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Prereq: [1st yr college-level Spanish or equiv], dept consent
Description: This course is designed to help health care professionals communicate with patients who speak Spanish. Following the course, the student will be able to: use basic medical vocabulary in Spanish; ask questions and provide answers in common medical situations in Spanish; conduct patient interviews, medical histories, and physical exams in Spanish; and understand cultural factors impacting health and health care for Chicano/Latino patients. This course is partially internet delivered.
Class Time: In class: Active participation; and Individual work: Variety of assignments and group discussion on WebCT.
Instructor:
Lopez,Maria Emilce
(Outstanding Service Award)
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Prereq: Span 0144, 2 yrs. Spanish College Level or equiv, dept consent .
Description: This is an advanced course designed to help health care professionals communicate with patients who speak Spanish. This course will further develop and strengthen language skills and cultural awareness. Individual work is done on WebCT and CD-ROM. Activities focus on vocabulary, listening, reading, writing, and exploring cultural issues. This course is partially internet delivered.
Class Time: In class: Active participation; and Individual work: Variety of assignments and group discussion on WebCT.
Instructor:
Lopez,Maria Emilce
(Outstanding Service Award)
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Prereq: Less than 2 yrs of high school Spanish, dept consent , no college-level Spanish
Description: This course is strictly for students who have less than two years of high school Spanish. Permission numbers are required in order to register for this course. Students should bring their high school transcripts and an ID card to Folwell Hall 34 to obtain a number. Spanish 1001 focuses on the development of communication skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. One day a week students will watch "Destinos", an educational television program in Spanish. The text, "?Sabias que...?" 3rd ed., is accompanied by a workbook and audio tapes or CDs that are designed to be studied outside class. In this text students will cover material from the "Leccion Preliminar" through and including "Leccion 8". Grammar is covered in the homework assignments and reinforced in class with a variety of paired and small group activities. Spanish is spoken almost exclusively in class. Since the majority of class time is devoted to speaking and listening, class attendance is critical.
Class Time: 5% Lecture, 10% Discussion, 1% Laboratory. Group work, reading and related activities
Work Load: 10/20 pages reading per week, 6 pages writing per term, 3 exams. 6 quizzes, 2 compositions, approximately 60-120 mins. study per day, 20 pages textbook and workbook exercises (5-10 hrs./wk)
Grade: 20% final exam, 15% quizzes, 10% class participation, 55% other evaluation. 10% listening and workbook exercises, 15% oral interview type evaluations, 10% written compositions and writing activities, 20% unit exams
Exam Format: All quizzes and tests evaluate listening, reading, vocabulary, grammar & writing. A minumum of multiple choice & true-false items; encourage the use of natural language by using short answers and essays; Two oral interviews.
Instructor: STAFF
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Prereq: Less than 2 yrs of high school Spanish, dept consent , no college-level Spanish
Description: After completing Spanish 1001, you will be able to: --understand Spanish if spoken at a beginning pace and apply skills and strategies to fill in gaps in order to comprehend the idea of what is said; --describe orally people and places, narrate present events, and, to some extent, narrate past events; --read several simple, culturally relevant Spanish texts and profit from some reading materials written for native speakers; and --write short, controlled narrations in the present tense. Finally, you will gain a wealth of nearly first-hand knowledge about some of the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.
Class URL: http://www.cce.umn.edu/odl
Class Time: This is a printed correspondence section.
Work Load: 2 exams, 8 quizzes. shuttle tapes and worksheets
Grade: 35% mid exam, 40% final exam, 20% quizzes. Worksheets & Shuttle tapes................5 percent
Instructor: Morales,Flavio Antonio
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Prereq: 1001 completed at UMNTC, dept consent
Description: This course is for the student who has completed Spanish 1001 at the University of Minnesota. Upon entering this course, the student should know basic vocabulary and present and past tense forms, that is to say, be familiar with the material between the "Leccion Preliminar" to "Leccion 9" of the text, "?Sabias que...?", 3rd ed. Spanish is spoken almost exclusively in class. Spanish 1002 continues to focus on the development of communicative skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. One day a week students watch "Destinos", an educational televison program in Spanish. The text "?Sabias que...?", 3rd ed., is accompanied by a workbook and audio tapes that are designed to be studied outside class. The readings in the text have been taken from Spanish language newspapers and magazines. Grammar is covered in the homework assignments and reinforced in class with a variety of paired and small group activites. Since the majority of class time is devoted to speaking and listening, class attendance is critical.
