Spanish (3580)
Spanish (3580)
| 101 | BEGINNING SPANISH I | 4 credits |
| Sequential. Acquisition of basic reading, speaking, writing and listening comprehension skills, with emphasis on development of self-expression in everyday situations, through culturally authentic media and texts. | ||
| 102 | BEGINNING SPANISH II | 4 credits |
| Sequential. Prerequisite: 101 or equivalent. Acquisition of basic reading, speaking, writing and listening comprehension skills, with emphasis on development of self-expression in everyday situations, through culturally authentic media and texts. | ||
| 111 | INTENSIVE BEGIN SPANISH I | 4 credits |
| Sequential. Prerequisite: Minimum of two years of prior study of Spanish at the secondary level or the equivalent, or a satisfactory score on the UA Spanish Placement Examination, or permission of the instructor. Acquisition of basic reading, speaking, writing, and listening comprehension skills, with emphasis on development of self expression. Sequence covers the entire first year in one semester. | ||
| 112 | INTENSIVE BEGIN SPANISH II | 4 credits |
| Sequential. Prerequisite: Completion of 3580:101 with a grade of B or better, or completion of 3580:111 with a grade of C or better, or a minimum of three years of prior study of Spanish at the secondary level or the equivalent and/or a satisfactory score on the UA Spanish Placement Examination, or permission of the instructor. Acquisition of basic reading, speaking, writing, and listening comprehension skills, with emphasis on development of self expression. Sequence covers the entire first year in one semester. | ||
| 201 | INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I | 3 credits |
| Sequential. Prerequisite: 102 or equivalent. Continuing acquisition of competence in reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension through use of culturally authentic materials, with emphasis on developing accuracy and self-expression in a wide range of situations. | ||
| 202 | INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II | 3 credits |
| Sequential. Prerequisite: 201 or equivalent. Continuing acquisition of competence in reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension through use of culturally authentic materials, with emphasis on developing accuracy and self-expression in a wide range of situations. | ||
| 211 | INTENSIVE INTERMD SPANISH I | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites:completion of 3580:102 with a grade of B or better, or completion of 3580:112 with a grade of C or better, or minimum of three years of prior study of Spanish at the secondary level or the equivalent and/or a satisfactory score on the UA Spanish Placement Examination, or permission of the instructor. Continuing acquisition of reading, speaking, writing, and listening comprehension skills, with emphasis on development of self expression. Sequence covers entire year in one semester. | ||
| 212 | INTENSIVE INTERMD SPANISH II | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: completion of 3580:201 with a grade of B or better, or completion of 3580:211 with a grade of C or better, or minimum of three years of prior study of Spanish at the secondary level or the equivalent and/or a satisfactory score on the UA Spanish Placement Examination, or permission of the instructor. Continuing acquisition of reading, speaking, writing, and listening comprehension skills, with emphasis on development of self expression. Sequence covers entire second year in one semester. | ||
| 301 | SPANISH CONVERSATION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 202 or equivalent. Development of oral expression, listening comprehension and conversational ability. | ||
| 302 | SPANISH COMPOSITION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 202 or equivalent. Development of writing skills through intensive practice and study of written expression in Spanish. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 303 | SPANISH GRAMMAR | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 202 or equivalent. Post-intermediate review and study of grammar and basic principles of grammatical analysis. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 311 | SPANISH/SPANISH-AM CULT EXPER | 1-6 credits |
| Prerequisite: Permission of department chair. Student's residence and study in a Spanish-speaking country. Repeatable once with different content, 12 credits maximum. Only 9 credits may be applied to Spanish minor. | ||
| 340 | INTRO TO SPANISH & SP-AMER LIT | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: two of the group 301, 302, and 303 or permission of instructor. Reading and discussion of Spanish and Spanish-American literature of all genres. Introduction to the fundamentals of literary criticism and literary movements. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 350 | LITERATURE OF SPAN-AM IN TRANS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 3400:210 or 3400:221. (May not be taken for credit toward the Spanish major or minor.) Reading, discussion of novels, short stories of major Spanish-American authors. Texts and discussion in English. | ||
| 351 | SPANISH FOR PROFESSIONALS: BUS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 301, 302, and 303 or permission of instructor. Study of business terminology as well as cultural factors affecting the conduct of business with Hispanic nations and populations. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 401 | ADVANCED SPANISH CONVERSATION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 301 and either 302 or 303 or permission of instructor. Development of speaking skills at a level beyond that achieved in 301. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 402 | ADVANCED SPANISH COMPOSITION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 302 and either 301 or 303 or permission of instructor. Development of writing skills at a level beyond that achieved in 302. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 403 | ADVANCED GRAMMAR | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 303 and either 301 or 302 or permission of instructor. Advanced study of Spanish syntax and grammatical analysis. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 404 | INTRO: SPANISH LINGUISTICS | 4 credits |
