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4.00 Credits
Cultural approach to the improvement of writing and speaking skills in Spanish. The essays and the class discussions will focus on the themes found in materials such as stories, films, or videos from the Hispanic and Latin American world. Emphasis will be placed on culture, vocabulary building, writing techniques, and problematic Spanish language structures.
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4.00 Credits
This online course is an introduction (no previous Spanish language skills are required) to practical language skills used in clinical settings and in basic interactions with Spanish-speaking patients. It includes an emphasis on the common medical vocabulary that health care workers may encounter in the workplace. Students will gain practical competency in the following areas: awareness of cultural differences among patients based on region of origin, basic knowledge of some health remedies, be able to question patients and obtain yes or no responses about patient status or complaints, and inform or instruct patients using appropriate vocabulary. Note: a student wishing to take 2 semesters of Spanish would take SPAN 300 followed by SPAN 111. Students would not be allowed to receive credit both for SPAN 300 and SPAN 110.
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2.00 Credits
The Class will read and analize short essays and the novel The Love in the time of Cholera by the Nobel Prize of Literature Garcia Marquez. Set in exotic Caribbean seaports and the Magdalena River (Colombia), it relates one of literature' stories of unrequited love. The Magdalena River could be a metaphorical approach which connects the novel with ecological implications, love and navigation adventures. The novel is a masterpiece of prose because of its ability to summon up textures, sensual pleasures and landscapes associated with living in a particular place and time. The students will discuss the novel, essays, films, do group activities/projects, take quizzes and give presentations in context during the course. Novel is available in English and Spanish. Films and documentaries will be availabe with English subtitles. Gabriel Garca Mrquez is one of the most emblematic authors in the Spanish language and winner of the Nobel Prize of literature in 1982. His novel, Love in Time of Cholera, is part of the Latin American Literary Post-boom canon. This course will explore in depth the nature of love with its multiple variants and interpretations in Colombian society. We will also analyze the connections and disconnections between love and the Colombian landscape, and the ecological dimensions of this novel. We will additionally examine the film version of the novel to study the visual representation of affective feelings, tragedy and the physical environment. This course will provide students the opportunity to examine various forms of textual and film analysis. This class will be conducted in English and Spanish; students may choose to read and write in Spanish if proficient.
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2.00 Credits
This course concerns the genre-bending fiction of Jorge Luis Borges, an Argentinian thinker who wrote fascinating and easy-to-read short stories that simultaneously constitute philosophical investigations of freedom, being, reality and illusion, ethics, identity, and the nature of creativity. We will read a modest collection of his short stories and discuss them in seminar style.
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4.00 Credits
This study experience will provide students the opportunity to immerse themselves in the Spanish language while exploring Colombian culture, social movements, and history. Students will also study first hand aspects of this country's diverse landscapes, geology, ecology, sustainable agriculture, as well as its approach to public health and environmental challenges. Students will actively participate in public health and environmental-based service learning projects with local community partners. This course will also involve field projects to (1) evaluate the ecosystem services provided by paramos (unique mountain wetlands) and their impact on water quality, (2) quantify the impacts of agriculture on soils, and (3) evaluate the impacts of improper waste disposal in an urban canyon on water quality parameters in the associated stream. This course fulfills the Engaging the World requirement. Students will further connect these field studies to service learning projects in the same communities by developing and implementing a community survey instrument on public health and perceptions of the environment. Students will then combine their scientific findings with the results of the community survey and their understanding of the culture to develop an educational campaign targeted at elementary students to increase awareness of environmental issues of importance in the community. Through these projects and their observations of the local communities, students will take an interdisciplinary approach to understanding Latin American culture in this region and examine how the environment and landscape in Colombia influence national social movements.
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4.00 Credits
Magical realism has been one of the most popular literary styles in contemporary world literature. Originated in Europe, reshaped in Latin America, and popularized all over the world, it has fascinated international audiences with its elements of the fantastic and surreal. This course will explore some of the most innovative examples of magical realist literature and film produced in Latin America and other parts of the world. Class discussions and assignments will be in English, but those proficient in Spanish may choose to read and write in Spanish.
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4.00 Credits
Development of speaking proficiency with professional application, such as medical, legal, and business Spanish. The study of cultural values is an integral component. May emphasize oral proficiency, idiomatic mastery, expository writing, and/or advanced grammar review. Course materials are derived from Spanish literature and contemporary cultural issues. (WCore: EWRLD)
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4.00 Credits
General survey of culture and civilization of the Iberian peninsula from its earliest inhabitants (intersection of Christian, Muslim and Jewish cultures) to the present (21st century). Covers major historic trends, varied genres, cultural and literary events, and society in a globalization sense.
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4.00 Credits
Presents a range of special topics exploring issues relevant to Spanish literature and culture.
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4.00 Credits
Readings in Spanish Medieval Literature will include El Mio Cid and Alfonso the Wise. Golden Age Literature will include Calderon de la Barca, Lope de la Vega, Quevedo and Miguel de Cervantes.
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