Rice Course Schedule, Fall 2003
Spanish (SPAN)
Rice Course Schedule as of 11/06/2003.
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 03
Spanish 101 is a course designed for people who have little or no knowledge of
Spanish. Based on a task-oriented approach to language and culture learning,
Spanish 101 allows the beginning student to develop the necessary abilities to
communicate satisfactorily in Spanish in everyday situations. Students are
expected to be active participants in the learning process. Class meetings are
not based on lectures, but rely heavily on student interaction. Enrollment is
limited to 20 per section.
Section 007 is an intensive (3 week) course that
runs from July 28th - August 15th.
Prereq- Placement or permission of the instructor.
001 RH 305 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Kasper, Paul Enr: 16 Max: 20
002 RH 205 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Martinez, Robin Enr: 21 Max: 20
003 HUM 119 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Brogdon-Gomez, Patricia Enr: 17 Max: 20
004 RH 121 - MWF 12:00PM - 12:50PM Howes, Elizabeth Chandler Enr: 13 Max: 20
005 KH 105 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Brogdon-Gomez, Patricia Enr: 17 Max: 20
007 TBA - MTWTHF 09:00AM - 12:00PM Gaytan, Raquel Enr: 12 Max: 20
SPAN 102 INTRODUCTION TO THE SPANISH LANGUAGE AND Credits 5.00 Fall 03
Continuation of Span 101. Enrollment limited to 20 per section.
Prereq- SPAN 101, placement test, or permission of instructor.
001 KH 107 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Ewing, April Renee Enr: 14 Max: 20
002 HUM 227 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Gaytan, Raquel Enr: 22 Max: 20
SPAN 201 INTERMEDIATE SPANISH LANGUAGE & CULTURE Credits 4.00 Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Spanish 201 is a course designed for intermediate level Spanish speakers who
have achieved the equivalent of first-year Spanish (i.e. Span 101-102). Based
on a task-oriented approach to language and culture learning, Spanish 201
allows the intermediate students to improve and expand his communicative
skills. Students are expected to be active participants in the learning
process. Class meetings are not based on lectures, but rely heavily on student
interaction. Enrollment is limited to 20 per section.
Prereq- Span 101 and 102, placement test, or permission of instructor.
001 RH 123 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Verm, Jane L. Enr: 19 Max: 20
002 HANS 207 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Patterson, Peggy Enr: 22 Max: 20
003 RH 204 - MWF 12:00PM - 12:50PM Martinez, Robin Enr: 15 Max: 20
004 HUM 118 - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM Martinez, Robin Enr: 20 Max: 20
005 TBA Martinez, Robin Enr: 15 Max: 20
SPAN 202 INTERMEDIATE SPANISH LANGUAGE AND CULTUR Credits 4.00 Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Continuation of SPAN 201. Enrollment is limited to 20 per section.
Prereq- SPAN 201, placement test, or permission of instructor.
001 KH 101 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Verm, Jane L. Enr: 19 Max: 20
002 HUM 118 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Verm, Jane L. Enr: 20 Max: 20
SPAN 203 SPANISH I FOR BI-CULTURAL STUDENTS Credits 4.00 Fall 03
Spanish 203 is intended for students who have been exposed to Spanish in homes
or communities and want to improve their fluency and formal knowledge of the
language. The class will explore the structural elements necessary to begin to
speak and write with confidence. Enrollment is limited to 20 per section.
Prerequisite: Significant exposure to Spanish (family, community, travel). No
previous formal instruction in Spanish is required. Rice Language Placement
test is required. Enrollment is limited to 20.
001 HUM 118 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Brogdon-Gomez, Patricia Enr: 14 Max: 20
SPAN 301 ADVANCED SPANISH I Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* 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 test, or permission of instructor.
001 HUM 327 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Salas, Marcela W. Enr: 18 Max: 0
002 HUM 227 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Salas, Marcela W. Enr: 13 Max: NA
003 RH 106 - MWF 12:00PM - 12:50PM Patterson, Peggy Enr: 11 Max: 20
004 RH 305 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Zambosco-Thomas, Elsa Enr: 10 Max: 20
SPAN 302 ADVANCED SPANISH II Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Continuation of SPAN 301. Enrollment is limited to 20 per section.
Prereq- Span 301, placement test, or permission of instructor.
001 RH 305 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Patterson, Peggy Enr: 8 Max: 20
SPAN 303 ADVANCED SPANISH FOR BI-CULTURAL STUDENT Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* 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 test, or permission of instructor.
001 HUM 118 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Salas, Marcela W. Enr: 19 Max: 0
SPAN 305 COMMERCIAL SPANISH I Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* 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, placement test, or permission of
instructor.
001 MART 103 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Narbona, Jose Antonio Enr: 10 Max: 0
002 WIES 146 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Narbona, Jose Antonio Enr: 7 Max: NA
SPAN 307 THE LANGUAGE & CULTURE OF MEDICINE AND H Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* 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 20.
