2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog

SPAN 405 Spanish Phonetics and Dialects

Prerequisite: Three years of college Spanish. The study of the major semantic, syntactic and phonological aspects of the Spanish language dialects and the standard Latin American Spanish found in the Americas.

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SPAN 406 Introduction to Translation

Prerequisites: SPAN 302. Introduction to translation techniques and resource material in a wide variety of subjects and styles. Emphasis will be placed on translation accuracy.

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SPAN 412 Spanish for Bilingual Education

Prerequisite: SPAN 302. Develops Spanish language skills for teaching math, science and social studies. ACTFL/ETS Spanish Oral Proficiency Interview must be taken before student teaching.

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SPAN 422 Directed Studies

Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.) Repeatable, maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.

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SPAN 450 Masterpieces of Spanish Literature

Prerequisite: SPAN 304. Study Spanish Peninsular masterpieces from Medieval through Contemporary Literature of Spain. Includes poetry, narrative, essay and drama.

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SPAN 451 Masterpieces of Latin American Literature

Prerequisite: SPAN 304. Study Latin-American masterpieces from pre-Columbian through Contemporary period. Includes poetry, narrative, essay and drama.

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SPAN 455 Literature for Children and Adolescents

A study of award-winning works of literature. Emphasis on multi-cultural books for children and adolescent literature of acculturation and assimilation.

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SPAN 456 Spanish and Latin American Short Story

Prerequisite: Two years of college Spanish or equivalent. Study of the short story in Spain and Spanish America. Will review its development from the Middle Ages to the present. Includes works of Matute, Garcia Marquez, Borges and Rulfo.

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SPAN 457 Masterpieces in Chicano/a Literature

Prerequisite: SPAN 304. Study of the masterpieces of Chicano/a literature from the Spanish colonial period to the present. Focuses on the literature written during the decades of 1965-1995.

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SPAN 459 Hispanic Drama

Prerequisite: Two years of college Spanish or equivalent. A study of Hispanic drama masterpieces from Spain's Golden Age to the post-Civil War period; Latin America's Contemporary Theatre of Social Protest; and the United States' Hispanic Theatre Movement.

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SPAN 470 Spanish for Oral Proficiency

Prerequisites: SPAN 303, SPAN 304 and six hours of 400-level Spanish course work. A course designed to develop oral proficiency by exposing students to advanced and superior linguistic functions.

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SPAN 495 Topics

Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor. An in-depth study of selected topics in literature, civilization, linguistics or advanced language. Repeatable, maximum of six credits.

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