Spring 2023
Course listings are subject to change. Please check back regularly for updates and email global.academics@nyu.edu if you have any questions.
- For Abu Dhabi students, please see the Abu Dhabi course equivalencies on this page. Please note this is only applicable to NYU Abu Dhabi degree students.
- For Shanghai students, please see the Shanghai course equivalencies on this page. Please note this is only applicable to NYU Shanghai degree students.
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Important Note Regarding Language of Instruction
Please note that the language of instruction is noted at the end of each course title. (ie IN SPANISH or IN ENGLISH). For courses taught IN SPANISH prerequisites are listed above the course description. All Spanish Language courses are taught primarily in Spanish.
Note Concerning Language Requirement
All students are required to take a Spanish language course (or course taught in Spanish) for graded credit. This course cannot be taken Pass/Fail.
Courses focusing on Conversation and Spanish Literature can be found under the heading Spanish Studies below.
Spanish for Beginners I - SPAN-UA 9001 - 4 points
Open to students with no previous training in Spanish and to others on assignment by placement test. 4 points. Beginning course designed to teach the elements of Spanish grammar and language structure through a primarily oral approach. Emphasis is on building vocabulary and language patterns to encourage spontaneous language use in and out of the classroom.
Spanish for Beginners II - SPAN-UA 9002 - 4 points
Prerequisite: SPAN-UA 9001 or SPAN-UA 1 or by placement exam.
Focus is on the basic elements of Spanish grammar not covered in SPAN-UA 1. Emphasis is on building vocabulary and language patterns to encourage spontaneous language use in and out of the classroom.
Spanish for Beginners II - Sample Syllabus Coming Soon
Intensive Elementary Spanish - SPAN-UA 9010 - 6 points
Intensive Elementary Spanish, SPAN-UA 9010, is an accelerated 6-credit course that combines Spanish for Beginners I and II. This course focuses on the development of communication language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. These four skills will be approached and practiced in order to help students immerse and interact in a Spanish language context. Grammar will be taught through a communicative approach; classroom activities will integrate the language skills mentioned above. Classes will be conducted in Spanish. There will be emphasis on verbal practice, which will be carried out beyond the sentence level. Use and understanding of basic grammatical terminology will also be a necessary component of the course.
Intensive Spanish for Advanced Beginners - SPAN-UA 9015 - 6 points
Prerequisite: SPAN-UA 1(or equivalent course) OR Qualifying Placement Test Score
Intensive Spanish for Advanced Beginners is a six-credit intensive language course designed to help students with limited knowledge of Spanish strengthen their language skills and develop their cultural competency. The course covers the material of Spanish 2 and Spanish 3 in one semester. Successful completion of this course prepares students for a fourth semester college Spanish language course.
Intermediate Spanish I - SPAN-UA 9003 - 4 points
Prerequisite: SPAN-UA 9002 or SPAN-UA 9010 or by placement exam.
Review of grammar, language structure, and culture, concentrating on fluency and accuracy through listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities.
Intermediate Spanish II - SPAN-UA 9004 - 4 points
Prerequisite: SPAN UA 3 OR SPAN UA 9015 (or equivalent courses) OR Qualifying Placement Test Score
Continuation of SPAN-UA 3. Readings and discussions of contemporary Hispanic texts and review of the main grammatical concepts of Spanish. Completion of this course fulfills the MAP foreign language requirement.
Intensive Intermediate Spanish - SPAN-UA 9020 - 6 points
Completes the CORE language requirement for NYU students.
Prerequisite: SPAN-UA 2 or SPAN-UA 10 (or equivalent courses) or qualifying placement test score
Promotes proficiency in reading and writing as well as oral performance. Completes the equivalent of a year's intermediate course in one semester.
Advanced Spanish - SPAN-UA 9050 - 4 points
Prerequisites: SPAN-UA 4 or SPAN-UA 20 (or equivalent courses) or qualifying placement test score
For non-native speakers only.
Highly recommended to be taken concurrently with SPAN-UA 9109 Understanding Current Issues in Spain. Students of Spanish Speaking background see SPAN-UA 9051
For non-native speakers only. Expands and consolidates students' lexical and grammatical understanding of the language and introduces them to the fundamental principles of expository writing. Utilizes exercises, readings, and intensive practice of various prose techniques and styles.
Advanced Spanish for Spanish-Speaking Students- SPAN-UA 9051 - 4 points
Prerequisite: Spanish for Spanish Speakers (SPAN-UA 11) or placement/permission of the director of the Spanish language program.
This course, the equivalent of SPAN-UA 9050 for Spanish speakers, requires permission for registration.
For native and quasi-native speakers of Spanish whose formal training in the language has been incomplete or otherwise irregular.
