38 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 101Spanish for Beginners I3
An introduction to the four basic skills with emphasis on speaking and comprehending spoken Spanish. The course also provides an introduction to the culture of Spanish-speaking peoples. Three instructional hours plus one hour of laboratory practice. For students with little or no background in Spanish or with only one year of high school Spanish. Placement Exam required.
An introduction to the four basic skills with emphasis on speaking and comprehending spoken Spanish. The course also provides an introduction to the culture of Spanish-speaking peoples. Three instructional hours plus one hour of laboratory practice. For students with little or no background in Spanish or with only one year of high school Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 or Placement Exam required. Not intended for Spanish language heritage students.
An intensive review of Spanish and further development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills through extensive use of audio and visual aids. Three instructional hours plus one hour of laboratory practice. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 and SPAN 102 or a minimum of two years of high school Spanish. Placement Exam required. Not intended for Spanish language heritage students.
An intensive review of Spanish and further development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills through extensive use of audio and visual aids. Three instructional hours plus one hour of laboratory practice. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 and SPAN 102 or SPAN 201 or Placement exam required. Not intended for Spanish language heritage students.
Intensive practice of writing skills through the use of aural and written materials. Review of grammar. Three instructional hours plus one hour of laboratory practice. Offered every year. Prerequisite: Placement Exam required.
Intensive practice in oral skills through extensive use of aural and written materials. Review of grammar. Three instructional hours plus one hour of laboratory practice. Offered every semester. Prerequisite: SPAN 203 or Placement Exam required. Not intended for Spanish native or heritage speakers.
An introduction to the basic grammatical and syntactical structures of Spanish. Offered only in the Manhattan University Madrid Program. Prerequisite: Placement Exam required.
A course designed to improve the student's command of Spanish through readings and discussions on a particular subject of interest to the student or related to a course the student is currently taking. Offered upon the request of the student. Course may be repeated up to 3 times. Placement Exam required.
An intensive beginning course with emphasis on basic elements of grammar, vocabulary, reading, and conversation for students who learned Spanish in the home environment and understand basic conversation but need to improve their oral and written communication skills. The course also provides an introduction to the culture and civilization of Spanish-speaking peoples. Prerequisite: Placement Exam required.
SPAN 222Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Students I3
A course designed for students who have learned Spanish in the home environment but need formal training to improve their communication skills. The course also provides an introduction to the culture and civilization of Spanish-speaking peoples. For Latinos/as and native speakers only. Prerequisite: Placement Exam required.
SPAN 223Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Students II3
A course designed for students who have learned Spanish in the home environment but need formal training to improve their communication skills. The course also provides an introduction to the culture and civilization of Spanish-speaking peoples. For Latinos/as and native speakers only. Prerequisite: Placement Exam required.
Song lyrics of the rich and diverse musical traditions of Spanish-speaking peoples will serve as a basis for studying the Spanish language as well as aspects of Hispanic culture.
Spanish conversation and composition as well as Hispanic civilization are studied through the viewing of films from Spain and Spanish America. Three instructional hours.
This course aims to introduce students to the practice of translation from Spanish to English and vice versa. The course will focus on contrasting English and Spanish grammatical, syntactical, and stylistic problems as well as vocabulary, thus affording students a deeper understanding of the Spanish language.
Study of literary genres and principles of literary analysis through readings of representative Spanish and Spanish-American authors. This course provides the necessary training to do advanced work in literature. Required for all Spanish majors in Arts and Science and Dept. of Education.
A course designed to develop conversational skills using vocabulary and structures relevant to communication between health personnel and their clients.
An introduction to the modern terminology used in the business world. The course includes a review of major grammatical structures as well as a discussion of cultural factors that may affect commercial transactions.
An advanced course designed to further develop the student's command of Spanish through readings and discussions on a particular subject of interest to the student related to a course the student is currently taking. Offered upon the request of the student. Course may be repeated up to 3 times.
The major issues that have affected Spain are explored through film, art, and the reading of historical and literary texts. The course has a strong emphasis on discussion. Required for Spanish majors in the Dept. of Education.
The major issues that have affected Spanish America are explored through film, art, and the reading of historical and literary texts. The course has a strong emphasis on discussion. Required for Spanish majors in the Dept. of Education.
The Spanish Caribbean's history and culture from 1492 to the present will be explored through art, film, music, and the reading and analysis of literary as well as journalistic and historical texts. Strong emphasis on reading, writing and discussion.
A survey of the great writers and literary movements of the Spanish-speaking world together with an introduction to the analysis of literary texts. Required for all Spanish majors in Arts and Science and Dept. of Education and highly recommended for minors.
A survey of the great writers and literary movements of the Spanish-speaking world together with an introduction to the analysis of literary texts. Required for all Spanish majors in Arts and Sciences and Dept. of Education and highly recommended for minors.
An introduction to the analysis of poetry through the study of the great poets of the Spanish language such as Garcilaso, St. John of the Cross, Gongora, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Becquer, Marti, Dario, Jimenez, Machado, Mistral, Lorca, Vallejo, and Neruda.
SPAN 424The Modern Novel in Spain and Spanish America3
A survey of the development of modern fiction from the great nineteenth-century Spanish Realists (Galdós and Clarín) to the Latin American “Boom” (Asturias, García Márquez, Carpentier, Fuentes, Vargas Llosa, et al.).
A study of the development of the short narrative forms in Spanish America in relationship to the social, political, and historical reality. Readings from the works of Quiroga, Borges, Garcia Marquez, Cortazar, Fuentes, Vargas Llosa, Rulfo and Donoso.
Modalities of portrayal of female protagonists by male and female writers from the 19th century to the present with emphasis on the reinterpretation of the role of women within the new social-political reality of the Hispanic world.
