22 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 107(Re) Discovering Spanish: Accelerated Basic Spanish. (H), (U) One unit. Did you know that over
4,000 Spanish words derive directly from Arabic? This fast-paced course welcomes students with up to two years of previous high school experience to rediscover the beauty of Spanish at the college level. It is also appropriate for those who wish to discover the language for the first time. Designed for highly motivated learners, the class provides students with solid basic speaking, reading, writing, and comprehension skills. The curriculum covers the fundamentals of Spanish grammar while introducing students to the diverse cultures of Latin America and Spain through interactive exercises, elementary readings, and the visual arts. Prerequisite: 0-2 years of high school instruction or permission of instructor. Students with more than two years of Spanish or native speakers will not receive academic credit for this course. Offered spring semester
SP 108Spanish for Teachers. (H) One unit. This course is specifically designed for students in Elementary
or Secondary education. Classroom activities will revolve around the acquisition of listening, reading, writing, and speaking within the context of an academic setting. Students will participate in role-play, skits and phone conversations that reflect today’s educator's need for communication with students and parents from a diverse Spanish-speaking population. No prerequisite. Not designed for native speakers of Spanish. Offered summer session only, as required.
SP 110Business in the U.S. and Beyond. One Unit. With over 500 million native speakers across the world
Spanish is the fastest growing language in the United States. Meanwhile, Hispanic entrepreneurs and businesses have become a driving force behind the US economy. This course will provide students with basic language training and intercultural role awareness to help them interact with the growing number of Spanish-speaking, business owners and consumers, as well as with the potential business partners in Latin America and Spain. Students will acquire practical communicative skills, technical vocabulary, and valuable cultural insights to better navigate corporate dynamics and Spanish-speaking countries. Activities outside the classroom will include on- site visits to local Hispanic businesses, guest presentations by international speaker via zoom and cultural 214 / 445
SP 111Spanish for Life: Intermediate I. (H), (O), (UU) One unit. After English, Spanish is the most spoken
language in the United States. This class will allow you to enhance your professional opportunities in a variety of fields, prepare you for travel and study abroad, and enrich your life with anew cultural dimension. Designed for students who wish to deepen their basic Spanish skills, an emphasis is placed on the acquisition of advanced speaking skills, proper pronunciation, and effective reading and writing strategies. Students are also exposed to Spanish, Latin American and Latino popular culture. Those who wish to practice the language beyond the classroom will be given the opportunity to volunteer in the Staten Island community and thus establish a personal connection between their language skills and the wider-Spanish speaking world. Prerequisite: none . Native speakers of Spanish will not receive academic credit for this course. Offered fall semester
SP 234Introduction to Spanish Translation. (H), (RR), (WC), (UU) One unit. This course uses translation to
help students consolidate complex grammatical structures and further develop their awareness of the particular subtleties of Spanish. Students will be introduced to the history and theory of translation from Spanish to English and English to Spanish through a variety of texts: newspaper and journal articles, legal and medical documents, letters, advertisements, film subtitles, and literary works. The course includes a final service-learning translation project. Prerequisite: Spanish 232 or equivalent. Offered as required. SP 235 Journalism and Creative Writing in the Hispanic World. (H), (C), (WW), (UU) One Unit. Itis interesting to know that many Latin American and Spanish writers began their professional careers as journalists. Through the study of chronicles and reportage, one can trace some of the most important moments in the social, cultural, political, and intellectual history of Latin America and Spain. Today, canonical Hispanic authors publish op-ed columns in major newspapers around the world. This course focuses on chronicles and reportage written by Spanish and Latin American writers such as José Martí, Gabriel García Márquez, Tomás Eloy Martínez, Alma Guillermoprieto, Rosa Montero, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Antonio Muñoz Molina. Students will also be exposed to various techniques in creative writing as they produce their own chronicles in Spanish. Prerequisites: Spanish 231 or permission of instructor. Open to native speakers of Spanish. Offered as required. SP 241 Spain and its Cultures. (H), (RR), (WC), (UU) One unit. Spain is known for its extraordinary cultural heritage. This course will examine two major topics: the various cultures Spain, and the country’s unique cultural history, from medieval times to the XXI century. Each class will focus on the discussion of specific cultural manifestations of a region or a period, including the study of language ,geography, history, folklore, cuisine, literature, film, architecture, and art. Topics will include the important contributions of Muslims and Jews to Spanish society, the impact of the Spanish Civil War and Francisco Franco’s dictatorship, Spain’s entrance in the European Community, and the country’s role in the XXI century. Students will be given the opportunity to refine their written and oral skills through short essays, class discussions, debates, and oral presentations. Requirements: Spanish 232 or permission of instructor. Open to native speakers of Spanish. Offered as required.
