Superior

Prior to enrolling in courses at this language level, students must have completed or tested out of a minimum of 2 upper-division college-level Spanish courses at their home university in the U.S.

This course covers modern history of Spain from the birth of the Franco era to the present day. The course is divided along topics which include: the context of the Civil War 1936-1939, international relations during the Second World War, societal, economic, and political problems during the post war years. The nineteen fifties: changes in international relations and the end of isolation. 1957-1975: the power of the technocrats, the establishment of development plans, the institutionalization of the political system Transition: 1975-1978: the process of change, the hegemony of the UCD 1979-1981: from triumph to crisis of the UCD. The end of Transition: the electoral victory of the PSOE in 1982. 1982-1996: the socialist stage of the new Spanish democracy, perspectives of modern Spain.