Rice Course Schedule, Fall 2000
Spanish (SPAN)
Rice Course Schedule as of 05/15/2001.
This schedule is maintained by the Office of the Registrar
(reg@rice.edu).
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NOTE: Course web pages are available for some SPAN courses.
SPAN 101 INTRODUCTION TO THE SPANISH LANGUAGE AND Credits 5.00 Fall 00
Spanish 101 provides an introduction to the language and culture of the
Spanish-speaking world. It allows the beginning student to develop in all four
modalities (speaking, writing, reading and listening), the communicative
abilities necessary to perform satisfactorily in Spanish in everyday
situations. This course draws on current technology (the Internet, e-mail, and
film) as well as printed texts. Spanish 101 is designed for students who have
no knowledge of the Spanish language.
Note: Enrollment is limited to 15 for
this semester only due to a special pilot section. Innovative approach
developing proficiency in Spanish. Please sign up early to be assured of a
spot.
Prereq- Placement or permission of the coordinator.
001 HUM 119 - MWF 08:00AM - 08:50AM Gaytan, Raquel Enr: 11 Max: 20
002 KH 105 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Salaberry, Rafael Enr: 7 Max: 20
003 HUM 117 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Requena, Eileen Enr: 3 Max: 20
004 HUM 117 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Brogdon-Gomez, Patricia Enr: 21 Max: 20
005 HUM 327 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Phillips, Rebecca Enr: 20 Max: 20
006 HUM 328 - MWF 12:00PM - 12:50PM Staff Enr: 5 Max: 20
007 KH 107 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Staff Enr: 2 Max: 20
008 KH 107 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Requena, Eileen Enr: Max: 140
SPAN 102 INTRODUCTION TO THE SPANISH LANGUAGE AND Credits 5.00 Fall 00
Continuation of Span 101. Enrollment limited to 20 per section.
Prereq- SPAN 101, placement, or permission of coordinator.
001 HUM 118 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Gaytan, Raquel Enr: 2 Max: 20
002 HUM 117 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Brogdon-Gomez, Patricia Enr: 2 Max: 20
003 KH 105 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Staff Enr: 3 Max: 20
004 KH 101 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Staff Enr: Max: 60
SPAN 103 AN INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH FOR BI-CULTUR Credits 4.00 Fall 00
Spanish 103 is intended for students who have been exposed to Spanish and want
to improve their formal knowledge of the language. The course is designed to
capitalize upon students' existing knowledge. Through a variety of media -
internet, short written texts, short clips, etc. - the class will explore the
structural elements necessary to begin to speak and write with confidence.
Enrollment is limited to 20 per section.
Prereq- Placement, previous exposure to Spanish (e.g., family, travel,
community), or permission of instructor.
001 KH 105 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Groskreutz, Gema Enr: 3 Max: 20
SPAN 201 INTERMEDIATE SPANISH LANGUAGE AND CULTUR Credits 4.00 Fall 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
In the first semester of Intermediate Spanish the student progresses from using
mostly standard phrases to more creative written and oral communication in a
variety of real-life situations. The texts, video, and the internet, students
will read, watch, listen and respond to authentic cultural materials of average
difficulty. Enrollment limited to 20 per section.
Prereq- Span 101 and 102, or permission of instructor.
002 HUM 119 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Yampey-Jorg, Gloria Enr: 5 Max: 20
003 HUM 118 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Salaberry, Rafael Enr: 7 Max: 20
004 FL 414 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Verm, Jane L. Enr: 12 Max: 20
005 HUM 120 - MWF 12:00PM - 12:50PM Groskreutz, Gema Enr: 7 Max: 20
006 HUM 328 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Groskreutz, Gema Enr: 3 Max: 20
007 SH 560 - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM Verm, Jane L. Enr: 10 Max: 20
SPAN 202 INTERMEDIATE SPANISH LANGUAGE AND CULTUR Credits 4.00 Fall 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
In the second semester of Intermediate Spanish the student will practice
written and oral communication in a greater variety of real-life situations,
through analysis of short stories, films, and other authentic cultural
materials. The texts, video, and internet selections become more progressively
challenging, requiring more creative language use. Enrollment limited to 20
per section.
Prereq- SPAN 201 or permission of instructor.
001 KH 107 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Narbona, Jose Antonio Enr: 2 Max: 20
002 HB 427 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Yampey-Jorg, Gloria Enr: 2 Max: 20
003 HUM 118 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Narbona, Jose Antonio Enr: 2 Max: 20
SPAN 301 ADVANCED SPANISH I Credits 3.00 Fall 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
This course aims to bring students from an intermediate to an advanced level of
proficiency in Spanish. Students will develop fluency and communicative
competence through exposure to literary texts, newspaper and web articles,
films and videos, in their cultural context. Emphasis will be on conversation
strategies, vocabulary expansion and the writing of essays. Limited enrollment
to 20 person per section.
