78 courses with the subject SP, 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.
SP 101Beginning Spanish I
Basic oral and written proficiency for daily communication; may be taken as a self-contained unit or as a basis for further development. Audio-visual method. Closed to students who have already taken a 300-level* Closed to Native/Heritage speakers. Native and/or Heritage speakers are encouraged to take SP390 instead. * Unless recommended to a specific student by the Department of World Languages, on a per-case basis.
Continuation of SP101. This course is intended for students with at least one year of past Spanish instruction in high school, or one semester in college at the beginning level. Closed to students who have already taken a 300-level Spanish course*. Native and/or Heritage speakers are encouraged to take SP390 instead*. * Unless recommended to a specific student by the Department of World Languages, on a per-case basis.
This course is a review of language constructions and everyday vocabulary at a slighter faster pace than an elementary course. Grammar review starts with the most basic structures, such as present, preterite, and imperfect tenses, ser/estar, por/para, command forms, pronouns, and ends with present subjunctive. Vocabulary fields include feelings and emotions; urban living; family relationships; the media; and the environment. Readings, videos, and short films related to different Spanish speaking countries will add a cultural component to the course. This course is intended for students with 2 years of past Spanish instruction. Closed to students who have already taken a 300-level* Closed to Native/Heritage speakers. Native and/or Heritage speakers are encouraged to take SP390 instead. * Unless recommended to a specific student by the Department of World Languages, on a per-case basis.
Continuation of SP210. [Formerly SP213.] Closed to students who have already taken a 300-level* Closed to Native/Heritage speakers. Native and/or Heritage speakers are encouraged to take SP390 instead. * Unless recommended to a specific student by the Department of World Languages, on a per-case basis.
This course focuses on language used in health professions as well as cultural situations, which doctors, technicians, nurses, and EMTs may experience. Familiarizing students with medical Spanish will enable students to apply their learning to real-world situations. Students will gain beginning-level competence in topics such as pediatrics and vaccinations, physical exam and checkups, and hospital visits and emergencies, surgeries, or medication types and methods of administration. The course focuses on developing oral communication skills while acquiring medical terminology, and will also review grammatical structures needed to provide instructions, or inquire about past experiences or medical history.
Students will acquire Spanish terminology related to various aspects of healthcare in order to assist in communications and break down the barrier between healthcare professionals and patients. This course focuses on more formal language used in the healthcare workplace with Spanish speakers while taking into consideration cultural specificities and nuances, which providers may experience. The course is designed for students to develop interpersonal, interpretative, and presentational modes of communication in Spanish at the low-intermediate level. Topics may include physical therapy, telemedicine, mental health, dental health, cultural ailments, and home remedies.
In this course, students will develop communication skills in Spanish using information and vocabulary related to women's health. The content of this course focuses on language used in health professions as well as cultural situations. By familiarizing students with conversational Spanish and medical Spanish, this course will enable students to apply their learning to real-world situations, to assist in communications, and ultimately to break down the barrier between professionals and Spanish-speakers. Finally, the course's focus on cultural competency interrogates intersections between women's health and topics including but not limited to politics, economics, gender, sexuality, race and age.
Students will explore the ways in which language and culture shape the approach to health and healthcare experiences of Latinos in the US, and the factors that contribute to health disparities among this group (social, cultural, economic, environmental, and biological). Students will examine how health outcomes and risk factors are arrayed across different generations. Language barriers and sociolinguistic issues will also be studied. Students will identify and discuss causes of health inequities, survey major Latino health issues, and analyze the current and future context of Latino health and healthcare in the U.S.
SP 294Spanish for the Nutrition and Dietitian Professional
Students will develop their reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills in Spanish using information and vocabulary related to health, nutrition and dietetics. The content of this course focuses on language used in medical professions as well as cultural situations, which doctors, nutritionists, dietitians, nurses, public health workers, social workers, and other health professionals may experience. By familiarizing students with conversational Spanish and medical Spanish, this course will enable students to apply their learning to real-world situations, to assist in communications, and ultimately to break down the barrier between professionals and Spanish-speakers.
This course focuses on the study of the Spanish terminology and basic grammatical structures needed to communicate effectively with Spanish-speaking patients and/or their families in a medical/health setting. It introduces the student to a wide array of vocabulary particular to the human body, body systems, organs, and their functioning, as well as some common diseases (and their symptoms) that affect each system. Class time will be devoted to practicing new vocabulary, via role-play, conversations with classmates, readings, and written activities. Conducted in Spanish.
