SPAN 160Topics in Spanish Linguistics

Spanish · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Exploration of origin of language, how Spanish is acquired, evolution of Spanish from Latin to early modern period, how Spanish varies in world, how to teach Spanish, Spanish in contact with other languages. Possible topics include Spanish in Los Angeles, history of Spanish language, first- and second-language acquisition, language and cognition. May be repeated for credit with topic change.

P/NP or letter grading.

When it runs

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

Requisites

Official UCLA wording

Requisite: course 25 or 27.

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Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

SPAN 160

  • SPAN 25Advanced Spanish Composition
  • SPAN 27Advanced Spanish Composition for Heritage Speakers
    • SPAN 7BIntermediate Spanish for Heritage Speakers
      • SPAN 3Elementary Spanish1 more beneath
      • SPAN 7AIntroductory Spanish for Heritage Speakers

2 direct requisites. Showing 6 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.