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SPAN 101 INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH LANGUAGE & CULT Credits 5.00 Fall 99
* DISTRIBUTION GROUP I (second semester must be completed)
Introduction to the study of the Spanish language with emphasis on the
development of audio-lingual skills.
This course is an innovative, technology-enriched class with extensive
use of computer, video, and the Internet to enhance audio-lingual
skills. Credits: 5.
Prereq- Placement or permission of the coordinator. Enrollment is
limited to 20 for all 101 sections.
001 MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM RH*107 Mrak, Norma *CURRENT ENR: 7
002 MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM RH*109 Gaytan, Raquel *CURRENT ENR: 1
003 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM RH*105 Verm, Jane *CURRENT ENR: 5
004 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM RH*111 Gaytan, Raquel *CURRENT ENR: 8
005 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM RH*107 Groskreutz, Gema *CURRENT ENR: 11
006 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM RH*109 Perez, J. *CURRENT ENR: 4
008 MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM RH*107 Groskreutz, Gema *CURRENT ENR: 8
009 MWF 02:00PM-02:50PM SH*303 Urrutibeheity, H *CURRENT ENR: 4
010 MWF 02:00PM-02:50PM RH*107 Lewis, Armanda *CURRENT ENR: 2
SPAN 201 INTERMEDIATE SPANISH LANGUEAGE & CULTUR Credits 4.00 Fall 99
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Intermediate Spanish language with emphasis on the development of
audio-lingual skills, and supplementary activities involving video
and Internet. Language lab work required. Enrollment limited to 20 per
section. Prereq- SPAN 101 and 102, SPAN 103, placement, or permission of
instructor.
001 MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM RH*240 Hansz, Ingrid *CURRENT ENR: 3
002 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM RH*240 Hansz, Ingrid *CURRENT ENR: 6
003 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM PL*120 Groskreutz, Gema *CURRENT ENR: 7
004 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM RH*105 Verm, Jane *CURRENT ENR: 17
005 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM RH*240 Hansz, Ingrid *CURRENT ENR: 5
006 MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM RH*109 Verm, Jane *CURRENT ENR: 12
007 MWF 02:00PM-02:50PM RH*111 Narbona, Jose *CURRENT ENR: 3
SPAN 202 INTERMEDIATE SPANISH LANGUAGE & CULTURE Credits 4.00 Fall 99
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Continuation of Span 201.
Intermediate Spanish. Innovative, technology-enriched
class with emphasis on further development of audiolingual and writing
skills through extensive use of computing, video, and the Internet as
well as other source materials.
Enrollment is limited to 20 for all Span 202 sections.
001 MWF 07:00PM-08:00PM RH*109 TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0
SPAN 305 COMMERCIAL SPANISH Credits 3.00 Fall 99
Commercial organizations and business in Spanish-speaking countries,
business and legal correspondence, and techniques in legal and
commercial transactions. Course will be of special interest to those
students planning to take the Madrid Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Examination in Commercial Spanish and/or to those interested in applying
for internships in Spanish-speaking countries.
Prereq- Second-year competency or permission of instructor.
Enrollment is limited to 20.
001 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM RH*109 Narbona, Jose *CURRENT ENR: 15
SPAN 307 THE LANGUAGE & CULTURE OF MEDICINE AND Credits 3.00 Fall 99
An exploration of the differences between Anglo-American and
Latin-American languages and cultures of medicine. This course will
navigate the treacherous socioeconomic and cultural rift between
high-tech Anglo-American medical institutions and rural Latin-American
conceptions of the role of doctors, medicine, and health care. Through
live and taped interviews and presentations made by health care
providers and patients, students will gain first-hand knowledge of the
varieties of Spanish and of the problems posed by norms and protocols,
customs and courtesy, to the medical translator, interpreter or health
care provider. Of special interest to students interested in
Latin-American culture and those wishing to pursue careers in the health
professions, medical translation or interpretation.
Prereq- Four semesters of Spanish or equivalent proficiency, or
permission of instructor.
Enrollment limited to 25.
001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM GRB*212W Albin, Veronica *CURRENT ENR: 21
SPAN 311 ADVANCED SPANISH Credits 3.00 Fall 99
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Course aims to improve students' communicative competence in Spanish,
with emphasis on reading, composition, conversational strategies,
vocabulary expansion, and grammar review.
Prereq- Span 202, placement or permission of coordinator.
Enrollment is limited to 20 per section.
001 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM ML*254 Salas, Marcela *CURRENT ENR: 19
002 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM SH*460 Salas, Marcela *CURRENT ENR: 19
003 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM RH*240 Zambosco, Elsa *CURRENT ENR: 9
004 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM RH*240 Zambosco, Elsa *CURRENT ENR: 6
SPAN 318 ADV CONVERSATION & COMPOSITION Credits 3.00 Fall 99
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
The main emphasis of this course is on the adquisition of vocabulary and
intensive practice in spoken and written Spanish through a variety of
media. Review of phonology, morphology and syntax, as well as a
comparison of "standard" Spanish to Chilean variations. Offered only as
part of the Fall Semester Chile Program.
001 Rea, Joan *CURRENT ENR: 3
SPAN 321 SURVEY OF SPAN-AMER LITERATURE Credits 3.00 Fall 99
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Analysis of a number of foundational works of Spanish American
literature, and of the impact of these works on later writers.
001 TTH 01:00PM-02:20PM RH*109 Van Delden, Maarten *CURRENT ENR: 15
SPAN 323 SPANISH CULTURE & CIVILIZATION Credits 3.00 Fall 99
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Topics relating to the development of social, political, and economic
institutions of Spain form the basis for extensive conversation,
discussion, and composition.
