Spanish
Introduction
The ability to speak Spanish is becoming an asset, if not a necessity, in the marketplace. This need is already occurring in such diverse fields as business, education, health care, law, and social work. In order to better prepare students to meet this growing need in their future fields, we offer a major and a minor in Spanish. While not required, study away is strongly encouraged for both majors and minors to improve language fluency and cultural awareness.
Course Descriptions (SPAN)
Majors and Minors
Major Minor
B.A. in Spanish Minor in SpanishCourses
A course for beginners, with intensive practice in pronunciation, essentials of grammar, and reading of simple prose.
A continuation of SPAN 1101.
This course is a continuation of vocabulary, grammar, and culture mastered in SPAN 1101. This course will cover the same grammar topics as the traditional SPAN 1102 but will supplement course content with vocabulary and culture issues specific to the medical field. A Nursing Major is also a prerequisite for this course.
A review of grammar and syntax with practice in reading selected texts.
A continuation of SPAN 2103.
An introductory course designed to introduce the intermediate level language student to reading and analyzing short literary works in Spanish.
A travel-study seminar that provides valuable educational experience through close contact with the contemporary life and civilization of a selected Spanish-speaking country. Basic academic preparation in the history and customs of the culture is undertaken before departure.
A course stressing practice in speaking and writing Spanish. Not open to students fluent in Spanish.
A continuation of Spanish 3000. Not open to students fluent in Spanish.
This course provides an overview of Spain's and Latin America's cultures and civilizations.
A course in traducing the basic concepts of Spanish linguistics, including pragmatics, semantics, syntax, morphology, phonology, and language processing and acquisition
The further development of Spanish language skills by focusing on a variety of professions or fields of study. Since the focus of this course changes frequently, this course may be repeated for credit.
An advanced course designed to introduce the student to Latin America's major literary movements and writers.
An advanced course designed to introduce the students to Spain's major literary movements and writers.
This course introduces the student to major contemporary Latin American and Latina women writers. Writers and works to be studied change periodically.