Class Time: 5% Lecture, 10% Discussion, 1% Laboratory. Group work, reading and related activities
Work Load: 3-5 pages reading per week, 10 pages writing per term, 6 exams. 6 quizzes, compositions and journals, approximately 60-120 mins. study per day, 20 pages textbook and workbook exercises (5-10 hrs./wk)
Grade: 20% mid exam, 20% final exam, 15% quizzes, 10% class participation, 35% other evaluation. 15% oral interview type evaluations, 10% written compositions and writing activities, 10% listening and workbook exercises
Exam Format: All quizzes and tests evaluate listening, reading, vocabulary, grammar and writing. A minimum of multiple choice & true-false items; an effort is made to encourage the use of natural language by using short answers and essays. Two oral interviews.
Instructor: STAFF
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Prereq: 1001 completed at UMNTC, dept consent
Description: After completing Spanish 1002, you will be able to understand Spanish if spoken at a beginning pace and apply skills and strategies to fill in gaps in order to comprehend the idea of what is said; describe orally people and places, narrate present events, and, to some extent, narrate past events; read several simple, culturally relevant Spanish texts and profit from some reading materials written for native speakers; and write short, controlled narrations in the present tense. Finally, you will gain a wealth of nearly first-hand knowledge about some of the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.
Class URL: http://www.cce.umn.edu/odl
Class Time: This is a printed correspondence section.
Work Load: 2 exams, 7 quizzes. worksheets 2 compositions
Grade: 35% mid exam, 35% final exam, 20% quizzes. Worksheets (5 percent) Two compositions (5 percent)
Instructor: Morales,Flavio Antonio
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Prereq: [1002 or 1022] or EPT placement
Description: This course is for those who have completed Spanish 1022 or 1002 with C- or better, or who have taken two or more years of Spanish in high school and have successfully passed the Entrance Proficiency Test (EPT) for this level. In this course, students build on the communicative speaking, writing, listening and reading skills that were acquired in beginning Spanish. The "Conexiones" series, text, lab manual and workbook, are used in class. Class activities are carried out almost entirely in Spanish. For the most part, grammar should be studied at home; a small percentage of class time is intended for grammar instructuon and practice. Reading skills are developed through "Conexiones", and writing skills are developed through a variety of writing assignments. Each student will present an oral presentation on a topic related to those covered in "Conexiones" or in class. Because Spanish class is about the only place where a student can practice listening and speaking, class attendance is critical.
Class Time: 40% Discussion. communicative activies with language
Work Load: 20 pages reading per week, 10 pages writing per term, 4 exams, 3 papers. Daily participation in Spanish. Workbook and lab manual for 6 chapters. Oral group presentation. Oral interview.
Grade: 30% mid exam, 20% final exam, 15% reports/papers, 10% in-class presentation, 10% class participation, 5% laboratory evaluation, 10% other evaluation. Oral interview
Exam Format: Diverse - essay - fill in blank - short answer
Instructor: STAFF
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Prereq: [1002 or 1022] or EPT placement
Description: After the completion of Spanish 1003, you will be able to: --understand Spanish if spoken at a slower than normal pace, as well as have skills and strategies for filling in some gaps when comprehension is not perfect; --read two- to three-page Spanish texts without major comprehension problems and also be able to profit from reading materials written for native speakers; --write narrations in the present tense and the past; and --express your opinion on topics presented throughout the course, as well as learn different communication strategies to become a more effective communicator. Finally, you will expand your knowledge about some cultural aspects of the Spanish-speaking world.
Class URL: http://www.cce.umn.edu/odl
Class Time: This is a printed corresponence section.
Work Load: 2 exams, 6 quizzes. 2 compositions workbook exercises
Grade: 30% mid exam, 30% final exam, 25% quizzes. Two compositions = 10% Workbook = 5%
Instructor: Morales,Flavio Antonio
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Prereq: 1003 or EPT placement
Description: This course is for those who have successfully passed Spanish 1003 with a C- or have passed the Entrance Proficiency Test (EPT) for this level. This course is a requirement for Spanish 3015. In this course, you will build on the communicative speaking, writing, listening and reading skills that you acquired during the first three semesters of Spanish. The "Conexiones" series, text, lab manual and workbook, are used in class. Class activities are carried out almost entirely in Spanish. For the most part, grammar should be studied at home; a small percentage of class time is intended for grammar instruction and practice. Reading skills are developed through "Conexiones", and writing skills are developed through process writing, a multi-step writing process which entails composition writing, rewrites, journals, pop-quizzes, etc. You will also prepare and present a debate with other classmates. Because Spanish class is about the only place where you can practice listening and speaking, class attendance is critical. All students in a BA, BFA of BIS degree program in the CLA must take the Graduation Proficiency Test (GPT) as a requirement of the course, unless they have already passed the GPT in this or another language.