Contemporary Perspectives on the Civil War and the 'Recovery of Historical Memory' in Spain - ANTH-UA 9252 or HIST-UA 9264 - 4 points (IN ENGLISH)
This course introduces students to anthropological approaches to the study of historical memory through one important and controversial topic in contemporary Spain: the effects and after-effects of the unburial of mass graves of civilians executed during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) as well as during the postwar years. Most of the exhumations occurring during the last 15 years are of mass graves containing Republican militants and sympathizers executed in what has been labeled by historians as politicide, genocide or even Holocaust. To understand contemporary engagements with this violent past, we will explore the main landmarks of the current exhumation campaign. This includes attention to the origins of these graves, their genealogy since the end of the Civil War, and especially the impact of the exhumed bodies on various milieus from the judicial system and forensic labs to popular culture and the arts.
Current Social, Political and Urban Challenges to European Cities - SCA-UA 9890 & SOC-UA 9690 & ANTH-UA 9093- 4 points (IN ENGLISH)
This course is an introduction to urban politics in Europe. It is designed to provide the student with practical and theoretical tools to understand and critically analyze European cities. We will take a close look at the social, political and urban challenges these cities are currently facing.
Current Social, Political and Urban Challenges to European Cities - Sample Syllabus
Migrations and Cultural Diversity in Spain: Anthropological Approaches - SPAN-UA 9472 or ANTH-UA 9255 - 4 points (IN SPANISH)
Prerequisites: Completion of 300 level Spanish course or to be taken concurrently with 300 level Spanish course.
Students who completed SPAN-UA 200: Critical Approaches to Textual and Cultural Analysis meet the prerequisite.
This course analyzes current migratory flows and their implications, one of the key topics in Spain and the EU today. From an anthropological perspective, the course seeks to offer students conceptual frameworks to analyze critically the diversity and complexity of migrations and their effects on society and culture.
Migrations and Cultural Diversity in Spain: Anthropological Approaches - Sample Syllabus
Art and Social Movements in Spain: 1888 - 1939 - ARTH-UA 9417 - 4 points (IN ENGLISH)
This survey will examine the major artists and institutions that shaped the development of Spanish art from 1888, the date of Barcelona's Universal Exposition, to the end of the Spanish Civil War. The course takes as it's working model the question of art's relation to social movements, including: the rising tides of cultural and political nationalism in the Basque and Catalan regions; the Colonial Disaster of 1898 and the question of national regeneration; the impact of fin-de-siglo anarchist and worker's movements; the birth of authoritarian politics with the Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera; and the ideological chaos and social violence unleashed during the Spanish Civil War) Class sessions examine the complex roles played by some of Spain's most prominent artists and architects -- Antoni Gaudí, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Luis Buñuel, Josep Lluís Sert, and Salvador Dalí -- and their multivalent responses to modernization, political instability, and social praxis. The course is supplemented by regular visits to the Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid's museum of modern art.
Art and Social Movements in Spain: 1888 - 1939 - Sample Syllabus
Masterpieces in the Prado Museum: Baroque to 19th Century Art - ARTH-UA 9328 - 4 points (IN SPANISH)
Prerequisite of SPAN-UA 50: Advanced Spanish or SPAN-UA 51: Advanced Spanish for Spanish Speakers (or equivalents) or to be taken concurrently with SPAN-UA 9050 or SPAN-UA 9051.
Art History Students: This course counts for Art History elective credit.
A gallery course focusing on the baroque schools of Rubens and Rembrandt, "tenebrist" painting, Velázquez, and the etchings and paintings of Goya. Ends with a survey of the painters of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Masterpieces in the Prado Museum: Baroque to 19th Century Art - Sample Syllabus
Masterpieces in the Prado Museum: Baroque to 19th Century Art - ARTH-UA 9338 - 4 points (IN ENGLISH)
Art History Students: This course counts for Art History elective credit.
The aim of this course is to offer an introduction to Spanish Art from The Golden Age to the early Nineteenth Century, with special emphasis on El Greco, Diego Velázquez and Francisco de Goya. Given its position as a primary depository for Spanish art, the collection of El Museo del Prado will be a major focus of the course, with regular class visits to the museum and related institutions. The artistic relationship artists of the Spanish School maintained with foreign artists (Bosch, Titian, and Rubens) will be considered in depth.
Contemporary readings in art history are incorporated as relevant to the subject. The intention of the course is to teach students how to approach the formal analysis of paintings within a rich context-based interpretative framework, including the social and historical conditions surrounding artistic production.
Masterpieces in the Prado Museum: Baroque to 19th Century Art - Sample Syllabus
Stern Registration Priority and Stern Course Limit
Registration priority for Stern (Business) courses will be given to NYU Stern students. Other students will be able to register as space remains available. Please pay close attention to course notes displayed in Albert.
NYU Stern Students: It is strongly suggested that Stern students take no more than two business courses while abroad.
Foundations of Finance - FINC-UB 9002 - 4 points (IN ENGLISH)
Prerequisites: (1) STAT-UB 103 Statistics for Business Control and Regression/Forecasting Models OR STAT-UB 1 Statistics for Business Control (4 credit) plus STAT-UB 3 Regression/Forecasting (2 credit) OR equivalent AND (2) one of the following: ECON-UB 1 Microeconomics OR ECON-UA 2 Economic Principles II, OR ECON-UA 5 Introduction to Economic Analysis, AND (3) ACCT-UB 1 Principles of Financial Accounting AND MATH-UA 121 Calculus I AND (5) At least Sophomore Standing.
