SPAN at Cornell University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate SPAN coursework.

• SPAN 1220Elementary Spanish IIopens 49 courses (2 directly)
• SPAN 1230Continuing Spanishopens 47 courses (2 directly)
• SPAN 2090Intermediate Spanish I (Composition and Conversation)opens 46 courses (8 directly)
• SPAN 2070Intermediate Spanish for the Medical and Health Professionsopens 45 courses (7 directly)
• SPAN 2095Spanish Intermediate Composition and Conversation IIopens 40 courses (14.5 directly)
• SPAN 2150Contemporary Latin American Surveyopens 16 courses (16 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate SPAN work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 55 SPAN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 134 more SPAN courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on SPAN, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in SPAN. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 8 courses deep, ending at SPAN 3170

  1. SPAN 1210Elementary Spanish I
  2. SPAN 1220Elementary Spanish II
  3. SPAN 1230Continuing Spanish
  4. SPAN 2090Intermediate Spanish I (Composition and Conversation)
  5. SPAN 2070Intermediate Spanish for the Medical and Health Professions
  6. SPAN 2095Spanish Intermediate Composition and Conversation II
  7. SPAN 2140Modern Spanish Survey
  8. SPAN 3170Creative Writing Workshop (in Spanish)

• 8 courses deep, ending at SPAN 3240

  1. SPAN 1210Elementary Spanish I
  2. SPAN 1220Elementary Spanish II
  3. SPAN 1230Continuing Spanish

• 8 courses deep, ending at SPAN 3440

  1. SPAN 1210Elementary Spanish I
  2. SPAN 1220Elementary Spanish II
  3. SPAN 1230Continuing Spanish

• 7 courses deep, ending at SPAN 3100

  1. SPAN 1210Elementary Spanish I
  2. SPAN 1220Elementary Spanish II
  3. SPAN 1230Continuing Spanish

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

Instructors on SPAN sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.

• Agustín Cepeda
• Annie Ornelles
• Brisa Teutli
• Cecelia Lawless
• Cynthia Robinson
• Edmundo Paz-Soldan
• Elisabetta Rodio
• Ignacio Sanchez Prado
• Irina Troconis Gonzalez
• Itziar Rodriguez de Rivera
• Julia Chang
• Liliana Colanzi
• Macarena Tejada Lopez
• Manuel Olmedo Gobante
• Patricia Keller
• Rebeca Hey-Colon
• Ross Brann
• Silvia Amigo-Silvestre
• Tatiana Bedoya Mesa
• Vanessa Gubbins

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under SPAN yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

SPAN does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Cornell campus feed.