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Advanced Studies Program

Language & Humanities Program
Advanced Program for Business & Economics

The following courses are part of the recommended plan of study during the academic year for the ISEPS Advanced Studies Program, in which there are the Advanced Courses from the Cursos para Extranjeros Program offered at the University of Seville.

These classes are for those students with a genuine advanced level of Spanish which allows them to easily comprehend lectures, do extended readings, and engage in active in-class oral work. To protect the academic integrity of these courses, no special considerations are allowed. This directly follows the ISEPS philosophy of creating a specialized and realistic study plan for each program participant.

Often study abroad is criticized for its academic quality. In this instance, ISEPS and Cursos para Extranjeros carefully work with the Home Campus Advisors to ensure that an appropriate academic level of instruction is determined for each student, thus avoiding a dangerous mixing of students whose Spanish language levels are not properly synchronized.

All instruction with a credit recommendation takes place within the University of Seville. All instructors are accredited to teach university courses at the University of Seville. All course credits will be formally accredited by the University of Seville, as confirmed to the Home Campus at semester’s end in the ISEPS Final Grade Report.

FALL SEMESTER

THE SCHOOL OF PHILOLOGY (LANGUAGES & LITERATURES)

(Note - Courses are for students with an advanced level of Spanish, as determined by ISEPS professional staff, Cursos para Extranjeros, and the Home Campus. Again, it is important to state that the academic integrity of these academic offerings requires that all participants share an advanced language level to allow the classes to proceed on pace with no need for remedial activities for non-qualified students that would impact the overall benefit to those students who are qualified.)

FA-11: Sintaxis Española - Spanish Syntax
This course goes from phonetics through morphology to the understanding and use of oral and written communication. A solid understanding of the mechanics (grammar) of Spanish is expected of the participant since the structures of the sentence and words are the object of study.

FA-12: Fonética y Fonología Españolas - Spanish Phonetics & Phonology
The class offers an advanced hands-on study in Spanish phonetics and phonology for students who are Spanish language majors, covering phonology > phonetics > morphology. An area of concentration is how sounds combine to create morphemes and how words are the result of another combination.

FA-13: Sociolingüística Andaluza - Andalusian Sociolinguistics
Via the study of sociolinguistics, the focus is on sociolinguistics as an avenue to the understanding of the Spanish that is spoken in Andalusia, proceeding to the regional and national distinctions between Spain and other areas of the Spanish-speaking world, in phonetics, lexicology, and syntax.

FA-14: El Español de América - The Spanish Language in the Americas
The Spanish language in the nations of Latin America is the objective of this class, with emphasis on understanding how the social and cultural realities of the New World influenced the language, and how it evolved along different lines, from the Patagonia all the way up to areas of the United States. Also, there will be an analysis of “Spanglish” which is a “ghettoization” of the Spanish language.

FA-15: Novela Española Contemporánea - Contemporary Spanish Novel
This course examines the Spanish novel since Ramón del Valle Inclán up to the present day, with particular interest given to the Generación de 68 and the novel since 1975.

FA-16: Literatura y la Guerra Civil Española - Literature & the Spanish Civil War
The offering studies Spanish literature during the Spanish Civil War, and into the ensuing Franco period, with emphasis on what happens to literature under such extreme historical circumstances where it can be used for socio-political ends.

FA-17: Teatro Español Contemporáneo - Contemporary Spanish Theatre
This class looks at Spanish drama since Jacinto Benavente, and major attention is placed on the reality of theatre in the different socio-political periods of drama in society and the related movements in theatre such as El Teatro Costumbrista, El Teatro Rural, and El Teatro Poético: 1936-1939, 1939-1975, 1975-today. The second half of the course is dedicated to Spanish drama today, and its principal authors and dramatic tendencies. ISEPS will organize opportunities for participants to go to Seville theatre productions of plays that have been covered directly or indirectly in class.