A rigorous course developing the basic concepts and tools of modern finance. Basic concepts of return and risk are explored in detail with a view to understanding how financial markets work and how different kinds of financial instruments are valued. These instruments, including equities, fixed income securities, options, and other derivative securities become vehicles for exploring various financial markets and the utilization of these markets by managers in different kinds of financial institutions to enhance return and manage risk. The course includes a segment on the use and application of computer-based quantitative technology for financial modeling purposes.
Introduction to Marketing - MKTG-UB 9001 - 4 points (IN ENGLISH)
Prerequisite: Must be a sophomore or above standing to enroll.
This course evaluates marketing as a system for the satisfaction of human wants and a catalyst of business activity. It presents a comprehensive framework that includes a) researching and analyzing customers, company, competition, and the marketing environment, b) identifying and targeting attractive segments with strategic positioning, and c) making product, pricing, communication, and distribution decisions. Cases and examples are utilized to develop problem-solving abilities.
Information Technology in Business and Society - TECH-UB 9001 - 4 points (IN ENGLISH)
Prerequisite: Must be a sophomore or above standing to enroll.
Information Technology (IT) has radically changed the internal operations of organizations and the structure of the markets in which they compete. As a result, the toolkit of the business professional must include an understanding of the fundamentals of IT and its impact on other functional areas, such as strategic management, finance, accounting, marketing, and operations. This course is intended to provide this base set of knowledge and skills.
Information Technology in Business and Society - Sample Syllabus
Registration Priority for CORE and CORE Equivalents
Registration priority for CORE courses will be given to NYU CAS students. Other students will be able to register as space remains available. Please pay close attention to course notes displayed in Albert.
Students outside of CAS can find a list of pre-approved CORE equivalents below. Please note this list only includes Cultures & Contexts, Expressive Culture, and Text & Ideas, and may not be exhaustive. Consult your advisor for additional information on staying on track with your CORE requirements while studying away.
Cultures & Contexts Equivalents (approved by Steinhardt and SPS)
- MEIS-UA9707/SPAN-UA9333 Islam & Spain: Past and Present (Spanish)
Expressive Culture Equivalents (approved by Steinhardt and SPS)
- ARTH-UA9328 Masterpieces in The Prado Museum II(in Span)
- ARTH-UA9338 Masterpieces in The Prado Museum II
- SPAN-UA9180 Music, Cinema, and Literature in 20th Century Spain
- SPAN-UA9371 Cervantes (in Spanish)
Expressive Culture: Film - CORE-UA 9750 - 4 points (IN ENGLISH)
Expressive Culture is intended to introduce you to the study and appreciation of human artistic creation and to foster your ongoing engagement with the arts. Through critical engagement with primary cultural artifacts, it introduces you to formal methods of interpretation and to understanding the importance of expressive creation in particular and historical contexts.
This course analyzes the films of the two most well-known Spanish filmmakers, Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, from the standpoint of grotesque expression. There are serious differences between the two directors. Buñuel is the most representative filmmaker of Spanish modernity, while Almodóvar is the clearest representative of postmodernism. They were born in very different times: Buñuel in 1900 and Almodóvar fifty years later. Despite these differences, there are things they share that allow us to investigate very different moments in the cultural history of Spain with a specific focus: both were born and received their first sentimental education in rural areas, under strong religious influence (and religious repression), and in their works we can see a strong use of the grotesque expression. Both repression and grotesque expression will be related in our analysis of the films, since grotesquery is a way of degrading and decentralizing what is considered the center of social authority. Almodóvar and Buñuel react in their grotesquery to the dominant Catholic culture of their times, both rejecting and admiring this culture at the same time. The presence of that religion is something that the students will be able to see constantly in the field trips and visits to Museums.
Spanish Culture Through Cinema - DRLIT-UA 9551 or SPAN-UA 9994 - 4 points (IN SPANISH)
Prerequisites: SPAN-UA 50 Advanced Spanish OR SPAN-UA 51 Advanced Spanish for Spanish-Speaking Students (or equivalent courses) OR Qualifying Placement Test Score
Course can be taken concurrently with SPAN-UA 9050 or SPAN-UA 9051.
The course offers students a formal and theoretical analysis of some of the most important Spanish films from recent decades, highlighting the wide variety of genre and style in Spanish cinematographic production. Discussion of the movies will give relevance to their historical and social context. Special emphasis will be given to the three most relevant Spanish film directors of today: Pedro Almodóvar, Alejandro Amenábar, and Alberto Rodríguez.
Experiential Learning Seminar - NODEP-UA 9982 or INDIV-UG 9300 - 4 points (IN ENGLISH - Proficiency of at least Intermediate Spanish II Required)
Enrollment by permission only. Application required. For more information visit the Internships page.
This 4 credit course includes a weekly seminar and a minimum of 16 hours of fieldwork per week (two full days). Internship placements are made by EUSA, an internship placement organization partnering with NYU.