Class Time: 10% Lecture. 60 - 70% discussion; 20 - 30% listening, writing, testing for comprehension and vocabulary, and peer editing
Work Load: 25/30 pages reading per week, 10/15 pages writing per term, 3 exams. 1 composition; 2 mesa redonda
Grade: 50% quizzes, 10% class participation, 5% laboratory evaluation. 15% written composition; 10% round-table discussion; 10% debate
Exam Format: Exams evaluate listening, reading, vocabulary & grammar, writing & culture. A minimum of multiple choice and true/false items; Encourage the use of natural language by using short answers, short/long essays. 1 debate
Instructor: STAFF
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Prereq: 1003 or EPT placement
Description: After the completion of Spanish 1004, you will be able to: --understand Spanish if spoken at a slower than normal pace, as well as have skills and strategies for filling in some gaps when comprehension is not perfect; --read two- to three-page Spanish texts without major comprehension problems and also be able to profit from reading materials written for native speakers; --write narrations in the present tense and the past; and --express your opinion on topics presented throughout the course, as well as learn different communication strategies to become a more effective communicator. Finally, you will expand your knowledge about some cultural aspects of the Spanish-speaking world.
Class URL: http://www.cce.umn.edu/odl
Class Time: This is a printed correspondence section.
Work Load: 2 exams, 6 quizzes. worksheets 2 compositions
Grade: 30% mid exam, 20% final exam, 25% quizzes. Worksheets = 5% Two compositions = 20%
Exam Format: --One psupervised, in person (not online) midcourse exam --One final exam that must be taken on campus only and limited to specific dates during the academic year
Instructor: Morales,Flavio Antonio
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Prereq: 1003 or [dept consent , instr consent ]
Description: This course is for those who have successfully passed Spanish 1003 with a C- or have passed the Entrance Proficiency Test (EPT) for this level. In this course, you will build on the communicative speaking, writing, listening and reading skills that you acquired during the first three semesters of Spanish, but with a focus on business vocabulary, report writing skills, proper format for business communications and conversational fluency on trade-related topics. The "Pasajes" series, 4th ed: "Lengua" and Saldo a favor texts are used. Class activities are carried out almost entirely in Spanish. For the most part, grammar should be studied at home; a small percentage of class time is intended for grammar instruction and practice. Because Spanish class is about the only place where you can practice listening and speaking, class attendance is critical. All students in a BA, BFA or BIS degree program in the CLA must take the Graduation Proficiency Test (GPT) as a requirement of the course unless they have already passed the GPT in this or another language.
Class Time: 10% Lecture. 60% discussion, 30% listening, writing, testing for comprehension and vocabulary, and peer editing, and 10% lecture.
Work Load: 25 pages reading per week, 7 TO 8 pages writing per term, 5 exams. 3 compositions, 1 oral presentation
Grade: 40% mid exam, 15% final exam, 15% reports/papers, 10% in-class presentation, 10% class participation, 10% other evaluation. 10% homework
Exam Format: Listening, vocabulary, reading, short essay, grammar
Instructor: STAFF
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Prereq: Placement above 1001
Description: This class is a first year Spanish course developed for students with previous language experience. The instruction and context are delivered by a combination of in class meetings and a wide range of online activities. The different online components were designed to help you become a more successful language learner by giving you the opportunity to explore different learning modes independently and to provide more exposure to the Spanish language. You will have the opportunity to experience different accents and regional variations, not just your instructor's, as well as a wealth of other authentic materials that would not be readily accessible in a regular classroom. For that reason the course requires a considerable amount of independent work to be completed online outside of the classroom contact hours. The regular class typically meets four days a week and the Technology-enhanced sections typically meet three days a week.. All sections meet every day the first week of instruction NOTE: Students are not to schedule other classes or work on the days that the classes do not meet because some weeks classes will meet all five days and the instructors expect those 50-minute sections to be available for Spanish on short notice. The web activities are to be done outside of the classroom.
Class Time: 5% Lecture, 10% Discussion, 10% Laboratory. group work, reading and related activities
Work Load: 15-25 pages reading per week, 10-15 pages writing per term, 5 exams. 3 compositions; approximately 60-120 mins. study per day, 20 pages textbook and workbook exercises (5-10 hrs./wk)
Grade: 20% final exam, 10% class participation, 10% laboratory evaluation, 25% other evaluation. unit exams,15% oral interview type evaluations, 10% written compositions and journals, 10% listening and workbook exercises
Exam Format: All quizzes and tests evaluate listening, reading, vocabulary, grammar & writing. A minumum of multiple choice & true-false items; encourage the use of natural language by using short answers and essays. Two oral interviews.
