Apr 16, 2024  
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


 

Spanish

  
  • SPAN 6002 - Humanities Research Methods


    3

    P: Admission to the Hispanic studies master’s program or consent of the director of graduate studies. Appraisal, analysis, and contrasting of concepts, methods, and approaches central to the study of the humanities at the advanced level. Theories of interpretation as applied to cultural products such as films and literary works.
  
  • SPAN 6003 - Applied Research Methods


    3

    P: Admission to the Hispanic studies master’s program or consent of the director of graduate studies. Design, interpretation and evaluation of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research.
  
  • SPAN 6004 - Engaged Field Work


    3

    15 internship hours. Students are expected to provide personal transportation to field site. P: Admission to the Hispanic studies master’s program or consent of the director of graduate studies. Theory, methodology, and design of community-engaged research projects. Development of community partnerships and field work.
  
  • SPAN 6010 - Hispanic Cultural Studies


    3

    May be repeated for a maximum of 6 s.h. with change of topic. P: SPAN 6002  or consent of the director of graduate studies. History, culture, and civilization of the Hispanic world studied from analytical approaches used in the humanities.
  
  • SPAN 6020 - Contemporary Issues of the Hispanic World


    3

    May be repeated for a maximum of 6 s.h. with change of topic. P: SPAN 6002 , SPAN 6003 ; or consent of the director of graduate studies. Selected significant current events, trends, and schools of thought affecting contemporary Hispanic societies.
  
  • SPAN 6024 - MAT Internship


    9

    P: TCHR 6010 , TCHR 6011 .  Supervised teaching in the Spanish classroom with emphasis on reflective decision-making.
  
  • SPAN 6030 - Special Topics in Hispanic Studies


    3

    May be repeated for a maximum of 6 s.h. with change of topic. P: SPAN 6002 , SPAN 6003 ; or consent of the graduate director. Topic-specific study of Hispanic cultures through analysis of diverse discursive resources in a variety of media from Spanish-speaking areas. Comprehension, analysis, and use of Spanish as appropriate to different types of discourse.
  
  • SPAN 6040 - Current Trends in Hispanic Linguistics


    3

    May be repeated for a maximum of 6 s.h. with change of topic. P: SPAN 6002 , SPAN 6003 ; or consent of the director of graduate studies. Selected significant current events, trends, and schools of thought affecting contemporary Hispanic societies.
  
  • SPAN 6050 - Professional Literacies


    3

    P: SPAN 6002 , SPAN 6003 ; or consent of the director of graduate studies. Study and practice of Spanish as written and spoken in a range of professions and contexts.
  
  • SPAN 6070 - Engaged Research Experience


    3

    45 internship hours. Students are expected to provide personal transportation to field site. P: SPAN 6004  or consent of instructor. Supervised engaged learning experience to carry out research through community service.
  
  • SPAN 6521 - Special Readings


    3

    Intensive reading in area where student may already have credit.
  
  • SPAN 6522 - Special Readings


    3

    Intensive reading in area where student may already have credit.
  
  • SPAN 6523 - Special Readings


    3

    Intensive reading in area where student may already have credit.
  
  • SPAN 6600 - Recent Trends in Foreign Language Teaching, Learning, and Acquisition


    3

    Current developments, issues, and research in teaching, learning, and acquisition of foreign languages.
  
  • SPAN 7000 - Thesis


    1-6

    May be repeated. May count a maximum of 6 s.h. P: SPAN 6002 , SPAN 6003 , SPAN 6004 ; and consent of the director of graduate studies.

Spanish Banked Courses

  
  • SPAN 5340 - Advanced Translation I


    3

    P: SPAN 4340. Practice of translation skills with greater variety of style and subject matter.
  
  • SPAN 5440 - Contemporary Issues of the Hispanic World


    3

    May be repeated for maximum of 6 s.h. with change of topic. P: Consent of instructor. Selected events, artistic trends, and currents of thought that significantly contribute to life in contemporary Hispanic societies.
  
  • SPAN 5445 - Hispanic Cinema


    3

    May be repeated for maximum of 6 s.h. with change of topic. P: Consent of instructor. Films as cultural product reflecting social, political, and economic realities. Power to represent, inform, and create. Viewed and discussed by representative directors.
  
  • SPAN 5550 - Hispanic Women Writers


    3

    May be repeated for maximum of 6 s.h. with change of topic. May not be repeated for credit by students in WOST program. P: Consent of instructor. In-depth study and discussion of representative writings by women in Hispanic countries from variety of genres. Emphasis on relationships between society and origin, content, and form of texts.
  
  • SPAN 5700 - Special Topics in Hispanic Studies


    3

    May be repeated for maximum of 6 s.h. with change of topic. P: Consent of instructor. Topics relating to language, literature, culture, or civilization of Spain or Latin America.
  
  • SPAN 5940 - Advanced Translation II


    3

    Candidates who successfully complete this course may be allowed to take qualifying exams for award of the Certificate in Spanish Translation. P: SPAN 5340 . Continuation of skills practiced in SPAN 4340, 5340 at advanced level. Translation of written texts in variety of styles and different topics, from Spanish into English and vice versa.
  
  • SPAN 6000 - Advanced Language Skills I


    3

    In-depth exploration of varieties and styles of modern Spanish usage.
  
  • SPAN 6001 - Advanced Language Skills II


    3

    Continuation of SPAN 6000 .
  
  • SPAN 6100 - Cultural Studies, Spain


    3

    History, culture, and civilization of Spain. In-depth exploration of special topic or theme.
  
  • SPAN 6101 - Cultural Studies of Spanish America


    3

    Spanish American society and culture before 1492 and up to time of independence.
  
  • SPAN 6200 - Readings in Spanish Literature


    3

    Exhaustive study of masterpieces of Spanish literature from Middle Ages to present.
  
  • SPAN 6202 - Readings in Twentieth-Century Spanish-American Literature


    3

    Literary works by recognized Spanish-American writers of twentieth century. Major artistic movements and socioeconomic/political realities of various regions.
  
  • SPAN 6400 - Spanish Linguistics


    3

    Introduces nature of grammar and approaches to description of Spanish grammar. Emphasis on Chomsky’s Principles and Parameters Model.