPANISH 318(P), SPANISH 319(P), or equivalent.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.
SPANISH 341 Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Spanish linguistics, including phonetics, phonology, syntax, morphology, semantics, and sociolinguistics.
Prerequisites: SPANISH 308(P) and SPANISH 318(C) or SPANISH 319(C).
Course Rules: Generates L&S credits for demonstrated equivalent preparation (14 retro cr).
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
SPANISH 342 Business and Legal Spanish
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Business terminology and concepts; instruction in the legal terminology of Hispanic countries.
Prerequisites: SPANISH 308(P) and SPANISH 318(C) SPANISH or 319(C); or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020.
SPANISH 348 Introduction to Translation: English to Spanish
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Basic skills necessary for professional translation. Translation of texts from English into Spanish. Summarizing texts; sight translation.
Prerequisites: junior standing, SPANISH 308(P), and SPANISH 318(C) or SPANISH 319(C).
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2017.
SPANISH 350 Understanding Literature and Culture
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Critical tools needed to understand the literature and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.
Prerequisites: SPANISH 308(P); SPANISH 318(C) or SPANISH 319(C).
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
SPANISH 371 Introduction to Latino Literature in English
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Introduction to the development of literature by Chicanos, Nuyoricans, and other Hispanics since the late fifties and its historical, social, and political background.
Prerequisites: junior standing or written consent of department.
General Education Requirements: HU, CD
Course Rules: Taught in English.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2016.
SPANISH 373 Topics in Latino Literature in English:
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Some of the experiences of U.S. Hispanics as reflected in literature, film, and other cultural manifestations.
Prerequisites: junior standing or written consent of department.
General Education Requirements: HU, CD
Course Rules: Taught in English. May be retaken with change in topic to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2015, Fall 2013.
SPANISH 388 Health Issues in the Hispanic World
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Different aspects of the health care system in the U.S. in relation to the Hispanic culture(s).
Prerequisites: SPANISH 308(P) and a grade of C- or better in SPANISH 318(P) or SPANISH 319(P) or equivalent.
Last Taught: Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020.
SPANISH 391 Social and Historical Issues in the Hispanic World:
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Culture of the Hispanic people, with a focus on a particular social or historical perspective and/or issue.
Prerequisites: SPANISH 308(P) and SPANISH 318(C) or SPANISH 319(C).
General Education Requirements: HU
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.
SPANISH 397 Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate.
Designed to enable students studying language abroad to receive course credit at appropriate level.
Prerequisites: junior standing and acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
SPANISH 443 Spanish Phonetics and Phonology
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Theory of Spanish sounds; phonetic transcription; practice in pronunciation. Language lab may be required.
Prerequisites: junior standing and SPANISH 341(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2024.
SPANISH 443G Spanish Phonetics and Phonology
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Theory of Spanish sounds; phonetic transcription; practice in pronunciation. Language lab may be required.
Prerequisites: junior standing and SPANISH 341(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2024.
SPANISH 444 Spanish Syntax and Morphology
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Comprehensive review of Spanish syntax and morphology; the meaning of words, sentences, and discourse.
Prerequisites: junior standing or greater and SPANISH 341(P); or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Fall 2013.
SPANISH 444G Spanish Syntax and Morphology
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Comprehensive review of Spanish syntax and morphology; the meaning of words, sentences, and discourse.
Prerequisites: junior standing or greater and SPANISH 341(P); or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Fall 2013.
SPANISH 446 Hispanic Sociolinguistics
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Critical analysis of the relationship between language and society in the Hispanic world.
Prerequisites: junior standing and SPANISH 341(P).
Last Taught: Fall 2023.
SPANISH 446G Hispanic Sociolinguistics
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Critical analysis of the relationship between language and society in the Hispanic world.
Prerequisites: junior standing and SPANISH 341(P).
Last Taught: Fall 2023.
SPANISH 470 From the Middle Ages to Modernity: The Rise of the Hispanic World
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Exploration of the literature and cultures of Spain and Latin America from the Middle Ages through the 19th century.
Prerequisites: junior standing and SPANISH 350(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022.
SPANISH 472 Contemporary Literature and Culture of Latin America
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Exploration of the literature and culture of Latin America in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Prerequisites: junior standing and SPANISH 350(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021.
SPANISH 474 Contemporary Literature and Culture of Spain
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Exploration of the literature and culture of Spain in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Prerequisites: junior standing and SPANISH 350(P).
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.
SPANISH 489 Internship in Spanish, Upper Division
1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
Application of advanced principles of Spanish in a business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate non-salaried setting.