SP 296Spanish for Gerontology and Care of the Elderly
Students will develop their reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills in Spanish using information and vocabulary related to psychological, environmental, family, social, and economic aspects that affect health and illness in old age. The content of this course focuses on language used in medical professions as well as cultural situations, which doctors, geriatric medicine specialists, nurses, public health workers, social workers, and other health professionals may experience. By familiarizing students with conversational Spanish and medical Spanish, this course will enable students to apply their learning to real-world situations.
Students will explore the ways in which language and culture shape the approach to health and healthcare experiences of Latinos in the US, and the factors that contribute to health disparities among this group (social, cultural, economic, environmental, and biological). Students will examine how health outcomes and risk factors are arrayed across different generations. Language barriers and sociolinguistic issues will also be studied. Students will identify and discuss causes of health inequities, survey major Latino health issues, and analyze the current and future context of Latino health and healthcare in the U.S.
Facility in prose writing; study of style of selected authors; variety of expression through word discrimination, and advanced grammatical structures. [Prerequisites: Two SP 200 level courses.]
The main objective of this course is to develop the student's oral proficiency and communication skills, while building on vocabulary, and learning about different aspects of the Hispanic cultural world with a special emphasis on immigration issues. Regarding the class format, it will be mainly based on group/pair discussions and debates, in which the students will ask questions, express their views, elaborate on their ideas, and defend them by providing supporting examples drawn from their own experiences, analysis, or comparisons.
This course explores fundamental concepts and techniques for writing narrative and poetry in Spanish, first building an understanding of the craft that focuses on generating original pieces. Students analyze a variety of published works by Latin American and Latinx authors, and study methods to develop the elements of fiction (point of view, characterization, plot, setting, and dialogue) and those of poetry (theme, tone, stanzas and lines, metaphors, syntax, rhythm, and rhyme). The course provides a collaborative environment in which all dialects of Spanish and Spanglish are welcome.
Intensive practice with language and documents used in private and public sectors including business, medicine, communication, education and social services.
SP-327 will prepare you for careers in translation and will satisfy professional and academic requirements. It seeks to introduce the student to the techniques required for translation in a competitive environment. Within the context of the development of greater cross-cultural awareness, it will develop the following language skills for business purposes: speaking, listening comprehension, reading, writing, and translation.
Introduction to the cultures and history of Latin America from pre-Columbian times to the present day. This course will introduce students to colonial, modern and contemporary cultural, historical and political issues that influenced the development of Latin American identities. The course is taught in Spanish.
Socio-cultural study of Hispanics in the United States, with a focus on major contemporary issues. Conducted un Spanish. [Prerequisites: Two SP 200 level courses.]
Selected masterpieces from Middle Ages to present; social, cultural, and stylistic features of different periods. Recommended as a first course in Spanish literature.
Theatre of Spain's Golden Age Study of the poetry and drama created during the Renaissance and Baroque periods, known as the Golden Age of Spanish letters. Fall and Spring and every year.
This course explores the historical and aesthetic development of Latin American Theater, focusing upon the particular factors that distinguish this theater from the Western European tradition. We will analyze dramatic texts (from Argentina, Uruguay, Perú, México, Puerto Rico, Chile, Cuba, and Colombia), performances, and critical and theoretical perspectives to engage in the following questions: How does theater create and represent social and political transformation? How might we reevaluate civic responsibility and accountability through the study of audience? And, finally what are the major innovations in Latin American theater and performance in the 20th & 21st Centuries?
This course will examine the colonial history of the American continent as interpreted through the various historical accounts written by eyewitnesses of the conquest. We will cover two centuries of writings from the late fifteenth to the seventeenth century. We will examine many historical accounts of the conquest, letters, documents, poetry and other historical artifacts to learn of the social, political, religious and economical significance of the colonial era. It combines an overview of the political economy of the region over three centuries with a study of how social groups interacted among themselves and with imperial rule over time.
This applied linguistics advanced class provides a background of Spanish grammar, and delves into topics of the Spanish language that are usually challenging for English-speaking learners of Spanish. The goals are to clarify important aspects of the Spanish language and related cultural features, including uses of technology and assessment.
SP 352Lexicography and Terminology: Computer -Assisted Translation (cat)
This groundbreaking course provides both a practical and a theoretical framework to the study of lexicography and collection of terminology, an essential adjunct to the work of the translator. The role of international standards is pointed out, and principles of construction of terminological banks elaborated. Terminographic procedures in the context of computation technology and terminology management systems are discussed such as the use of the most Computer Assisted Translation (CAT) tools.
