Quality 4/5Difficulty 1/5
Spanish 230*: Marcelo is a G. Genuinely funny at times, lectures can be interesting, graded by 3 exams no homework. His syllabus changed a lot and was not ready for the start of class.Rate My Professors ↗
Current instructor
Marcelo Pellegrini
What students say
Original student reviews · all captured dates
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Best Spanish profesor I had at UW. Cares about his students and expects students to care about the class in return. He's really good at engaging the class during lecture and making you think critically about what you read/learn.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Marcelo is one of the best professors in the Spanish department, 100 percent recommend a class with him (I have taken multiple)! Participation gets you out of your comfort zone, which is perfect to becoming comfortable and better with speaking SpanishRate My Professors ↗
Quality 3/5Difficulty 3/5
This class and his other classes are like the same thing repeated over and over again. Exact format copied. Downgraded for missing a single class or not talking every single class. Exams are hit or miss, sometimes easy sometimes hard depending what he feels like asking on the essay questions and grading on those is subjective. Wouldnt take anotherRate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Possibly my favorite professor in the Spanish department! I don't even like literature but he made discussions so fun I looked forward to each class. He's very generous in his exam/paper grading as well. For a full participation grade, you have to speak up once or more in each class, which I found a bit unusual but I appreciate the objectivity.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
One of my fav professors, lecture based and graded on exams and papers. Exams are easy if you take notes, I didn't do some of the readings and still got A's on the exams. He is very helpful and is always willing to talk after class, he even gave me an extension once when I was struggling to get my essay in. V cool dude who really loves literatureRate My Professors ↗
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Classes with Marcelo Pellegrini
SPANISH 468 covers topics in Hispanic culture, focusing on in-depth study of important cultural-historical issues.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2018: 3.88 GPA, 95.8% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.32 GPA, 63.3% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.73 GPA, 84.6% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026A graduate seminar examining literature, criticism, culture, and theory in 20th and 21st Spanish American contexts.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2011: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2016: 3.79 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2020: 3.50 GPA, 71.4% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sampleSPANISH 990
Thesis
1–12 creditsSPANISH 990 is a thesis course for graduate students involving independent research and writing under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recorded teaching history
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| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | SPANISH 468 | Topics in Hispanic Culture |
| Fall 2026 | SPANISH 802 | Seminar-spanish American Literature |
| Fall 2026 | SPANISH 990 | Thesis |
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