Develop Spanish language skills at the Novice-Mid level, as defined by ACTFL Speaking and Writing Standards, through oral and written communication. Students will practice obtaining information, describing, narrating, and expressing opinions on current events, personal experiences, and daily routines in basic, structured interactions.

Continuation of material in SPAN 1311. (CC No. 2312)

Students will be offered an opportunity to experience and apply real-world language and culture in a natural setting. The experience will include enrolling in Spanish courses, living with a Spanish family, participating in cultural activities organized by the host institution, and making field trips to historical and cultural monuments.

This course is intended for Speakers of Spanish who have been exposed to spoken Spanish and are fluent or quasi-fluent speakers but have little or no formal study of the language. It provides formal Spanish language study in the academic setting, like English-speaking students studying English. It focuses on developing reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills in Spanish.

Review of grammar, reading, composition, conversation. Language lab practice.

Prerequisite: SPAN 2311 or equivalent Offered: Fall, Spring

This course is intended for Heritage Speakers of Spanish who have been exposed to spoken Spanish and are fluent or quasi-fluent speakers, but have little or no formal study of the language. It provides formal study of Spanish language in the academic setting in the same way English-speaking students study English. It focuses on the development of reading, writing, speaking and listening skills in Spanish.

This course is designed for professionals who want to learn basic Spanish as related to their daily professional activities and, in addition, to understand the cultural values of the Latino peoples in the US. The course is designed to teach professionals how to do specific tasks in Spanish as well as focusing on communication in Spanish with Spanish speaking clients.

Required of all majors.

Vocabulary building, intensive review of grammar as needed for sentence structure. The development of the paragraph in written composition. Frequent written reports.

This course is designed for students who want to learn professional Spanish at an advanced level in order to apply it to the career of their choice (business, medical, governmental, law, etc.) It focuses on specific professional terminology, skills needed for writing letters, conducting telephone conversations, transactions, and international procedures. Operational and strategic issues involved in interaction with Hispanic populations, institutions, firms and markets; international trade; competitive, vendor-customer, and collaborative relations. The topic will vary.

Focus on developing analytic and critical thinking skills, and developing critical essays using contemporary research methods relevant to Spanish literature. Offered: Fall

Geography, history, government, art, economic resources and psychology of Spain. Lectures, readings, oral and written reports.

This communication-focused course develops oral and written proficiency through extensive practice in vocabulary, readings, and activities tailored to business professions, preparing students for workplace interactions. It explores the linguistic and cultural aspects of Spanish-speaking communities in the United States and other regions worldwide, enhancing communication skills for real-world business settings through practical applications and culturally relevant contexts.

This course explores and analyzes the geography, history, government, cultural arts, economic resources, and psychology of the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America. Students will be exposed to culture and popular culture discourses, films, documentaries, photographs, and museum collections, and they will develop written reports, oral presentations, and academic essays. Prerequisite(s): SPAN 2311 or SPAN 2312

This course is the continuation of Speakers of Spanish 2330 and is designed for students who have been exposed to the Spanish language at High School and have little or basic knowledge of the Spanish language. This class is an intensive Spanish review with an emphasis on interpretation and expression of ideas through the review of grammar, reading, writing, and culture. The course enhances creative thinking and communicative skills by engaging in the expression of ideas through academic discourse and the use of formal vocabulary. The course highlights the study of intercultural elements and incentive social responsibility and focuses on the Hispanic communities in the United States.

This course develops foundational Spanish communication skills for healthcare settings, focusing on speaking, listening, and essential medical vocabulary. Readings and activities emphasize patient interactions, medical terminology, and cultural competency. Special attention is given to the needs of Spanish-speaking communities in the United States and other regions worldwide to enhance effective communication in medical environments.

Spanish Phonetics and Phonology provides a focused introduction to the articulatory features of Spanish sounds, with an emphasis on spoken communication. Students will explore the Spanish phonemic inventory, including vowel and consonant systems, syllable structure, prosody, and suprasegmental features like stress and intonation. Through hands-on pronunciation exercises, learners will address challenges faced by L2 and heritage speakers to improve spoken fluency and communicative effectiveness. The course also examines dialectology, highlighting regional pronunciation variations and fostering intercultural competence in the diverse voices of the Spanish-speaking world.

Hispanic America's outstanding writers and their works from the modernist movement to the present. Lectures, readings, oral and written reports.

Spanish linguistics is tailored for students without prior experience and covers the fundamental areas of the field, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. The course also explores historical, regional, and social variations of Spanish. Students develop a strong foundation in the field and refine analytical skills through linguistic data analysis and language observation.

This advanced Spanish course explores 20th- and 21st-century Latin American literature and culture through a chronological study of major literary movements, authors, and works. Students will enhance their language skills through discussions, presentations, and written analysis. Historical, cultural, and artistic contexts will be examined using films, articles, and digital resources, fostering fluency and a deeper understanding of modern Latin American literature.