Examines and evaluates effective teaching techniques and strategies as well as second-language acquisition theory for middle/secondary foreign language classrooms. The course is conducted in English for anyone interested in foreign language teaching. All students should have an advanced proficiency of a foreign language, meaning they have taken at least one 300-level course or its equivalent.
This course covers a range of topics related to reproductive health in Spanish, including menstruation, pregnancy, fertility, childbirth, postpartum, and menopause. Students will acquire communication skills and vocabulary in Spanish for use in the health field, with a focus on reproduction. They will also apply this language to a range of cultural situations involving Spanish-speaking patients.
This course is designed for native or heritage speakers of Spanish, who have oral proficiency but may not have received formal training in the language. These students were raised speaking Spanish at home. Therefore, this course is designed to work with the language base students already possess. All of four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) are emphasized, however, the purpose of the course is to develop reading and writing skills through cultural-related activities.
This course focuses on the study of the Spanish terminology and basic grammatical structures needed to communicate effectively with Spanish-speaking patients and/or their families in a medical/health setting. It introduces the student to a wide array of vocabulary particular to the human body, body systems, organs, and their functioning, as well as some common diseases (and their symptoms) that affect each system. Class time will be devoted to practicing new vocabulary, via role-play, conversations with classmates, readings, and written activities. Conducted in Spanish.
Teaching Assistants in Spanish will regularly attend the beginning or intermediate-level Language classes to which they are assigned to assist the professor.
Directed study offers students, who because of unusual circumstances may be unable to register for a course when offered, the opportunity to complete an existing course with an established syllabus under the direction and with agreement from a faculty member.
This course focuses on building ENG/SPAN, SPAN/ENG translation competence in a health care setting, and provides guided practice in the translation of actual documents within the bio-medical and medical-legal fields. The course covers linguistic concepts, translation techniques, cultural & linguistic issues, professional ethics, medical genres & terminology, resources, and translation exercises. Through weekly translations, reading assignments, and text-analysis activities students will familiarize themselves with health text subgenres, such as patient education pamphlets, lab results, health certificates, prescriptions, informed consents, or health proxies. Students will learn to detect frequent translation challenges in health texts, and develop problem-solving strategies for these issues.
This course is designed to provide a general overview of translation practices, techniques and specialized terminology in the discipline of legal translation. The main objective of this class is to teach students how to switch safely and accurately between the source and the target language (Spanish/English - English/Spanish). This class will include an intensive study of vocabulary, grammar, sentence structure, and translation difficulties in specialized legal texts. This class will be conducted in Spanish as the base language for lectures. However, given the nature of the course of study, we will fluctuate between Spanish and English, depending on the object.
Representative works by authors and film directors from the Southern Cone of Latin America. Content and focus will vary in response to particular student and faculty interest.
Their origins, distribution, sociocultural organizations and attitudes. Special attention to the Spanish-speaking community of the area. Classes conducted in Spanish.
A contrastive study of Hispanic and American culture and personality and survey of different methodologies to teach culture. Classes conducted in Spanish.
This course introduces students to a contextual approach to Latin American cinema. Students will develop their skill in film analysis as they examine the specific role of film in representing, contesting, or defining questions of national, personal, and cultural identity in Latin America. Class discussions and assignments will strive to familiarize students with the primary characteristics of the distinct film aesthetics and the socio-political and cultural contexts in which these works were produced. We will learn about Latin American history, politics, human rights, social activism, race relations, class differences, and gender roles in the formation of individual and collective identities.
This course examines women's cinema and literature in Latin America and focuses on clusters of texts that reflect and intervene in a number of debates related to gender and feminism, including but not limited to family, maternity, body, sexuality, and violence. The course is organized thematically in order to trace how women's production within the region reflects local and global political histories and struggles for power. Students will develop their skills in textual analysis grounded in a feminist perspective that takes into account the intersection of a number of identities, such as race, ethnicity, class, age, ability, etc.
SP 932Domestic Labor and Care Work in Latin American Film
This course will examine films that question the historical marginalization of female domestic workers by making these women the center of the narratives, their families, and society. Each week will focus on a pair of films placed into dialogue with each other to consider the ways in which cinematic representations of workers and/or care work may respond to current economic, social, political and/or cultural anxieties and tensions related to gender and labor.
Representative works by Latin American film directors from early 20th century to the present. Content will vary in response to particular student and faculty interest.
This graduate course explores some of the most intriguing examples of Latin American fiction in the 20th century. During the semester, students read texts, watch films, and listen to podcasts that may challenge what they think of as "real." Concepts such as magical realism and marvelous realism are analyzed and compared to other creative trends such as fantasy and science fiction. Students analyze works by Carpentier, García Márquez, Rulfo, Garmendia, Cortázar, and Ferré, among others in order to discuss and elaborate on diverse topics, such as, social class, politics, race, and gender in Latin America.