FA-18: La Influencia Árabe en la Literatura Española - Arabic Influences in Spanish Literature
The course goes over Islam and Islamic culture as a constant leitmotif, Arabic influences on Spanish literature, and the creative mind. The core element is how almost eight hundred years of Islamic contact contributed to what today is understood via Spanish literature as the “Spanish psyche”. ISEPS students will be registered with the Fundación de las Tres Culturas in Seville, and will be invited to attend all events sponsored by the Foundation which works to promote a greater understanding between the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic worlds.

FA-19: Cine Española Contemporánea - Contemporary Spanish Cinema
The course - in which film is seen as an art form - deals with the Spanish film industry and its films since the Constitutional period from 1975 forward. Since the Spanish language level is advanced, those participants with a lesser level will take FA-09. The School of Philology has an excellent filmoteca from which students are expected to check out DVD films. ISEPS participants will be invited at no cost to attend those movies under study when they are shown in Seville.

FA-20: El Flamenco: Expresión Sociolingüística de Andalucía - Flamenco: A Sociolinguistic Manifestation of Andalusia
Here one learns about Flamenco as a road to the understanding of the use of language and rhythms in the expression of the sentiments of the people of Andalusia. Since the language level is advanced, those participants with a lesser level will take FA-10. During the course of the semester, ISEPS will provide gratis opportunities to the student to participate in flamenco events related to the course.

THE SCHOOL OF GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY & ART

GA-08: La Proyección Histórica de las Tres Culturas: Cristianos, Musulmanes y Judíos en la España Medieval: Siglos VIII-XV - Christians, Muslims & Jews in Medieval Spain: VIII-XV Centuries
This is the study of the contributions of Christians, Muslims, and Jews to the development of culture and society in Spain from 711 (Islamic invasion of Spain) until 1492 (reconquest of Spain by the Catholic Kings), and how almost eight hundred years of Islamic domination has contributed to the Spain we know today. ISEPS students will be registered with the Fundación de las Tres Culturas in Seville, and will be invited to attend all events sponsored by the Foundation which works to promote a greater understanding between the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic worlds.

GA-09: Europa y el Mundo Atlántico en la Edad Moderna: Siglos XV-XVIII - Europe & the Atlantic Ocean in the Age of Exploration, Discover & Colonial Expansion: XV-XVIII Centuries
The class covers the historical evolution of the European powers at the time of the expansion across the Atlantic, how this expansion on such a scale was possible for them as to their resources and objectives, and how best to understand European colonialism in Spanish, Portuguese, English, and French America.

GA-1O: Política y Relaciones Internacionales en la Europa Moderna: Siglos XVI-XVIII - Politics & International Relations in Modern European History: XVI-XVIII Centuries
This course looks at the diplomacy and international relations from the birth of the European nation status up to the end of the Napoleonic period.

GA-11: La Pintura Española de El Greco a Picasso - Spanish Painting from El Greco to Picasso
The offering is of an historical nature covering Spanish painting from El Greco through Picasso. Those students majoring in Art will find this course to be of particular interest. Participants will have weekend free visits to Seville museums arranged by ISEPS to view the works studied in the course, as well as to Córdoba and other cities. Also, there will gratis opportunities to attend special expositions.

GA-12: Cine y la Historia: Griegos y Romanos - Greece & Rome as Seen through Cinema
The academic study here is on the use of cinematic themes, with the focus on Greece and Rome, and how films often use/misuse history for their own ends. ISEPS will make available for the students’ use DVD’s on this theme, and will organize a trip to the Roman ruins of Itálica.

GA-13: Arte de la España Islámica - Islamic Art in Spain
This class examines the Islamic heritage in all the art forms in Spain during the nearly eight hundred years of the Muslim domination of Iberia. The arts of Islam and their contribution to the overall development of western art are a special area of focus. ISEPS participants will be invited to attend expositions centered on the artifacts from this period, and to visit the historically significant city of Córdoba.

GA-14: Arte Prehispánico e Hispanoamericano - Pre-Hispanic & Spanish American Art
The history of the arts in Spanish America from the pre-Hispanic period up to the present day with particular attention given to the native American influences on the arts in modern and contemporary times. ISEPS will organize visits to Seville museums and expositions to see the arts of this period.