SP 242Untold Stories: Latin American Culture and Civilization. (H), (RR), (WC), (UU) One unit. America is
the name of a whole continent, and not just the United States. This course explores the intimate ties between the history of the United States and the history of Central and Latin American countries. Through the analysis of travel diaries, songs, documentaries, short stories, manifestos, and poems, students will have the opportunity to learn about a wonderful region with a rich cultural heritage that is both connected to and independent of the U.S. 216 / 445
SP 320Topics in Modern Peninsular Prose (H), (RR), (WC), (UU) One unit. In this course, contemporary
peninsular prose will be examined in the context of Spain’s post-Transition era. Topics will include ideological trends in contemporary Spanish society, class and gender politics, national identity, the representation of urban life, and authorial self-fashioning. The works of Javier Marías, Félixde Azúa, Juan José Millás, Enrique Vila- Matas, Belén Gopegui, Antonio Muñoz Molina, Arturo Pérez Reverte, Soledad Puértolas, and Almudena Grandes will be discussed. Prerequisite: Spanish 310 or permission of instructor. Open to native speakers of Spanish. Offered as required.
SP 323Contemporary Hispanic Women Writers. (H), (RR), (WC), (UU) One unit. This course addresses the
cultural, social, and political currents that have changed the works of contemporary Hispanic women writers. Feminist concepts are examined in the works of such authors as Carmen Laforet, Ana María Matute, Carmen Martín Gaite, Soledad Puértolas, María Luisa Bombal, LuisaValenzuela, and Cristina Peri Rossi. Historical, sociological, and artistic documents will also be examined for what they reveal of the changing consciousness of women in Spain and Latin America. This course may be counted toward the Gender Studies minor. Prerequisite: SP 310 or permission of instructor. Open to native speakers of Spanish. Offered as required.
SP 346A Window on Spain: Peninsular Survey. (H), (RR), (WW) One unit. This course offers a chronological
survey of Spanish literature and its cultural history from the Middle Ages to present times focusing on movements such as Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, Surrealism, and Post-modernism. Topics to be explored include the role of women in the Middle Ages, courtly love, food and fashion in the Golden Age, underground theater and literary censorship under the Franco regime, and the latest trends in contemporary Spanish narrative. Authors 217 / 445
SP 351Argentine Literature: Foreigners at Home. (H), (RR), (UU) One unit. This course looks at the major
contributions that Argentine poets, novelists, short story writers, and dramatists have made to world literature. Argentina was not only the first country in Latin America with urban culture but also the place where European modernity erupted. Writers like Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortázar echoed and continued the experiments of modern European literature but gave to that tradition a particularly American perspective. The class includes, but is not limited to works by Borges, Cortázar, Ocampo,Storni, Gambaro, Sábato, Puig, and Timerman among others. It also addresses such issues as politics and censorship, the fantastic in literature, urban and rural conflicts, and gender representations. Prerequisite: SP 310 or permission of instructor. Open to native speakers of Spanish. Offered as required.
SP 352Cities in the Hispanic World. (H) One unit. This course examines the literary representations of
city life in the Spanish speaking world from the nineteenth century to the present. Using an interdisciplinary approach, topics will include the city as a physical and utopian construction, urban and non-urban landscapes, post-war reconstruction, poverty, alienation, immigration, and the ways in which cities occupy and challenge the literary imagination. Cities to be examined include Barcelona, Madrid,Granada, Buenos Aires, Havana, Mexico City, Santiago de Chile, and New York. Prerequisites: Spanish310 or permission of instructors. Open to native speakers of Spanish. Offered as required.
SP 400Senior Reflective Tutorial: Spanish Expository Writing. (H), (RR), (WW), (UU) One unit. Taken
alongside an upper-level Spanish literature, film or culture course, the Senior Learning Community aims to build upon previous language learning to review, refine, develop, and practice language skills to achieve correct and effective expression in Spanish with emphasis on writing. Depending on the nature of the experiential model, students will complete a 15-page research paper or a30-page thesis in Spanish. The first model consists of one hundred hours of supervised work at a cultural institution or in a community organization within the Metropolitan area where students would be actively using their Spanish skills. These students will write a 15-page research paper in Spanish. The second model consists of 30 hours of experiential learning and a 30-page senior thesis in Spanish based on a cultural, literary, or cinematic theme selected by the student. For both models, there will be a formal research paper and a thesis defense at the end of the semester. Prerequisite: Spanish 310 or permission of instructor. Open to native speakers of Spanish. Offered as required.
SP 411Hispanic Drama: Text and Performance. (H), (CC), (R), (UU) One unit. This class involves the close
textual analysis and performance of plays written by some of the most prominent writers in Latin America and Spain. Through close group readings of each play, students will work on improving their pronunciation and intonation as they gain an understanding of some of the main theatrical movements in the Spanish-speaking 218 / 445
SP 412Cloak and Dagger: Cervantes vs. Lope de Vega. (H), (RR), (WC), (UU) One unit. What determines the
popularity of certain works and who reads them? In this course the works of literary rivals Miguel de Cervantes and Lope de Vega are examined in the light of the social and intellectual currents of seventeenth-century Spain. Particular attention is given to the problems of textual reception and the question of canon formation.
