54 courses with the subject SPAN, 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.
SPAN 101Elementary Spanish I4
Pronunciation, grammar essentials, conversation and reading. Three class hours a week with professor plus bi-weekly sessions with lab instructor for additional speaking practice and cultural engagement. Minimal introduction to history and culture of hispanophone countries. For admission into SPAN 102 , students must have completed 101, or its equivalent, with a minimum grade of C-. Every semester.
Pronunciation, grammar essentials, conversation and reading. Three class hours a week with professor plus bi-weekly sessions with lab instructor for additional speaking practice and cultural engagement. Minimal introduction to history and culture of hispanophone countries. For admission into SPAN 203
SPAN 101 with C- or better. Every semester. (4 Credits)
SPAN 110Accelerated Beginning Spanish5
Accelerated Beginning Spanish meets the goals of Elementary Spanish I and II ( SPAN 101 and SPAN 102 ) in one semester. It covers pronunciation, grammar essentials, conversation and reading. This course is appropriate for students with prior experience in Spanish or another language and for students who are highly self-motivated and/or able to learn foreign languages quickly. Successful completion allows enrollment in Intermediate Spanish I ( SPAN 203 ) or Accelerated Intermediate Spanish ( SPAN 220 ). Students will not receive credit for this course if they have previously taken or been awarded credit for SPAN 101 or SPAN 102 . Three class hours a week plus two hours of tutorial.
Permission of instructor. For admission into SPAN 203 or SPAN 220 , students must have completed 110, or its equivalent, with a minimum grade of C-. Offered occasionally. (5 Credits)
SPAN 151Caribbean Literature and Culture: Aesthetics of Resistance4
Cross-Listed as LATI 151 Explore literary, visual and musical expressions of resistance against colonialism and neocolonialism in the Caribbean, and examine street performance as a means of redefining public space and creating community. Students will learn about the tensions between culture and capital. Offered as a First Year Course only. Occasionally.
Intermediate Spanish extends and deepens awareness and use of linguistic functions in Spanish. Three class hours a week with professor plus bi-weekly sessions with lab instructor for additional speaking practice and cultural engagement. Formal introduction to history and culture of Hispanophone countries. For admission into SPAN 204
SPAN 203 , or its equivalent, with a grade of C- or better. Every semester. (4 Credits)
SPAN 220Accelerated Intermediate Spanish
Accelerated Intermediate Spanish meets the goals of Intermediate Spanish I ( SPAN 203 ) and Intermediate Spanish II ( SPAN 204 ) in one semester. It extends and deepens awareness and use of linguistic functions in Spanish, and it introduces the history and culture of Hispanophone countries. This course is designed for students who have successfully completed SPAN 102 or SPAN 110 , or have tested in at the intermediate level on the placement test. Three class hours per week plus two hours of tutorial. Successful completion with a minimum grade of C- allows enrollment in SPAN 305
SPAN 102 or SPAN 110 or an equivalent earned with a minimum grade of C-, and permission of instructor. Students will not receive credit for this course if they have previously taken or been awarded credit for SPAN 203 and/or SPAN 204 . Offered occasionally. (5 Credits)
SPAN 294Topics Course4
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing.
SPAN 204 or SPAN 220 with a minimum grade of C-, or permission of instructor. Every semester. (4 Credits)
SPAN 306Spanish for Heritage Speakers4
This course is designed for heritage learners of Spanish: those who grew up speaking Spanish at home, with extended families and in their communities. These students are comfortable speaking Spanish, but their literacy in it was not necessarily developed by formal schooling. Leaning on all of their previous experience with the language, the course seeks to enrich and complement the students’ linguistic repertoire by further developing their communicative abilities, both verbal and written, especially in an academic context. Class content will focus on Latin America and the U.S. Latinx population. Students will gain increased confidence in the language and will strengthen their identity as bilinguals and abilities to interact with a more diverse group of speakers, pursue higher-level courses and/or apply this knowledge in their professional endeavors, inside or outside the United States. This course is the equivalent to SPAN 305 for those interested in the Spanish major or minor. (Students cannot earn credit for both 305 and 306).
SPAN 305 or SPAN 306 (though SPAN 307 recommended) and another 300-level Spanish course, or consent of the instructor. Generally taught alternate years. (4 Credits)
SPAN 305 or SPAN 306 , and another 300-level Spanish course or consent of the instructor. SPAN 309 recommended. Generally taught alternate years. (4 Credits)
SPAN 309 or consent of the instructor. Generally taught alternate years. (4 Credits)
SPAN 382Constructing the Nation4
The course focuses on the critical analysis of national stereotypes in literature and in other forms of cultural representation known in many languages as Imagology. The course examines the role that textual artifacts have played in shaping the modern image of the Hispanic nations. These texts are sometimes canonical, highbrow manifestations such as novels, poems, or essays. More often though, they are stereotypes or symbols ingrained in the collective psyche of both the Hispanic and the non-Hispanic people: “toreros,” “gitanas,” “gauchos/as,” “guitarras,” “sombreros,” “flamenco,” “samba,” “salsa,” “fútbol,” and many more. As cultural myths, their representational power has proven to be incredibly enduring beyond the time of their formation. This course satisfies the Area 2 requirement for the Spanish major.
The senior seminar is a capstone course that explores in depth a shifting field of topics. It helps students relate the subjects they have studied in their major field and assists students in demonstrating their familiarity with Hispanic cultures and in methods of analysis and presentation, culminating in the preparation and presentation of a major research project. It is primarily a discussion course that relies heavily on individual as well as collective effort. Required for Spanish majors. Category varies.