| Prerequisites: 401, 402, and 403 or permission of instructor. This course provides a detailed overview of the structure of Spanish and areas of inquiry within linguistics: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and applied fields. | ||
| 405 | SPANISH LINGUISTICS: PHONOLOGY | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: 401, 402, and 403 or permission of instructor. Descriptive study of Spanish phonetics and morphology, comparison of Spanish and English sounds, historical aspects, regional accents and sociolinguistic variation. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 406 | SPANISH LINGUISTICS: SYNTAX | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: 401, 402, and 403 or permission of instructor. Descriptive study of Spanish syntax; introduction to theories of grammar; overview of Spanish semantics and pragmatics. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 407 | SURVEY OF HISPANIC LIT: SPAIN | 4 credits |
| Prerequisites: 340 and two of the group 401, 402, 403 or permission of instructor. Study of the most representative works and literary movements in Spain from the Middle Ages to the present. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 408 | SURVEY OF HISPANIC LIT: SP-AM | 4 credits |
| Prerequisites: 340 and two of the group 401, 402, 403 or permission of instructor. Study of the most representative works and literary movements in Spanish-America from the Discovery to the present. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 409 | CULTURAL MANIF MED & REN SPAIN | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: 407 or 408 or permission of instructor. Comparative study of representative artistic and literary works of the Medieval and Renaissance periods. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 410 | SPANISH APPLIED LINGUISTICS | 4 credits |
| Prerequisites: 401, 402, and 403 or permission of instructor. This course discusses current theories of second language acquisition and their implications for the learning of problematic Spanish structures. | ||
| 411 | SPAIN DURING THE BAROQUE PRD | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: 407 or 408 or permission of instructor. A comparative study of the different cultural manifestations during the 17th century in Spain. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 412 | CERVANTES: DON QUIJOTE | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: 407 or 408 or permission of instructor. Reading and analysis of Don Quijote as the first modern novel in the historical context of Renaissance and Baroque esthetics. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 413 | DON JUAN MYTH IN SPAN CULTURE | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: 407 or 408 or permission of instructor. Study of the evolution of the Don Juan myth from its origins to its latest versions in the 20th century. | ||
| 414 | CULT POL IN THE RIVER PLATE | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: 407 or 408 or permission of instructor. This course will examine the military dictatorships of the seventies and eighties in Argentina and Uruguay by looking at how these regimes affected culture. | ||
| 416 | REPRESENTING RLTY 19TH CENT SP | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: 407 or 408 or permission of instructor. A comparative study of the major literary and artistic movements in Spain from Realism to Modernism. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 418 | 20TH CENT SP: AV-GAR LIT & ART | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: 407 or 408 or permission of instructor. A comparative study of the major literary and artistic movements in Spain which illustrate the primary cultural changes of the century. Conducted in Spanish | ||
| 419 | SPANISH CIVIL WAR&CULT IMPACT | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: 407 or 408 or permission of instructor. Study the impact of the Civil War on Spanish culture. | ||
| 422 | ST: SPEC LANG SKL, CULT, LIT | 1-4 credits |
| Prerequisite: 407 or 408 or permission of instructor. (May be repeated) Development of specialized language skills or reading of significant works of literature or culture not studied in other courses. | ||
| 425 | 20TH CENTURY SPANISH-AM NOVEL | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: 407 or 408 or permission of instructor. Reading and discussion of representative contemporary Latin American novels. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 427 | LATINO CULTURES IN THE USA | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: 407 or 408 or permission of instructor. Inquiry into the Latino experience of displacement and marginality through the analysis of cultural manifestations in the U.S.A. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 430 | WOMEN IN 20TH CENTURY HISP LIT | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: 407 or 408 or permission of instructor. Reading and analysis of selected works from the 20th Century that depict women in Hispanic countries. Methodologies of feminist criticism will be studied. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 431 | HISPANIC CULTURE: SPAIN | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: Two of the group 401, 402, 403 or permission of instructor. Study of society, customs, history, art, music, etc. of Spain, from a Hispanic perspective. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 432 | HISPANIC CULTURE: SPANISH AMER | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: Two of the group 401, 402, 403 or permission of instructor. Overview and historical survey of Spanish American civilization and culture. Taken as 532, does not count toward the M.A. in Spanish. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 497 | INDIVIDUAL READING IN SPANISH | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 407 or 408 and departmental permission. | ||
| 503 | ADVANCED GRAMMAR | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: graduate status or permission of department. Advanced study of Spanish syntax and grammatical analysis. Taken as 503, does not count toward the M.A. in Spanish. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 504 | INTRO: SPANISH LINGUISTICS | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: graduate status or permission of department. This course provides a detailed overview of the structure of Spanish and areas of inquiry within linguistics: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and applied fields. | ||
