SPAN 100 Peoples
and Cultures of Spain 3 sem. hrs.
Offered fall term. Historical development of the cultures
of Spain from early times to the present.
SPAN 102 Peoples
and Cultures of Spanish America 3 sem. hrs.
Offered occasionally. Study of the development of the cultures
and civilizations of Spanish-speaking America from pre-Columbian
days to the present.
SPAN 103 Contemporary
Issues in the Hispanic World 3 sem. hrs.
Offered annually. Lecture and discussion of current
Hispanic topics and issues pertaining to such areas culture, ethnicity,
immigration, education, politics, business, and history.
SPAN 125 The
Spanish Renaissance 3 sem. hrs.
Offered occasionally.
Selected readings in Spanish drama and poetry of the 16th
and 17th centuries.
SPAN 126 Contemporary
Spanish Theatre 3 sem. hrs.
Significant Spanish
drama of the 19th and 20th centuries. Offered occasionally.
SPAN 142
Spanish Phonetics and Applied Linguistics
3 sem. hrs. Articulation of individual sounds and groupings, and
patterns of tone and stress in the Spanish of Spain and Spanish-America.
Offered annually.
SPAN 150 Class,
Gender and Politics in Contemprary Spanish Literature
3 sem. hrs. Non-dramatic literature of the Generation of 1898
and subsequent literary developments in contemporary Spain. Offered
occasionally.
SPAN 170
Novels and Novelists in Spanish America 3 sem.
hrs. Evolution of the Spanish-American novel, with emphasis
on significant fiction of the 20th century. Offered occasionally.
SPAN 171 U.S.
Latino/a Literature 3 sem. hrs.
Study of U.S. Latinos/as
struggle for identity based on the ethnic, economic, historical
and cultural position of the Spanish-speaking population in the
United States. Offered occasionally.
SPAN 172 Hispanic
Film and Literature 3 sem. hrs.
A comprehensive study
of the interdependence between film and literature in different
Spanish-speaking countries. The course may focus on either
Spain or Spanish-America. Offered occasionally.
SPAN 175
Don Quijote 3 sem. hrs.
Selected reading from Don Quixote and other significant prose
works of the Golden Age. Offered occasionally.
SPAN 185
Advanced Grammar and Syntax 3 sem. hrs.
Grammatical structure of the Spanish Language in context with
other linguistic
areas. Offered annually.
SPAN 190
Medieval Spanish Literature 3 sem. hrs.
Representative literary texts from the Middled Ages to the 16th
century. Offered occasionally.
SPAN 192 Literature
of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
3 sem. hrs. The major figures of the Neoclassic,
Romantic, Realist, and Naturalist movements in Spain. Offered
occasionally.
SPAN 193
Spanish-American Literature I 3 sem. hrs.
Principal writers and trends of the PreColumbian period up to
Modernismo. Offered annually.
SPAN 194
Spanish-American Literature II 3 sem. hrs.
Continuation of SPAN 193. Literary developments from Modernismo
to the present. Offered annually.
SPAN 200
Bibliographical Materials and Research Techniques
3 sem. hrs. Bibliographical resources and methodology of
literary and linguistic research. Offered occasionally.
SPAN
201 History of the Spanish Language 3 sem.
hrs.
Historical development
of the Spanish language from its origins to the present in Spain
and Spanish-America. Offered occasionally.
SPAN 205
Romance Linguistics 3 sem. hrs.
Basic principles in the evolution of Vulgar Latin into Romance
languages, with major emphasis on French, Italian, and Spanish.
Offered occasionally.
SPAN 211
Medieval Spanish Literature 3 sem. hrs. Literary
texts of Spain prior to the 16th century. Offered alternate
years.
SPAN 216
Spanish Renaissance Literature 3 sem. hrs. The
major trends in Spanish literature during the 15th and 16th centuries.
Offered alternate years.
SPAN 219
Seminar in Spanish Literature of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth
Centuries 3 sem. hrs.
Significant trends and
authors of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries in Spain. Offered
alternate years.
SPAN 220
Studies in 20th Century Spanish Literature 3 sem.
hrs. Contemporary Spanish literature from the Generation of 98
to the present. Offered occasionally.
SPAN 242
Applied Linguistics 3 sem. hrs.
Systematic study of language aimed at the application of descriptive,
comparative, and historical linguistics to the language teaching
situation. Applied linguistics in phonology, morphology,
syntax, and contrastive analysis. Offered occasionally.
SPAN 252
Practicum for Spanish Teaching Assistants 0 credit.
Guided practice in teaching
beginning college Spanish specifically keyed to the materials
used in SPAN 001-002. Offered fall terms. S/U
grade assessment. Prereq: Required of all Spanish Teaching
Assistants.
SPAN 270
Seminar in Spanish-American Literatures: PreColumbian to Modernismo
3 sem. hrs.
Study of major trends and genres in Latin-American literature
since the PreColumbian period, with particular emphasis on the
Crónicas, Baroque Poetry and Romanticism. Offered occasionally.
SPAN 271
Seminar in Spanish-American Literatures: Twentieth Century
3 sem. hrs.
Study of major trends and genres in Latin-American literature
since Modernismo, with particular emphasis on the representative
poets, dramatists and prose writers of the modern period. Offered
occasionally.
SPAN 282
Strategies and Techniques of Written and Oral Communication 3
sem. hrs.
Spanish syntactical and stylistic problems, plus advanced oral-aural
work based on topical material of a literary, artistic, or cultural
nature. Offered occasionally.
SPAN 292
Part-Time Continuous Enrollment 0 sem. hrs.
Fee. Prereq:
Consent of department chair. Section 1001 is less than half-time.
S/U grade assessment.
SPAN 293
Full-Time Continuous Enrollment. 0 sem. hrs.
Fee. Prereq:
Consent of department chair. S/U grade assesment.
SPAN 295
Independent Study 1-3 sem. hrs. Offered
every term. Prereq: Consent of department chair.
SPAN 296
Seminar in Spanish Literature 3 sem. hrs.
To be announced. Offered occasionally.
SPAN 298 Special
Topics in Language or Literature 3 sem. hrs.
Topics vary. Offered occasionally.
SPAN 299
Master's Thesis 6 sem. hrs. Offered every
term. Prereq: Consent of department chair.
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