Prereq- 4 semesters of Spanish, placement exam, or permission of instructor.
001 RH 106 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Albin, Veronica S. Enr: 23 Max: 0
002 HUM 328 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Albin, Veronica S. Enr: 24 Max: NA
SPAN 313 SCIENTIFIC SPANISH Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Content-based course in Spanish in which the student will be familiarized with
vocabulary and uses of the language necessary to deal with scientific issues in
the Spanish-speaking world. Activities in class will include reading current
scientific texts, presentations, authentic tasks and problems and special
issues concerning the fields in which the student is interested. We will also
focus on everyday Spanish and cross-cultural topics in order to prepare the
student for a possible internship in a Spanish-speaking country. Prerequisites:
intermediate level of Spanish or permission of instructor. Enrollment limited
to 20.
Prereq- Intermediate level of Spanish, placement test, or permission of
instructor.
001 HUM 328 - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM Narbona, Jose Antonio Enr: 12 Max: 0
SPAN 315 ARTS AND MECHANICS OF TRANSLATION Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* 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, placement test, or permission of instructor.
001 RH 121 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Albin, Veronica S. Enr: 15 Max: NA
SPAN 340 SPANISH CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* 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. Prerequisite: Third-year Spanish or permission of the
instructor.
Prereq-Third-year Spanish or permission of the instructor.
001 RH 121 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Castaneda, James A. Enr: 9 Max: 0
SPAN 342 WRITING WORKSHOP Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Course designed to develop students' competence in written expression through
close readings of poems, short stories, plays and newspaper articles. Students
will learn the functions and strategies of different writing styles.
Pre-requsite(s): Third-year Spanish or permission of instructor.
Prereq- Third-year Spanish or permission of the instructor.
001 HANS 202 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Perez, J. Bernardo Enr: 8 Max: 0
SPAN 346 CONTEMPORARY MEXICO Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Topics discussed include: the Mexican political system, the debate on national
identity, border culture, urbanization, regionalism, and indigenous cultures.
Uses a wide range of texts to introduce students to the richness and complexity
of contemporary Mexican culture. Pre-requisite(s) Third-year Spanish or
permission of the instructor.
Prereq- Third-year Spanish or permission of the instructor.
001 RH 310 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Gaytan, Raquel Enr: 14 Max: 0
van Delden, Maarten
SPAN 350 SOCIOLINGUISTICS OF SPANISH Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Analysis of the modern varieties of Spanish covering phonetics, vocabulary,
morphosyntax, and pragmatics. The course requires the completion of a research
project with an empirical database. Pre-requisite(s): Third-year Spanish or
permission of the instructor. Also offered as LING 421.
Prereq-Third-year Spanish or permission of instructor.
001 RH 202 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Salaberry, Rafael Enr: 3 Max: 0
SPAN 366 GOLDEN AGE DRAMA Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Emphasis on the birth of the modern Spanish theater and the primary role played
by Lope de Vega. Other dramatists to be studied are Guillen de Castro, Tirso de
Molina, Mira de Amescua,and Ruiz de Alarcon. Pre-requisite(s): Third-year
Spanish of permission of the instructor.
Prereq- Third-year Spanish or permission of the instructor.
001 RH 302 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Castaneda, James A. Enr: 8 Max: NA
SPAN 379 LITERARY TRANSLATION Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Overview of modern theories of literary translation, and practice in
Spanish-English (and limited English-Spanish) literary translation, using
examples from diverse genres and authors of Spanish and Latin American
literature. Pre-requisite(s): Third-year Spanish or equivalent.
Prereq- Third-year Spanish or permission of the instructor.
001 RH 302 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:15PM Kauffmann, Robert L. Enr: 4 Max: NA
SPAN 382 THE ACQUISITION OF L2 SPANISH Credits 3.00 Fall 03
This course reviews the available research on the acquisition of the phonology,
vocabulary, morphosyntactic and discursive-pragmatic features of Spanish as a
second language. Aims to provide students with a thorough understanding of
second language acquisition processes that are specific to Spanish but
generalizable to other languages as well. Pre-requisite(s): Third-year Spanish
or permission of the instructor.
Prereq- Third-year Spanish or permission of instructor.
001 RH 205 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Salaberry, Rafael Enr: 7 Max: NA
SPAN 388 THE LATIN AMERICAN SHORT STORY Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Latin American writers have achieved great distinction in the genre of the
short story. This course studies texts by some of the continent's best-known
short-story writers, such as Cortezar, Borges, Monterroso, Rulfo, Fuentes,
Garcia Marquez, Elena Garro, Ana Lydia Vega, Clarice Lispector, Benedetti,
Uslar Pietri, Massiani, Lemebel, Asis, and Carpentier. Pre-requisite(s):
Third-year Spanish or permission of the instructor.
Prereq- Third-year Spanish or permission of the instructor.
