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44 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 001Non-Credit Spanish Internship See Catalog

Subject: SP
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 110Spanish I Emphasizes fundamentals of grammar, pronunciation, and language4

production. The development of skills in oral comprehension, speaking, writing and reading are stressed. Note: Students receive H or I credit provided that they have not taken more than two years of the language at the secondary school level. (H, I, SW-GE)

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 120Spanish II Spanish 120 is the second part of a three-semester introductory sequence. Its4

primary goals are to enable students to build their proficiency and attain a broader understanding of Hispanic cultures. Emphasis is placed on the use of the target language in the classroom and the study of culturally authentic materials. Students will achieve greater accuracy with basic language structures. Pre-req: SP110 or placement test. (H, I, CS, SW-GE)

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 125Spanish Immersion 1-Orizaba This course is part of a 4-week summer intensive language3

program in Orizaba (Mexico) and is the continued study of the fundamentals of Spanish grammar, pronunciation, and language production, with particular focus on listening comprehension and speaking.

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu
Prerequisite: SP-120. (H, I, SW-GE)

SP 199Special Topics Allows the department to offer special topics not normally offered1-4

Departments may offer more than one special topic. Prerequisites vary by title.

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 4
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 210Spanish III Spanish 210 is the third part of a three-semester introductory sequence. Its3

primary goals are to enable students to build their proficiency and attain a broader understanding of Hispanic cultures. Emphasis is on the use of the target language and the study of culturally authentic materials. Students will achieve greater accuracy with basic language structures. Pre-req: SP-120 or placement results. (H, I, CS, SW-GE)

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 215Mexican Culture This course, which is part of a 4-week summer intensive language1

program in Orizaba (Mexico), will introduce students to the origin, antecedents, and development of present- day Mexico and will expose them to the diversity of its inhabitants and of their cultural practices and production. Prerequisite: SP-120. Corequisite: SP-125, SP-225 or SP-325. (H, I, SW-GE)

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 1
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 225Spanish Immersion 2-Orizaba An intermediate Spanish language course, which is part of3

a 4-week summer intensive language program in Orizaba (Mexico), that reviews the fundamentals of Spanish grammar, pronunciation, and language production, while providing intensive practice that will enable students to achieve mastery of these basic linguistic elements and to further develop their language proficiency. Special emphasis is placed on listening comprehension and speaking. Prerequisite: SP-210. (H,

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 230Spanish Conversation & Composition

Subject: SP
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 235Intermediate Spanish Grammar This course, which is instructed in Spanish, serves to3

reinforce the fundamental grammar that students have studied previously and to delve more deeply into grammar topics. Students will study grammar rules and guidelines and will also contextualize and understand them through a look at real-world use of language structures. As they study a formal language system, students will use deductive reasoning to predict which forms are correct. They will also work to improve their ability to communicate and interact effectively in Spanish. Intermediate Spanish proficiency is strongly recommended. (Previously titled Intensive Spanish Grammar.) (H, I, WK-FR)

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 238Spanish & CEL in Guatemala 1 Spanish & Community Engaged Learning in Guatemala1

Part 1: In this Community Engaged Learning course sequence (SP-238 and SP-239), students develop a community engaged project aligned with their academic and/or personal interests for an organization in Guatemala during the spring semester course (SP-238) that they then implement during the summer immersion course (SP-239). Completing the SP-238/239 course sequence fulfills the Self & The World-Local Engagement requirement. Requires intermediate Spanish proficiency commensurate with four semesters of college Spanish or equivalent proficiency as determined by instructor. Instructor permission required. NOTE: The total fee for the experience is split between the two courses, with the majority of the fee on the spring semester billing and a $250 administrative fee on the summer term billing.

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 1
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 239Spanish & CEL in Guatemala 2 Spanish & Community Engaged Learning in Guatemala2

Part 2: In this Community Engaged Learning course sequence (SP-238 and SP-239), students develop a community engaged project aligned with their academic and/or personal interests for an organization in Guatemala during the spring semester course (SP-238) that they then implement during the summer immersion course (SP-239). Prerequisite: SP-238. Requires intermediate Spanish proficiency commensurate with four semesters of college Spanish or equivalent proficiency as determined by instructor. Instructor permission required. NOTE: The total fee for the experience is split between the two courses, with the majority of the fee on the spring semester billing and a $250 administrative fee on the summer term billing. (SW-LE)

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 2
Credits (max): 2
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 245Spanish Phonetics & Phonology This course serves as an introduction to the phonetics3

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 250Introduction to Hispanic Literature Emphasizes the development of skill in reading3

Spanish and in literary analysis of selected stories, plays, poems, and essays from Spain and Latin America.

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu
Prerequisite: SP210. (H, I, CS, SW-GE)

SP 255Contemporary Hispanic Short Fiction An intensive introduction to reading and analyzing3

twentieth-century Spanish and Spanish American short narrative. Study of the literary tests enables students to develop a better understanding of and appreciation for Hispanic cultures while continuing to build their Spanish language proficiency. Prerequisite: SP210. (H, I, CS, SW-GE)

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 257Hispanic Pop Culture in Poetry Students will explore poetic expression in popular culture3

music genres, including the corrido, tango, nueva cancion, and reggaeton, as well as works of iconic poets.

