Introduction to the Spanish language, emphasizing the development of emerging proficiency in the four basic language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Oral communication is stressed.
Emphasis on expanded functional proficiency at the (ACTFL) Intermediate Low level in the four basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Oral communication is stressed.
Review the basic principles of the language and emphasize oral Spanish communication. Become familiar with Spanish and Latin American civilization.
(
SPAN 200 with a minimum grade of D- or Spanish Placement Exam with a minimum score of 350)
(
SPAN 201 or Spanish Placement Exam with a minimum score of 450)
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 202 with a minimum grade of D- or Spanish Placement Exam with a minimum score of 550)
Designed to increase the student's composition skills in Spanish through the use of original essays, descriptions, compositions, research papers and translations.
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.
To acquaint the student with the elements of the various literary genres and literary criticism. The MLA Handbook will be introduced for research writing.
An introduction to the main concepts and issues related to the study of Hispanic linguistics.
Students should demonstrate Functional Spanish Language skills at the second-year level, or intermediate level of college Spanish; or qualifying score on Departmental Placement Test. This course is designed for students who learned Spanish in an informal non-academic setting.
Designed for bilingual Heritage speakers of Spanish. The course focuses on reading development, orthography, lexical expansion, formal grammar, facility in writing and composition.
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.
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.
Designed to examine the historic, economic, political, artistic, and cultural development of Mexico and Mexican American United States.
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.
(SPAN 300-399 or SPAN 400-499 with a minimum grade of D-)
This course is designed to teach the specialized vocabulary and terminology necessary to communicate in Spanish in a particular professional domain. A review of relevant grammatical structures will also be presented. In addition, cross-cultural differences, cultural sensitivity, and language variation as they relate to profession of focus.
Develops Spanish language skills for teaching math, science and social studies.
This course introduces the vocabulary, specialized terminology, and communication strategies necessary for professionals in criminal justice to communicate in Spanish. Related topics include cross-cultural differences, cultural sensitivity, and language variation.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Study Spanish Peninsular masterpieces from Medieval through Contemporary Literature of Spain. Includes poetry, narrative, essay and drama.
Study Latin-American masterpieces from pre-Columbian through Contemporary period. Includes poetry, narrative, essay and drama.
A study of award-winning works of literature. Emphasis on multi-cultural books for children and adolescent literature of acculturation and assimilation.
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.
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.
A course designed to develop oral proficiency by exposing students to advanced and superior linguistic functions.
SPAN 400-499
An in-depth study of selected topics in literature, civilization, linguistics or advanced language.