2015-2016 Spring Supplemental Undergraduate

SPAN 301 Spanish Grammar

Prerequisite: SPAN 202  or Qualifying Score on Departmental Placement Test. A systematic study of the more complex theories and forms of Spanish grammar with emphasis on mood, tense and voice.

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SPAN 302 Spanish Composition

Prerequisite: SPAN 301. Designed to increase the student's composition skills in Spanish through the use of original essays, descriptions, compositions, research papers and translations.

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SPAN 303 Spanish Conversation and Film Studies

A course designed to develop a high level of proficiency in spoken Spanish. Language functions are practiced in the context of practical everyday situations and film studies.

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SPAN 304 Introduction to Hispanic Literature

Prerequisite: SPAN 301. To acquaint the student with the elements of the various literary genres and literary criticism. The MLA Handbook will be introduced for research writing.

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SPAN 305 Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics

Prerequisites: SPAN 302. An introduction to the main concepts and issues related to the study of Hispanic linguistics.

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SPAN 310 Spanish for Native Speakers

Co-requisite: SPAN 311.  Prerequisite: Functional Spanish language skills at the second-year level, or intermediate level of college Spanish; or equivalent. This course is designed for students who learned Spanish in an informal non-academic setting (home, Peace Corps, travel, foreign duty).

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SPAN 311 Spanish for Native Speakers

Co-requisite: SPAN 311. Prerequisite: Qualifying Score on Departmental Placement Test. This course is designed for students who learned Spanish in an informal non-academic setting (home, Peace Corps, travel, foreign duty).

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SPAN 312 Written Spanish for Native Speakers

Prerequisites: SPAN 310 and SPAN 311. Designed for bilingual Heritage speakers of Spanish. The course focuses on reading development, orthography, lexical expansion, formal grammar, facility in writing and composition.
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SPAN 321 Spanish Civilization and Culture

Prerequisite: Three years of college Spanish or approval from department. Designed to acquaint students with general trends of Spanish civilization and culture. Includes historical, economic, political and artistic developments of Spain from prehistoric times to the present.

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SPAN 331 Latin American Civilization and Culture

Prerequisite: Three years of college Spanish or approval from department. Designed to examine the historical and cultural development of the Latin American countries. Surveys the major historical events from the pre-Columbian period to the present.

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SPAN 341 Mexican and Mexican American Civilization and Culture

Prerequisite: Three years of college Spanish or approval from Department. Designed to examine the historic, economic, political, artistic, and cultural development of Mexico and Mexican American United States.

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