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4.00 Credits
How do popular culture and the mass media affect religion? Conversely, how does religion affect our popular culture and mass media? What are we to think of Christian forms of commercial entertainment like "religious rock music," "Christian hip-hop," and "Christian romance novels" or motion pictures? Several critics have pointed out that the industry that produces these things is nothing more than an attempt to make money off of religion. Others, feel that this industry provides an important role in maintaining and reinforcing religion by giving people what they want - religious commercial entertainment. This course provides an opportunity for students to explore the role religion plays in creating and maintaining culture through popular cultural expressions such as music, television, motion pictures, sports and fashion. They will also analyze how popular culture affects religion and how religion, in turn, affects popular culture and society.
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4.00 Credits
This course is designed for those who have never studied or who have had only minimal exposure to Spanish. It covers basic grammatical concepts and vocabulary related to daily life and limited aspects of the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world, emphasizes the development of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Students who successfully complete this course are able to speak and write in very simple ways about familiar and immediate topics and understand the gist of written and spoken Spanish materials on familiar topics. Conducted in Spanish, except for clarification of grammar and culture. Four class meetings per week.
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4.00 Credits
This course refines the skills that students acquired in elementary Spanish by developing precision and nuance in topics and grammar previously studied. It enhances the students’ ability to handle communicative tasks necessary for survival in the target culture. Students gain a more acute awareness of cultures of the Spanish-speaking world through the study of a variety of authentic texts, including literary fragments, journalistic pieces, film and other media. Spanish 201 emphasizes the development of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Conducted in Spanish, except for clarification of grammar and culture. Four class meetings per week. Prerequisite: Spanish 102, three or four years of high school Spanish, or permission of instructor
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4.00 Credits
Continuation of SPA 201 or SPA 203. This course explores more complex communicative strategies, grammar, and vocabulary necessary for advanced study of the language. It focuses on such tasks as narrating in all tenses, advising/persuading, and giving a supported opinion. It continues in-depth analysis of the cultures of the Spanish speaking world through a variety of materials and emphasizes the development of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Conducted in Spanish, except for clarification of grammar and culture. Four class meetings per week. Prerequisite: SPA 201 or SPA 203
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4.00 Credits
This course is the same as SPA 201 but is limited to 15 students who are considering a coconcentration in Spanish. The smaller class size permits more individual practice of all four skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking), and more attention is paid to cultural concepts and certain grammatical structures.
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4.00 Credits
A study of Latin American society - its history, its ideological foundations and modern development- via the "boom" in Latin American fiction in the last 50 years. Included will be works by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Carlos Fuentes, Octavio Paz and others. Readings and lectures are in English. This course meets a general studies requirement in literature.
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4.00 Credits
This course provides an extensive review of basic language skills studied in lower-level language courses. It also explores language and culture in more sophisticated contexts. Students integrate language skills through extensive written and oral practice. Students analyze a variety of cultural and literary texts in order to have a more critical understanding of Spanish- speaking cultures. Conducted in Spanish. Four class meetings per week. Prerequisite: SPA 202/204, four years of high school Spanish, or permission of instructor
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4.00 Credits
Continuation of SPA 301 with more extensive writing and reading assignments, including a literary work by a prominent Spanish-language author. It focuses on solidifying critical thinking skills necessary for advanced language courses as well as courses in other disciplines. Conducted in Spanish. Four class meetings per week. Prerequisite: SPA 301
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4.00 Credits
This intensive conversation experience emphasizes speaking and listening comprehension in the foreign language. There is extensive use of pair and small group activities as well as collaborative projects and presentations in the target language. A multimedia approach to the course increases the student's ability in all areas of language comprehension and production. Students will also read and write extensively. Prerequisite: SPA 202/204, 302 or permission.
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4.00 Credits
This course covers the social, historical, political, and economic reasons for migration to the United States in recent times as well as the development of older Hispanic communities such as those in the Southwest, Midwest and Northeast. The course includes readings of Chicano, Puerto Rican, and Cuban literature. Oral histories of local Latino residents will be conducted and presented by students. All readings and discussions are in Spanish. (Latin American Studies) Prerequisite: SPA 302 or permission
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