| 505 | SPANISH LINGUISTICS: PHONOLOGY | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: graduate status or permission of department. Descriptive study of Spanish phonetics and morphology, comparison of Spanish and English sounds, historical aspects, regional accents and sociolinguistic variation. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 506 | SPANISH LINGUISTICS: SYNTAX | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: graduate status or permission of department. Descriptive study of Spanish syntax; introduction to theories of grammar; overview of Spanish semantics and pragmatics. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 507 | SURVEY OF HISPANIC LIT: SPAIN | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: graduate status or permission of department. Historical overview of representative works and literary movements in Spain. Taken as 507, does not count toward Spanish M.A. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 508 | SURVEY OF HISPANIC LIT: SP-AM | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: graduate status or permission of department. Historical overview of representative works and literary movements in Spanish America. Taken as 508, does not count toward Spanish M.A. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 509 | CULTURAL MANIF MED & REN SPAIN | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: graduate status or permission of department. Comparative study of representative artistic and literary works of the Medieval and Renaissance periods. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 510 | SPANISH APPLIED LINGUISTICS | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: graduate status or permission of department. This course discusses current theories of second language acquisition and their implications for the learning of problematic Spanish structures. | ||
| 511 | SPAIN DURING THE BAROQUE PRD | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: graduate status or permission of department. A comparative study of the different cultural manifestations during the 17th century in Spain. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 512 | CERVANTES: DON QUIJOTE | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: graduate status or permission of department. Reading and analysis of Don Quijote as the first modern novel in the historical context of Renaissance and Baroque esthetics. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 513 | DON JUAN MYTH IN SPAN CULTURE | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: graduate status or permission of department. Study of the evolution of the Don Juan myth from its origins to its latest versions in the 20th century. | ||
| 514 | CULT POL IN THE RIVER PLATE | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: graduate status or permission of department. This course will examine the military dictatorships of the seventies and eighties in Argentina and Uruguay by looking at how these regimes affect culture. | ||
| 516 | REPRESENTING RLTY 19TH CENT SP | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: graduate status or permission of department. A comparative study of the major literary and artistic movements in Spain from Realism to Modernism. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 518 | 20TH CENT SP: AV-GAR LIT & ART | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: graduate status or permission of department. A comparative study of the major literary and artistic movements in Spain which illustrate the primary cultural changes of the century. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 519 | SPANISH CIVIL WAR&CULT IMPACT | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: graduate status or permission of department. Study of the impact of the Civil War on Spanish culture. | ||
| 522 | ST: SPEC LANG SKL, CULT, LIT | 1-4 credits |
| Prerequisite: graduate status or permission of department. (May be repeated.) Development of specialized language skills or reading of significant works of literature or culture not studied in other courses. | ||
| 525 | 20TH CENTURY SPANISH-AM NOVEL | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: graduate status or permission of department. Reading and discussion of representative contemporary Latin American novels. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 527 | LATINO CULTURES IN USA | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: graduate status or permission of department. Inquiry into the Latino experience of displacement and marginality through the analysis of cultural manifestations in the USA. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 530 | WOMEN IN 20TH CENTURY HISP LIT | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: graduate status or permission of department. Reading and analysis of selected works from the 20th Century that depict women in Hispanic countries. Methodologies of feminist criticism will be studied. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 531 | HISPANIC CULTURE: SPAIN | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: Two of the group 401, 402, 403 or permission of instructor. Study of society, customs, history, art, music, etc. of Spain, from a Hispanic perspective. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 532 | HISPANIC CULTURE: SPANISH AMER | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: graduate status or permission of department. Overview and historical survey of Spanish American civilization and culture. Taken as 532, does not count toward the M.A. in Spanish. Conducted in Spanish. | ||
| 661 | SPANISH TEACHING PRACTICUM | 2 credits |
| Prerequisite: teaching, assistantship or permission. Orientation and practice of particular aspects of teaching Spanish language and culture. Student teaching experiences are periodically reviewed and evaluated. These credits may not be applied toward degree requirements. | ||
| 697 | INDIV READING: SPANISH | 1-4 credits |
| Content of given individual reading program taken from course contests approved for graduate work in Spanish. | ||
| 698 | INDIVIDUAL READING IN SPANISH | 1-4 credits |
| Content of given individual reading program taken from course contests approved for graduate work in Spanish. | ||
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