Instructor: STAFF
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Prereq: 1003 or equiv
Description: Course designed to help health care professionals and/or students pursuing health care field communicate with patients who speak Spanish. Basic Medical vocabulary, questions and answers in common medical situations, vocabulary and phrases to conduct patient interviews and medical history, vocabulary and conversation to conduct physical exams; understanding the Latin American view of health and health care. In terms of the grammatical aspects, the course covers same areas as Spanish 1004; therefore, students planning on taking Spanish 3015 will be prepared to do so. Besides in class activities, and for a better understanding of cultural aspects, students will perform individual work on WebCT and CD-ROM which concentrate on watching and listening, reading and writing about interviews of health care providers who work with Spanish speaking community, and interactions in the target language between doctors and patients. * Evaluation standards: Students will be evaluated on class participation, discussion of course content, exploration of cultural component, therefore class attendance is critical. Evaluation of communicative speaking, writing, listening and reading is done through exams, composition writing and presentation. Application of Learning Technologies: each week online discussion of questions based on readings. The discussion requires thought about how a theme is related to aspects of interaction with the Chicano/Latino population.
Class Time: 10% Lecture, 60% Discussion. language lab, listening, writing testing for comprehension and vocabulary and peer editing
Work Load: 10-15 pages reading per week, 10-15 pages writing per term, 3 exams, 1 papers. 2 reports for round table discussion, 1 presentation
Grade: 15% reports/papers, 50% quizzes, 10% in-class presentation, 15% class participation, 10% other evaluation. round table discussion
Exam Format: Exams evaluate listening, reading, vocabulary & grammar, writing & culture. A minimum of multiple choice and true/false items; encourage use of natural language by using short answers, short /long reports
Instructor: STAFF
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Prereq: [1004 or 1014 or 1044], LPE pass
Description: Spanish 3015 is the first of the upper division sequence for Spanish majors and minors. To enroll in this class, a student must have successfully completed Spanish 1004 or Spanish 1014 or Spanish 1044 and a "High Pass" on the LPE is highly recommended. Students who have not taken Span 1004 (or equiv.) at the University of Minnesota must achieve a "high pass" on the LPE to enroll in Spanish 3015.This class is designed to further develop and strengthen the language skills acquired in the foundation courses. Rather than separating the internal disciplines inherent in second language study, this course seeks to integrate in a meaningful and "real world" fashion the student's ability to write, speak, read and understand modern Spanish at a level that is expected of majors and minors. Students will generate a series of creative and original compositions and will read a variety of texts from both Spain and Latin America. The class will employ diverse learning techniques -- grammar review, audio tape exercises, paired work, small group work, all class discussions, oral presentations, peer editing, process writing -- to provide students with the appropriate opportunities to enhance their language skills as they learn academic content through the active use of the Spanish language. This course requires a major time commitment on the part of each student registered.
Class Time: 25% Lecture, 50% Discussion. 15% peer editing, 10% preparing and presenting projects
Work Load: 20 pages reading per week, 20 pages writing per term, 2 exams, 4 papers. 30% compositions, 20% examinations, 10% research paper, 10% oral presentation, 10% reader's journal, 20% compositional group work and class participation
Grade: 15% class participation. 5% participation in peer editing groups, 30% compositions and portfolio, 20% examinations, 10% reader's journal, 10% round-table discussion, 10% final research paper
Exam Format: Essays and short answers written in Spanish, together with grammar sections.
Instructor: STAFF
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Prereq: 3015 credit will not be granted if credit received for: Tldo 3021
Description: Spanish 3021 is the second of the upper division sequence for majors or minors. Students who received an A or B in Spanish 3015 under the semester system and feel linguistically prepared, have the option to advance to the 31xx series in lieu of 3021; however, they may substitute it later for an elective course. While this class is designed to further develop and strengthen the language skills, it seeks to integrate in a meaningful and "real world" fasion the student's ability to write, speak, read and understand modern Spanish at a level that is expected of majors and minors. Students will write summaries of lectures given by native speakers, two papers and reader's journals. They will give an oral presentation and read a variety of texts. The class will employ diverse learning techniques -- grammar review, audio tape exercises, paired work, small group work, all-class discussions, peer editing, and process writing -- to provide students with the appropriate opportunities to enhance their language skills as they learn academic content through the active use of the Spanish language. This course requires a major time commitment on the part of each student registered.
Class Time: 25% Lecture, 50% Discussion. 15% peer editing, 10% preparing and presenting projects
Work Load: 20 pages reading per week, 20 pages writing per term, 2 exams, 6 papers. 30% compositions, 20% examinations, 10% research paper, 10% oral presentation, 10% reader's journal, 20% compositional group work and class participation
Grade: 20% mid exam, 20% quizzes, 10% in-class presentation, 10% class participation. 15% compositions and portfolio, 10% paper, 10% reader's journal, 25% final paper
Exam Format: Essays and short answers written in Spanish, together with grammar sections.
