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3.00 Credits
Advanced Spanish is an intensive composition course that emphasizes the development of critical and analytical skills in Spanish through the study of Spanish and Latin American literature and film. Designed as a bridge between language development and upper-level civilization, literature and culture courses, this class focuses on process writing and is generally taken after a student has completed the Intermediate sequence of language study. Prerequisites: Spanish 111-112 or equivalent Staff
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to teach advanced students how to use their language skills within the context of the Spanish-speaking professional world. Students acquire specialized vocabulary and knowledge related to topics such as banking and finance, telecommunications, import/export operations, advertising, and marketing. Course activities include composition of business letters and résumés, summaries and translation of official documents and business correspondence, exploration and analysis of commerce-related Internet sites, and completion and presentation of a country-specific team project. Class/laboratory. Prerequisite: Students having two or more years of high school Spanish are required to take a placement examination (AP or SAT II) before enrolling in their first course in Spanish. First-year students may take the SAT II placement test during summer orientation, or, at any point in their college careers, students may make an appointment with the department to take the test. Spanish 211 or equivalent. Geoffrion-Vinci
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3.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary exploration of the Iberian Peninsula's civilizations and cultures as reflected in its history, literature, peoples, politics, and arts. Topics range from Spanish Unification in 1492 through the rise and fall of Spain as an imperial power. Class/ laboratory. Prerequisite: Spanish 211, equivalent, or permission of instructor Donnell
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3.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary exploration of civilizations and cultures from the colonial period through the early 20th-century as reflected in its history, literature, peoples, politics, and arts. Class/laboratory. Prerequisite: Spanish 211, equivalent, or permission of instructor Galarza Sepulveda
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the literature of Spain from the Middle Ages through the seventeenth century, from the story of the Cid through the myth of Don Juan. Class/laboratory. Prerequisite: Spanish 211, equivalent, or permission of instructor Donnell
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the literature of Spain from the eighteenth century to the present, from the Enlightenment through the post-civil war era. The course examines how authors such as Larra, Castro, Pardo Bazán, Galdós, and Machado responded to the challenges posed by the shifting realities of their times. Class/laboratory. Prerequisite: Spanish 211, equivalent, or permission of instructor Geoffrion-Vinci
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3.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary study that examines the evolution of Spanish society from the nineteenth to the twentieth century. Topics include Spain's problematic transition from feudalism to modernity, the rise of regionalism and its impact on national identity, and literary creativity and censorship in a nation vaulting between reactionary and democratic political forces. Prerequisite: Spanish 211, equivalent, or permission of instructor Geoffrion-Vinci
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3.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary study of current cultural and political trends in Spanish America with emphasis on national and continental identities, political responses to development, the vitality of popular culture and the arts, and the growing importance of Hispanics in the United States. Laboratory assignments. Prerequisite: Spanish 211, equivalent, or permission of instructor Jordan
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the literature of Spanish America, from the 16th to the early 20th century, emphasizing the literary response to the peoples and places of the New World, the transformation of Spain's literary legacy, the rise of national traditions after independence, and the modernistas' answer to regionalism. Class/laboratory. Prerequisite: Spanish 211, equivalent, or permission of instructor Galarza Sepulveda
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the literature of Spanish America, from the early twentieth century to the present day. Among the issues addressed are the literature of social protest and reform, artistic experimentation in contemporary poetry and narrative fiction, and the rise of the novel in the second half of the twentieth century. Class/laboratory. Prerequisite: Spanish 211, equivalent, or permission of instructor Jordan
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