Courses
Arts and Letters
Spanish (SPAN)
- SPAN-S 100 Elementary Spanish I (4 cr.) P: Placement Testing required for students who have studied Spanish in High School. Intensive introduction to present-day Spanish and Hispanic culture with emphasis on structure and grammatical forms, vocabulary building and meaning. Development of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Attendance in the language lab or some online work may be required.
- SPAN-S 150 Elementary Spanish II (4 cr.) P: Placement Testing or SPAN-S 100. Continuation of SPAN-S 100. Part II of introduction to present-day Spanish and Hispanic culture with emphasis on structure and grammatical forms, vocabulary building and meaning. Development of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Attendance in the language lab or some online work may be required.
- SPAN-S 200 Intermediate Spanish I (3 cr.) P: Placement testing or SPAN-S 100 and SPAN-S 150. Further development and review of structure and grammatical forms; vocabulary building coordinated with literary and non-literary readings. Continued development of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Attendance in the language lab or some online work may be required.
- SPAN-S 250 Intermediate Spanish II (3 cr.) P: Placement testing or SPAN-S 200. Review of slelected grammar items. Further development of intermediate listening comprehension and speaking skills. Readings and discussions in Spanish of literary and non-literary readings. Practice in composition and presentation in Spanish. Attendance in the language lab or some online work may be required.
- SPAN-S 275 Hispanic Culture and Conversation (3 cr.) P: SPAN-S 250. Conducted in Spanish. Practice of language skills through reading and discussion of Hispanic culture. Treats facets of popular culture, diversity of the Spanish-speaking world, and themes of social and political importance. Native speakers of Spanish, as well as students who have taken a 300 or 400-level Spanish course, may not take SPAN-S 275.
- SPAN-S 291 Hispanic Literature and Civilization (3 cr.) P: SPAN-S 250. Conducted in Spanish. Continuing practice of language skills through reading and discussion of Hispanic culture. Treats facets of popular culture, diversity of the Spanish-speaking world, and themes of social and political importance. Native speakers of Spanish, as well as students who have taken a 300 or 400-level Spanish course, may not take SPAN-S 275 or SPAN-S 291.
- SPAN-S 301 The Hispanic World I (3 cr.) P: SPAN-S 250. Introduction to Hispanic culture through literature. Study of representative literary works in both Spain and Spanish America, in the context of Hispanic history, art, philosophy, folklore, etc.
- SPAN-S 302 The Hispanic World II (3 cr.) P: SPAN-S 250. Continuing exploration of Hispanic culture through literature. Study of representative literary works in both Spain and Spanish America, in the context of Hispanic history, art, philosophy, folklore, etc.
- SPAN-S 303 The Hispanic World III (3 cr.) P: SPAN-S 250. Continuing exploration of Hispanic culture through literature. Study of representative literary works in both Spain and Spanish America, in the context of Hispanic history, art, philosophy, folklore, etc.
- SPAN-S 311 Spanish Grammar (3 cr.) P: SPAN-S 250. Review of the major points of Spanish grammar. Continued development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills.
- SPAN-S 312 Written Composition in Spanish (3 cr.) P: SPAN-S 250. Course integrates the four basic language skills into a structured approach to composition. Some review of selected points of Spanish grammar included. Emphasis on correct usage, vocabulary building, and stylistic control. Required for major.
- SPAN-S 317 Spanish Conversation and Diction (3 cr.) P: SPAN-S 250. Intensive, controlled conversation correlated with readings, reports, debates, and group discussions. Required for major. May be repeated once for credit overseas. Native speakers of Spanish may not take S 317; native speakers majoring or minoring in Spanish will replace S 317 with another 300- or 400-level course.
- SPAN-S 363 Introduccion a la Cultura Hispanica (3 cr.) P: SPAN-S 312, SPAN-S 317. A specialized study of cultural phenomena of the Spanish-speaking world. Topics include Hispanic Film, Latino Studies, Hispanic theater, etc. May be repeated once for credit.
- SPAN-S 407 Survey of Spanish Literature I (3 cr.) P: One 300-level literature/culture course. An historical survey that covers major authors, genres, periods, and movements from the Spanish Middle Ages through the Baroque period of the seventeenth century. Readings include prose works, poetry, and drama.
- SPAN-S 408 Survey of Spanish Literature II (3 cr.) P: SPAN-S 312, SPAN-S 317. An historical survey of Spanish literature that covers the main current of Spain's literary history in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.
- SPAN-S 411 Spain: The Cultural Context (3 cr.) P: One 300-level literature/culture course. A course to integrate historical, social, political, and cultural information about Spain.
- SPAN-S 412 Spanish America: the Cultural Context (3 cr.) P: One 300-level literature/culture course. A course to integrate historical, social, political, and cultural information about Spanish America.
- SPAN-S 420 Modern Spanish American Prose Fiction (3 cr.) P: SPAN-S 312, SPAN-S 317. Spanish American prose fiction from late-nineteenth-century modernism to the present.
- SPAN-S 450 Don Quixote (3 cr.) P: SPAN-S 312, SPAN-S 317. Detailed analysis of Cervantes's novel. Life and times of the author. Importance of the work to the development of the novel as an art form.
- SPAN-S 471 Survey of Spanish American Literature I (3 cr.) P: SPAN-S 312, SPAN-S 317. An historical survey of Spanish American literature. This course covers major authors, genres, periods, and movements from pre- Columbian times, through the Conquest and the Spanish colonies, to the beginning of the nineteenth century when the Spanish American republics were born.
- SPAN-S 472 Survey of Spanish American Literature II (3 cr.) P: SPAN-S 312, SPAN-S 317. An historical survey of Spanish American literature. This course covers major authors, genres, periods, and movements. This literary survey course begins in the nineteenth century, when Spanish colonial rule ended and most Spanish American countries became republics, and follows the growth of Spanish American literature up to the present day.