SPNH121 Beginning Spanish (5 hrs)
Basic principles of grammar. Practice in elementary conversation, pronunciation, composition and reading. One-half hour per day in the laboratory required. Satisfies the general education World language composition requirement,
Area I.
SPNH122 Beginning Spanish ( 5 hrs)
Basic principles of grammar. Practice in elementary conversation, pronunciation, composition and reading. One-half hour per day in the laboratory required. Satisfies the general education World language composition requirement, Area I.
Prereq: SPNH121 or equivalent; placement exam required
SPNH177/178/179 Special Topics (1/2/3 hrs)
An exploration and study of topics not covered in other departmental offerings. Students may elect more than once, provided different topics are studied. Prereq: department permission
SPNH201 Intermediate Spanish (3 hrs)
A review of Spanish grammar, frequent simple written compositions, and extensive oral work. Meets three times per week and students will spend two half-hour periods per week in the laboratory. In Spanish. Satisfies the general education World language composition requirement, Area I. Does not satisfy the general education literature requirement.
Prereq: SPNH122 or equivalent; placement exam required
SPNH202 Intermediate Spanish (3 hrs)
A review of Spanish grammar, frequent simple written compositions, and extensive
oral work. Meets three times per week and students will spend two half-hour periods per week in the laboratory. In Spanish. Satisfies the general education World language composition requirement, Area I. Does not satisfy the general education literature requirement.
Prereq: SPNH201 or equivalent
SPNH221 Intermediate Spanish Reading (3 hrs)
An introduction to literary criticism as applied to Hispanic literature. Extensive reading of materials in Hispanic literature and culture. In Spanish. Satisfies Area IV of the general education requirements.
Prereq: SPNH202 or department permission
SPNH222 Intermediate Spanish Reading (3 hrs)
An introduction to literary criticism as applied to Hispanic literature. Extensive reading of materials in Hispanic literature and culture. In Spanish. Satisfies Area IV of the general education requirements.
Prereq: SPNH221 or department permission;
placement exam required
SPNH277/278/279 Special Topics (1/2/3 hrs)
These courses deal with subject matter not provided in other department offerings. Students may elect such a course several times, provided different topics are studied.
Prereq: department permission
SPNH301 The Cultures of Spain (3 hrs)
A panoramic view of the peoples of Spain, their cultures, environment and way of life. In Spanish.
Prereq: SPNH202/222 or department permission
SPNH302 The Cultures of Spanish America (3 hrs)
A panoramic view of the cultures, the peoples and the environment of Spanish America. In Spanish.
Prereq: SPNH202/222 or department permission
SPNH341 Survey of Spanish Literature (3 hrs)
This survey course covers the major authors and literary movements from the beginning of peninsular Spanish literature to the end of the 17th century. In Spanish. Satisfies the general education literature requirement, Area IV.
Prereq: SPNH222 or department permission
SPNH342 Survey of Spanish Literature (3 hrs)
This survey course covers the major authors and literary movements in peninsular Spanish literature from 1700 to the present. In Spanish. Satisfies the general education literature requirement, Area IV.
Prereq: SPNH222 or department permission
SPNH343 Spanish Grammar and Composition (3 hrs)
A systematic review of Spanish grammar and practice in composition. Frequent written assignments.
Prereq: SPNH202/222 or department permission
SPNH344 Spanish Conversation and
Composition (3 hrs)
Improved pronunciation, the acquisition of an
active vocabulary for daily life, frequent written
compositions, and the development of
greater oral facility. Meets three times per
week and students spend three half-hour periods
in the laboratory each week.
Prereq: SPNH202 and SPNH222 or department
permission
SPNH351 Survey of Spanish-American
Literature (3 hrs)
This course deals with the major writers of
Spanish America from the colonial period
through modernism. In Spanish.
Prereq: SPNH222 or department permission
SPNH352 Survey of Spanish-American
Literature (3 hrs)
This course deals with the major writers of
Spanish America from postmodernism to the
present. In Spanish.
Prereq: SPNH222 or department permission
SPNH361 Spanish for International Trade (3 hrs)
This course is intended for students who already
have a solid intermediate-level command
of Spanish and who wish to acquire
minimum professional competence in the
Spanish language as it is used in the world of
international business. It includes practice in
various forms of business communication,
both written and oral.
Prereq: SPNH343 or department permission
SPNH377/378/379 Special Topics (1/2/3 hrs)
These courses deal with subject matter not
provided in other department offerings. Students
may elect such a course several times,
provided different topics are studied.
Prereq: department permission
SPNH388 Internship (1 hr)
Provides an opportunity for the student to
extend theoretical classroom learning through
working experience in an appropriate setting.
Field experience will be supplemented by
regular meetings with the faculty supervisors.
Offered on a credit/no-credit basis.
Prereq: department permission
SPNH443 Advanced Spanish Grammar
and Composition (3 hrs)
A review of select points of Spanish grammar
and extensive practice in writing Spanish.
