For freshmen only. Organized around the general topic of cultural differences. Focuses on a related issue such as gender or history articulated in the literature of Spain, Latin America, and the Hispanic United States. Taught in English; students read selected literary texts in English from the various traditions. Does not count towards the Spanish major. Approved for GT-AH2. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts. Requisites: Restricted to students with 0-26 credits (Freshmen) only.
Provides students with basic vocabulary and fundamentals of grammar through practice in speaking, listening comprehension, reading and writing, based on the Communicative Approach. Introduces the cultures of the Portuguese speaking world, with a focus on Brazil.
Offers students a firm command of Spanish grammar. Grammar is used as a point of departure for development of oral skills. Reading and writing are stressed to a lesser degree. Attendance at the language laboratory may be mandatory. Credit not granted for this course and Span 1150.
Provides students with basic vocabulary and fundamentals of grammar through practice in speaking, listening comprehension, reading and writing, based on the Communicative Approach. Introduces the cultures of the Portuguese speaking work, with a focus on Brazil. Continuation of PORT 1010. Department-enforced prereq., PORT 1010 (min. grade C-).
Continuation of Span 1010. Attendance at the language laboratory may be mandatory. Department-enforced prereq., SPAN 1010 (min. grade C-). Credit not granted for this course and SPAN 1150.
An intensive beginning course covering the same material as Span 1010 and 1020. Attendance at the language laboratory may be mandatory. Similar to Span 1010 and 1020.
Involves practice in speaking, listening comprehension, reading and writing at an intermediate level. Explores relevant topics of the Brazilian culture through different media. Besides introducing grammar topics corresponding to the intermediate level of the Portuguese languages, it includes grammar review (PORT 1010 and PORT 1020) and extra work on vocabulary acquisition. Department-enforced prereq., PORT 1020 (min. grade C-). Approved for GT-AH4. Meets MAPS requirement for foreign language.
Grammar review. Emphasizes reading, writing, and speaking skills. Attendance at the language laboratory may be mandatory. Department-enforced prereq., SPAN 1020 (min. grade C-). Credit not granted for this course and SPAN 2150. Approved for GT-AH4. Meets MAPS requirement for foreign language.
Includes practice in speaking, listening comprehension, reading and writing at intermediate level, based on the Communicative Approach. Includes grammar and extra work on vocabulary acquisition, both explored through literary texts by renowned authors of the Portuguese speaking world, with a focus on Brazilian literature.
Grammar review. Emphasizes reading, writing, and speaking skills. Attendance at the language laboratory may be mandatory. Department-enforced prereq., SPAN 2110 (min. grade C-). Credit not granted for this course and SPAN 2150.
Intensive review of grammar and other subjects covered in SPAN 2110 and 2120. Attendance at the language laboratory may be mandatory. Credit not granted for this course and SPAN 2110 or 2120. Approved for GT-AH4. Meets MAPS requirement for foreign language. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of SPAN 1020 (minimum grade C-).
Focusing on Brazilian Portuguese, this course constitutes an intensive introduction to Portuguese language for those who speak a Romance language. Comprehends basic vocabulary and fundamentals of grammar through practice in speaking, listening comprehension, reading and writing, based on the Communicative Approach. Uses different media to explore cultural aspects of the Portuguese speaking world. Recommended prereq., three semesters of college equivalent in any Romance language.
Offers an intensive introduction to the Catalan language for those able to speak Spanish. By the end of the course students should be able to communicate well in all language-skills areas: listening comprehension, speaking, reading and writing. Students will also have gained a better understanding and appreciation of the Catalan singularity. Recommended prereq., five semesters of college Spanish or equivalent, or SPAN 3000, or placement, or department approval.
Discusses contemporary Brazil through the lenses of its literary, as well as socio-political movements. Students acquire a broader perspective of the country's current dynamics based on the formation of its national identity from 1500 to today. History serves as background to analyze literature and arts and critically understand Brazilian culture. Taught in English. Does not count toward Portuguese minor or Spanish and Portuguese major. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: contemporary societies.
Transitional course that introduces students to the Spanish major and improves their writing skills. Involves composition, reading, and to a lesser extent, conversation. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of SPAN 2120 or SPAN 2150 (minimum grade C-).
Emphasizes vocabulary acquisition and speaking fluency. Through structured and carefully monitored individual, group, and class work, students achieve enduring language growth and meaningful acculturation that otherwise could only be achieved through an extended stay in an Hispanic country. This course is intended for those who are learning Spanish as a second-language. Native speakers of Spanish who have pursued formal education in a Spanish speaking country will not be admitted to the course. Heritage speakers of Spanish (native speakers who have pursued formal education in a non-Spanish speaking setting) as well as students from bi-lingual K-12 programs must meet with the coordinator to determine appropriate class level. Credit not granted for this course and SPAN 3002. Does not count toward the Spanish major or minor. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of SPAN 2120 or SPAN 2150 (minimum grade C-).
Focuses on refining fluency in both informal and formal discourse through group discussions, class work and individual and group presentations in order to prepare students for communication in professional settings. To that end, the materials used in the course will emphasize themes and problems relevant to the contemporary Hispanic world. Credit not granted for this course and SPAN 3001. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of SPAN 3000 (minimum grade C-).
Consists of an advanced language course focused on current socio-environmental issues in Brazil. Involves reading academic texts of different areas of study, writing essays, watching documentaries, conducting class presentations and discussions and studying grammar and vocabulary in the context of a more sophisticated written Portuguese. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of PORT 2120 or PORT 2150 or PORT 2350 (minimum grade C-).
Designed to refine expository and argumentative writing in Spanish, this course will center around four main areas of study: culture, linguistics, sociopolitical and economic reality, and literature and criticism. A multi-draft process-based approach will guide the writing and revision of essays. Additionally, there will be a focus on grammar and lexical issues most challenging for students at the third-year level. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: written communication. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of SPAN 3000 (minimum grade C-).
Includes the study of business vocabulary, business concepts, geographic context, and cultural context. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of SPAN 3000 (minimum grade C-).
Continuation of SPAN 3030 with more emphasis on interpreting and elementary translation. Some attention is given to the writing of resumes and application letters, as well as to the entire job-search process. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of SPAN 3030 (minimum grade C-).
Designed to teach some of the methods, techniques, and tools of descriptive linguistics as they apply to articulatory phonetics. Students analyze important contrasts between sounds of Spanish and English bymeans of phonetic transcription. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of SPAN 3000 (minimum grade C-).
Students read short stories and other brief narrative texts, critical and creative essays, short plays, and poems to facilitate the acquisition of critical skills in identification of basic ideological and formalistic issues within texts being studied. Department enforced prereq., SPAN 3000 or equivalent.
Analysis of texts from morphological and syntactic perspectives. Structural and semantic characteristics of major features of Spanish are studied at the sentence level. Use of these grammatical features is then studied in selected literary texts. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of SPAN 3000 (minimum grade C-).
Introduces students to fundamental areas of linguistic analysis with special attention paid to Spanish (and Portuguese). The structural systems of language will be introduced (principles of sound patterns, word formation, meaning, and sentence structure). Different types of language variation will be discussed (historical, social, regional). Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of SPAN 3000 (minimum grade C-).
