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2021/2022 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

General Education Courses  

Courses offered at the SDSU Imperial Valley campus.  

Detailed information about course offerings can be found on the Class Schedule website.
 

Spanish
  

  • SPAN 101 - Introduction to Spanish I

    Units: 4 GE

    Four lectures plus laboratory.

    Pronunciation, oral practice, readings on Hispanic culture and civilization, essentials of grammar.

    Note: Not open to students with credit in SPAN 102 , SPAN 201 , SPAN 202 , SPAN 281 , SPAN 282 , SPAN 301 , or a higher-numbered Spanish course. Taught in Spanish. Native speakers of Spanish will not receive credit for taking lower division courses in Spanish except with advance approval from the department. No credit will be given for lower division Spanish language courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course. No credit will be given for SPAN 101, SPAN 102 , SPAN 201 , SPAN 202 , SPAN 301  taken out of sequence.      
  

  • SPAN 102 - Introduction to Spanish II

    Units: 4 GE

    Four lectures plus laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 101  or two years of high school Spanish.

    Continuation of SPAN 101 .

    Note: Not open to students with credit in SPAN 201 , SPAN 202 , SPAN 281 , SPAN 282 , SPAN 301 , or a higher-numbered Spanish course. Taught in Spanish. Native speakers of Spanish will not receive credit for taking lower division courses in Spanish except with advance approval from the department. No credit will be given for lower division Spanish language courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course. No credit will be given for SPAN 101 , SPAN 102, SPAN 201 , SPAN 202 , SPAN 301  taken out of sequence.      
  

  • SPAN 201 - Intermediate Spanish I

    Units: 4 GE

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Four lectures plus laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 102  or completion of the third year of high school Spanish.

    First course in Spanish at intermediate level. Grammatical structures presented in beginning Spanish. Culture-centered oral and written language emphasized.

    Note: Not open to students with credit in SPAN 202 , SPAN 281 , SPAN 282 , SPAN 301 , or a higher-numbered Spanish course. See enrollment restrictions under AP credit in Spanish. May be taken concurrently with SPAN 211 . It is recommended that heritage speakers of Spanish take SPAN 281  in place of Spanish 201 and SPAN 211 . Taught in Spanish. Native speakers of Spanish will not receive credit for taking lower division courses in Spanish except with advance approval from the department. No credit will be given for lower division Spanish language courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course. No credit will be given for SPAN 101 , SPAN 102 , SPAN 201, SPAN 202 , SPAN 301  taken out of sequence.
  

  • SPAN 202 - Intermediate Spanish II

    Units: 4 GE

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 201  or completion of the fourth year of high school Spanish.

    Second course in Spanish at intermediate level. Selected grammatical structures supported by study of cultural materials. Written and spoken Spanish emphasized.

    Note: Not open to students with credit in SPAN 282 , SPAN 301 , or a higher-numbered Spanish course. See enrollment restrictions under AP credit in Spanish. May be taken concurrently with SPAN 212 . It is recommended that heritage speakers of Spanish take SPAN 282  in place of Spanish 202 and SPAN 212 . Taught in Spanish. Native speakers of Spanish will not receive credit for taking lower division courses in Spanish except with advance approval from the department. No credit will be given for lower division Spanish language courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course. No credit will be given for Spanish SPAN 101 , SPAN 102 , SPAN 201 , SPAN 202, SPAN 301  taken out of sequence.
  

  • SPAN 211 - Intermediate Conversation and Reading

    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 102 .

    Emphasis on oral communication and reading comprehension through intermediate level cultural materials. Some writing will be adjunct to reading.

    Note: May be taken concurrently with SPAN 201 . Not open to students after taking SPAN 281 . Taught in Spanish. Native speakers of Spanish will not receive credit for taking lower division courses in Spanish except with advance approval from the department. No credit will be given for lower division Spanish language courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 212 - Intermediate Conversation and Writing

    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 201  and SPAN 211 .