Prereq- Span 202, placement or permission of instructor.
001 HZ 119 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Salas, Marcela W. Enr: 15 Max: 20
002 FL 412 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:05AM Salas, Marcela W. Enr: 6 Max: 20
003 SH 460 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Perez, J. Bernardo Enr: 6 Max: 20
004 HZ 117 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Zambosco-Thomas, Elsa Enr: 4 Max: 20
005 HUM 120 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Zambosco-Thomas, Elsa Enr: 9 Max: 20
SPAN 302 ADVANCED SPANISH II Credits 3.00 Fall 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
The goal of this course is to consolidate and refine students' proficiency and
communicative competence at the advanced level. Through mystery novels, short
stories, and thought-provoking films on Hispanics issues, students will engage
in thinking at a higher level of abstraction, including argumentation and the
formation of hypotheses. Limited enrollment to 20 per section.
Prereq- Span 301, placement or permission of instructor.
001 HZ 117 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:15PM Jimenez, Rafael Merida Enr: 6 Max: 20
SPAN 303 ADVANCED SPANISH FOR BI-CULTURAL STUDENT Credits 3.00 Fall 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Spanish 303 aims to bring students to advanced proficiency in Spanish, enabling
them to interact confidently in a wide variety of contexts, while providing
them with cultural insights about the Hispanic world. It is designed for
students who come with bi-cultural exposure and at least intermediate
proficiency in Spanish, and who want to refine their written and oral command
of the language. Informal and formal discussion in class, presentations, and
readings from the Spanish-speaking world, including the United States, will
constitute the core of the class. Limited enrollment to 20 per section.
Prereq- Span 204, placement or permission of instructor.
001 FL 517 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Salas, Marcela W. Enr: 7 Max: 20
SPAN 305 COMMERCIAL SPANISH I Credits 3.00 Fall 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
This course will familiarize students with the world of business in Spanish
through authentic tasks dealing with current socio-economic events,
cross-cultural awareness issues, as well as the present-day political and
economic situation of Spain and the different Latin American countries.
Activities will include commercial correspondence and reports, professional
presentations, debates, and other techniques conducive to success in the
Spanish-speaking business world. Supranational organizations in the area
(Mercosur, NAFTA and the European Union) will be the major topic of a final
project for the class. The course will be of special interest to students
planning to take the Madrid Chamber of Commerce Examination in Commercial
Spanish in the Spring semester, and to those interested in applying for
internships in Spanish-speaking countries. Limited enrollment to 20.
Prereq- intermediate level of Spanish or permission of instructor.
001 HUM 227 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Narbona, Jose Antonio Enr: 17 Max: 20
SPAN 307 THE LANGUAGE & CULTURE OF MEDICINE AND H Credits 3.00 Fall 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
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, 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. Limited enrollment to 25.
Prereq- 4 semesters of Spanish or equivalent proficiency, or permission of
instructor.
001 HUM 328 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Albin, Veronica S. Enr: 23 Max: 25
SPAN 318 ADV CONVERSATION & COMPOSITION Credits 3.00 Fall 00
* 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 in Chile Program.
Prereq- second-year competency.
001 TBA - TBA Rea, Joan Enr: 1 Max: NA
SPAN 319 SURVEY OF SPANISH LITERATURE Credits 3.00 Fall 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Survey of Spanish literature, from the 12th to the 17th centuries, with
emphasis on stylistic and cultural analysis. The primary sources (prose,
poetry and drama) are the the focus of lectures and discussions.
001 HUM 226 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Jimenez, Rafael Merida Enr: 4 Max: NA
SPAN 321 SURVEY OF SPAN-AMER LITERATURE Credits 3.00 Fall 00
* 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 FL 528 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Staff Enr: 10 Max: NA
SPAN 323 SPANISH CULTURE & CIVILIZAT'N Credits 3.00 Fall 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Topics relating to the development of social, cultural, political, and
economic institutions of Spain form the basis for extensive conversation,
discussion, and composition.
001 HUM 119 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:15PM Castaneda, James A. Enr: 20 Max: NA
SPAN 335 THE MODERN SPANISH ESSAY (1700-PRESENT) Credits 3.00 Fall 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Topic for Fall 2000: Adventures in Spanish Thought from 1830 - 1940. Readings
and discussions of six major essayists: Mariano Jose de Larra, Jose Martinez
Ruiz ("Azorin"), Miguel de Unamuno, Jose Ortega y Gasset, Antonio Machado, and
Maria Zambrano. This course is designed to improve students' powers of oral
and written expression in Spanish, sharpen their ability to analyze literary
texts, and introduce central issues and debates in Spanish culture. Topics
vary.