The seminar portion of the course explores many different aspects of your internship site. The goal is to finish the semester with an in-depth understanding of the company or organization, including its approach, its policies, and the context in which it operates. We will also discuss more generally the state of the contemporary workplace and ourselves as workers. Finally, you will use the seminar to reflect critically and analytically on the internship experience and as a way to refine your own personal and professional goals.
Experiential Learning Seminar - NODEP-UA 9982 or INDIV-UG 9300 - 4 points (IN ENGLISH - Proficiency of at least Intermediate Spanish II Required)
Enrollment by permission only. Application required. For more information visit the Internships page.
This 4 credit course includes a weekly seminar and a minimum of 16 hours of fieldwork per week (two full days). Internship placements are made by EUSA, an internship placement organization partnering with NYU.
The seminar portion of the course explores many different aspects of your internship site. The goal is to finish the semester with an in-depth understanding of the company or organization, including its approach, its policies, and the context in which it operates. We will also discuss more generally the state of the contemporary workplace and ourselves as workers. Finally, you will use the seminar to reflect critically and analytically on the internship experience and as a way to refine your own personal and professional goals.
Art Before/Beyond/Without Museums - SPAN-UA 9463 or IDSEM-UG 9300 - 4 points (IN ENGLISH)
This course will look at Spanish art, past and present, from the point of view not of the conventional finished products --works of art in a museum, eg-- but rather in the context of the processes by which art is commissioned, conceived, created, collected, exhibited, marketed, bought and sold. The course will also have a component of "making" --students will be exposed to hands-on experiences of a number of artistic practices, such as modeling clay, and making plaster molds-- and will also include visits to artisans' workshops, artists´studios, auction houses, flea markets, etc.
Sample Syllabus available soon
Experiential Learning - EXL-UF 9302 - 2 points - (IN ENGLISH)
Open to Global Liberal Studies students only.
Course offered on pass/fail grading basis.
“Experiential Learning” is a 2-credit, Pass/Fail course that supports students in the Spring semester as they enter the workplace culture of the city through Community Placements which may include, but are not limited to, volunteer work, internships, or in some cases, independent research. Through class meetings, reflective writing, and individual conferences, faculty guide students to define an independent research project that grows out of the workplace experience, and which reflects a nuanced understanding of how the workplace culture relates to the social and cultural milieu of the city.
Contemporary Perspectives on the Civil War and the 'Recovery of Historical Memory' in Spain - ANTH-UA 9252 or HIST-UA 9264 - 4 points (IN ENGLISH)
This course introduces students to anthropological approaches to the study of historical memory through one important and controversial topic in contemporary Spain: the effects and after-effects of the unburial of mass graves of civilians executed during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) as well as during the postwar years. Most of the exhumations occurring during the last 15 years are of mass graves containing Republican militants and sympathizers executed in what has been labeled by historians as politicide, genocide or even Holocaust. To understand contemporary engagements with this violent past, we will explore the main landmarks of the current exhumation campaign. This includes attention to the origins of these graves, their genealogy since the end of the Civil War, and especially the impact of the exhumed bodies on various milieus from the judicial system and forensic labs to popular culture and the arts.
Comparative Fascism: Italy, Germany, Spain - HIST-UA 9290 or POL-UA 9516 - 4 points (IN ENGLISH)
This course will examine the philosophical origins, theoretical characterizations and historical and political evolution of fascist political movements in Europe. The course is comparative in method and scope concentrating on the common characteristics of all fascist regimes and neo-fascist political movements. Historically, the course will focus on the paradigmatic cases of the interwar period--Mussolini’s Italy and Hitler’s Germany—and, especially, on the more unorthodox case of Francoist Spain, the only Fascist regime that survived WWII and into the Cold War era. Finally, we will survey the emergence of neo-fascist movements in contemporary Europe seeking to identify how they resemble, and differ from, their past precursors.
The course is divided into three parts. Part I studies the philosophical roots of fascist ideologies in the European reactionary tradition while contextualizing its emergence as a political ideology, socio-political movement and regime type under the specific historical conditions existing in interwar Europe. Part II studies the most salient policies and historical evolution of the fascist political regimes that came into being during the XXth century in Italy, Germany and, Spain. In part III, we will reflect on the rebirth of neo-fascism in Europe, the continuing aesthetic attraction exerted by fascism in European politics and society and the lasting influence of fascism on certain democratic state policies such as interest representation (corporatism).
Comparative Fascism: Italy, Germany, Spain - Sample Syllabus
Madrid Stories: Engaging with the City Through Documentary Film - SPAN-UA 9471 & JOUR-UA 9204 - 4 points (IN ENGLISH)
This course uses documentary filmmaking to explore, observe and interrogate Madrid, its people, its neighborhoods, and its place in the Spanish imaginary. Through the intensive, semester-long process of producing a 5-7 minute documentary film in a small team, students will have an opportunity to explore, engage with, and document aspects of this protean city. It will encourage students to look, listen and explore Madrid with a documentarian’s gaze, to represent the city from new perspectives, and to seek out stories that deepen, contextualize or counterpose pre-existing notions of Madrid and Spain. The course, moreover, will provide a short introduction to documentary theory, tradition and practice.