    Emphasis on oral communication and intermediate level writing in Spanish. May be taken concurrently with SPAN 202 .

    Note: Not open to students after taking SPAN 282 . Taught in Spanish. Native speakers of Spanish will not receive credit for taking lower division courses in Spanish except with advance approval from the department. No credit will be given for lower division Spanish language courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 250 - Women’s Literature in the Hispanic World

    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): Completion of the General Education requirement in Communication and Critical Thinking I.2., Written Communication.

    Hispanic women authors and the cultural, literary, historical, and sociopolitical questions raised by their texts.

    Note: Taught in English. Taught in Spanish. Native speakers of Spanish will not receive credit for taking lower division courses in Spanish except with advance approval from the department. No credit will be given for lower division Spanish language courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 281 - Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Language Learners I

    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): Exposure to Spanish in the home and neighborhood in the U.S.

    Introduction to written Spanish and basic principles of writing. Enhances awareness of cultural text produced in Spanish-speaking world.

    Note: Not open to native speakers (with high school diploma from a Spanish-speaking country) or students with credit in SPAN 201 , SPAN 202 , SPAN 211 , SPAN 282 , SPAN 301 , or a higher-numbered Spanish course. Replaces SPAN 201  and SPAN 211  for Preparation for the Major. Taught in Spanish. Native speakers of Spanish will not receive credit for taking lower division courses in Spanish except with advance approval from the department. No credit will be given for lower division Spanish language courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 282 - Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Language Learners II

    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 281 .

    Continuation of SPAN 281 .

    Note: Not open to native speakers (with high school diploma from a Spanish speaking country) or students with credit in SPAN 202 , SPAN 212 , SPAN 301 , or a higher-numbered Spanish course. Replaces SPAN 202  and SPAN 212  for Preparation for the Major. Taught in Spanish. Native speakers of Spanish will not receive credit for taking lower division courses in Spanish except with advance approval from the department. No credit will be given for lower division Spanish language courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 296 - Experimental Topics

    Units: 1-4

    Selected topics. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree. Taught in Spanish. Native speakers of Spanish will not receive credit for taking lower division courses in Spanish except with advance approval from the department. No credit will be given for lower division Spanish language courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 299 - Special Study

    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    Individual study. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: Taught in Spanish. Native speakers of Spanish will not receive credit for taking lower division courses in Spanish except with advance approval from the department. No credit will be given for lower division Spanish language courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 301 - Advanced Conversation and Reading

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 202  and SPAN 212 .

    Continued development of oral communication and reading comprehension. Review of selected grammatical structures through use of literary and cultural materials. Some writing will be adjunct to reading. May be taken concurrently with SPAN 302 .

    Note: Not open to students with credit in SPAN 381  or SPAN 382 . Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course. No credit will be given for SPAN 101 , SPAN 102 , SPAN 201 , SPAN 202 , SPAN 301 taken out of sequence.
  

  • SPAN 302 - Advanced Conversation and Writing

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 202  and SPAN 212 .  

    Advanced practice at oral communication through conversations and public speaking. Practice of written Spanish through advanced composition. May be taken concurrently with SPAN 301 . Not open to students with credit in SPAN 381  or SPAN 382 .

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 307 - Introduction to Business Spanish

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 301  and SPAN 302 , or SPAN 381  or SPAN 382 .

    Business vocabulary, basic business and cultural concepts, situational practice to conduct business in Spanish by preparing documents. Grammar review and development of cross-cultural awareness.

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 340 - Spanish Civilization

    Units: 3 GE

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 301  and SPAN 302 , or SPAN 381  or SPAN 382 .

    Spanish culture of the past and present, with emphasis on literature, philosophy, and the arts.

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 341 - Spanish American Civilization

    Units: 3 GE

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 301  and SPAN 302 , or SPAN 381  or SPAN 382 .

    Spanish American cultures, with emphasis on literature, philosophy, and the arts.

