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3.00 Credits
This is the fourth and final course of the four-course sequence of basic Spanish language and Spanish-speaking cultures. Students learn increasingly complex speaking, writing, listening and reading skills, while at a more relaxed pace than in the intensive basic Spanish sequence. Students actively learn through communicative activities in the classroom. Increasing attention is paid to basic conversational skills and cultural awareness. The successful completion of this course fulfills the foreign language requirement. Completion of the 1011 through 1014 sequence fulfills various college language requirements. Students should confirm the language requirement with their home college.
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5.00 Credits
This is a first course in a two-course sequence of intensive Spanish and culture for the health care professions: emphasis is in speaking, listening, reading, writing and the Spanish-speaking cultures. This course will develop practical Spanish communication skills for the health care student or employee including medical terminology, greetings, common expressions, commands, and phrases normally used within a hospital, physician's office or other health care setting. This course counts toward various college foreign language requirements. Students should confirm the language requirement with their home college.
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5.00 Credits
This is a second course in a two-course sequence of intensive basic Spanish language and culture for the health care professions: further emphasis in speaking, listening, reading, writing and Spanish-speaking cultures. This course offers continued development of practical Spanish communication skills for the health care student or employee, including more sophisticated medical terminology, and basic vocabulary for use within a hospital, physician's office or other health care setting. In addition to learning through communicative activities in the classroom, students engage in basic conversation. This course fulfills various college foreign language requirements. Students should confirm the language requirement with their home college.
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3.00 Credits
Spanish for Legal and Law Enforcement Personnel is designed to enable those personnel who know little or no Spanish to communicate with the Spanish speaking public in the conduct of their duties. This course will provide the necessary language and vocabulary to facilitate better communication. Through information gathered in this course, the student will also examine cross-culture issues pertinent to relationships between non-Hispanic law enforcement officers and Hispanic community members.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides basic knowledge of the Spanish language relating to the field of education. The emphasis is on speaking, listening, reading, writing and the Spanish-speaking cultures. Students will concentrate on developing communicative survival skills for their job environment using essential vocabulary. Language skills are taught in the context of specific situations with extensive practice.
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3.00 Credits
This freshman seminar is a study of a selected topic in Spanish/Latin American literature and culture. An introduction to the topic, its theoretical implications, and the most important representations will be provided. Several important cultural aspects will be studied in detail and will be analyzed from the point of view of the topic under study. Topic will vary from term to term.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a broad overview of Spanish language films and filmmaking, focusing on films that highlight cultural movements. The course is taught in English with films either in English or subtitled in English. Students will view representative films, read cultural/historical documents, and learn basic film terminology and film analysis to understand how the films reference culture.
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3.00 Credits
Soccer is the most popular sport on the planet and is played by hundreds of millions people around the world today. This class is an interdisciplinary approach to the history of soccer in Spain and the Americas that explores the sociological, political, cultural and economic reality of soccer. By studying the ways in which soccer intersects with social and racial discourses, it will elicit discussion on how this sport epitomizes the hybrid condition of the world today, a world in which there is a constant negotiation between local and global realities. Sample topics include how the professional soccer league shaped the national identity of Argentina, hooligan violence in Argentinian soccer, soccer and democracy in Brazil, the political undertones of soccer rivalry during Franco's rule in Spain, and why a woman was blamed when the Spanish team's goalkeeper failed in the first game of the 2010 World Cup. No Spanish language is required.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an on-site experience of Latin American culture and history with a focus on life in Chile. Through first-hand observation students will expand their knowledge of cultural themes, including family, education, economy, religion, literature, and customs of daily life in Chile.
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3.00 Credits
World Cultures: Spain introduces students to the cultures of Spain and everyday customs including traditions, celebrations, family, religion, food, music, the arts. The course of Spanish history will be examined to discover the interrelations of history, everyday customs, tradition and regional cultures and how they shaped present-day Spain. This course is taught in English.
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