Instructor: STAFF
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Prereq: [3015 with grade of at least B-] or successful completion of 3021
Description: This course aims to introduce students to basic concepts of literary criticism and analysis through reading, discussing and writing about a variety of texts in Spanish. These will broadly represent a range of genres, periods, and styles. As this a writing-intensive course, it will include regular practice of composition and revision of written Spanish as a means of interpreting and responding to literary texts.
Instructor: STAFF
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Prereq: [3015 with grade of at least B-] or 3021
Description: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Instructor: STAFF
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Prereq: [3015 with grade of at least B-] or 3021
Description: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Instructor: STAFF
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Prereq: 3104
Description: This course will consider some of the major literary/cultural texts from the early-modern period, especially the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries,also known as the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Presentations and discussions will cover a broad range of materials ranging from writing on the so-called "New World" to representations of issues and topics such as poverty, honor and lineage, history and fiction, love, marriage, subjectivity, and so on. These discussions will be organized around canonical texts such as Fernando de Rojas' La Celestina; the anonymous Lazarillo de Tormes (which was probably written by an Erasmian humanist); sections of Cervantes's Don Quijote, and other texts covering most genres. A detailed syllabus will be made available to students on the firstday of classes.
Class Time: 60% Lecture, 30% Discussion. (Oral presentation of a literary work in a round-table format)
Work Load: 50-60 pages reading per week, 10 pages writing per term, 2 exams, 1 papers. All lectures and discussions are conducted in Spanish, and all written essays, papers and examinations will be submitted in Spanish.
Grade: 30% mid exam, 30% final exam, 20% reports/papers, 10% in-class presentation, 10% class participation.
Exam Format: Essays (textual analysis; discussion of literary issues and problematics) combined with short-answer definitions (i.e., genres, technical language), and identifications
Instructor: Spadaccini,Nicholas
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Prereq: 3104 or 3105
Description: The goal of this course is to provide the student with a firm foundation in the socio-historic context of the Colonial Period including the central preoccupations of the time, a knowledge of the terms in which these concerns were addressed (and by whom), and an idea of the major scholarly debates today regarding Colonial writings in Latin America. To this end, we will explore Latin American texts (in the broadest sense), discourses, and important figures from pre-contact, ?discovery,? conquest, and the Baroque ? leading to Independence - with an emphasis on the context of New Spain (today?s Mexico). These discussions will be organized around texts such as Indigenous codices; the letters of Christopher Columbus and Hernan Cortes; the encyclopedic works of Bernardino de Sahagun; the controversial writings of Bartolome de las Casas; poetry and other writings by the 10th muse, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, and the criollo posturing of the savant Carlos de Siguenza y Gongora. Additionally, we will discuss the iconic figures of La Malinche and La Virgen de Guadalupe. Some of the concepts / issues to be addressed in the analysis of these texts are: Physical and Epistemological Violence, Divergent Agendas and Interpretations, Resistance and Adaptations, and Silences and Excesses. All writing assignments and class lecture/discussion are in Spanish.
Class Time: 20% Lecture, 80% Discussion.
Work Load: 50-60 pages reading per week, 1 papers, 3 presentations, 2 special projects.
Grade: 20% reports/papers, 10% special projects, 30% journal, 10% in-class presentation, 30% class participation. Participation 30%, Intellectual Journal 30%, Oral Presentations/Discussion Leader 10%, Bibliographic Research Project 10%, Final Research Paper 20%
Instructor: STAFF
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Prereq: [3015 with grade of at least B-], LPE high pass
Description: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Instructor:
Ganley,Kathleen Marie
(Outstanding Service Award)
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Prereq: 3015 with grade of at least B- or [1044, high pass on at least three sections of LPE]
Description: Description: Medical Spanish and Community Health Service, an advanced language and culture course, is designed to train Spanish Studies majors/ minors to create materials for effective communication with and education of Spanish-speaking patients. In addition, Span 3404 has a service-learning component in which students apply academic knowledge to work done with community health care partners that serve the Chicano/Latino population. It should be noted, however, that students in Span 3404 will but not be involved in direct patient health care.
Class Time: 40% Discussion. student centered culture and special purpose language activities.
