SPA

Subject

SPA

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.farmingdale.edu

A beginning course in Spanish emphasizing the gradual development of the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing with stress on communicative competence and cultural awareness. Note: Students who have completed SPA 140, SPA 145, or SPA 147 may not receive credit for SPA 141. This course is equivalent to SPA 140, 145, and 147. Course Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer Credits: Credits:3 (3,0)

Subject

SPA

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.farmingdale.edu

A continuation of Spanish 141 emphasizing the gradual development of the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing with stress on communicative competence and cultural awareness. NOTE: Students who have completed SPA 146 may not receive credit for SPA 142. This course is equivalent to SPA 146. NOTE: Language courses must be taken in sequential and prerequisite order. Students completing SPA 243 cannot go back to complete a lower level SPA course. Prerequisite(s): 2 or 3 years of high school Spanish or SPA 140 or SPA 141 or SPA 145 or SPA 147. Course Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer Credits: Credits:3 (3,0)

Subject

SPA

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.farmingdale.edu

A beginning course in Spanish for people working or planning to work in the medical or allied medical field. The course emphasizes the gradual development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing with a focus on communicative competence and cultural awareness. Course content includes material related to different situations medical personnel encounter in their work. A valuable course for those planning to work in New York City or Long Island. NOTE: Students who have completed SPA 140, SPA 141 , or SPA 147 may not receive credit for SPA 145. Course Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Credits: Credits:3 (3,0)

Subject

SPA

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.farmingdale.edu

Continuation of SPA 145 with a focus on material and situations encountered in medical and allied medical fields. SPA 145 is a preferred prerequisite but not required. For students who haven't taken SPA 145, review of basic medical vocabulary available in course materials is strongly recommended. Note: Students who have completed SPA 142 cannot receive credit for SPA 146. This course is equivalent to SPA 142. Prerequisite: 3 or more years of high school Spanish or SPA 140, SPA 141, SPA 145, or SPA 147. Course Offered: Fall, Summer Credits: Credits:3 (3,0)

Subject

SPA

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.farmingdale.edu

This is a beginning language course which covers basic linguistic structures of Spanish. The course differs from the traditional academic course only in its emphasis on developing vocabulary useful for careers in business, economics, or finance. Both oral and written communication skills will be developed. The course contains realistic dialogues focusing on business themes. Practical application of new structures is provided by vocabulary enrichment, role-playing situations, and other communicative activities. In addition, appropriate supplementary readings and practice in writing business letters, memos, and reports will be provided. Note: Students who have completed SPA 140, SPA 141, or SPA 145 may not receive credit for SPA 147. This course is equivalent to SPA 140, 141 and 145. Course Offered: Fall, Winter, Summer Credits: Credits:3 (3,0)

Subject

SPA

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.farmingdale.edu

Continuation of SPA 147. Prerequisite(s): 3 or more years of high school Spanish or SPA 140 or 141 or 147. Course Offered: Summer Credits: (3,0)

Subject

SPA

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.farmingdale.edu

A continuation of Spanish 142 for students who have had 2 or 3 years of high school Spanish. This course emphasizes the gradual development of the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing with stress on communicative competence and cultural awareness. A literary and cultural reader will be introduced. NOTE: Language courses must be taken in sequential and prerequisite order. Students completing SPA 243 cannot go back to complete a lower level SPA course. Prerequisite(s): SPA 142 or SPA 146 Course Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Credits: (3,0)

Subject

SPA

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.farmingdale.edu

For those students that have taken SPA 243 of four or more years of high school Spanish. This course emphasizes structural review, intensified practice in oral expression with increased emphasis on reading and writing skills. Continued attention will be given to contemporary Spanish culture. Selections from Spanish and Latin American authors will be read. Prerequisite(s): SPA 243 Course Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Credits: (3,0)

Subject

SPA

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.farmingdale.edu

This course is designed to strengthen the linguistic ability of students of Hispanic background, born or educated in the United States, who speak Spanish at home and lack a formal knowledge of the language. All four skills - comprehension, speaking, reading and writing are highlighted but emphasis is given to reading, writing and vocabulary. Cultural, social and literary insights of the Hispanic world. NOTE: Language courses must be taken in sequential and prerequisite order. Students completing SPA 250 cannot go back to complete a lower level SPA course. Prerequisite(s): Native or near native command of Spanish. Course Offered: Fall, Summer Course Index • 2026- Credits: Credits:3 (3,0)

Subject

SPA

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.farmingdale.edu

This course is an upper intermediate level course for students who are already proficient speakers of Spanish and have formal knowledge to the language. The course emphasizes the mastery of writing, reading, and oral communication skills, with particular attention given to the issues of Anglicism and interference of English, code switching, vocabulary building, orthography, and reading comprehension. Students will write compositions, make oral presentations and read materials of a cultural/literary nature, emphasizing the relationship between the culture of the United States and Hispanic culture. Prerequisite(s): SPA 244 Credits: (3,0)

