SPAN - Spanish

Prerequisite: Cannot be taken for credit by students who had two years or more of Spanish in high school. Introduction to listening, speaking, reading and writing in Spanish and to the culture of Spanish-speaking regions. One hour of language laboratory per week is required. This course is non-repeatable for credit. Additional special course fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Prerequisite: SPAN 1001, or equivalent. Continued listening, speaking, reading and writing in Spanish with further study of the culture of Spanish-speaking regions. One hour of language laboratory per week is required. This course is non-repeatable for credit. Additional special course fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Prerequisite: SPAN 1002, or equivalent. The student will continue to develop proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and learn to communicate in culturally appropriate ways. One hour of language laboratory per week is required. This course is non-repeatable for credit. Additional special course fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Prerequisite: SPAN 2001, or equivalent. Students continue to increase linguistic and cultural proficiency through the use of a variety of materials and activities. Course will serve as a transition between intermediate and upper-level courses in Spanish. This course is non-repeatable for credit. Additional special course fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Prerequisite: SPAN 2002. General review of grammar through composition and other written activities, such as summaries, correspondence, descriptions, narration, literary analysis, and other rhetorical and culturally appropriate forms. Students are highly encouraged to take SPAN 3010 and SPAN 3020 concurrently.

Prerequisite: SPAN 2002. Emphasis on the improvement of pronunciation and conversation skills while developing vocabulary and communicative structures. Conversation topics will include a wide range of situations, themes, and readings. Students are highly encouraged to take SPAN 3010 and SPAN 3020 concurrently.

Prerequisites: SPAN 3010, SPAN 3020. Study of the development of Spanish literature from the beginning to the Golden Age. Study of principal trends. Reading of representative authors.

Prerequisites: SPAN 3010, SPAN 3020. Study of the development of Spanish literature from the Golden Age to the present time. Study of principal trends. Reading of representative authors.

Prerequisites: SPAN 3010, SPAN 3020. Overview of Spanish-American literature and its cultural context from the European conquest of the Americas to the 19th century. Study of the principal literary movements and authors during the Colonial times.

Prerequisites: SPAN 3010, SPAN 3020. Overview of Latin American literature from the independence of Latin American countries to the present. Introduces principal literary movements and authors, among others, Borges, García Márquez, Vallejo, Neruda, Carpentier, Rulfo, and Fuentes.

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 & SPAN 3020. Introductory-level Linguistics course offering an overview of the principal areas of Hispanic Linguistics, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics, synchronic and diachronic variation and linguistic change, and second language acquisition. The course is taught in Spanish. This course is non-repeatable for credit. Additional special course fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Prerequisites: SPAN 3010 and SPAN 3020. SPAN 3620 is the first of two courses in which students investigate health care terminology and cultural themes that facilitate communication in a variety of global health care venues. In this course, students will acquire intermediate Spanish conversational terminology in general medicine settings, basic medical vocabulary and health care concepts, and cultural concepts that relate to Hispanic health care within the scope of the U.S., Latin America, and the Spanish-speaking world.

Prerequisites: SPAN 3010, SPAN 3020. This course will provide students with the opportunity to work on service projects, utilizing skills related to their major in non-profit and service organizations. This course is repeatable for credit.

Prerequisites: SPAN 3010 and SPAN 3020. SPAN 4003 is the second of two courses in which students investigate health care terminology and cultural themes that facilitate communication in a variety of global health care venues. In this course, students will acquire advanced-level Spanish conversational terminology in specialized medicine settings, advanced medical vocabulary and health care concepts, cultural concepts, and advanced legal vocabulary that relate to Hispanic health care within the scope of the U.S., Latin America, and the Spanish-speaking world.

Prerequisites: SPAN 3010 and SPAN 3020. Detailed, analytical study of grammatical and oral structures with ample opportunity for practical application in composition and conversation.

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 and SPAN 3020. This course focuses on analyzing and producing business practices and discourses in Spanish. Successful business practices involve advanced linguistic skills, but also deep knowledge of the cultural conditions and rules that make possible and shape communication. Being argumentation is at the heart of the business mindset and legal discourse, this course intends to provide the necessary rhetorical and argumentative skills that the professional, globalized world of our present demands.

Prerequisites: SPAN 3010 and SPAN 3020 or permission of instructor. This course offers a study of major films and directors of the Spanish-speaking world and the development of their national film industries. Students will examine the content of the films as well as their historical, political, and cultural contexts. Students will analyze film techniques by applying technical vocabulary and concepts for film analysis.

Prerequisites: SPAN 3010, SPAN 3020. Significant examples of Spanish achievements set against the social, political and especially the literary background.

Prerequisites: SPAN 3010, SPAN 3020. Study of the culture of the Latin-American peoples in the light of various ethnic, economic and social factors that influence the cultural development of each people and Inter-American relations. This course is repeatable for credit.

Prerequisite: SPAN 2002 or permission of the instructor. Consideration of topics in which courses are not otherwise offered but for which there is a current need. Subject matter varies. May be repeated.

Prerequisites: SPAN 3010, SPAN 3020, and one of the following: SPAN 3210, SPAN 3220, SPAN 3230, SPAN 3240, or SPAN 4500. Consideration of topics in which courses are not otherwise offered but for which there is a current need. Subject matter varies. This course is repeatable for credit.

Prerequisite: Chairperson's and instructor-of-record’s approval, SPAN 3010 and SPAN 3020. Individually designed learning experience involving off-campus or on-campus applied learning and/or mentored  undergraduate research. This course is repeatable for credit.

Prerequisites: SPAN 3010, SPAN 3020, and Chairperson's approval. See the International Studies Section of the Catalog for details.