Work Load: 15-20 pages reading per week, 20-30 pages writing per term. bi-weekly library research for creation of 1 brochure; 20-30 pages of writing per semester; CD-ROM, Web-CT Vista assignments; 3 hours of weekly Service Learning work done with community coor
Grade: 50% other evaluation. Written reports and journals, online writing activities based on CD-ROM interviews, and development of brochure; 20% class participation and other class assignments such as discussion of readings and unit vocabulary quizzes, 30%
Instructor:
Lopez,Maria Emilce
(Outstanding Service Award)
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Prereq: 3105W
Description: This course offers an historical overview of the cultural, political and economic development of Spain and Latin America from its origins to the beginning of the 19th century. Topics to be discussed include Hispania under the Roman Empire, the coexistence of Jews, Christians and Muslims in Medieval Spain, Mexican and indigenous pre-Hispanic cultures, the arrival of Europeans to the New World, culture in the Golden Age and the crisis of the Spanish Empire. Architecture, historic documents, music, and the visual arts will be integrated to facilitate the students' knowledge of the cultural diversity that is found within the Hispanic world. The goal is to stimulate critical thinking by the students and provide them with an understanding of the specific identities of the various geographic regions as well as the common historical and cultural roots that allow us to speak of a Spanish civilization.
Class Time: 50% Lecture, 50% Discussion.
Work Load: 30-40 pages reading per week, 1 exams, 5 papers. Four short 1-2 page papers and a longer (8-page) research paper.
Grade: 20% final exam, 50% reports/papers, 30% class participation.
Exam Format: Essay and short answer
Instructor: Calvo,Maria Antonia
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Prereq: 3105W credit will not be granted if credit received for: Tldo 3301, 3302, 3311, 3312, 3313, 3314, 3514, 3321, 3516, 3513, 3515, 3517
Description: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Instructor: Arozamena,Vanesa
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Prereq: 3105W
Description: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Instructor: Chavana,Gerardo Paul
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Prereq: 3107
Description: This course aims to provide undergraduate students with an understanding of the basic concepts of phonetics and phonology and to teach them to apply these concepts to Spanish. The course will be both conceptual and practical. The practical component will involve the students using the concepts learned in class to improve their own pronunciation of Spanish. Students will acquire skills in recognizing, producing, transcribing and describing in linguistic terms the sounds of Spanish and in understanding and analyzing the Spanish sound system. The conceptual component will involve understanding the relationship between sounds in the Spanish phonological system and studying other factors (linguistic, social, etc.) that influence this system.
Class Time: 50% Lecture, 30% Discussion. group activities
Work Load: 15 pages reading per week, 10 pages writing per term. project; periodic homework assignments
Exam Format: mixed format
Instructor: Face,Timothy L
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Prereq: 3107 or instr consent
Description: This course constitutes an introduction to the origins and history of the Spanish language. The focus of the course is modern Spanish and its relationship with Latin. Phonetic, morphologic, syntactic, lexical, and sociolinguistic aspects will be included. Intermediate stages of evolution will not be considered. Teaching methods include: lectures, group activities, problem solving assignments, discussion. Previous knowledge of Latin is not necessary. Course objectives: Give basic theoretical tools to make students undestand language change; Give background knowledge about the history of Spanish; Improve the students' own knowledge of the Spanish language; Inform about the linguistic rules that governed the series of changes from Latin to Spanish. Textbook: Resnick, Melvyn. Introduccion a la historia de la lengua espa?ola. Georgetown University Press, 1981.
Class Time: 40% Lecture, 20% Discussion. Group work
Work Load: 10 pages reading per week, 0 pages writing per term, 2 exams, 0 papers. problem solving homeworks
Grade: 30% mid exam, 30% final exam, 20% in-class presentation, 10% class participation, 10% problem solving.
Exam Format: Essay
Instructor: Ocampo,Francisco Antonio
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Prereq: 3107
Description: Sense relations. Semantics and grammar. Theme, rhyme, and focus. Spanish lexicon. Context, style, culture. Communicative competence. Speech acts.
Instructor: STAFF
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Prereq: 3104W or 3105W
Description: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Instructor: Forcinito,Ana
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Prereq: 3104
Description: Topic for Spring 2008: ?SPAIN? AND ?ISLAM? This course will examine the complex interactions between ?Spain? and ?Islam? from the Middle Ages to the present day. The course will explore, in part, the multifaceted meanings, moments and experiences encompassed under these abstract terms; in part, too, the interplay of national, ethnic, cultural and religious factors in constructing such complex identities as mozarabes, muladies, mudejares, or moriscos. Topics to be discussed may include: the cultural history of al-Andalus and its legacies in Europe and the Middle East; forms of encounter along the Christian-Muslim ?frontier? (a term first used in this sense in medieval Iberia); early modern notions of Christian Reconquista and Spanish nationhood and empire; economies of gender and identity in the "Moorish novel"; Spanish Orientalism in 19th-century Romantic literature; 20th-century historiography of medieval Spain; and Maghrebi immigration in the Spanish imaginary as portrayed in late 20th-century periodicals and films. Evaluation will be based on midterm and final exams, a short writing assignment, a research paper, as well as active participation in class discussion. This course is taught in Spanish. Texts: ? Constable, Olivia Remie, ed. Medieval Iberia: Readings from Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Sources. Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania P, 1997. ISBN # 978-0812215694. ? Anonimo. El Abencerraje. Ed. Francisco Lopez Estrada. Madrid: Catedra. ISBN: 84-376-0238-6. ? Cadalso, Jose. Cartas marruecas. Madrid: Catedra. ISBN 84-376-0145-2. Other course readings will be assigned on the course web site as e-texts or as handouts.