Madrid Stories: Engaging with the City Through Documentary Film - Sample Syllabus
Comparative U.S. and European Human Rights - SOC-UA 9709 or LWSOC-UA 9251 - 4 points (IN ENGLISH)
Previously numbered POL-UA 9994 or SOC-UA 9970
This course is a study of comparative human rights between European countries, including Spain, and the United States of America. International human rights legislation imposes the same obligations on all signatory countries. Despite this, however, interpretation and application of these rights vary considerably between countries. Students will explore a set of controversial issues in order to understand the complex differences between the United States and European countries’ interpretation of human rights obligations, and will also look at how these differences are portrayed in society by comparing international and national media coverage of the issues.
Comparative U.S. and European Human Rights - Sample Syllabus
Letters From Afar: Travel Writing Abroad - LITCW-UH 1503 -2 points (IN ENGLISH)
Travel is a form of knowledge. "The traveler," wrote the British travel writer Robert Byron, “can know the world, in fact, only when he sees, hears, and smells it.” This course offers students a unique opportunity to further expand and deepen the knowledge they will gain from their semester in Madrid, by making them venture beyond the confines of campus and engage with the everyday people and proceedings of the city. From their observations, reporting, interviews and research about what they have encountered, students will compose a feature-length narrative in the form of a classic “Letter From….” piece in The New Yorker magazine.
Current Social, Political and Urban Challenges to European Cities - SCA-UA 9890 & SOC-UA 9690 & ANTH-UA 9093- 4 points (IN ENGLISH)
This course is an introduction to urban politics in Europe. It is designed to provide the student with practical and theoretical tools to understand and critically analyze European cities. We will take a close look at the social, political and urban challenges these cities are currently facing.
Current Social, Political and Urban Challenges to European Cities - Sample Syllabus
Islam and Spain: Past and Present - MEIS-UA 9707 or SPAN-UA 9466 - 4 points (IN ENGLISH)
From the 8th century until the 17th century, Islam played a crucial role in the history of the Iberian Peninsula. Today this period is often portrayed as one of inter-religious harmony, while al-Andalus is simultaneously mourned in contemporary Islamist discourse as a lost paradise. While we look at the history of Al-Andalus and assess the importance of the contributions of Al-Andalus to Europe and America, we evaluate the significance of its legacy in modern Spain. Furthermore, we will study the protagonist role that Spain has played in relations between Europe and the Mediterranean Islamic countries during the Modern Age. Students will gain further understanding and contextualization of current Arab-Muslim geopolitics. As a case study, we will address the Spanish Protectorate in Morocco, as well as its ensuing process of decolonization and the consequences that shape the current international relations between the two neighboring countries, Spain and Morocco.
Islam and Spain - Sample Syllabus Coming Soon
Spain and the European Union: Political and Economic Issues - POL-UA 9167 - 4 points (IN ENGLISH)
A study of Spain and its integration into the European Common Market. The historical background examines Europe in the aftermath of World War II, Spain under Franco's dictatorship and its relationship to other European countries, as well as the events leading up to the actual foundation of the European Economic Community (EEC). Emphasis is on the negotiations leading to Spain's incorporation into the EEC, and a detailed analysis is given of the present-day European Common Market and its goals for the future.
Spain and the European Union: Political and Economic Issues - Sample Syllabus
Comparative Fascism: Italy, Germany, Spain - HIST-UA 9290 or POL-UA 9516 - 4 points (IN ENGLISH)
This course will examine the philosophical origins, theoretical characterizations and historical and political evolution of fascist political movements in Europe. The course is comparative in method and scope concentrating on the common characteristics of all fascist regimes and neo-fascist political movements. Historically, the course will focus on the paradigmatic cases of the interwar period--Mussolini’s Italy and Hitler’s Germany—and, especially, on the more unorthodox case of Francoist Spain, the only Fascist regime that survived WWII and into the Cold War era. Finally, we will survey the emergence of neo-fascist movements in contemporary Europe seeking to identify how they resemble, and differ from, their past precursors.
The course is divided into three parts. Part I studies the philosophical roots of fascist ideologies in the European reactionary tradition while contextualizing its emergence as a political ideology, socio-political movement and regime type under the specific historical conditions existing in interwar Europe. Part II studies the most salient policies and historical evolution of the fascist political regimes that came into being during the XXth century in Italy, Germany and, Spain. In part III, we will reflect on the rebirth of neo-fascism in Europe, the continuing aesthetic attraction exerted by fascism in European politics and society and the lasting influence of fascism on certain democratic state policies such as interest representation (corporatism).