GA-15: La Historia de América Prehispánica - History of Pre-Hispanic America
This course covers the history of the cultures and societies of the peoples and nations that Spain found upon arriving in the New World. The academic approach is supported with strong anthropological and archaeological input which will contribute to a fuller understanding of the objectives of instructions. ISEPS participants will visit the Museo Arqueológico in Seville to view artifacts first hand.

GA-16: Transición Política y Democracia en España: 1975-El Presente - The Political Transition & Democracy in Spain: 1975-Today
Spanish political history from the death of Francisco Franco in 1975 to the present day is the focus of study, with major emphasis given to the development of the democratic Spain that we know today. ISEPS students will be invited to lectures and debates that are always taking place outside of the University of Seville on subjects related the content of this class.

GA-17: La Mujer en el Arte: Visiones desde la Diferencia y la Igualdad - Women in Art: From Object to Equality
The class reviews the topic of women in art, how the vision of women has been depicted in art, and the way in which social change evidences the evolving role of women in contemporary society and culture. ISEPS participants will be introduced to Seville organizations that promote women who are active in the arts.

SPRING SEMESTER

THE SCHOOL OF PHILOLOGY (LANGUAGES & LITERATURES)

FB-12: Gramática Española II - Spanish Grammar II
In this offering the instructor will apply different aspects of linguistics for a fuller understanding of how grammar responds to emotional and mental impulses for structured verbal manifestation.

FB-13: Fonética y Fonología Españolas - Spanish Phonetics & Phonology
The class offers an advanced hands-on study in Spanish phonetics and phonology for students who are Spanish language majors, covering phonology > phonetics > morphology. An area of concentration is how sounds combine to create morphemes and how words are the result of another combination.

FB-14: Pasado y Presente de la Lengua Española - The Spanish Language: Past & Present
The focus is on the history of the Spanish language in Spain and the Americas from the anachronic and diachronic points of view.

FB-15: Cervantes: Estudio Del Quijote - Cervantes: A Study of El Quijote
The course is an in-depth study of the masterpiece of Spanish and world literature.

FB-16: Teatro Español del Siglo de Oro - Spanish Theatre of the Golden Age
The topic is centered on Spanish drama in the literature of the Golden Age, including representative pieces of the works of Spain’s greatest dramatists of the period. ISEPS will provide participants the opportunity to go to the theatre, at not extra cost, when Golden Age dramatic works are staged in Seville.

FB-17: Literatura y Ciudad: El Caso de Sevilla - Literature & the City: Seville in Literature
Although aimed at Spanish literature, this class examines the projected image of Seville in a wide variety of literary works and movements.

FB-18: Poesía Hispanoamericana Contemporánea - Contemporary Spanish American Poetry
This is a general survey of Spanish American literature and its related movements, concentrating on dedicated studies of the works of Huidobro, Borges, Guillén, Vallejo, Neruda, and Octavio Paz.

FB-19: La Influencia Árabe en la Literatura Española - Arab Influence in Spanish Literature
The course has two main points: 1) an understanding of Arabic-Islamic reality of the classical period; and 2) how Islamic civilization influenced the letters of Medieval Spain and Europe up to the period of the Spanish Golden Age.

FB-20: La Imagen de España a Través del Cine - The Image of Spain as Seen Through Cinema
This is the study of Spain as a background and source for Spanish, European, and American films, and the contrast of fiction and reality.

FB-21: Arte Flamenco como Proceso de Comunicación en el Siglo XXI: Análisis Interdisciplinario y Estética Musical - Flamenco Art as a Process of Communications in the XXI Century: Interdisciplinary Analysis & Musical Aesthetics
Flamenco is examined so as to identify its place in today’s world as an art form in the complex reality of musical aesthetics. During the course of the semester, ISEPS will arrange for the students to participate in flamenco events related to the course.

FB-22: La “Aventura” Occidental en el Pensamiento Geográfico Griego - The Western “Adventure” in the Geographic Thinking of the Greek World
The focus of the class is on the understanding of geography as an element in the creative imagination of history, in this instance geography as related to art and literature in the Classical Greek period, from imaginative art up to its beginning as a science.

