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Did you know that Spanish is the fourth most widely spoken language in the world? And that the United States ranks fourth among countries with the highest population of Spanish speakers, with Mexico in first place? To keep pace with the rising national and international importance of Spanish, the Department of Spanish at San Diego State University, Imperial Valley campus offers ample opportunities to develop a career in Spanish or to acquire a solid background in Spanish that could be extremely useful in virtually all professional areas. At San Diego State University, Imperial Valley, students can pursue a Bachelors Degree with a major in Spanish, a minor in Spanish or a Certificate in Court Interpreting. In addition, they can enroll in elective Spanish courses and also complete some of the course requirements for the Master of Arts degree in Spanish offered at the San Diego campus.
San Diego State University, Imperial Valley campus is situated in Calexico, within blocks of the United States-Mexico border, an area with a long history of cross-cultural exchanges. At the Imperial Valley campus, students have hands-on experiences and interactions with Hispanic culture and Spanish language to reinforce their studies in a wide range of courses. Students may choose both canonical and non-canonical literature courses that cover everything, from Cervantes’ Don Quixote to the Mexican narcocorrido and, of course, the literature of the Chicano people, among many other fascinating offerings. In addition to courses in Peninsular and Latin American literature, the faculty of the Department of Spanish at the Imperial Valley campus teach a variety of courses in conversation, composition, civilization, linguistics, and several options of Spanish for the professions.
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Early twentieth century broadside with the corrido of Macario Romero. |
Los Tigres del Norte. |
Mission
The mission of the Department of Spanish at San Diego State University, Imperial Valley campus is to help students achieve their personal and professional goals by providing them with quality teaching and other intellectual resources and academic opportunities they might need to achieve success.
Major, minor, certificate
Please see the General Catalog for information about degree and certificate requirements and course offerings.
Click here for a PDF brochure of the Department of Spanish at San Diego State University, Imperial Valley campus.
Class schedule
Please see the class schedule for courses offered during the Fall 2009 semester.
Study abroad
For study abroad opportunities, please contact:
Miriam C. Castañón, MSBA
International/Graduate Programs Coordinator
Phone: (760) 768-5505
castanon@mail.sdsu.edu
http://www.ivcampus.sdsu.edu/castanon
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The Spanish writer and musician Federico García Lorca with Encarnación López, La Argentinita. (1955). |
A bestseller from the Spanish Golden Age: Cancionero de romances (1550).. |
The faculty of the Department of Spanish at the Imperial Valley campus has a joint appointment with the Department of Spanish and Portuguese of the San Diego campus.
Full-time faculty
Dr. Magdalena Altamirano (Spanish Peninsular literature)
Assistant Professor
Office: Faculty East 105
Phone: (760) 768-5614
altamira@mail.sdsu.edu
http://www.ivcampus.sdsu.edu/faculty/maltamirano/
Dr. Juan Carlos Ramírez-Pimienta (Latin American literature)
Associate Professor
Office: Faculty East 103
Phone: (760) 769-5613
jcramire@rohan.sdsu.edu
http://www.ivcampus.sdsu.edu/faculty/jcramirez/#
You can learn more about the Spanish faculty at San Diego State University, Imperial Valley in the NEWS (Recent accomplishments) section of this site.
FERP faculty
Dr. Sergio Elizondo
Professor
Office: Library 12B
Phone: (760) 768-5530
selizond@mail.sdsu.edu
Certificate in Court Interpreting
Dr. Rogelio Reyes
Professor
Office: West Faculty 160
Phone: (760) 768-5532
rreyes@mail.sdsu.edu
Part-time faculty
Carmina Contreras (Commercial Spanish)
Aracely Bojorquez
Office: Student Affairs 110
Phone: (760) 768-5506
abojorqu@mail.sdsu.edu
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The Argentinian writer Julio Cortázar. |
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, author of Don Quijote de la Mancha. |
Foreign Languages Associations
Dictionaries, grammar, spelling
General information about language, literature and culture
Authors, texts, bibliographies, criticism and more
Newspapers
And remember, you can search http://www.el-castellano.com for a wide variety of newspapers published in Spanish.