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 342 - Mexican Civilization

    Units: 3 GE

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 301  and SPAN 302 , or SPAN 381  or SPAN 382 .

    The major currents and characteristics of Mexican culture, as expressed through the centuries in literature, philosophy, and the arts.

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course. This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.
  

  • SPAN 350 - Advanced Grammar

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 301  and SPAN 302 , or SPAN 381  or SPAN 382 .

    Significant systematic features of modern Spanish grammar. Required for credential applicants.

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 381 - Advanced Spanish for Heritage Language Learners

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 282 .

    Develops oral abilities in diverse registers at advanced level of proficiency. Writing production in critical thinking. Enhances awareness of cultural texts from Spanish-speaking world. Replaces SPAN 301  and SPAN 302  for the Spanish major.

    Note: Not open to students with credit in either SPAN 301  or SPAN 302 . Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 382 - Academic Reading and Writing for Native Speakers of Spanish

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): High school diploma from Spanish-speaking country.

    Reading and writing as preparation for advanced academic writing. Readings from a variety of genres to include fiction. Production of expository essays that demonstrate critical competence. Development of linguistic ability and syntactic organization. Transformation of simple, basic structures into complex writing. Replaces SPAN 301  and SPAN 302  for the Spanish major.

    Note: Not open to students with credit in either SPAN 301  or SPAN 302 . Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 391 - Spanish Enhancement for Translation and Interpretations

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 301  and SPAN 302 , or SPAN 381  or SPAN 382 , and SPAN 350 .

    Bridges gap between Spanish for communication and Spanish for work. Acquisition of translation and interpretation skills (active listening, text analysis, anticipation, memory, public speaking).

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 395 - Introduction to Literary Analysis

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 301  and SPAN 302 , or SPAN 381  or SPAN 382 .

    Literary analysis of narrative, poetry, and theatre of Spanish-speaking world through study of rhetorical devices.

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 401 - Spanish Literature and Cultural Studies

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 301  and SPAN 302 , or SPAN 381  or SPAN 382 , and SPAN 395 .

    Spanish writers and works in a variety of literary genres.

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 402 - Spanish American Literature and Cultural Studies

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 301  and SPAN 302 , or SPAN 381  or SPAN 382 , and SPAN 395 .

    Spanish American writers and works in a variety of literary genres.

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 407 - Advanced Business Spanish

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 307 ; SPAN 301  and SPAN 302 , or SPAN 381  or SPAN 382 .

    Vocabulary and discourse related to business topics and functional areas, goods and services, marketing, finance, foreign market entry, import-export. Geographic literacy and cultural understanding of Spanish-speaking world.

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 408 - Spanish for Educators

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 301  and SPAN 302 , or SPAN 381  or SPAN 382 .

    Project-based collaborative analysis of linguistic and cultural competencies in Spanish to interact with K-12 schools and Spanish-speaking communities.

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 409 - Spanish for Health Professions

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 301  and SPAN 302  or SPAN 381 .

    Project-based collaborative analysis of cultural and linguistic competencies needed for future health care professionals.

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 410 - Spanish for Legal and Criminal Justice Professionals

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 301  and SPAN 302 , or SPAN 381 .

    Spanish oral and written communication in criminal justice and legal fields within United States and Spanish-speaking countries. Rule of order terms and court protocols.

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 448 - Spanish Linguistics

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 350 .

    Structural, historical, and applied Spanish linguistics.

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 461 - Spanish in the United States

    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 301  and SPAN 302 , or SPAN 381  or SPAN 382 .

    Language-related phenomena in Spanish-speaking groups and communities across the U.S. to include dialects, language maintenance, and language use in various sociocultural domains.

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course. This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.
  

  • SPAN 462 - Language Variation in the Spanish-Speaking World

    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 350 .

    Sociolinguistic and pragmatic variation across the Spanish-speaking world. Interactions between identity, language, and society.

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course. This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.
  