Prereq- Span 302 or equivalent reading knowledge of Spanish.
001 HUM 328 - W 03:00PM - 05:30PM Kauffmann, Robert L. Enr: 2 Max: NA
SPAN 352 WRITING IN SPANISH: STYLISTICS AND COMPO Credits 3.00 Fall 00
Students analyze the style of selected texts, participate in discussions, and
practice writing critically and/or creatively in Spanish. Models include ads,
business letters, newspaper articles, essays, and short stories. Limited
enrollment to 20.
001 HUM 328 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Perez, J. Bernardo Enr: 10 Max: 20
SPAN 381 GOLDEN AGE PROSE: DON QUIJOTE Credits 3.00 Fall 00
Analysis of Spanish poetry and prose, with emphasis on Cervantes's Don Quijote
Part I. Also includes the development of lyric poetry from Garcilaso to
Gongora and the picaresque novel.
001 HUM 120 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Castaneda, James A. Enr: 3 Max: NA
SPAN 405 STUDIES IN LATIN AMERERICAN LITERATURE Credits 3.00 Fall 00
Topic for Spring 2001: Latin America: Geography for the Savage Imagination. The
Barbarism of civilizaiton.
The image of Latin American was constructed from the
European imagination, from the concept of alterity that the Europeans had in
the Rennaisance, at the outset of the Modern Age. The founding image of the New
World as a space or barbarity and of "calibanesque" instincts was initiated by
the English playwright, William Shakespeare, in "The Tempest." Between Ariel
and Caliban is woven a long and wide-ranging tradition of reflections and
icongraphy that have permeated Latin American culture since that time. The
course will examine both the written texts and visual-icongraphic materials
which founded this tradition from the sixteenth through the ninteenth
centuries, and will include some contemporary examples, in order to observe how
certain Eurocentric axioms repeat, rearticulate, and renew themselves.
001 TBA - TBA Rea, Joan Enr: 2 Max: NA
002 TBA - M 03:00PM - 05:30PM Staff Enr: 3 Max: NA
SPAN 415 ART & MECHANICS OF TRANSLATION Credits 3.00 Fall 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
An introduction to the craft of translation. Working with various types of
texts in English and Spanish, students will begin to acquire the theoretical,
linguistic, and research tools to solve common translation problems, exploring
the cultural and linguistic patterns and contrasts that most affect
Spanish-English translation. This course will increase vocabularies, improve
Spanish proficiency, broaden cross-cultural understanding, and strengthen
students' communicative abilities, both in Spanish and English.
Prereq- Span 302, 303, or permission of instructor.
001 HUM 117 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:15PM Albin, Veronica S. Enr: 10 Max: NA
SPAN 421 INDEPENDENT WORK Credits 3.00 Fall 00
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 Staff Enr: 1 Max: NA
SPAN 525 GOLDEN AGE PROSE: DON QUIJOTE Credits 3.00 Fall 00
Don Quixote. Graduate version of Span 381.
001 HUM 120 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Castaneda, James A. Enr: 1 Max: NA
SPAN 535 THE MODERN SPANISH ESSAY (1700-PRESENT) Credits 3.00 Fall 00
Graduate version of Span 335.
001 HUM 328 - W 03:00PM - 05:30PM Kauffmann, Robert L. Enr: 1 Max: NA
SPAN 555 STUDIES IN SPANISH AMER LIT Credits 3.00 Fall 00
Graduate version of Span 405.
001 TBA - M 03:00PM - 05:30PM Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
SPAN 591 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits Fall 00
No description
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
SPAN 610 SEMINAR: TOPICS IN LANGUAGE METHODOLOGY Credits 3.00 Fall 00
Exploration and analysis of a range of theories, issues and problems in foreign
language instruction. Areas of inquiry include: the nature of language
acquisition, pedagogical methods, instructional technologies, development of
teaching materials, and testing/assessment.Required course for all graduate
language teaching assistants.
Also offered as FREN 610.
001 HUM 118 - T 03:00PM - 06:00PM Kecht, Maria-Regina Enr: 1 Max: NA
Kecht, Maria-Regina
SPAN 701 RESEARCH LEADING TO CANDIDACY Credits 1.00 Fall 00
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 - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
SPAN 801 RESEARCH AND THESIS Credits 1.00 Fall 00
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
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