Events
Imperial Valley Campus
San Diego State University, Imperial Valley campus 50th Anniversary (1959-2009).
Recent Accomplishments
"El viaje a la romería en la antigua lírica popular hispánica: a propósito del romance-villancico 'Ventura sin alegría'." La corónica 37.2 (2009): 133-156.
“‘'No me habléis, conde, / d’amor en la calle’: los espacios femeninos en las canciones populares antiguas.” Temas, motivos y contextos medievales. Ed. Aurelio González, Lillian von der Walde and Concepción Company. México: El Colegio de México-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, 2008. 101-123.
“La otra rama de la canción popular antigua: las aportaciones de Margit Frenk al estudio del romancero.” Homenaje a Margit Frenk. Coord. Nieves Rodríguez Valle, María Teresa
Ruiz and Gabriela Nava. México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2008. 171-177.
"El paralelismo en el romancero. El caso de La hermana cautiva." Romancero. Visiones y revisiones. Ed. Aurelio González and Beatriz Mariscal Hay. México: El Colegio de México, 2008. 75-85.
2008 University Grants Program Awards recipient. San Diego State University.
Project: The Other Side of Early Hispanic Literature: Popular Lyrics and Ballads.
Dr. Juan Carlos Ramírez-Pimienta
Outstanding Faculty Monty Award (2009-2010)
"Chicago lindo y querido si muero lejos de ti: el pasito duranguense, la onda grupera y las nuevas geografías de la identidad popular mexicana." Forthcoming in Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos.
"Sinaloa cowboys: estereotipos y contraestereotipos del narco en Mi nombre es Casablanca de Juan José Rodríguez.” Escena del crimen. Estudios sobre narrativa policiaca. Ed. Miguel G. Rodríguez Lozano. México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
"Geografías delictivas: la narrativa porteña de Juan José Rodríguez.” Estudios sobre narrativa sinaloense. Ed. Ilda Elizabeth Moreno Rojas. Culiacán: Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, 2008.
Because of his expertise on the relationship between Mexican music and violence, in 2008 Dr. Ramírez-Pimienta was interviewed / featured nationally and internationally:
Around Campus
Commencement 2009
The Spanish faculty at San Diego State University, Imperial Valley campus expresses their sincere congratulations and best wishes to the SDSU-IV class of 2009, especially to the Spanish and Spanish related majors and minors. ¡Buena suerte!
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Spanish, Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts & Sciences
Mónica Cárdenas, María Elena Carrillo (Cum Laude), Gregory Mark Cortés, Adriana Donato, Marisol Gálvez, Luz Guerrero, Brenda Denisse Hernández, Irene Gretel Leal, Carolina Madero, Rodolfo Nubes, Erik Joshua Olmos, María de Jesús Padilla, Karina Ramírez, Elizabeth Mamy Robles (Cum Laude), Martha Eliana Romo, Hortencia Sánchez, Joel Jonathan Sierra, Joaira Torres, Mariko Watanabe, Laura Yanira Wood, María Antonieta Zazueta (Summa Cum Laude and Outstanding Student Award).
International Business, Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts & Sciences
Verónica Arroyo, Laura Leticia Castañeda, María de los Ángeles Encinas, Priscilla Denise Flores, Fernando Guillén, Héctor Miguel Hernández, Sandra Verónica Landín, Brenda Luna, Diana Ismelda Nuricumbo, Armando Quintero, Nancy Teresa Ramírez, Diana Cecilia Rodríguez, Ana M. Sánchez, Karla Melissa Sesma, Francisco Tamayo Arteaga, Denise Yvonne Velásquez, Verónica Yee, Joanna Danaly Zepeda.
Social Science, Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts & Sciences
Martha Esthela Oceguera, Spanish minor (Summa Cum Laude).
Commencement 2008
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