Course Category: Spanish

Students learn and practice the following skills in Spanish on the basic level: understanding, speaking, reading, and writing. During this course students are also exposed to and become familiar with various aspects of the cultures of Spain and Latin American countries, such as dialectal variation, customs, and everyday life situations, as well as some historical events and geopolitical circumstances in Spanish speaking territories. Native speakers of Spanish may not take this course. SPN 101 is meant for true beginners. Students with questions about their language level are strongly advised to consult the instructor before signing up for the class. Meets the humanities general education requirement.

Continuation of learning Spanish on the introductory level, with emphasis on expanding grammatical structures, vocabulary, and communication skills. Native speakers of Spanish may not take this course. Students with questions about their language level are strongly advised to consult the instructor before signing up for the class. Meets the humanities general education requirement.

The Hispanic world has long been a world of cultural contact. This course is a sweeping introduction to the wide range of New-World Hispanic cultures covering a period of over a millennium. The course will incorporate a variety of subjects and approaches (anthropology, history, art, religion, political science, etc.) to look at the “lifeways” of a variety of countries and civilizations. Meets the cultures or the social science general education requirement, but not both.

The course is meant to reinforce a student's existing knowledge of Spanish and to expand it, fostering communication skills in the language through: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. In all class activities, we pay close attention to grammatical accuracy, correct pronunciation/orthography and learning new vocabulary in order to achieve proficiency on the intermediate level. More in-depth cultural information about Spain and Latin American countries constitutes the background for class activities and allows the understanding of dialectal differences in Spanish and the realities of native Spanish speakers. Students with questions about their language level are strongly advised to consult the instructor before signing up for this class. Meets the humanities general education requirement.

Continuation of learning Spanish on the intermediate level, with emphasis on expanding grammatical structures, vocabulary, and communication skills. Native speakers of Spanish may not take this course. Students with questions about their language level are strongly advised to consult the instructor before signing up for the class. Meets the humanities general education requirement.

Special Topics courses are studies of selected problems, periods or movements in the subject area not otherwise included in the curriculum. They are typically chosen from a faculty member’s particular expertise and field of scholarly inquiry, and offered to a student or group of students forming an interest in the particular subject matter. The 250 designation denotes a General Education level of instruction and may include an appropriate General Education task to be completed. The 450 designation denotes a senior level degree of sophistication expected in both learning and instruction. A single course may be offered at both levels simultaneously, in which case the syllabus will clearly differentiate the course expectations and assessment measures for students enrolled at each of the two levels. A Special Topics course must be approved by the School of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee before it is offered, and it must address one or more Major Outcomes wthin the discipline.

The course is meant to deepen a student's knowledge of Spanish and to teach steps towards fluency. Students are expected to show grammatical accuracy, use correct pronunciation/orthography, display a rich vocabulary, and demonstrate cultural awareness about Spain and Latin American countries in all class activities. Students with questions about their language level are strongly advised to consult the instructor before signing up for a Spanish class. Meets the humanities general education requirement.

Continuation of learning Spanish on the advanced level. Students should demonstrate the ability to communicate in the language and work towards achieving proficiency in line with this level in all facets. Students with questions about their language level are strongly advised to consult the instructor before signing up for the class. Meets the humanities general education requirement.

This course provides a look at the world of Spain in all facets: culture, society, politics, and economy. It provides a general historical overview, with the greatest degree of material focusing on the past century, beginning with the Restoration and Spain’s loss of the final pieces of its empire with the Spanish American War (1898), and touching on important events and the cultural climate and forms of Spain, from literature to regime changes. Meets the cultures or the social science general education requirement, but not both.

Survey of contemporary Hispanic literature, preceded by a short review of the historical literary development through sampling brief fragments of a few pillar writers. Course activities consist of reading in Spanish and discussing selections from the short stories, essays, novels, dramas and poetry of various Spanish-language authors.

This course develops effective oral and written communication skills for a variety of professional situations, including: business, health care, education, and human services. Emphasis is placed on use of the language in specific professional environments, in line with student needs.

Special Topics courses are studies of selected problems, periods or movements in the subject area not otherwise included in the curriculum. They are typically chosen from a faculty member’s particular expertise and field of scholarly inquiry, and offered to a student or group of students forming an interest in the particular subject matter. The 250 designation denotes a General Education level of instruction and may include an appropriate General Education task to be completed. The 450 designation denotes a senior level degree of sophistication expected in both learning and instruction. A single course may be offered at both levels simultaneously, in which case the syllabus will clearly differentiate the course expectations and assessment measures for students enrolled at each of the two levels. A Special Topics course must be approved by the School of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee before it is offered, and it must address one or more Major Outcomes within the discipline.