001 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM RH*105 Castaneda, James *CURRENT ENR: 14
SPAN 328 SPANISH FOR HERITAGE LEARNERS Credits 3.00 Fall 99
This course is for native speakers who want to improve their command of
written Spanish. Using divrse samples from Latin American texts (with
emphasis on Mexico), dialectical variants will be discussed and compared
to standard Spanish forms. Prereq- native speaker or permission of
instructor.
001 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM HB*423 Albin, Veronica *CURRENT ENR: 7
SPAN 361 STUDIES IN GOLDEN AGE DRAMA Credits 3.00 Fall 99
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Development of the "comedia," illustrated by selected work. Topic for
fall 99: Don Juan Theme. One-semester course.
001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM RH*105 Castaneda, James *CURRENT ENR: 5
SPAN 391 HISPANIC WOMEN WRITERS Credits 3.00 Fall 99
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Exploration of the ways in which women writers in 14th-17th centuries
have developed their literary works (prose, poetry and drama). Emphasis
on historical, religious and political contexts. Readings will include
Hispanic & Latin American texts of Leonor Lopez de Cordoba, Sor Teresa
de Cartagena, Sor Isabel de Villena (15th c.), Santa Teresa de Jesus,
Beatriz Bernal (16th c.), Maria de Zayas, and Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
(17th c.), among others. Also offered as WGST 391.
001 TTH 02:30PM-03:50PM RH*239 Merida-Jimenez, Rafael *CURRENT ENR: 5
SPAN 405 STUDIES IN LATIN AMERICAN LIT: Credits 3.00 Fall 99
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Study of the theory and practice of major contemporary Latin American
dramatists, and their place in the broader context of world theatre.
Students will attend several plays during the semester. Dramatists
studied include: Emilio Carballido, Rene Marques, Jorge Diaz, Egon
Wolff, Osvaldo Dragun, Griselda Gambaro, Manuel Puig and Mario Vargas
Llosa, among others. Section 1 offered only as part of Fall Semester
in Chile Program.
Section 2 course:THE MODERN MEXICAN NOVEL Description: The Mexican
novel from the 1950's to the
1990's. Examines the innovations in narrative form attempted by Mexican
novelists in these years, as well as the social and political subjects
with which they have grappled in their work.
001 W 03:00PM-05:30PM RH*105 Rea, Joan *CURRENT ENR: 3
002 W 03:00PM-05:30PM Van Delden, Maarten *CURRENT ENR: 4
SPAN 415 TRANSLATION I Credits 3.00 Fall 99
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Analysis of diverse types of texts from a grammatical, lexical, and
stylistic point of view. Practice summarizing and reviewing
translations. Prereq- SPAN 202, place, or permission of corrdinator.
001 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM HB*22 Perez, J. *CURRENT ENR: 12
SPAN 418 MEDIEVAL SPANISH LITERATURE Credits 3.00 Fall 99
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Contents varies from year to year. Topic for fall 99 will be the study
of Spanish ballads ("romancero") and the relationship of this genre
with epic poetry and chivalric romances (for example, Arthurian
traditions and "Amadis de Gaula"), as one of the future backgrounds of
Cervantes's "Don Quijote".
001 TTH 01:00PM-02:20PM FL*524 Merida-Jimenez, Rafael *CURRENT ENR: 1
SPAN 421 INDEPENDENT WORK: Credits 1.00 Fall 99
Hispanic literature, Hispanic linguistics, and Hispanic culture and
civilization. Reserved for qualified juniors and seniors who are
particularly interested in a topic not covered in other courses.
Prereq- permission of the department.
001 TBA TBA TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0
SPAN 423 LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE OF SPANISH Credits 3.00 Fall 99
Synchronic study of modern Spanish phonology and syntax, with emphasis
on Hispanic American variants. Open to graduate students for credit.
Also offered as Ling 423.
001 MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM RH*319 Urrutibeheity, H *CURRENT ENR: 17
SPAN 503 LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE OF SPAN Credits 3.00 Fall 99
Graduate version of Span 423.
Enrollment is limited.
001 MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM RH*319 Urrutibeheity, H *CURRENT ENR: 0
SPAN 518 STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL SPANISH LITERATURE Credits 3.00 Fall 99
Graduate version of SPAN 418.
001 TTH 01:00PM-02:20PM FL*524 Merida-Jimenez, Rafael *CURRENT ENR: 2
SPAN 523 STUDIES IN GOLDEN AGE DRAMA Credits 3.00 Fall 99
See Span 361.
001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM RH*105 Castaneda, James *CURRENT ENR: 0
SPAN 555 CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMER LIT Credits 3.00 Fall 99
Graduate version of Span 405.
001 W 03:00PM-05:30PM RH*105 Van Delden, Maarten *CURRENT ENR: 1
SPAN 591 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits 3.00 Fall 99
001 TBA TBA TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0
SPAN 611 LANGUAGE METHODOLOGY PRACTICUM Credits 1.00 Fall 99
The course, a continuation of Ling 610, allows students to gain further
knowledge and expertise in aspects of Language Methodology by attending
a series of workshops on topics such as Technology and Language
Learning, Writing and content-based instruction. Students will also
complete assignments that supplement or expand on the material presented
in the workshops.
Also offered as Germ 611, Fren 611, Ling 611.
001 TBA TBA TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0
SPAN 701 RESEARCH LEADING TO CANDIDACY Credits 1.00 Fall 99
Topics in Spanish and Latin American Literary theory and Spanish
Linguistics. To be taken after a student has completed departmental
course requirements for the Master's, and before being admitted to
candidacy.
001 TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0
SPAN 801 RESEARCH AND THESIS Credits 1.00 Fall 99
001 TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0
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