Comparative Fascism: Italy, Germany, Spain - Sample Syllabus
Topics: Contemporary Spanish Politics in Comparative Perspective - POL-UA 9994 - 4 points (IN ENGLISH)
This course focuses on contemporary Spanish politics and will use the tools of modern political science to explain recent politics and political developments in Spain. Topics covered will vary and may include: federalism/decentralization; elections and voting; governance and accountability; public opinion; electoral institutions, parties, party systems and new parties; parliament and coalition politics; politics of economic change; politics of identify; politics of migration; politics of the welfare state; politics and inequality; and/or EU sentiment/populism/nativism—all with a principal focus on Spain.
Topics: Contemporary Spanish Politics in Comparative Perspective - Sample Syllabus
Comparative U.S. and European Human Rights - SOC-UA 9709 or LWSOC-UA 9251 - 4 points (IN ENGLISH)
Previously numbered POL-UA 9994 or SOC-UA 9970
This course is a study of comparative human rights between European countries, including Spain, and the United States of America. International human rights legislation imposes the same obligations on all signatory countries. Despite this, however, interpretation and application of these rights vary considerably between countries. Students will explore a set of controversial issues in order to understand the complex differences between the United States and European countries’ interpretation of human rights obligations, and will also look at how these differences are portrayed in society by comparing international and national media coverage of the issues.
Comparative U.S. and European Human Rights - Sample Syllabus
Current Social, Political and Urban Challenges to European Cities - SCA-UA 9890 & SOC-UA 9690 & ANTH-UA 9093- 4 points (IN ENGLISH)
This course is an introduction to urban politics in Europe. It is designed to provide the student with practical and theoretical tools to understand and critically analyze European cities. We will take a close look at the social, political and urban challenges these cities are currently facing.
Current Social, Political and Urban Challenges to European Cities - Sample Syllabus
Madrid: Urban Visions - SOC-UA 9970 or SPAN-UA 9360 - 4 points (IN SPANISH)
Prerequisite of SPAN-UA 50: Advanced Spanish or SPAN-UA 51: Advanced Spanish for Spanish Speakers (or equivalent courses) or qualifying placement test score
Course can be taken concurrently with SPAN-UA 9050 or SPAN-UA 9051.
This course considers how different societies project and, at the same time, perceive cities. Using Madrid as a case study, we will study the city’s trajectory, beginning with the consolidation of modernity in the early decades of the 20th century, to today. In order to offer a broad view of its evolution and development, these topics will be analyzed in relation to different key moments in the history of contemporary Spain: the Primo de Rivera Dictatorship of the 1920s, the Second Republic, the Franco Dictatorship and Democracy. These chronological segments, which have had such important political repercussions, will allow us to reflect on the relationship between city and society.
Two lines of work are proposed. On one hand, we will analyze the urban development in Madrid and its social impact from a historical perspective. On the other, we will deepen our understanding of the urban experience. In this way, the resources necessary for the understanding of urban issues will be obtained, and will also be applicable in other contexts. To this end, the materials used will be mainly the city itself, texts of urban theory, architecture and visual culture.
Spain Today - SPAN-UA 9025 - 4 points (IN SPANISH - Intermediate Conversation Course)
PREREQUISITES: SPAN UA 3 OR SPAN-UA 9015 OR SPAN-UA 2 OR SPAN-UA 10 (or equivalent courses) OR Qualifying Placement Test Score
COREQUISITES: SPAN-UA 9004 or SPAN-UA 9020
Course must be taken concurrently with SPAN-UA 9004 OR concurrently with SPAN-UA 9020
Note: Course counts as an advanced conversation course for Spanish minors/majors. Only one conversation course can be counted for the major or minor.
The course is designed for students in SPAN-UA 9020 or SPAN-UA 9004 that would like to perfect their Spanish, as they expand their knowledge regarding literature, cinema, and social and political problems that exist today within modern Spanish society. The reading of different texts, such as newspaper articles and short stories, and various videos and films throughout the semester will serve to expand lexicon, strengthen grammar and improve students’ language oral and written skills. The students will participate actively in class discussions and be guided to conduct their own research on topics related to Spain today.
Spanish For Commerce - SPAN-UA 9063 - 4 points (IN SPANISH)
Prerequisite of SPAN-UA 50 Advanced Spanish or to be taken concurrently with SPAN-UA 9050. For non-native Spanish speakers only.
This is an advanced conversation course.
This course is designed for students who wish to attain a command of Spanish in relation to the worlds of business and international relations. Special emphasis on the development of oral expression through activities that focus on business practices.
Understanding Current Issues in Spain - SPAN-UA 9062 - 4 points (IN SPANISH)
Prerequisite for NYU students: SPAN-UA 50 Advanced Spanish or concurrently with SPAN-UA 9050. For non-native Spanish speakers only.
This is an advanced conversation course.
This course aims to develop students’ awareness about the contemporary culture of Spain, while improving students’ oral competence in Spanish. The culture and daily life of Spain in the 21st century will be examined throughout oral presentations, formal and informal conversations, interviews, reports, etc. Spain will be presented in its diversity, richness, and uniqueness with the help of supporting materials such as newspaper articles, TV and radio programs, commercials, short films, chats, etc. Finally, our goal is that the students gain an understanding of the new culture and that they be able to create new intercultural spaces by means of the comparisons to their own culture. This course is based on culture, language and training in oral communication.
