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3.00 Credits
This course traces the development of the Spanish language from the Vulgar Latin of the Middle Ages to contemporary Standard Spanish. The course focuses on the historical and cultural factors that determined changes in the morphological, lexical, phonological, semantic and syntactic development of modern Spanish. The influence of Arabic, the Amerindian and African languages, as well as contact with modern English will be considered. Taught in Spanish.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the thematic and stylistic variety of contemporary Latin American fiction in English translation. Students will explore the themes of dictatorship, struggle with nature, the plight of natives, mestizaje, social and political unrest, and alienation through the analysis of representative stories, novellas and novels. Experimental and fantastic fiction will also be considered. Students will learn about the literary movements that influenced the writers in question.
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3.00 Credits
This course deals with a comparative study of the novel, drama, poetry, and essay of the countries in the Caribbean basin. Course content will change according to instructor and student preferences. Representative authors may include Marti, Hostos, Llorens Torres, Guillen, Lezama Lima, Mir, Bosch, Cesaire, Carpentier, and Ferre.
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3.00 Credits
(3lab) This course for beginners is designed to develop listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through work in the classroom and the language laboratory. (PI).
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3.00 Credits
(6lab) Basic Writing I is designed to introduce and develop college level writing proficiency through careful attention to the writing process. Emphasizing both the writing process and skills needed for timed and high stakes essays such as the CUNY ACT this course will prepare students for college level writing. Students will learn to employ argument in the short essay form to clearly express ideas in support of a position written in edited U.S. English.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students focus on writing as a process to create correct, effective expository essays in response to culturally diverse sources. Emphasis is placed on using various methods of organization appropriate to the writer's specific writing context. Students use a variety of rhetorical strategies, research methods and documentation procedures in their essays.
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3.00 Credits
(4lab) (EquiUSW099) Basic Writing I is designed to introduce and develop college level writing proficiency through careful attention to the writing process. Emphasizing both the writing process and skills needed for timed and high stakes essays such as the CUNY ACT this course will prepare students for college level writing. Students will learn to employ argument in the short essay form to clearly express ideas in support of a position written in edited U.S. English.
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3.00 Credits
In this course students focus on writing as a process to create correct and effective expository essays in response to culturally diverse sources. Emphasis is placed on using various methods of organization appropriate to the writer's specific writing context. Students use a variety of rhetorical strategies, research methods, and documentation procedures in their essays. Admission to this course is based on college placement test scores.
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3.00 Credits
This course extends and intensifies the work of Composition I, including research methods and documentation procedures. Students are introduced to close-reading techniques to develop critical thinking and writing skills through the study of culturally diverse works in poetry and at least two other literary genres. Writing assignments include a critical research paper applying tools of literary analysis. Admission to the course requires completion of Composition I.
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3.00 Credits
This course gives students intensive instruction and practice in library research and writing a staged, formal essay. Students will learn how to choose an appropriate research topic, pose a research question, and outline, organize, and integrate source material into their essays without plagiarizing. They will find and evaluate both print and on-line sources and practice taking notes, summarizing, paraphrasing, quoting, using in-text citations, and creating a Works Cited.
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