001 FL 414 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Gonzalez-Stephan, Beatriz Enr: 11 Max: NA
SPAN 390 HISPANIC CINEMA Credits 3.00 Fall 03
This course examines the ways in which films in both Spain and Latin America
have represented the political contexts of their countries. Focus is on the
theme of power, and on the social and individual consequences of repressive
regimes. Pre-requisite(s): Third-year Spanish or permission of the instructor.
Prereq- Third-year Spanish or permission of the instructor.
001 RH 205 - TH 03:00PM - 05:30PM Gonzalez-Stephan, Beatriz Enr: 15 Max: 0
SPAN 420 THE DISPUTED GENERATION OF 1898 Credits 3.00 Fall 03
The origins and fortunes of the Generation of 1898 as a historiographic
concept. What have been the conceptual and historiographic gains and losses,
and the main ideological functions of the concept of the "Generacion del 98"
since it was invented (seperately, by Ortega y Gasset and Azorin, and with
differing referents!) in 1913?
Prereq- Advanced Spanish or permission of the instructor.
001 RH 302 - M 03:00PM - 05:30PM Kauffmann, Robert L. Enr: 1 Max: NA
SPAN 428 CONTEMPORARY SPANISH LITERATURE Credits 3.00 Fall 03
This course considers in detail specific problems, figures, movements, works,
or literary genres. Examples: Torrente's trilogies; Poets of 1927; Social
Conscience in Literature. Pre-requisite(s): Advance Spanish or permission of
the instructor.
Prereq- Advanced Spanish or permisision of the instructor.
001 RH 302 - W 03:00PM - 05:30PM Perez, J. Bernardo Enr: 2 Max: NA
SPAN 458 POETRY AND TESTIMONY Credits 3.00 Fall 03
This course looks at what it means to try to represent unrepresentable
experiences such as horror, death, and war. We begin with Rigoberta Menchu's
testimony of violence suffered in Guatemala during the 1970s and 80s, and then
move on to a selection of theoretical texts and poetic works that explore the
nature and limits of testimonial discourse. Pre-requisite(s): Advanced Spanish
or permission of the instructor.
Prereq- Advanced Spanish or permission of instructor.
001 RH 302 - T 03:00PM - 05:30PM Jenckes, Kate Enr: 2 Max: NA
SPAN 490 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Research in Hispanic literature, Hispanic linguistics, Hispanic culture and
civilization. Open to qualified juniors and seniors interested in a topic not
covered in other courses. Pre-requisite(s): Advanced Spanish or permission of
the instructor.
Advanced Spanish or permission of the instructor.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
SPAN 495 HONORS THESIS Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Independent research projects by outstanding Spanish majors leading to a
substantial honors essay, undertaken in close cooperation with a departmental
faculty member, who must first approve the thesis proposal. Pre-requisite(s):
Advanced Spanish or permission of the instructor.
Prereq- Advanced Spanish or permission of the instructor.
001 TBA - TBA Salaberry, Rafael Enr: 0 Max: 0
SPAN 507 TEACHING COLLEGE SPANISH (PRACTICUM) Credits 1.00 Fall 03
Study of pedagogical principles applicable to the teaching of Spanish.
Includes practice teaching and performance reviews, design of pedagogical
activities and peer observation.
001 TBA - TBA Salaberry, Rafael Enr: 3 Max: NA
SPAN 520 THE DISPUTED GENERATION OF 1898 Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Graduate version of SPAN 420.
001 TBA - M 03:00PM - 05:30PM Kauffmann, Robert L. Enr: 2 Max: 0
SPAN 528 CONTEMPORARY SPANISH LITERATURE Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Graduate version of SPAN 428.
001 RH 302 - W 03:00PM - 05:30PM Perez, J. Bernardo Enr: 3 Max: 0
SPAN 558 POETRY AND TESTIMONY Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Graduate version of SPAN 458.
Prereq- Advanced spanish or permission of instructor.
001 TBA - T 03:00PM - 05:30PM Jenckes, Kate Enr: 4 Max: NA
SPAN 591 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits Fall 03
Research in Hispanic literature, Hispanic linguistics, and Hispanic culture and
civilization. Open to grad students interested in a topic not covered in other
courses. Prerequisite: permission of department.
Prere- Permission of department
001 TBA - TBA Jenckes, Kate Enr: 1 Max: NA
SPAN 701 RESEARCH LEADING TO CANDIDACY Credits Fall 03
Topics in Spanish and Latin American Literary theory and Spanish Linguistics.
To be taken after a student has completed departmental course requirements for
the Masters, and before being admitted to candidacy.
001 TBA - TBA Kauffmann, Robert L. Enr: 1 Max: NA
SPAN 801 RESEARCH AND THESIS Credits Fall 03
Research for the M.A. thesis. (Taken after approval for candidacy).
001 TBA - TBA Castaneda, James A. Enr: 1 Max: NA
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