34 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 I1
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:3,Recitation:1Beginning language skills, with practice of points of grammar, through listening, speaking, reading and writing, in the context of Hispanic cultures. SPAN 101 is prerequisite to SPAN 102.
Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:3,Recitation:1Continues development of basic language skills, with practice of points of grammar, in the context of Hispanic culture. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 or two years of Spanish in high school.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3,Recitation:1Through grammar review and the development of new linguistic skills, in the context of Hispanic cultures, students reach intermediate competency in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 102 or three years of secondary school Spanish.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3,Recitation:1Review of grammar and development of new linguistic skills and cultural competency to reach high-intermediate level in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 103 or four years of secondary school Spanish.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3,Recitation:1Moving from intermediate toward advanced proficiency, this course offers a review of grammar, reading, writing and discussion about cultural texts with a focus on topics specific to the professions (business, health, education, law). Prerequisites: SPAN 105 with a minimum grade of D or five years of secondary school Spanish.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3,Recitation:1Students demonstrating high-intermediate skills progress toward advanced language proficiency. Reading, discussion and writing about brief literary or cultural texts advances cultural competency. Prerequisite: SPAN 105 or five years of secondary school Spanish.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3,Recitation:1Advanced study and practice to enhance oral and written proficiency. A variety of texts and media, including literature, film and internet sources provide a point of departure for class discussion and written assignments. Prerequisite: SPAN 207 or six years of Spanish.
SPAN 230Early Modern Spain: Literatures & Cultures1
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Introduction to Spanish literatures and cultures from Middle Ages through the Eighteen Century. Prerequisite: SPAN 208.
SPAN 231Pre-Columbian & Colonial Latin America: Literatures & Cultures1
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Introduction to Latin American literatures and cultures from the Pre-Columbian period through Latin American Independence. Prerequisite: SPAN 208.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Introduction to Spanish literatures and cultures from the nineteenth century through the contemporary period. Prerequisite: SPAN 208.
SPAN 233Modern & Contemporary Latin America: Literature & Cultures1
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3Introduction to Latin American literatures and cultures from the Latin American Independence through the contemporary period. Prerequisite: SPAN 208.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3Introduction to phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and dialects of the Spanish language. Prerequisite: SPAN 208.
Offered Both Fall and Spring,Topics course; Lecture hours:3Guides students in their experience of life and culture in Spain, and fosters their reflection on the cross-cultural learning experience. Only offered in the Bucknell en España program.
Offered Occasionally,Topics course; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableGiven in English, this course will treat different topics of Spanish and Latin American civilization from year to year. Prerequisite: SPAN 208.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3Advanced students/prospective teachers explore the interface between linguistics and actual language use by native Spanish speakers through analysis of morphology, syntax and semantics. Prerequisite: SPAN 208.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3Taught in English. This course focuses on issues of cultural identity within the literary and some film production of Latinx peoples living in the U.S. Prerequisite: SPAN 208.
Offered Occasionally,Topics course; Lecture hours:Varies; RepeatableSubject to be selected by student in consultation with the instructor. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Prerequisite: SPAN 208.
Offered Occasionally,Topics course; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableDeals with a different aspect of the literature or culture of Spanish-speaking peoples each time it is given. Prerequisite: SPAN 208.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3Introduction to morphology, syntax, semantics and discourse analysis with particular attention to the problems faced by the non-native learner of Spanish. Prerequisites: two courses at 200-level beyond SPAN 208.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableSpanish literature of the 19th and 20th centuries. Course will be devoted to a different major author, movement, or genre each time it is given. Prerequisites: two courses at 200-level beyond SPAN 208.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableArt and theory of the short story in Latin America. Topics include Colombian Short Stories, Stories by Women Writers, Children's Stories. Prerequisites: two courses at 200-level beyond SPAN 208.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3This course examines the memory of the Spanish Civil War in the narrative and film from the 1940s to the present. Prerequisites: two courses at the 200-level beyond SPAN 208.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3This course examines the portrayal of pirates and piracy in texts from a variety of genres from the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Hispanic world. Drawing on theoretical and historical readings, the course reflects on the philosophical, sociological, legal, scientific and religious premises of piracy. Prerequisite: two 200-level courses beyond SPAN 208.
Offered Occasionally,Topics course; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableAdvanced study of topics or issues in Hispanic Linguistics. Prerequisites: two 200-level courses beyond SPAN 208.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3This course examines key works of fiction and film at the light of cultural, social and political changes undergone in Spain since 1975. Prerequisites: two 200-level courses beyond SPAN 208.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3A study of cities in Latin America. We will explore issues that include the environment, cultural production, socio-political concerns and historical contexts for the cities we study. Prerequisites: two courses at 200-level beyond SPAN 208.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3This class explores contemporary canonical and non-canonical Latin American narratives whose aesthetics deal with traumatic/violent experiences. Holocaust Studies, Trauma Theory and Psychoanalysis inform the readings and discussions focusing on the ways literature responds to certain social and cultural crisis in the region. Prerequisites: two 200-level courses beyond SPAN 208.
Offered Occasionally,Topics course; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableThese courses will deal with topics in Spanish literature on an advanced level. Prerequisites: two 200-level courses beyond SPAN 208.
Offered Occasionally,Topics course; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableThese courses will deal with topics in Latin American literature on an advanced level. Prerequisites: two 200-level courses beyond SPAN 208.
Offered Occasionally,Topics course; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableThis course will deal with different topics in the civilization of Spain on an advanced level. In Spanish. Prerequisites: two 200-level courses beyond SPAN 208.
Offered Occasionally,Topics course; Lecture hours:3; RepeatableThis course will deal with different topics in the civilization of Latin America on an advanced level. In Spanish. Prerequisites: two 200-level courses beyond SPAN 208.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3This course will deal with Spanish civilization and examines a variety of topics--politics, gender, regional identities, etc.--through the lens of popular culture. Possible course themes include Spanish soccer, comics and graphic novels, and food. Prerequisites: two 200-level courses beyond SPAN 208.
Offered Occasionally,Topics course; Lecture hours:VariesSubject to be selected by student in consultation with the instructor. Prerequisites: two 200-level courses beyond SPAN 208 and permission of the instructor.
Offered Occasionally,Topics course; Lecture hours:VariesFor selected seniors, who will be supervised in individual work. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.