SP305, Spanish for Oral Communication:
Practice in oral Spanish to increase fluency through activities and discussion. Intensive controlled conversation and the facilitation of debates and group discussions in relation to audiovisual materials and cultural readings.
SP310, Spanish for Written Communication:
Practice in written Spanish to facilitate the expression of ideas with a review of grammatical structures. Analysis of various writing styles and emphasis on the process of writing through guided correction of drafts to enhance self-evaluation and improvement of writing skills such as developing a good thesis, or adapting the content to the reader.
SP320S, Service Learning in Spanish:
The general goal of this course is to increase students’ fluency in Spanish skills and to encourage them to frame their community experience in meaningful ways. Class components: a supervised volunteer tutoring work (24 hours/ semester) and weekly class meetings to discuss topics pertaining Latino immigration. This is an intensive writing class. Students elaborate journal and comment papers.
SP325, Intro to Hispanic Linguistics:
Overview of the History, Phonetics, Syntax, Acquisition and Language Variation in Spanish (theories, analysis and application, conducted in Spanish).
SP345, Analysis of Literary Genres:
Readings in selected works from well-known Spanish and Latin American authors.
SP355, Spanish American Culture:
South America: The study of historical events, and the literary and cultural productions of the Southern Cone and Andean countries.
SP365, Hispanic Short Story:
Study of selected stories by Spanish and Latin American authors. Prerequisite: One 300-level skills course in Spanish.
SP375, Spanish Pronunciation:
This course introduces the sounds of Spanish and its correct pronunciation. It covers theory and practice.
SP 380, Spanish Morphosyntax
The study of Spanish words and their internal structure as well as an overview of perspectives gained from the X bar theory to study Spanish word order, semantic roles, constituents, clause structure, grammatical judgement, and so on.
SP430, Topics – 18th- and 19th-Century Spain:
Study of historical, literary and/or artistic aspects of the period.
SP435, Spanish Dialectology:
The geography of Spanish in terms of origin, change, dialects, society, contact with other languages, slang, etc.
SP445, Topics – Hispanic Linguistics:
Study of a selected topic in the field of Linguistics (the study of language) from the perspective of Spanish. Themes may deal with Phonetics, Syntax, Morphology, History, Semantics, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, Spanish in contact, etc.