Prerequisites: junior standing, 6 cr at 400-level or above in Spanish, 3.50 GPA in Spanish major, and written consent of supervising faculty member and department chair.
Course Rules: One credit earned for academic work based on 40 hrs in internship. May be retaken to 3 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2008, Fall 2007.
SPANISH 491 Topics in Hispanic Culture:
3 cr. Undergraduate.
The culture of a group of Hispanic people from a particular social and/or historical perspective, with a focus on one or more manifestations of that culture.
Prerequisites: completion of 9 credits in Spanish at the 300 level or above.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2019.
SPANISH 497 Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, contact, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: junior standing and acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Summer 2025, Fall 2024.
SPANISH 497G Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, contact, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: junior standing and acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Summer 2025, Fall 2024.
SPANISH 499 Ad Hoc:
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires only dept & assoc dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one additional semester.
Prerequisites: junior standing; additional prerequisites may be assigned to specific topic.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Summer 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Spring 2008.
SPANISH 506 Seminar in Spanish Literature and Culture:
3 cr. Undergraduate.
One or more areas of Spanish Peninsular literature and culture across periods, genres, or regions.
Prerequisites: completion of 18 credits of Spanish at the 300 level or above.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2022, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2015.
SPANISH 507 Seminar in Latin-American Literature and Culture:
3 cr. Undergraduate.
One or more areas of Latin-American literature and culture across periods, genres, or regions.
Prerequisites: completion of 18 credits in Spanish at the 300 level or above.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.
SPANISH 508 Seminar in Hispanic Literature and Culture:
3 cr. Undergraduate.
A literary subject with manifestations in more than one Hispanic literature, including Latino literature, with focus on the differences between/among them.
Prerequisites: completion of 18 credits in Spanish at the 300 level or above.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max. SPANISH 508G was previously SPANISH 708.
Last Taught: Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018.
SPANISH 541 History of the Spanish Language
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
External and internal history of the evolution of the Spanish language.
Prerequisites: completion of 6 credits in Spanish at the 400 level or above.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2023.
SPANISH 541G History of the Spanish Language
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
External and internal history of the evolution of the Spanish language.
Prerequisites: completion of 6 credits in Spanish at the 400 level or above.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2023.
SPANISH 545 Seminar in Hispanic Linguistics:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
One or more branches of linguistics, such as dialectology, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, etc., in relation to the Hispanic languages.
Prerequisites: completion of 18 credits in Spanish at the 300 level or above; or graduate standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2022.
SPANISH 545G Seminar in Hispanic Linguistics:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
One or more branches of linguistics, such as dialectology, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, etc., in relation to the Hispanic languages.
Prerequisites: completion of 18 credits in Spanish at the 300 level or above; or graduate standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2022.
SPANISH 570 Seminar in Spanish Golden Age Literature:
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Topics on the poetry and/or the narrative and didactic prose of the late sixteenth and the seventeenth centuries.
Prerequisites: completion of 18 credits in Spanish at the 300 level or above.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2018.
SPANISH 572 Seminar on Cervantes:
3 cr. Undergraduate.
'Don Quixote' and/or other works by Cervantes.
Prerequisites: completion of 6 credits in Spanish at the 400 level or above.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Spring 2017, Fall 2013, Fall 2008.
SPANISH 578 Seminar in Modern Spanish Literature and Culture:
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Topics on the poetry, fiction, and/or drama of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Spain.
Prerequisites: completion of 18 credits in Spanish at the 300 level or above.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021.
SPANISH 597 Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enable students studying language abroad to receive course credit at appropriate level.
Prerequisites: junior standing and acceptance in Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
SPANISH 597G Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enable students studying language abroad to receive course credit at appropriate level.
Prerequisites: junior standing and acceptance in Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
SPANISH 697 Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enable students studying language abroad to receive course credit at appropriate level.
Prerequisites: junior standing and acceptance in Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
SPANISH 697G Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enable students studying language abroad to receive course credit at appropriate level.
Prerequisites: junior standing and acceptance in Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
SPANISH 699 Independent Study
1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
Advanced independent work under supervision of Spanish faculty or instructional academic staff member. Instructor must approve student's study proposal. For more information, consult dept chair.
Prerequisites: junior standing, 2.0 overall GPA, 3.5 Spanish GPA, and consent of instructor, department chair, and Assistant Dean for Student Academic Services.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 3 cr max.
Last Taught: Summer 2015, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, UWinteriM 2008.

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