This graduate seminar will examine the New Latino Boom, which is the 21st-century literary movement in Spanish from the US. In this century, independent publishing houses have been focusing on the publication of texts written in Spanish in the US. Class discussions will focus on works produced/published in Miami, Chicago, and New York. Special attention will be given to authors' techniques, the editorial process of publishing in Spanish, the concept of the anthology as a symbol of the movement, the role of bookstores, magazines, and literary events, and the use of social media by authors, editors, and cultural agents.
This graduate seminar will focus on the major trends in contemporary Latinx literature. Students will read, analyze, and discuss in depth narrative and poetry produced by Nuyorican, Dominican-American, Cuban-American, and Chicanx writers. Topics to be addressed include the construction of identity and the concept of belonging; bilingualism and code-switching; the experiences of the exile and its incidence in the creative process, life on the border; the marketing of Latinx writers and their literature; the controversies behind the use of labels such as Latino and Hispanic. Students will read texts in Spanish, Spanglish, and English.
SP 944Approaches to Teaching Cervantes´ Don Quixote
The purpose of this seminar is to read and comment selected readings of Cervantes' Don Quixote, and aims to inspire and assist instructors to experiment with new techniques and integrate new ideas into their teaching.
This course studies the poetic and theatrical work of García Lorca from the historical, geographic, and artistic contexts in which these works were produced. It examines how his literary production was marked by factors such as his life and sexuality; his interest in gypsies; cante jondo; Andalusian folklore; his Granada roots; trips to Madrid, New York and Cuba; his incursion in surrealism; and the historical moments he experienced, from the Spanish Second Republic, to the economic crash of 1929, or the Spanish Civil War. Topics discussed: gender roles, symbolism, minorities, politics, modernization, arts, and poetics.
SP 947Immigration in Contemporary Spanish Film: Identity, Otherness, and Stereotypes
Adopting a postcolonial approach and considering concepts such as Other/Otherness, difference, stereotype, imagined communities, subaltern, mimicry, or marginal space, students will learn about the different identities that conform the migrant population (Latin America, Maghreb, and Sub-Saharan Africa), and will examine the ways in which the filmic image of the immigrant subject is constructed via narrative and cinematographic strategies. Students will apply the work of postcolonial and cultural theorists (Bhabha, Fanon, Spivak, Hall) to the study of Flores de otro mundo; Princesas; Amador; Evelyn; Las cartas de Alou; Biutiful; Catalunya ber alles; Retorno a Hansala, or A escondidas. Conducted in Spanish.
SP 960Love, Nation, and Death in Spanish Romanticism
Reacting to the order, logic, and didacticism of the Spanish Enlightenment, the 19th C. Romantic period aims to restore the power of feelings over reason. This class studies narrative, poetry, and theatre works by Romantic masters such as Mariano José de Larra, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, José de Espronceda, Rosalía de Castro, the Duke of Rivas, and José Zorrilla. It explores how subjectivism, the intensity of feelings, the inner self, the presence of death, and the revival of nationalism -all key elements of Romanticism-- are reflected in pieces like "Canción del pirata", Rimas, or Don Juan Tenorio. Class conducted in Spanish.
SP 962Staging Social Change: 20th & 21st Century Latin American Theater
This class explores the historical and aesthetic development of Latin American Theater, focusing on the particular factors that distinguish this theater from the Western European tradition. Class discussion will be organized around major thematic focal points such as nation building, immigration, memory, and globalization. We will analyze dramatic text, performances and critical and theoretical perspectives to engage in the following questions: How does theater create and represent social and political transformation? How might we reevaluate civic responsibility through the study of audience? And, what are the innovations in Latin American Theater and performance in the 20th & 21st Centuries?
SP 963Love, Nature, and Mythology: Spanish Poetry of the Renaissance
This seminar will be devoted to closely reading literary works of Spanish Golden Age Literature, emphasizing the presence (or lack) of love elements within the Spanish Canon. Texts from poetry will be carefully analyzed, and in studying them serious considerations will be given to matters of both content and structure as well as the relationship between poetry and its historic and cultural determinations. Because of this, the design of this course implies a focus on Critical Thinking through acquiring a blend of theoretical concepts and practical applications.
Directed study offers graduate students, who because of unusual circumstances may be unable to register for a course when offered, the opportunity to complete an existing course with an established syllabus under the direction and with agreement from a faculty member. variable credits.