Subject

SPA

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.farmingdale.edu

An advanced conversation/composition course with intensive practice in oral and written Spanish. Selected representative works of Spanish authors will be read. Because the course deals mainly with Spanish fiction, emphasis will be given to familiarizing the student with this narrative in order to explore the connection between language and style as well as the literary trends and the social and cultural contexts of the periods for comparison and contrast. Prerequisite(s): 4 or more years of high school Spanish or SPA 244. Course Offered: Fall, Summer Credits: (3,0)

Subject

SPA

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.farmingdale.edu

An advance conversation composition course with intensive practice in oral and written Spanish. Selected representative works of Spanish American fiction will be read. Because the course deals mainly with Spanish American fiction, emphasis will be given to familiarizing the student with this narrative in order to explore the connection between language and style as well as the literary trends and the social and cultural context of the periods for comparison and contrast. Prerequisite(s): 4 or more years of high school Spanish or SPA 301. Course Offered: Fall, Summer Credits: (3,0)

Subject

SPA

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.farmingdale.edu

In this course, representative Spanish and Latin American movies that cover periods from Romanticism to contemporary times will be analyzed, viewed and discussed. Films will be chosen to discuss social, philosophical, political and identity problems as well as its interpretation according to the artistic vision and directors' achievements and goals. Theory and history of film genres of Spain and Latin America cinema will be studied. Note: This course will be taught in Spanish only. Students taking this course cannot receive credit for MLG 302. Prerequisite(s): Permission from this department chair or SPA 302. Course Offered: Summer Credits: (3,0)

Subject

SPA

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.farmingdale.edu

Civilization course: Provides a general perspective on the formation of the Latin American Culture through the centuries, with special emphasis on Spanish America. In parallel form, historical and cultural evolution of the New World and the Iberian Peninsula will be studied from their beginnings up to the present. Among other aspects, the course will give special attention to the rich multicultural heritage which has been maintained in Latin America through the centuries, as well as its achievements in Art and Literature. Note: This course will be taught in Spanish only. Students taking this course cannot receive credit for MLG 305. Prerequisite(s): Permission from this department chair or SPA 302. Course Offered: Fall, Summer Credits: (3,0)

Subject

SPA

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.farmingdale.edu

This course focuses on the works of major Latin-American women writers from the 17th to the 20th century. We will analyze poems, short stories and novels and how women have been portrayed in literature. The theoretical approach to this class will be based on contemporary feminist critics. We will study the works of the first 17th century Mexican feminist writer, The Nun, Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz, as well as the works of Elena Poniatowska, Julia Alvarez and Laura Ezquivel among others. Note: This course will be taught in Spanish only. Students taking this course cannot receive credit for MLG 310. Prerequisite(s): Permission from this department chair or SPA 302. Course Offered: Fall Credits: (3,0) 2027 College Catalog • Page 289

Subject

SPA

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.farmingdale.edu

An introduction to different literary movements reflected in Latin American Short Stories in translation during the 20th Century. The emphasis will be the lyrical basis of the realistic, surrealistic and supernatural elements in the stories of Latin American Writers. Modern women writers' esthetics and poetic sensitivity as well as humor and sarcasm will be included in both the observation of individual psychology and tales of the absurd. Summarizing, and using Anderson Imbert's three basic definitions, the focus of this course will be a) reality (realism); b) the supernatural (literature of the fantastic); c) the strange (magic realism). Note: Course will be taught in Spanish only. Students taking this course cannot receive credit for MLG 312. Prerequisite(s): Permission from this department chair or SPA 302. Course Offered: Summer Credits: (3,0)

Subject

SPA

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.farmingdale.edu

Study of Spain, a multicultural and multilingual nation, not as a homogenous entity, but rather as a heterogeneous tapestry of various cultures and languages. The corpus of cultural texts studied will be derived from the realms of literature, film, architecture, music and the visual arts. They will be analyzed within their socio-historical context, as well as their aesthetic value. An integral component of the course will be the required trip to Spain (during spring break) to visit historical sites, works of art and architecture studied in the course. Note: This course will be taught in Spanish only. Students taking this course cannot receive credit for MLG 315. Prerequisite(s): Permission from this department chair or SPA 302. Course Offered: Fall Credits: (3,0)

Subject

SPA

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.farmingdale.edu

The development of Latino literature and culture in the United States, with emphasis on the 20th century. Major writings of Mexican, Cuban, Dominican Republican, Puerto Rican and other Latinos will be analyzed in relation to each group's particular experience and its relation to main stream society. Particular attention given to how gender, race, ethnicity, and class interaction affects the formation of the diverse cultural experience of the U.S Latino. Note: This course will be taught only in Spanish. Students taking this cannot receive credit for MLG 320. Prerequisite(s): Permission from this department chair or SPA 302. Credits: (3,0)

Subject

SPA

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalog.farmingdale.edu