Techniques of Translation - SPAN-UA 9110 - 4 points (IN SPANISH)
Prerequisite of SPAN-UA 50 Advanced Spanish OR SPAN-UA 51 Advanced Spanish for Spanish-Speaking Students (or equivalent courses) OR Qualifying Placement Test Score
Comparison of Spanish and English grammar, syntax, and style, mainly by examining American and Spanish movie scripts and plays. Special attention is paid to colloquial expressions and cognates in both languages.
Migrations and Cultural Diversity in Spain: Anthropological Approaches - SPAN-UA 9472 or ANTH-UA 9255 - 4 points (IN SPANISH)
Prerequisites: Completion of 300 level Spanish course or to be taken concurrently with 300 level Spanish course.
Students who completed SPAN-UA 200: Critical Approaches to Textual and Cultural Analysis meet the prerequisite.
This course analyzes current migratory flows and their implications, one of the key topics in Spain and the EU today. From an anthropological perspective, the course seeks to offer students conceptual frameworks to analyze critically the diversity and complexity of migrations and their effects on society and culture.
Migrations and Cultural Diversity in Spain: Anthropological Approaches - Sample Syllabus
Cultural History of Spain - SPAN-UA 9260 - 4 points (In English)
This course provides an introduction to the making of modern Spain through the study of key cultural practices in literature, visual art, film, and performance from the 19th century to the present. The course is organized around key concepts, which may vary by semester and by instructor.
Cultural History of Spain - Sample Syllabus available soon
Madrid: Urban Visions - SOC-UA 9970 or SPAN-UA 9360 - 4 points (IN SPANISH)
Prerequisite of SPAN-UA 50: Advanced Spanish or SPAN-UA 51: Advanced Spanish for Spanish Speakers (or equivalent courses) or qualifying placement test score
Course can be taken concurrently with SPAN-UA 9050 or SPAN-UA 9051.
This course considers how different societies project and, at the same time, perceive cities. Using Madrid as a case study, we will study the city’s trajectory, beginning with the consolidation of modernity in the early decades of the 20th century, to today. In order to offer a broad view of its evolution and development, these topics will be analyzed in relation to different key moments in the history of contemporary Spain: the Primo de Rivera Dictatorship of the 1920s, the Second Republic, the Franco Dictatorship and Democracy. These chronological segments, which have had such important political repercussions, will allow us to reflect on the relationship between city and society.
Two lines of work are proposed. On one hand, we will analyze the urban development in Madrid and its social impact from a historical perspective. On the other, we will deepen our understanding of the urban experience. In this way, the resources necessary for the understanding of urban issues will be obtained, and will also be applicable in other contexts. To this end, the materials used will be mainly the city itself, texts of urban theory, architecture and visual culture.
Topics in Peninsular Spanish Literature and Culture: Culture and Crisis in Contemporary Spain - SPAN-UA 9360 - 4 points (IN SPANISH)
Prerequisite of SPAN-UA 50: Advanced Spanish or SPAN-UA 51: Advanced Spanish for Spanish Speakers (or equivalent courses) or qualifying placement test score
Course can be taken concurrently with SPAN-UA 9050 or SPAN-UA 9051.
The course analyzes Spanish literature and culture and, specifically, the crisis as a literary, historical, ideological, artistic structure. In this way, key problems of art and modern thought will be debated, such as the crisis of the subject and language, the relationship between writer and society, urban experience, the rewriting of collective history, critical fiction from women’s perspectives, metafiction as an analytical resource, the political and economic crisis, and the most recent crisis, the pandemic and the artistic effect produced during confinement.
Culture and Crisis in Contemporary Spanish Literature- Sample Syllabus Available Soon
Cervantes and Don Quixote- SPAN-UA 9462 - 4 points (IN SPANISH)
Prerequisites: Completion of 300 level Spanish course or to be taken concurrently with 300 level Spanish course.
Students who completed SPAN-UA 200: Critical Approaches to Textual and Cultural Analysis meet the prerequisite.
In this course, we will read both the first and second part of the Don Quijote and analyze its significance from literary, philosophical, political and social perspectives.
Islam and Spain: Past and Present - MEIS-UA 9707 or SPAN-UA 9466 - 4 points (IN ENGLISH)
From the 8th century until the 17th century, Islam played a crucial role in the history of the Iberian Peninsula. Today this period is often portrayed as one of inter-religious harmony, while al-Andalus is simultaneously mourned in contemporary Islamist discourse as a lost paradise. While we look at the history of Al-Andalus and assess the importance of the contributions of Al-Andalus to Europe and America, we evaluate the significance of its legacy in modern Spain. Furthermore, we will study the protagonist role that Spain has played in relations between Europe and the Mediterranean Islamic countries during the Modern Age. Students will gain further understanding and contextualization of current Arab-Muslim geopolitics. As a case study, we will address the Spanish Protectorate in Morocco, as well as its ensuing process of decolonization and the consequences that shape the current international relations between the two neighboring countries, Spain and Morocco.
