SPAN - Spanish

Development of the basic language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Special emphasis on aural-oral proficiency.

Prerequisite: SPAN 101 or permission of the department chair. Credit by exam. Continuation of SPAN 101.

Prerequisite: SPAN 102, exemption by exam or permission of department. AA one-credit conversation course conducted in Spanish designed to develop oral skills. Weekly discussions based on readings of cultural or current topics. Final grade based on attendance and participation and on one writing assignment in Spanish. May be repeated.

Prerequisite: SPAN 102 or satisfactory performance in placement examination or permission of department chair. Credit by exam. Further development of language skills with emphasis on reading and oral participation.

Prerequisite: SPAN 201 or permission of department chair. Credit by exam. Continuation of SPAN 201.

Prerequisite: SPAN 202 or satisfactory performance on placement examination or permission of the department chair. Credit by exam. Concentration on writing, conversation and structural difficulties. Reading and discussion of cultural materials of an interdisciplinary nature. Weekly written compositions.

Prerequisite: SPAN 203 or permission of the department chair. Introduction to Spanish civilization: study of the cultural features of the Spanish language and the social, cultural and intellectual life of the Spanish people. Discussion and weekly written assignments.

Prerequisite: SPAN 202 or satisfactory performance on placement examination or permission of the department chair. An introductory course that examines texts by major Spanish writers from the Middle Ages to the Siglo de Oro. Illustrated lectures, films and selected documents of and on the period will provide the cultural background required to understand the issues found in the texts and will connect them to social, philosophical and aesthetic movements.

Prerequisite: SPAN 207 or permission of the department chair. An introductory course that analyzes literary genres and examines major Spanish texts from the Siglo de Oro through the 19th century. Illustrated lectures, films and selected documents of the period will provide the cultural background required to understand the issues found in the texts and will connect them to social, philosophical and aesthetic movements.

Prerequisite: SPAN 203 or satisfactory performance on placement examination or permission of the department chair. A selection of films and documentaries from Latin America, Spain and the United States will be discussed as social texts that articulate through different genres and époques, crucial issues of national identity, violence, repression, north/south relations, gender and memory as a collective reconstruction of the past. Directors may vary.

Prerequisite: SPAN 202 or satisfactory performance on placement examination or permission of the department chair. A look at Latin America as it is today: historical, social, economic and geographical factors that are shaping the different countries and their people.

Prerequisite: SPAN 202 or permission of the department chair. Study of the basic phonological structure of Spanish. Corrective drills in pronunciation, rhythm and intonation. Practice in the oral interpretation of Spanish prose, poetry and drama. Regional accents and other aspects of the spoken language.

Prerequisite: SPAN 203 or satisfactory performance on placement examination or permission of the department chair. A survey of the main trends in literary and popular culture from the 20th century. A close reading of the foundational texts of literary historiography from Modernism to Postmodernism. Discussion of the region’s key concepts: transculturation, "magical realism/marvelous real," "Boom and Postboom," "testimonio" and the new historical novel.

Prerequisites: SPAN 204 and at least 6 additional credits at the 200-level, or permission of the department chair. Development of proficiency in writing Spanish, with emphasis on the contrastive aspects of English and Spanish structure. Special attention to style and to the idiomatic use of language. Introduction to translation. Weekly compositions or translations.

Prerequisite: SPAN 208 or permission of the department chair. Study of selected works from the Generation of 1898 to the present, interpreting the historical and ideological crises that shaped the Spanish 20th century. Focus on the impact of the 1898 colonial war, the civil war, the dictatorship and the transition to democracy. The course will examine authors such as Unamuno, Baroja, , Lorca, Machado and Carmen Riera.

Prerequisites: SPAN 203 and one of the following: SPAN 204, SPAN 207, SPAN 208, LSSP 215, LSSP 220 or LSSP 240. This course will focus on selected major works of Spanish cinema produced from the 1930s to the present. Through Spain's cinematic history, students will acquire an understanding of the evolution of Spanish society through the 20th and 21st centuries.

Prerequisite: SPAN 208 or permission of the department chair. (Student teachers may enroll for one credit) Study of selected poetry, essay and drama by Spanish-American writers such as Martí, Darío, Neruda, Gabriela Mistral, Usigli and Octavio Paz.

An opportunity for qualified seniors to conduct practice sessions, tutor students and/or administer examinations in specified 100- and 200-level courses. Students are selected by the department. Grading is on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.

Prerequisite: SPAN 208 or permission of the department chair. Main trends in contemporary novels and short stories. Azuela, Gallegos, Asturias, Borges, García Márquez, Fuentes, Sábato and other major writers.

Prerequisite: SPAN 207 or SPAN 208 or permission of the department chair. Study of the development of Spanish drama and its changing styles and themes, including plays by Lope de Vega, Calderón, Tirso de Molina, Alarcón, Cervantes, Zorrilla, Benavente and García Lorca.

Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and the department chair. Study of a selected subject. Conferences and reports.

An upper-level special topics course offered at the discretion of the department. The content and methods vary with the interest of students and faculty members

An upper-level special topics course offered at the discretion of the department. The content and methods vary with the interest of students and faculty members

Prerequisite: Open to junior and senior majors, with permission of the department chair. Supervised work in a governmental or international agency, in industry or other appropriate settings involving Spanish-speaking people. Grading is on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.

Prerequisites: 12 credits in Spanish above the intermediate level. A study in depth of a subject selected according to the special interests of the students and those of the faculty.

Prerequisite: By invitation of the department. The departmental honors paper is a two-semester senior-year program designed for students who wish to pursue intensive research or special projects in close coordination with faculty advisers. Departmental honors students are known as the Christine P. Tischer Scholars and receive 6 credits for this work.