  • SPAN 491 - Introduction to Translation Studies

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 350  and satisfaction of the Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement.

    Theoretical grounding and practical problems of literary and nonliterary translation; linguistic and cultural obstacles; literary, legal, commercial, medical, social services lexicons in context.

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 492 - Translation Theory

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 491 .

    Historical overview of translation theory. Translation types and conventions. Theoretical considerations of lexical, morphological, verbal, phonic, syntactic, and hermeneutic elements. Cross-language equivalence, fidelity, loss and gain in translation. Criteria for excellence and evaluation. Culture and commerce of translation.

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 493 - Advanced Spanish-English/English-Spanish Translation

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 350  and SPAN 491 .

    Practicum involving methods and techniques in translation of legal or government papers, banking documents, and business contracts from Spanish into English and from English into Spanish. Practice in translation of old Spanish into English (deeds, surveys, baptismal records, manuscripts of books).

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 496 - Selected Studies in Spanish

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 401  and SPAN 402  or SPAN 448 .

    Topics in Spanish or Spanish American language, literature, culture, and linguistics. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree. Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 499 - Special Study

    Units: 1-3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    Individual study. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: This course is intended only for students who are currently enrolled in or who already have credit for all upper division courses in Spanish available in any given semester. Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 501 - Genre Studies in Spanish Literature

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 401  and SPAN 402 .

    A specific literary genre: overview of the genre’s development in Spanish literature (Spanish novel, short story, theatre) or focus on a narrower period (contemporary narrative, modern poetry). May be repeated with new title and content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 502 - Genre Studies in Spanish American Literature

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 401   and SPAN 402 .

    A specific literary genre: overview of the genre’s development in Spanish American literature (the Spanish American novel, short story, theatre) or focus on a narrower period (vanguardista poetry, the “Boom”). May be repeated with new title and content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 504 - Don Quixote

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 401   and SPAN 402 .

    A close reading of Cervantes’ novel Don Quixote, Parts I and II.

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 515 - Mexican Literature

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 401   and SPAN 402 .

    Mexican literature from the Romantic period to the present. Special emphasis placed on contemporary era.

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 561 - Methods in Teaching Spanish as a Second Language

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 350  or SPAN 448 .

    Teaching of Spanish as a second language: contemporary theory and methods.

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 594A - Consecutive English/Spanish Interpretation

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 350  or SPAN 391 .

    Consecutive interpretation techniques focusing on current events to include notetaking technique for interpreters, preparation for meetings, language register, active listening, structure of a speech, abstracting meaning, sight translation in the booth.

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 594B - Simultaneous English/Spanish Interpretation

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 594A  with a grade of B (3.0) or better.

    Simultaneous interpretation techniques focusing on current events. Simultaneous, whispered, and relay interpretation, preparation for meetings, language register, listening, structure of a speech, abstracting, sight translation in the booth.

    Note: Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 596 - Selected Studies in Spanish

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 401  and SPAN 402  or SPAN 448 .

    Topics in Spanish or Spanish American language, literature, culture and linguistics. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units of 596 applicable to a bachelor’s degree Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree. Taught in Spanish. No credit will be given for lower division courses taken after successfully completing any upper division Spanish course.
  

  • SPAN 601 - Seminar in Hispanic Literary Theory

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.

    Critical issues in Hispanic literary theory. Emphasis on contemporary theory: structuralism, post-structuralism, feminism, cultural studies, and gay and lesbian studies.

  

  • SPAN 602 - Foundations and Research Methods of Hispanic Linguistics

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.

    Morphology, phonology, syntax of Spanish in historic and regional varieties. Qualitative and quantitative research related to sociolinguistics and pragmatics of Spanish, language acquisition, bilingualism, contact varieties. Spanish in teaching and translation.

  

  • SPAN 603 - Early Modern Hispanic Literature

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 601 .