FB-23: Publicidad y Propaganda en la Sociedad de Masas - Publicity & Propaganda in the World of Mass Society
This course reviews how publicity and the manipulation of information are used in the media for commercial, social, and political ends in electronic and print media.

THE SCHOOL OF GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY & ART

GB-11: Relaciones Diplomáticas y Políticas Interamericanas - Inter-American Diplomatic & Political Relations
This class studies the diplomatic and political relations of the United States with the nations of Latin America since independence, with special attention to those relations since World War II.

GB-12: Historia Contemporánea de Ibero América - Contemporary Latin American History
The history of Latin America in the contemporary period is the course content, so as to furnish a fuller comprehension of the political, economic, and socio-cultural development of the region in said period. ISEPS participants will be invited to several Latin American consulates in Seville where they will learn more about the relationships of their nations with the United States today.

GB-13: Arte Europeo del Siglo XX - XX Century European Art
This course will focus on Spanish art within the frame of European art in the contemporary period, as a full appreciation of Spanish art is best viewed within the context of European art. ISEPS will organize visits to the Museo Contemporáneo de Arte for the students where specific works will be viewed from the point of view of “how to look at a painting”.

GB-14: Arqueología en Andalucía: De Tartessos a Roma - Archaeology in Andalusia: From Tartessos to Rome
Seville is very rich in artifacts of the period from Tartessos to Rome, so this offering will be of special interest to History students and to anyone else with an wanting to add an introduction to the field of Archaeology to his/her educational background. ISEPS has a DVD collection covering early history and archaeology for the participants, and will organize visits to archaeological sites as well.

GB-15: Introducción a la Geografía Física de España: Problemática Ambiental y Espacios Naturales Protegidos - Introduction to the Physical Geography of Spain: Environmental Problems & Protected Natural Areas
This is an analysis of Spanish geography in which environmental issues and the protection of the environment are the focus of attention.

GB-16: La Proyección Histórica de las Tres Culturas: Cristianos, Musulmanes y Judíos en la España Medieval: Siglos VIII-XV - Christians, Muslims & Jews in Medieval Spain: VIII-XV Centuries
This is the study of the contributions of Christians, Muslims, and Jews to the development of culture and society in Spain from 711 (Islamic invasion of Spain) until 1492 (reconquest of Spain by the Catholic Kings), and how almost eight hundred years of Islamic domination has contributed to the Spain we know today. ISEPS students will be registered with the Fundación de las Tres Culturas in Seville, and will be invited to attend all events sponsored by the Foundation which works to promote a greater understanding between the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic worlds.

GB-17: La España Actual y las Relaciones Internacionales - Spanish International Relations Today
The class examines Spain’s international relations from the end of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) up to the country’s transition to democracy and incorporation into the European Community (1975-today), looking at various historical milestones along the way such as the Second World War (1939-1945), the period of international isolation (1945-1953), and the road to integration in the western community of nations (1953-1975) - all under Franco’s foreign policy.

GB-18: La Historia de la Esclavitud en América Latina - Slavery in Latin America
This is an historical study of the demographic, economic, social, and political factors and interests that instigated, promoted, and favored slavery in the nations of Latin America, along with looking at slavery from a general historical view point - with its attendant economic interests - that since early human history took place in Africa, Asia, Europe, and finally in the Americas.

GB-19: Antropología Cultural de América Latina - Latin American Cultural Anthropology
The course is an advanced version of GA-04 covering the inter-ethnic reality of the nations of Latin America and how an understanding of such a reality allows us to evaluate and appreciate the unique nature of these national cultures. ISEPS will organize visits for the students in this course to several museums in Seville that specialize in American and ethnological history.

GB-20: Escultura Española desde el Gótico a Nuestros Días - Spanish Sculpture from the Gothic Period to the Present Time
This class offers an historical approach to the appreciation of Spanish sculpture from the Middle Ages up to our time, studying Spanish as it was/is intended to be viewed in terms of themes, uses, and artistic forms and materials. ISEPS participants will go to Seville museums where specific works will be viewed from the point of view of “how to look at sculpture”.