Islam and Spain - Sample Syllabus Coming Soon
Blogging Spain - SPAN-UA 9112 - 4 points (IN SPANISH)
Prerequisite of SPAN-UA 50 Advanced Spanish OR SPAN-UA 51 Advanced Spanish for Spanish-Speaking Students (or equivalent courses) OR Qualifying Placement Test Score
This course will provide students with basic journalistic skills so that they may report on their cultural experience in Spain. We will work with newspaper articles, podcasts, radio and TV programs from the Spanish media to cover current social, political and cultural issues, such as immigration, national identities, regional differences, gender roles, tourism and famous personalities. The coverage of political and cultural developments in Spain in the American media will also be examined to complement our newsgathering and research. Course projects include the publication of a blog with articles on the students´ experience at NYU in Madrid – planned trips, visits to museums and other activities - as well as visits to a radio or TV station in Madrid. Our aim will be to acquire a broad understanding of contemporary Spanish society while developing new linguistic skills in Spanish.
Spanish Culture Through Cinema - DRLIT-UA 9551 or SPAN-UA 9994 - 4 points (IN SPANISH)
Prerequisites: SPAN-UA 50 Advanced Spanish OR SPAN-UA 51 Advanced Spanish for Spanish-Speaking Students (or equivalent courses) OR Qualifying Placement Test Score
Course can be taken concurrently with SPAN-UA 9050 or SPAN-UA 9051.
The course offers students a formal and theoretical analysis of some of the most important Spanish films from recent decades, highlighting the wide variety of genre and style in Spanish cinematographic production. Discussion of the movies will give relevance to their historical and social context. Special emphasis will be given to the three most relevant Spanish film directors of today: Pedro Almodóvar, Alejandro Amenábar, and Alberto Rodríguez.
Madrid Stories: Engaging with the City Through Documentary Film - SPAN-UA 9471 & JOUR-UA 9204 - 4 points (IN ENGLISH)
This course uses documentary filmmaking to explore, observe and interrogate Madrid, its people, its neighborhoods, and its place in the Spanish imaginary. Through the intensive, semester-long process of producing a 5-7 minute documentary film in a small team, students will have an opportunity to explore, engage with, and document aspects of this protean city. It will encourage students to look, listen and explore Madrid with a documentarian’s gaze, to represent the city from new perspectives, and to seek out stories that deepen, contextualize or counterpose pre-existing notions of Madrid and Spain. The course, moreover, will provide a short introduction to documentary theory, tradition and practice.
Madrid Stories: Engaging with the City Through Documentary Film - Sample Syllabus
Art Before/Beyond/Without Museums - SPAN-UA 9463 or IDSEM-UG 9300 - 4 points (IN ENGLISH)
This course will look at Spanish art, past and present, from the point of view not of the conventional finished products --works of art in a museum, eg-- but rather in the context of the processes by which art is commissioned, conceived, created, collected, exhibited, marketed, bought and sold. The course will also have a component of "making" --students will be exposed to hands-on experiences of a number of artistic practices, such as modeling clay, and making plaster molds-- and will also include visits to artisans' workshops, artists´studios, auction houses, flea markets, etc.
Sample Syllabus available soon
Writing as Critical Inquiry - WRCI-UF 9102 - 4 points
Open to LS First-Year Students Only
In Writing II, students develop their skills in analysis and argumentation by exploring the ways in which the ideas of others can be incorporated into their own writing. Students read and discuss longer, more challenging texts; in their own writing, students are expected to incorporate a broad range of primary and secondary sources to develop and support their increasingly complex ideas. Students are familiarized with a wide variety of possible resources at the library and learn the mechanics and conventions of the academic research essay. The course continues to encourage in-class participation, collaborative learning, and workshop presentations.
Arts and Cultures towards the Crossroads - ACC-UF 9102 - 4 points
Open to LS First-Year Students Only
The second semester of Social Foundations spans a thousand years, from the rise of Islam and the reunification of China under the Tang dynasty (in the 7th century C.E.) through the Scientific Revolution and the decline of the Mogul empire in India. This course invites students to consider great ideas that have often helped earlier peoples organize their lives--but which have also set them in conflict, sometimes with other communities, sometimes among themselves. Such ideas have sparked movements for ethical and social reform, for conquest, for the recovery of lost classics, and for religious renewal.
Global Works and Society in a Changing World - GWC-UF 9102 - 4 points
Open to LS First-Year Students Only
The second semester of Social Foundations spans a thousand years, from the rise of Islam and the reunification of China under the Tang dynasty (in the 7th century C.E.) through the Scientific Revolution and the decline of the Mogul empire in India. This course invites students to consider great ideas that have often helped earlier peoples organize their lives--but which have also set them in conflict, sometimes with other communities, sometimes among themselves. Such ideas have sparked movements for ethical and social reform, for conquest, for the recovery of lost classics, and for religious renewal.
Global Works and Society in a Changing World - Sample Syllabus