SPAN 201 / 3 Credits

Continuation of grammar principles with practical application in conversation. Introduction to composition through selected cultural and literary readings.

SPAN 203 / 3 Credits

This intermediate course develops communication skills in Spanish for Health Care and expands knowledge of Hispanic culture. The course is specifically designed for majors in Nursing, Pre-Med, Nutrition and other health care fields. The course content prepares students to use Spanish on the job in health-related fields. Through class discussions and cultural readings, students will see how Spanish speakers perceive the world, especially in the areas of medical treatment and family values. This course prepares students to greet patients, perform a physical exam, discuss symptoms and treatments, schedule appointments, and similar tasks in a culturally appropriate manner.

SPAN 301 / 3 Credits

Selected literary works from contemporary authors and genres.

SPAN 302 / 3 Credits

Survey of Spanish American culture and civilization from pre-Columbian civilizations to the present.

SPAN 306 / 3 Credits

An exploration of Mexican society and culture through the examination of topics such as social class, education, urbanization, religious faith and expression, indigenous and national identity, the family, and economic development. Some attention will also be given to U.S.-Mexican relations and border issues.

SPAN 311 / 3 Credits

A formal and cultural analysis of selected literary movements, authors, and themes of Spanish Peninsular literature. Development of a critical and analytical capacity and sensitivity toward literary language through the reading of a selection of poetic, dramatic, or narrative works.

SPAN 312 / 3 Credits

A study of various topics in Spanish culture that shaped or represented national, regional, and European identities in Spain. Topics may include the political, religious, literary, and artistic expression in Spain during the Arab occupation, the reconquest and unification, the colonization of the Americas, the Habsburg and Bourbon dynasties, the crisis of 1898, the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, the Civil War, the Franco regime, and post-Franco Spain.

SPAN 314 / 3 Credits

The artistic, political, and religious expression of the Spanish Baroque. Selected works of Gongora, Quevedo, Calderon, the Spanish mystics, including Santa Teresa de Jesus and San Juan de la Cruz, and painters such as Murillo, Velazquez, Zurbaran and others. The decline of the Habsburgs, the Council of Trent, and the role of the Catholic Church in Spanish society of the Baroque period.

SPAN 316 / 3 Credits

Introduction to the Spanish of commerce and international business as well as the art of negotiation in the Spanish-speaking world. Emphasis on oral and written communication, including basic commercial practices, terminology, and documents.

SPAN 320 / 3 Credits

A linguistic study of Spanish, to include its morphology, syntax, and contemporary dialectal variations. Concepts from general and descriptive linguistics will be introduced to allow exploration of the subject matter in Spanish.

SPAN 331 / 3 Credits

A study of the role that the written word played in building a transatlantic literary culture that linked the Spanish peninsula to the American colonies: the ways in which Spain shaped the literature of its colonies, and how the discovery shaped Spanish readers' understandings of the world and their place in it. Beginning with travel accounts and letters from America, students will explore the ways in which these reports depict and construct the image of the American other, the African slave, and the Spanish colonizer-particularly the role of intellectuals in the development of a circum-Atlantic identity.