    Philosophic, political, and aesthetic ideas in early modern Hispanic literature. Spanish and Spanish American texts spanning from fifteenth to eighteenth centuries.

  

  • SPAN 604 - Spanish Literature: Eighteenth to Twentieth Century

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 601 .

    Philosophical, political, and aesthetic ideas in literature of neoclassicism, romanticism, realism, and modernism from eighteenth through twentieth centuries.

  

  • SPAN 606 - Spanish American Literature: Independence to Present

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 601 .

    Spanish American literature in its artistic and ideological tendencies from age of independence to present. Literary movements include romanticism, Modernismo, criollismo, and indigenismo.

  

  • SPAN 611 - Advanced Topics in Spanish Linguistics

    Units: 3-6

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 602 .

    Specific aspect of Spanish descriptive, historical, or theoretical linguistics. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • SPAN 612 - Seminar in Spanish Discourse Analysis

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 602 .

    Analysis of oral discourse in Spanish. Basic readings in field and strategies to collect and analyze data.

  

  • SPAN 631 - Spanish Women Writers

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 601 .

    Feminist and cultural studies approach to works of Spanish women writers. Analysis of issues on gender, class, race. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • SPAN 661 - Issues in the Study of Spanish Bilingualism

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 602  

    Theories and research on bilingualism with special emphasis on Spanish/English. Definitions of bilingualism. Bilingual typologies. Acquisition of bilingual abilities. Bilingualism and testing. Intersection of bilingualism and translation/interpreting studies. Individual and societal bilingualism.

  

  • SPAN 696 - Selected Topics

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    Intensive study in specific areas of Spanish. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.
  

  • SPAN 750 - Seminar in Spanish American Literature

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 601 .

    A genre or movement of Spanish American literature. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • SPAN 751 - Seminar in Realism

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 601 .

    Theoretical and historical underpinnings of literary realism. Examines key realist texts from variable periods in Spain or Latin America. Topics include the picaresque novel, naturalism, regional novel, thesis novel, and magical realism. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • SPAN 755 - Seminar in Spanish American Culture, Film, and Society

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 601 .

    Works of representative authors and cultural production of Spanish America. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • SPAN 760 - Seminar in Reading in the Transatlantic Imaginary

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 601 .

    Exploration and critical analysis of texts produced by authors who lived and wrote between Spain and Spanish-America. Relationship between a cultural text and its place of origin.

  

  • SPAN 770 - Applied Spanish Linguistics for Teachers

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 602 .

    The application of linguistic theory to the teaching of Spanish at the secondary and college levels.

  

  • SPAN 781 - Spanish Language Testing

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 602 .

    Theories and research on language testing with emphasis on Spanish. Types and purposes of language measurement instruments. Characteristics of tests: practicality, instructional value, validity, reliability, test difficulty. Overview of test formats/methods and their consequences.

  

  • SPAN 792 - Spanish Language and Society

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 602 .

    Basic notions of relationship between language and society in Spanish-speaking world. Methodologies applied to data from monolingual and bilingual speech communities. Variationism, ethnography of communication, and sociology of language in Spanish-speaking world.

  

  • SPAN 798 - Special Study

    Units: 1-3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of staff, to be arranged with department chair and instructor.

    Individual study. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.
  

  • SPAN 799A - Thesis

    Units: 3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): An officially appointed thesis committee and advancement to candidacy.

    Preparation of a project or thesis for the master’s degree.

  

  • SPAN 799B - Thesis Extension

    Units: 0

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Prior registration in Thesis 799A with an assigned grade symbol of RP.

    Registration required in any semester or term following assignment of RP in Course 799A in which the student expects to use the facilities and resources of the university; also student must be registered in the course when the completed thesis is granted final approval.

  

  • SPAN 799C - Comprehensive Examination Extension

    Units: 0

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Completion or concurrent enrollment in degree program courses.

    Registration required of students whose only requirement is completion of the comprehensive examination for the master’s degree. Registration in 799C limited to two semesters.