27 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.
This is a beginner's course that emphasizes the acquisition of grammatical structures and vocabulary using the communicative method. Spanish will be the language of instruction. The course focuses on listening comprehension, pronunciation, and cultural knowledge. Students are expected to attend class regularly and participate in all class activities.
A continuation of SPAN 101, which focuses on the active development of listening and reading comprehension, cultural knowledge, and speaking and writing skills taught through the communicative method. Spanish will be the language of instruction. Students will continue to study cultural elements of the Spanish-speaking world. Students are expected to attend regularly and participate in all class activities.
This course is a continuation of SPAN 102 and offers the student an opportunity to reinforce and expand previous learning in grammar, comprehension, oral and written skills, and vocabulary through the communicative method. This course also focuses on giving the student an idiomatic grasp of the language and continues to expose students to a variety of cultural components related to the Spanish-speaking world. SPAN 201 should be taken the semester immediately following SPAN 102.
This intermediate level course is the gatekeeper which will determine if students will be invited to pursue advanced studies in Spanish. Grammar and vocabulary will be taught in context through the reading, listening, viewing, and analysis of cultural production of the Spanish-speaking world. This course will go more in depth in grammatical points in order to help students manipulate them with more precision in written and oral assignments related to the historical, social, and cultural contexts of various Spanish-speaking countries and regions. Oral proficiency is strongly emphasized. A final grade of B+ is required in order to continue toward a major.
This course will emphasize written and oral communication in Spanish for academic purposes. Students will learn to conduct textual analysis and literary criticism through a variety of texts and other forms of cultural production in preparation for upper-level Spanish courses.
In this course, students will acquire a general sense of the history and cultures of what today comprises the Spanish-speaking world. Students will learn about important political and social periods that impacted these regions as a whole (such as the Muslim rule of Spain, the conquest, pre-Columbian civilizations, the colonial period and independence movements in Latin America) as well as focusing on the particulars of a select group of countries. Reading, writing, textual analysis, and formal presentation skills will be emphasized.
This course is designed to advance communicative competency in Spanish by developing fluency in speaking and listening comprehension. In order to do so, students will complete exercises throughout the term to improve diction and pronunciation in Spanish. In addition, students will hold conversations, discussions, debates, and present on topics that cover cultural aspects of the Spanish-speaking world as well as material of general interest. Through these various types of communicative exchanges and topics, students will broaden their vocabulary and practice appropriate language registers for the context: informal, formal, academic. Because the outcome of the course is to improve oral communication in Spanish, students will be required to participate actively and consistently in the target language.
This course is intended to bridge the communication gap between Spanish-speaking populations in the U.S. and the English-speaking individuals that interact with them in various professional fields. The course will focus on developing the oral skills, vocabulary, grammar and cultural knowledge required to better serve Spanish-speaking individuals in one of the following professional settings: healthcare, legal, social services, community or business. The professional field of focus will vary. When possible, this course should be taken in the semester immediately following SPAN 102. Taught in Spanish. When repeated, this course bears the numbers SPAN 241 or SPAN 242.
An in-depth study of a particular movement, period or school in peninsular, Latin American or Latino/a literatures and cultures. Peninsular possible topics: Medieval, Golden Age, Baroque, Realism, Naturalism, Romanticism, Generation of 98, Modernism, Post-Modernism, Contemporary. Latin American possible topics: Barroco de Indias, Colonial Literature, Realism, Romanticism, Novela de la tierra, modernismo, vanguardia, negrismo/negritude, el Boom, magical realism, postmodernism. Latino/a possible topics: Chicano/a literature, Nuyorican Poetry, Migration Literature, Afro-Latino Literature. May be repeated for credit with different content. When repeated, this course bears the numbers SPAN 302 or SPAN 303.
A study of a recurrent theme or specific genre. Possible topics include: National identity, Nationalism, Gender and Sexuality, Space and borders. May be repeated for credit. When repeated, this course bears the numbers SPAN 328 or SPAN 329.
In this course, students will analyze several representative films from Spain, Latin America, and the U.S. by such directors as Bunuel, Almodovar, Gutierrez Alea, Littin, Bemberg, and Solas. Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Robert Rodriguez, Gregory Nava, Pilar Miró, Iciar Bollaín. All films will be studied as social, historical, and cultural texts. Taught in Spanish.
In this course students will be introduced to Translation as Profession, Theory and Practice. Students will explore aspects relating to context and negotiating meaning, audience, register and regionalisms. The course will offer an introduction to translating texts in various contexts and of different types including commercial and financial, legal and political, medical, scientific and technical, literary, cultural and marketing texts.
Project-based course in translation or interpretation done under the supervision of an instructor in a specialized area according to the student's area of interest. Possible specializations include literary, technical, commercial, legal, healthcare, community, or new media translation, as well as healthcare, legal, social services, community or business interpretation. The student must combine the project with an internship or apprenticeship in an appropriate organization, such as a health center, courthouse, international corporation, government or non-governmental agency, publishing house, or school.
A study-abroad program offered by the Spanish section of the language department.
The objective of this course is to introduce students to the writings of philosophers, scientists, and other theorists of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries whose works have influenced the world of literature and literary criticism. In this course, we will read theoretical texts in order to acquire the tools that may enable us to do literary and cultural criticism through the lens of theory. Theory may include: structuralism/post structuralism, deconstruction, gender and queer theory, Critical Race Theory, etc.
An in-depth study of a particular movement, period or school in peninsular, Latin American or Latino/a literatures and cultures. Peninsular possible topics: Medieval, Golden Age, Baroque, Realism, Naturalism, Romanticism, Generation of 98, Modernism, Post-Modernism, Contemporary. Latin American possible topics: Barroco de Indias, Colonial Literature, Realism, Romanticism, Novela de la tierra, modernismo, vanguardia, negrismo/negritude, el Boom, magical realism, postmodernism. Latino/a possible topics: Chicano/a literature, Nuyorican Poetry, Migration Literature, Afro-Latino Literature. May be repeated for credit with different content. When repeated, this course bears the numbers SPAN 402 or SPAN 403.
A study of a recurrent theme or specific genre. Possible topics include: National identity, Nationalism, Gender and Sexuality, Space and borders. May be repeated for credit. When repeated, this course bears the numbers 428 or 429.
In this course, students will analyze several representative films from Spain, Latin America, and the U.S. by such directors as Bunuel, Almodovar, Gutierrez Alea, Littin, Bemberg, and Solas. Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Robert Rodriguez, Gregory Nava, Pilar Miró, Iciar Bollaín. All films will be studied as social, historical, and cultural texts. Taught in Spanish.
Project-based course in translation or interpretation done under the supervision of an instructor in a specialized area according to the student's area of interest. Possible specializations include literary, technical, commercial, legal, medical, community, or new media translation, as well as medical, legal, social services or business interpretation. The student must combine the project with an internship or apprenticeship in an appropriate organization, such as a health center, courthouse, international corporation, government or non-governmental agency, or a publishing house.
A study-abroad program offered by the Spanish section of the language department.
This 1-credit course in preparation for the Senior Project will give students the opportunity to begin work on their thesis topic. Through this class, students will prepare their statements of purpose, bibliographies (including annotated bibliographies), outlines, and various drafts of their thesis before signing up for SPAN 490.
Required of all majors. A thesis or other appropriate work that demonstrates the student's proficiency in Spanish.
Source: Hartwick College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