Prereq: SPNH343 and SPNH344 or department
permission
SPNH444 Advanced Spanish Conversation
and Composition (3 hrs)
Improved pronunciation, greater oral facility,
and frequent written compositions. Meets
three times per week and students spend three
half-hour periods in the laboratory each week.
May be repeated for supplementary credit.
Prereq: SPNH343/344 or department
permission
SPNH445 Spanish-American Prose (3 hrs)
A study of selected topics in Spanish-American
literature. May be repeated for credit if
the material of the course is in another area. In Spanish.
Prereq: SPNH352 or department permission
SPNH446/447 Business Spanish (3/3 hrs)
Required of students majoring in business
Spanish. Practice with Spanish commercial
correspondence, translation of Spanish business
documents, and reading of World periodical
publications on economics and international
trade. An overview of international
economic organizations and trade agreements
related to Spanish-speaking countries and a
review of existing bibliography on commercial
Spanish.
Prereq: SPNH361 or department permission
SPNH448 Modern Drama (3 hrs)
The development of modern Spanish drama and
its various types. Works of the principal dramatists
of the 19th and 20th centuries. In Spanish.
Prereq: SPNH342 or department permission
SPNH449 Romanticism (3 hrs)
A study of the major works of Hispanic Romanticism. In Spanish.
Prereq: SPNH342 or department permission
SPNH450 Spanish-American Theatre (3 hrs)
A study of the theatre in Spanish America
from its beginning to the present. In Spanish.
Prereq: SPNH352 or department permission
SPNH454 Modernism in Spanish America (3 hrs)
A survey of the literary movement known as
“modernismo” in the literature of Spanish
America. In Spanish.
Prereq: SPNH352 or department permission
SPNH455 The Generation of 1898 (3 hrs)
A study of the works of the main authors of
the generation of 1898, from Unamuno to
Ortega y Gasset. In Spanish.
Prereq: SPNH342 or department permission
SPNH456 Scientific and Technical
Spanish I (3 hrs)
Study of the fundamental Spanish terminology
required for scientific and technical contexts,
including basic vocabulary for mathematics,
geometry and physics. In-depth
study of at least one scientific or technical
field (e.g., automobile industry, automated
processes). Students will explore the vocabulary
and resources in their chosen fields.
Prereq: SPNH343 or department permission
SPNH457 Scientific and Technical
Spanish II (3 hrs)
Study of the fundamental Spanish terminology
required for scientific and technical contexts,
including basic vocabulary for computers,
chemistry, and biology. In -depth study of
at least one scientific or technical field (e.g.,
data processing, nutrition). Students will explore
the vocabulary and resources in their
chosen fields.
Prereq: SPNH456 or department permission
SPNH463 Don Quixote (3 hrs)
The universal qualities of both the book and
its author, as well as their relation to Spanish
life and literature of the period.
Prereq: SPNH341 or department permission
SPNH464 Drama of the Golden Age (3 hrs)
The drama of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Works of the major authors will be read and
discussed. In Spanish.
Prereq: SPNH341 or department permission
SPNH465 Modern Novel (3 hrs)
Study of the development of the modern
novel in Spain during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Representative novels will be read and
discussed. In Spanish.
Prereq: SPNH342 or department permission
SPNH471 Culture and Literature of the
Hispanic Groups in the United States (3 hrs)
A study of the cultures of the major Hispanic
groups in the U.S. The study of representative
literary works is intended to lead to an increased
appreciation of the cultural roots and current life
styles of these groups. In Spanish. A minimum
of 24 hours of field experience required.
SPNH477/478/479 Special Topics (1/2/3 hrs)
These courses deal with subject matter not
provided in other department offerings. Students
may elect such a course several times,
provided different topics are studied.
Prereq: department permission
SPNH482 Language of the Hispanic Groups
in the United States (3 hrs)
A survey of present-day social and regional
variations in the Spanish spoken in the U.S.
and the historical background of these variations.
In Spanish. A minimum of 24 hours of
field experience required.
Prereq: an introductory course in linguistics
or department permission
SPNH488/489 Internship (2/3 hrs)
Provides an opportunity for the student to
extend theoretical classroom learning through
working experience in an appropriate setting.
Field experience will be supplemented by
regular meetings with the faculty supervisors.
Offered on a credit/no-credit basis.
Prereq: department permission
SPNH490 Intensive Spanish (6 hrs)
An intensive summer course offered in
Mexico. Instruction on a small-group (four to
five students) basis, with many different instructional
levels available. Students advance
according to individual progress. Students
live with Mexican families. May be counted
for equivalent hours in Spanish on 100- to
400-levels. May be repeated for credit.
SPNH497/498/499 Independent Study
(1/2/3 hrs)
Advanced study on an individual research basis
in areas not covered in formal course work.
Prereq: department permission
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