Designed to allow the advanced student to pursue an individually designed project, expressing a specific interest or topic in Peninsular literature, Latin American literature, film and/or theater, and/or U.S. Latino and Latina literature and culture. Independent study courses do not count toward the major or minor in Spanish literatures and cultures; and under no circumstances will an independent study be designed as a language skills course. The student must propose a project, arrange a scheduled time to discuss (in Spanish) the project and its progress with the faculty member, complete the project and submit written evidence (in Spanish) of the work. Evidence of the work also may be presented in an oral or multimedia format in Spanish, but the presentation must include or be accompanied by some written component commensurate to the credit awarded for the course.
All of the following:
- Hispanic Studies 306; or any other Hispanic Studies course taught in Spanish above 306.
- Consent of a tenure-track member of the faculty in Hispanic Studies to direct the project.
- A one-page proposal, written in Spanish and approved by a majority of the tenure-track members of the faculty in Hispanic Studies, which sets forth a summary of the project and includes at least a preliminary bibliography.