Instructor: STAFF
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Prereq: 3104
Description: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Instructor: STAFF
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Prereq: instr consent , dept consent , college consent credit will not be granted if credit received for: Tldo 3303, Tldo 3315, Tldo 3503, Tldo 3970, Tldo 3217
Description: Guided individual reading or study. Consult with the Undergraduate Advisor: Margaret Demmessie.
Instructor: STAFF
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Prereq: 31 cr of 3xxx, instr consent
Description: You will write a 20-25 page RESEARCH paper in either Spanish or Portuguese. We will meet as a group at various times during the semester to work together on the stages of the project: selecting and refining a topic; research and compiling a bibliography; outlines; drafts and revisions; the final version. There will be some weeks when we do not meet as a class, but you will have private appointments with the instructor. While each person will design an individual project, you will also work together in small groups during our class meetings for feedback on each stage of the process. The role of the instructor in the class is to guide you through the process of research and writing and to evaluate the final version. You are strongly encouraged to seek intellectual guidance on your topic from any member of the faculty of this department (or elsewhere if appropriate). Seeking assistance in spelling, grammar, and editing of the final verions will be your responsibility. Please bring a written statement of your topic or question with some very preliminary ideas about what you will need to do in order to complete the project to the first day of class. Appropriate topics are those that both interest you and for which you have the necessary background and preparation. Please consult me or other faculty about your topic BEFORE the class begins.
Class Time: This is a workshop. Therefore expect some discussion and a lot of small group work when we meet in class.
Work Load: 25-30 pages writing per term. The number of pages of reading will depend on the student's topic and research. There is no assigned reading for the course beyond the MLA Handbook which provides guidelines for writing and formatting.
Grade: 70% reports/papers, 30% special projects. Participation includes drafting thesis statement, bibliography, outline, etc for in-class workshops.
Exam Format: no exam
Instructor: O'Connell,Joanna
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Prereq: 31 cr of 3xxx, instr consent
Description: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Instructor: Ramos-Garcia,Luis A
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Prereq: Grad student
Description: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Instructor: Corbin,Megan L
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Prereq: Grad student
Description: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Instructor: Dorow,Linda
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Prereq: Grad student
Description: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Instructor: Trevathan,John H
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Prereq: Grad student
Description: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Instructor: Benegas,Michelle Elizabeth
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Prereq: Grad student
Description: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Instructor: Brasileiro,Marcus Vinicius Camara
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Prereq: Grad student
Description: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Instructor: Viedma,Pablo
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Prereq: three 3xxx or 5xxx literature courses in Spanish
Description: Topic: Conquest & Trauma in Iberian Literature and Culture This class explores through literary and historical texts how conquest and trauma have defined Iberian Medieval Studies. The class, like the Iberian Middle Ages, will be framed by readings that represent and question the two dates that have traditionally been used to demarcate the Spanish Middle Ages, 711 and 1492. In the first part of the class we will focus on historical and literary accounts of the arrival of Muslims to the Peninsula (including Arab and Alfonsine histories, romances and Pedro de Corral?s Cronica Sarracina). We will read these texts through the lens of recent theoretical work that explores modes of representation for violence and trauma (incl. Cathy Caruth). The Spanish epic, the Cantar de Mio Cid will serve as an intermediary reading that connects (or disconnects) discussions of trauma and invasion with those of conquest and memory, which will be the dominant themes of the second half of the class. During the final weeks we will engage with texts written by and about 1492 as a date of rupture marking the expulsion of non-Christian subjects (Muslims and Jews) from Spain. Fifteenth- and sixteenth-century texts written by moriscos and Sephardic Jews in diaspora (including Arabic and cancionero poetry and the history of Eliyahu Capsali) that discuss the Expulsion, as well as modern studies of it (including those of Elizabeth Perry, H.P. Harvey, Gil Andijar) will be central in our discussion of memory and trauma.