This course is a continuation of Spanish for Business I, further developing oral and written communication through extensive speaking and writing practice. Vocabulary, readings, and activities focus on business language in professional settings. Emphasis is placed on Spanish-speaking communities in the United States and other regions worldwide, enhancing cultural awareness and real-world application of language skills.

Spain's outstanding writers and their works from the Enlightenment to the present. Lectures, readings, oral and written reports.

Spain's outstanding writers and their works from the Enlightenment to the present. Lectures, readings, oral and written reports.

Teaching methodologies, including a focus on first and second language acquisition theories, learning theories, approaches and techniques of second-language instruction.

Spain's outstanding writers and their works from the generation of 98 up to the present. Lectures, readings, oral and written reports.

A survey of topics and artistic productions from a variety of Mexican cultures. This course will examine Myths, Legends, Literature, Folk Songs, Cinema, and other Art forms from the Pre- Columbian era to present day.

Intensive oral practice along with preparation for the TOPT. Grammar and culture are also components of the course but only to the extent that they are necessary to improve conversation skills.

The study of how the Spanish language functions within social contexts, emphasizing the interplay between language and society in shaping its use across dialects and communities. Topics include variation, multilingualism, language contact, lexical borrowing, code-switching (including Spanglish), and other language phenomena in society. Emphasis is placed on descriptive, corpus-based, and data-driven approaches to understanding real-world issues in sociolinguistics and language variation.

This course explores the historical evolution of the Spanish language, examining its transformation from spoken Latin in the Iberian Peninsula to modern Spanish. It analyzes shifts in phonology, grammar, and lexicon, considering the linguistic and sociocultural factors that have influenced the development of the language over time.

This course is designed to introduce contemporary critical theories as a guide to reading and analysis of literary texts.

This course will focus on the theoretical discourses of the richness of Mexican Popular Culture and on the various cultural manifestations and phenomena of which it is comprised. We will examine narrative, written and visual texts, as well as those that are part of the cultural arts: painting, music, and cinema. We will investigate the cultural production, in which themes, customs, beliefs, celebrations and habits manifest themselves both in the city and in the Mexican rural regions.

The module provides students with in-depth knowledge of both theory and methods in second language acquisition (Spanish). Moreover, students learn to critically judge new teaching methods and learning strategies in second-language acquisition. The module also familiarizes students with research and research methods in second language acquisition. We extrapolate from this base principles and parameters to guide classroom instruction. We cover a full range of topics from grammar and input to spoken and written language.

To analyze the different aspects of Spanish Syntax.

This course studies the most relevant and significant post war Spanish literature. Some of the topics studied are Social Realism, Experimentalism, and the Novel after 1970.

This course gives the student a perspective of the political, social, and cultural realities of Spain today, focusing on diversity, history, art and film.

This course gives students pedagogical methods and strategies in teaching Spanish to heritage Language Learners. The course will provide guidelines for assessing proficiency, develop appropriate materials, discuss classroom management and organization and instructional strategies specific for Heritage Speakers.

Critical readings and/or selected topics in Latin American Literature. Reading of selected core works are explored in depth, emphasizing critical interpretation and analysis.

Critical readings and/or selected topics in Latin American Culture. Studies on different topics and characteristics of Latin American Culture (such as gender realtions, religion and art, pre Colombian history, political developments), emphasizing critical interpretation and analysis.

This course offers an overview of the history of Latino/a literature, introducing the major trends and placing them into an historical framework stretching from the noneteenth century to today.

This course provides an in-depth exploration of a specific issue/theme/period/genre to understand Spanish general and contemporary linguistics.

Topics in the study of language and society, focusing on how sociolinguistic phenomena shape language use and change. Emphasis is placed on theoretical perspectives and current issues in sociolinguistic research. May be repeated up to three times for credit as content varies.

Students will undertake teching projects supervised by a graduate faculty member in Spanish and meet with their mentors to assess their teaching objectives, techniques, materials, and outcomers.

This course is designed for students completing the Master of Arts in Teaching Spanish program. Over the course of the semester, students will develop a research design, identify appropriate data to adapt to a research thesis, and identify and get in contact with relevant academic materials related to their main topic of research. Students will attend graduate workshops to prepare for their theses defense in the subsequent semester. this course will be an online course and will require significant student participation.

This course is designed for students to continue working with the research thesis in the Master of Arts in Teaching Spanish program. In this course students will edit, format and work face to face with their mentors in order to complete their thesis. Also, students will attend mandatory workshops designed by the College of Graduate Studies. Students should carefully follow the College of Graduate Studies calendar to see when workshops are offered and follow all rules and regulations.

This course deals with selected topics on the development of Spanish and its dialects and cultures. This course provides students with knowledge of the historical and geographical factors that lead to the development and spread of the Spanish language and its dialects throughout the Iberian Peninsula, Latin America, and the rest of the World.