20 courses with the subject SPA, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
SPA 101SPANISH I
This beginning course offers students the opportunity to acquire communicative skills in Spanish and to develop an awareness and appreciation of Hispanic cultures. The course provides an integrated approach in which listening, speaking, reading and writing are developed. Basic thematic vocabulary and grammatical structures are covered. This course is intended for students with no prior coursework in Spanish. This course fulfills a Foundations Program requirement. (Fall and Spring) Prerequisites: None.
This course is the second part of the beginning sequence offering students the opportunity to expand their knowledge of vocabulary and grammatical structures. The course provides an integrated approach in which listening, speaking, reading and writing are developed. The course fosters awareness of Hispanic cultures through short readings and a variety of oral and written activities. This course fulfills a Foundations Program requirement. (Fall and Spring) Prerequisites: SPA 101, or placement.
Continued development of communicative competency in Spanish language and Hispanic culture including a variety of media. This course fulfills a Foundations Program requirement. Prerequisite: SPA 102, or placement. (Fall and Spring)
Integration of all skills. Reading skills using contemporary selections are developed through a process approach. Cultural topics present insights into the characteristics of Hispanic people, art, and literature. This course fulfills a Foundations Program requirement. Prerequisite: SPA 201 or placement. (Fall and Spring)
SPA 204 Literature and Its Interpretations in Spanish. This course counts as a cornerstone in the Foundations Program. At least 1 course from SPA 210-299 which focuses on advanced language skills, writing, and culture. LAS 200 Latin American Studies or LAS 210 Routes and Roots: Latin American Migration may count with permission of the department chair when 60% of the assignments are completed in Spanish At least 1 course from SPA 300-399 which focuses on literature and cultural topics. 182
SPA 204LITERATURE AND ITS INTERPRETATIONS IN SPANISH
Designed for students to become active readers of literature and develop interpretative skills. Students are introduced to the form and structure of various genres of literature through the close reading and analysis of selections from Spanish and Spanish- American prose fiction, poetry, and drama. Prerequisite: SPA 203 or placement. This course fulfills either a Cornerstone or a Language, Culture, and Expression Pillar requirement in the Foundations Program. Equivalent to ENG 140 Literature and Its
Designed to develop skills in descriptive, narrative, argumentative, and expository, and creative writing in Spanish, this course emphasizes the process of writing. Students will learn and practice strategies for generating and organizing ideas through pre- writing, composing, writing, revision, and editing. Writing activities help expand and refine grammatically correct expression, vocabulary, and rhetorical techniques. Students will have the opportunity to explore the art of translation and many modalities of personal expression, which may include original poetry, fiction, and non-fiction in the form of short stories, blog entries, travel narratives, memoirs, and autobiographical essays. Faculty may choose to teach the course with a central theme, such as identity 190
This course focuses on food in its cultural, historical, political, economic, and social dimensions as a way to gain insights into the Spanish-speaking world and also develop students’ competencies in the Spanish language. Topics will include traditional foods and food-related customs, contemporary culinary trends, popular culture, agriculture practices, and national food policies. We will examine how food and culinary practices express, shape, and revise regional and national identities in countries where Spanish is spoken, and form part of a global world. A selection will be made from among the diversity of culinary traditions and food-related topics in the more than twenty countries in which Spanish is spoken. This course fulfills a Foundations Program requirement. Prerequisites: SPA204. Leone / Three credits
Understanding sport culture through literature, film and essays is one of the finest ways to gain insights into the Spanish-speaking world. Sports, like family, are considered “safe” topics with which to initiate conversation and contact in diverse settings. This course looks not only at soccer, but also at numerous other sports -- such as cliff diving, baseball, polo, wrestling, cycling, swimming, jai alai, tennis, and bullfighting. It explores sports which are unique to specific countries and those which are popular across the Spanish-speaking world. This course fulfills a Foundations Program requirement. Prerequisite: SPA 204.
A systematic study of various forms of public discourse through discussion and debate on controversial issues. Designed for students with a sophisticated command of Spanish who seek to increase their fluency and develop cultural awareness. Guerrero-Watanabe/Three credits
This course focuses on the multiplicity of identity in contemporary Spain in the context of political and social changes of the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries. Reading theory and culture, understood as texts and practice, we will examine literature, films, and mass media to consider the identities of nation, class, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity. Prerequisite: Spanish 210-299.
This course explores contemporary Mexican literary and cultural production in response to socio-political rebellion and cultural reinvention. The course materials focus on four key moments in Mexican history: the Revolution of 1910, the student movement of 1968; the Zapatista rebellion of 1994; and the current implications of mass migration and the narco wars. Students analyze textual, visual, and musical works by a variety of authors from the 20th and 21st centuries in order to learn how these authors represent cultural, social, and political affirmation in a country known for its economic and political repression. We will consider the role of literature and art in the understanding of civic action and social power. The course is taught in Spanish. Prerequisite:
In this course students will learn about how urban life, violence, and modern cities have been represented by journalist-literary writers in Latin America. We will discuss the relationship between literature and journalism, and between chronicles and other 191
This course focuses on key films of the last sixty years from the major national film industries of Latin America, foremost Mexico, Cuba and Argentina. It explores how these films interpret important socio-historical and cultural issues, such as development, national identity, class, gender, and ethnicity. This course also introduces the student to basic sequence analysis and film vocabulary in Spanish. The course is taught in Spanish. Prequisite: SPA 210-299