Instructor: STAFF
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Prereq: Three 3xxx or 5xxx literature courses in Spanish
Description: Using an interdisciplinary approach to achieve a better understanding of this multidimensional social conflict, the course examines the role of colonial discourse as producer of the epistemic colonial difference, and explores the legacies of colonialism. Students will be expected to focus on and to think about the organizational mechanisms through which aural and visual practices mediate reality in Colonial Latin America. Students will learn to be critical readers by considering how cultural texts may be historically determined and by exploring how individuals may shape a particular cultural theme in a variety of manners. It will focus on critical readings and discussion of cultural artifacts, texts and documents of Colonial Latin America, including material pertaining to the aural and visual production of the period, European and indigenous accounts of the conquest, as well as indigenous, African, criollo, mestizo and women writings during the colony. Concentration will center on the textual strategies, topics, world views, motivations, projects and expectations explicit or implicit in the texts, their significance at the time, and their importance for understanding the formation of what we know as Latin America today.The course also is devoted to the conquest of Latin America by analyzing the role of colonial discourse and the legacies of colonialism in the region.Students will deal with different theoretical approaches deriving from the humanities and the social sciences.
Class Time: All coursework, with the exception of certain supplementary readings, will be in Spanish.
Work Load: Requirements include preparation of assigned readings, presentations, class discussions, and a research project.
Instructor: STAFF
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Prereq: Three [3xxx or 5xxx] literature courses in Spanish
Description: En este curso discutiremos la literatura del siglo XIX en Hispanoamerica y su relacion con los proyectos e identidades nacionales. Consideraremos, por lo tanto, el aspecto escriturario de los procesos de fundacion y consolidacion de los estados nacionales, deteniendonos, en especial, en el analisis de las estrategias discursivas usadas en los textos. Discutiremos los procesos de adopcion de los modelos liberales fundacionales, el pensamiento positivista, el enfasis en el progreso y en la modernizacion de las naciones en estrecha relacion con las esteticas que, como el romanticismo, realismo y naturalismo, acompanaron la escritura y la narracion sobre la/s patria/s. Algunos de los autores a discutir son: Simon Bolivar, Andres Bello, Esteban Echeverria, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. Jorge Isaacs, Clorinda Matto de Turner y Jose Hernandez.
Instructor: Forcinito,Ana
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Prereq: 3701, two 3xxx or 5xxx linguistics courses in Spanish or instr consent
Description: This course provides an investigation of the Spanish sound system and considers some of the major topics in Spanish phonology from theoretical and experimental perspectives. We will review the traditional articulatory descriptions of Spanish sounds, learn the basics of the acoustic nature of these sounds, and see how these form the basis for the building blocks of modern phonological theory. We will survey the major phonological theories that have been used and also consider the ways in which experimentation can expand upon these theoretical approaches. Coursework will consist of two exams, occasional homework assignments, and an annotated bibliography dealing with an area of Spanish phonology of the student's choosing.
Work Load: 2 exams.
Exam Format: Essay, problem solving
Instructor: Face,Timothy L
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Prereq: 5713 or instr consent
Description: The structure of modern Spanish: Syntax. The course discusses linguistic notions present in the syntax of Spanish, such as: discrete and prototypic categorization, grammaticalization, grammatical relations, flow of information, transitivity. The discussion is centered in the possible explanatory role of these notions vis-a-vis syntactic phenomena in Spanish, such as: word order, hypotaxis, parataxis, clitics, discourse particles. The content is theoretical and students are expected to come to class with an adequate knowledge of Spanish grammar. The target audience are graduate students. Required readings: Taylor. _Linguistic Categorization_; and excerpts from various authors.
Class Time: 60% Lecture, 40% Discussion.
Work Load: 30 pages reading per week, 2 exams.
Grade: 30% mid exam, 30% final exam, 40% problem solving.
Exam Format: essay
Instructor: Ocampo,Francisco Antonio
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Prereq: MA or PhD candidate, instr consent, dept consent, college consent
Description:
Instructor: STAFF
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Prereq: instr consent, dept consent, college consent
Description: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Instructor: O'Connell,Joanna
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Prereq: instr consent, dept consent, college consent
Description: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Instructor: Ferran,Ofelia
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Prereq: instr consent, dept consent, college consent
Description: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Instructor: Ocampo,Francisco Antonio
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Prereq: instr consent, dept consent, college consent
Description: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Instructor: Spadaccini,Nicholas
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Prereq: instr consent, dept consent, college consent
Description: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
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Klee,Carol Anne
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Prereq: instr consent, dept consent, college consent
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Instructor: Ramos-Garcia,Luis A
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Prereq: instr consent, dept consent, college consent
Description: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Instructor: Face,Timothy L
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Prereq: instr consent, dept consent, college consent
Description: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Instructor: Forcinito,Ana
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Prereq: instr consent, dept consent, college consent
Description: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Instructor: Hanneken,Jaime Elizabeth
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Prereq: instr consent, dept consent, college consent
Description: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Instructor: Marrero-Fente,Raul A
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Prereq: Span 5xxx series required for MA or instr consent
Description: Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Instructor: Kaminsky,Amy K