May 24, 2024  
2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Courses


 
  
  • SPA 101 - Elementary Spanish


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Preparation of students without previous knowledge of Spanish in the fundamentals of conversation, reading, and composition.

    credit: 3
  
  • SPA 102 - Continuing Elementary Spanish


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Continuation of SPA 101. Fundamentals of conversation, reading, and composition.

    PREREQ: SPA 101 or three years of transcripted high school Spanish.
    credit: 3
  
  • SPA 201 - Intermediate Spanish


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Review of basic grammar and introduction of more advanced structures; intermediate level conversation, reading, and composition.

    PREREQ: SPA 102 or four years of transcripted high school Spanish.
    credit: 3
  
  • SPA 202 - Continuing Intermediate Spanish


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Continuation of SPA 201. Review of basic grammar and introduction of more advanced structures; intermediate level conversation, reading, and composition.

    PREREQ: SPA 201 or four years of transcripted high school Spanish.
    credit: 3
  
  • SPA 301 - Advanced Spanish A


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Advanced-level conversation, reading, and composition, with special emphasis on more complex grammatical structures.

    PREREQ: SPA 202 or isntructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • SPA 302 - Advanced Spanish B


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Continuation of Spanish 301. Advanced-level conversation, reading, and composition, with special emphasis on more complex grammatical structures.

    PREREQ: SPA 301 or isntructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • SPA 310 - Business Spanish


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Students will be introduced to the spoken and written language of business in the Spanish-speaking world in a variety of contexts through audio and visual as well as print media. The basic terminology of business and economics will be stressed, and students will be given “hands-on” experience in simulated business situations.

    PREREQ: SPA 301 and 302 or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • SPA 340 - Masterpieces of Spanish Literature


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Detailed study of selected works representative of the major periods of Spanish literature from the Middle Ages to the present time. Emphasis will be on literary analysis and interpretation.

    PREREQ: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • SPA 350 - Survey of Spanish Literature


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Study of the major literary movements and representative works.

    PREREQ: SPA 301 and 302 or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • SPA 351 - Survey of Spanish Literature


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Study of the major literary movements and representative works.

    PREREQ: SPA 301 and 302 or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • SPA 353 - Spanish-American Literature


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Survey of literary movements in Spanish America and study of representative works.

    PREREQ: SPA 301 and 302 or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • SPA 380 - Life and Thought in Spain


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Through Its Literature A study of the literature which reflects the life and thought of Spain from the nineteenth century to the present, and how it relates to the actual living experience of the student.

    PREREQ: Upper division standing.
    NOTE: Taught in Madrid only.
    credit: 3
  
  • SPA 381 - Life and Thought in Spain


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Through Its Literature A study of the literature which reflects the life and thought of Spain from the nineteenth century to the present, and how it relates to the actual living experience of the student.

    PREREQ: Upper division standing.
    NOTE: Taught in Madrid only.
    credit: 3
  
  • SPA 395 - Seminar


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Not intended to be a fixed course, but rather an opportunity to focus on various limited subjects and to treat them in some depth.

    PREREQ: SPA 301 or 302 or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • SPA 399 - Independent Study


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    For qualified juniors and seniors under the direction of a faculty member.

    PREREQ: Instructor permission.
    credit: 1 to 6
  
  • SPA 410 - Advanced Grammar Analysis


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    A detailed study of Spanish grammar, stylistics, and composition including grammatical analysis of Spanish prose.

    PREREQ: SPA 301 and 302.
    NOTE: Strongly recommended to all majors and concentrators in Spanish.
    credit: 3
  
  • SPA 425 - The Literature of Spain in the 20th Century


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Generation of ‘98; modernism and contemporary literature. Works by Unamuno, Baroja, Benavente, Machado, Cela, Lorca, Sender.

    PREREQ: SPA 350 and 351 or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • SPA 447 - The Spanish-American Novel


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Development of the novel in Spanish-American countries.

    PREREQ: SPA 352 and 353, or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • SPA 448 - Short Fiction of Spanish America


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    An analytical study of short narrative forms, including the short story, in Spanish America.

    PREREQ: SPA 352 and 353, or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • SPA 450 - Siglo De Oro


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Fall semester: study of Lyric poetry, the picaresque novel, Cervantes, and mysticism. Spring semester: study of Spanish theater; philosophical and social concepts of Lope de Vega, Rulz de Alarcon, Tirso de Molina, and Calderon de la Barca.

    PREREQ: SPA 350 and 351 or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • SPA 451 - Siglo De Oro


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Fall semester: study of Lyric poetry, the picaresque novel, Cervantes, and mysticism. Spring semester: study of Spanish theater; philosophical and social concepts of Lope de Vega, Rulz de Alarcon, Tirso de Molina, and Calderon de la Barca.

    PREREQ: SPA 350 and 351 or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • SPA 480 - Capstone Seminar


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Senior capstone seminar. Also open to non-seniors, but not for capstone credit. Topics vary, but all will be considered in the overall context of the major and of the college academic experience.

    PREREQ: Any two of the 350-sequence in Spanish (SPA 350, 351, 352, 353) or instructor permission.
    credit: 3
  
  • SPA 495 - Seminar


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Not intended to be a fixed course, but rather an opportunity to focus on various limited subjects and to treat them in some depth.

    PREREQ: Senior standing or instructor permission.
    credit: 1 to 6
  
  • SPA 499 - Independent Study


    2013-2014 Catalog Year

    Course for advanced seniors who wish to do independent study on a particular literary period, work, or author. Students will read and do research under the direction of a faculty member.

    PREREQ: Instructor permission.
    credit: 1 to 6