Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department of World Languages and Cultures

SPAN 100 Introductory Spanish

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.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall Annually

SPAN 200 Intermediate Low Spanish

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.

3

Prerequisites

SPAN 100 with a minimum grade of D-

Offered

Generally offered spring annually

Course Attribute

LAA4-Arts&Hum-World Languages and LAIS-International Studies and GT Foreign Languages

SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish I

Review the basic principles of the language and emphasize oral Spanish communication. Become familiar with Spanish and Latin American civilization.

3

Prerequisites

(SPAN 200 with a minimum grade of D- or Spanish Placement Exam with a minimum score of 350)

Offered

Generally offered Fall and Spring Annually

Course Attribute

LAA4-Arts&Hum-World Languages and LAIS-International Studies and GT Foreign Languages

SPAN 202 Intermediate Spanish II

A continuation of SPAN 201.
3

Prerequisites

(SPAN 201 or Spanish Placement Exam with a minimum score of 450)

Course Attribute

LAA4-Arts&Hum-World Languages and LAIS-International Studies and GT Foreign Languages

SPAN 301 Spanish Grammar

A systematic study of the more complex theories and forms of Spanish grammar with emphasis on mood, tense and voice.
3

Prerequisites

(SPAN 202 with a minimum grade of D- or Spanish Placement Exam with a minimum score of 550)

SPAN 302 Spanish Composition

Designed to increase the student's composition skills in Spanish through the use of original essays, descriptions, compositions, research papers and translations.
3

Prerequisites

SPAN 301 with a minimum grade of D-

SPAN 303 Spanish Conversation

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.
3

SPAN 304 Introduction to Hispanic Literature

To acquaint the student with the elements of the various literary genres and literary criticism. The MLA Handbook will be introduced for research writing.
3

Prerequisites

(SPAN 301 or SPAN 310 with a minimum grade of D-)

SPAN 305 Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics

An introduction to the main concepts and issues related to the study of Hispanic linguistics.
3

Prerequisites

SPAN 302 with a minimum grade of D-

SPAN 310 Spanish for Native Speakers

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.
3

SPAN 312 Written Spanish for Native Speakers

Designed for bilingual Heritage speakers of Spanish. The course focuses on reading development, orthography, lexical expansion, formal grammar, facility in writing and composition.
3

Prerequisites

SPAN 310 with a minimum grade of D-

SPAN 321 Spanish Civilization and Culture

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.
3

Prerequisites

(SPAN 302 or SPAN 312 with a minimum grade of D-)

SPAN 331 Latin American Civilization and Culture

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.
3

Prerequisites

(SPAN 302 or SPAN 312 with a minimum grade of D-)

SPAN 341 Mexican and Mexican American Civilization and Culture

Designed to examine the historic, economic, political, artistic, and cultural development of Mexico and Mexican American United States.
3

Prerequisites

(SPAN 302 or SPAN 312 with a minimum grade of D-)

SPAN 405 Spanish Phonetics and Dialects

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.

3

Prerequisites

(SPAN 300-399 or SPAN 400-499 with a minimum grade of D-)

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or Spring Annually

SPAN 410 Spanish for the Professions

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.

3

Prerequisites

(SPAN 201 and Concurrent Prerequisite SPAN 202 with a minimum grade of D-)

Offered

Generally offered Fall and Spring - Check with department/school for next offering

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles and course is repeatable with a maximum of 9 credit hours

SPAN 412 Spanish for Bilingual Education II

Develops Spanish language skills for teaching math, science and social studies.
3

Prerequisites

(SPAN 302 or SPAN 312 with a minimum grade of D-)

SPAN 416 Spanish for Criminal Justice

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.

3

Prerequisites

SPAN 201 with a minimum grade of D-

Offered

Generally offered Spring - Check with department/school for next offering

SPAN 422 Directed Studies

Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
1- 3

Special Notes

Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with no limitations

SPAN 450 Masterpieces of Spanish Literature

Study Spanish Peninsular masterpieces from Medieval through Contemporary Literature of Spain. Includes poetry, narrative, essay and drama.
3

Prerequisites

SPAN 304 with a minimum grade of D-

SPAN 451 Masterpieces of Latin American Literature

Study Latin-American masterpieces from pre-Columbian through Contemporary period. Includes poetry, narrative, essay and drama.
3

Prerequisites

SPAN 304 with a minimum grade of D-

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.
3

SPAN 457 Masterpieces in Chicano/a Literature

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.
3

Prerequisites

SPAN 304 with a minimum grade of D-

SPAN 459 Hispanic Drama

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.
3

SPAN 470 Spanish for Oral Proficiency

A course designed to develop oral proficiency by exposing students to advanced and superior linguistic functions.
3

Prerequisites

SPAN 400-499

SPAN 495 Topics

An in-depth study of selected topics in literature, civilization, linguistics or advanced language.
1- 3

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles and course is repeatable with a maximum of 6 credit hours