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 260Spanish Civilization An introduction to the many facets of Spanish civilization: art, music3

history, literature, philosophy and everyday life. Prerequisite: SP210. (CS, H, I, SW-GE)

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 265Contemporary Spain An intensive introduction to twentieth and twenty- first century3

Spain. Topics to be studied include: Spain's peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy, economic development, and social change. Spain's role in the European Union, mass and elite cultural movements and the challenges facing Spain's younger generation. Prerequisites: SP210. (H, I, CS, SW-GE)

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 271Enrichmnt After-School for Youth-Spanish Through this Local Engagement course3

Juniata students will partner with the Huntingdon Area School District to offer language and culture classes to elementary and middle school students. They will design and deliver after-school course content in a dynamic, fun, after-school program designed to introduce students in grades 3-6 to Spanish and the cultures of Spain and Latin America. The course introduces students to best practices in local engagement, our local community, and the opportunities presented by our community partners. During seven weeks of the class, Juniata Students will teach the twice-a-week lessons at the nearby Standing Stone Elementary School. Must have clearances. (SW-LE)

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 272Spanish for the Healthcare Professions This is a course for students who are interested4

in further developing their Spanish for practice in a healthcare setting. In the course, students will learn colloquial and formal medical vocabulary. They will review intermediate-level grammatical structures and practice how to properly apply these in a healthcare setting. Videos and interviews with Spanish speakers, a Mexican telenovela, and simulated medical situations are just some of the materials used in this intensive course. Students entering the course should have intermediate-level Spanish. It is recommended that they have completed two previous 200-level Spanish courses. (I, SW-GE)

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 273Hispanic Cultures in Film Students will explore various perspectives and practices from3

Hispanic cultures by viewing, interpreting, and critically and creatively analyzing a series of feature films from Spain and Latin America. Spanish will be the language of instruction and classroom activites will be carried out in Spanish so students can continue developing their Spanish language and Hispanic cultural competence. Intermediate Spanish proficiency is strongly recommended. Pre- or co-requisite: FYC-101. (WK-CE)

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 275Art and Activism in Latin America Studies art --literature, film, music, plastic arts, etc3

that denounces social injustice and seeks to trigger fundamental reforms in Latin American societies. Known as arte comprometido or committed art in Latin America, selected violence, economic exploitation, racism, and machismo. The course is conducted in Spanish. Prerequisites: SP210 or by permission of the instructor. (I, H, F, CS, SW-GE)

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 285Introduction to Latin America This course offers students an overview of Latin American3

cultures through the study of their history, geography, literature, and art from the pre-Columbian period to the present. The course is conducted in Spanish. (H, I, CS, SW-GE)

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 299Special Topics Allows the department to offer special topics not normally offered1-4

Departments may offer more than one special topic. Prerequisites vary by title.

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 4
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 300Myth and Magic Realism Explores the richness and diversity of Hispanic cultures through3

the study of texts that range from pre-Columbian myths to recent Latin American films. Emphasis will be

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 301Voice for Voiceless-LA Testimonial Narr The testimonial genre developed in Latin3

America during the 1960s to give voice to the voiceless and bear witness to the world of the marginalized and oppressed. A representative sample of testimonial narratives will be read to examine topics such as the testimonial pact established with readers, social realities represented, processes of textual production, and narrative forms incorporated. Text will be read in English translation and the class will be conducted in English. Prereq: FYC-101 or EN-110 or EN-109. (Previous course title: Latin American Testimonio) (CA, I, H,

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 305Advanced Spanish Conversation & Comp This course is designed to give students3

opportunities to develop and practice their Spanish at the intermediate-high and advanced levels of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines available at www.actfl.org. At the advanced level, speakers can: (a) narrate and describe in all major time frames (present, past and future), (b) handle a situation with a complication, (c) use connective devices and a variety of subordinate clauses, (d) use circumlocution, and (e) address topics of personal and general interest. At the advanced level, one may also demonstrate conceptual awareness or even partial control of superior level functions from the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines (e.g., support opinion, hypothesize, discuss topics concretely and abstractly, and handle a linguistically unfamiliar situation). Prerequisite: SP 230. (I, CW, CS, SW-GE)

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 306Language, Identity & Justice This Spanish-immersive course combines three distinct3-4

yet intertwined components. 1) general Spanish classes through small group tutoring, 2) a survey of Ecuadorian history and culture as related to issues of social justice, and 3) a study of how learning language intersects with our individual and collective identities. NOTE: This is an 'institution of record' course in association with the Pachaysana Institute in Ecuador and is open only to students attending this institution. Instructor permission is required. (Previously titled Ecuador: Language, Culture, and Justice) (SW-GE)

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 4
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 325Spanish Immersion 3-Orizaba A second intermediate Spanish language course, which is3

part of a 4-week summer intensive language program in Orizaba (Mexico), that reviews the fundamentals of Spanish grammar, pronunciation, and language production, exploring the subtleties of features such as preterit-imperfect aspect and the subjunctive mood. Intensive immersion practice will enable students to achieve greater mastery of these elements and to further develop their language proficiency. Prerequisite: SP-230 or SP-235 or SP-245 or SP-250 or SP-255 or SP-260 SP-265 or SP-275 or SP-285. (H, I, SW-GE)

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 345Spanish Phonetics & Phonology This course serves as an introduction to the phonetics3

and phonology of Spanish. The goals of the course include providing students with a theoretical and practical understanding of the system of Spanish sounds, including dialectal variations, as well as strengthening students' Spanish speech in the direction of more native like pronunciation. Prerequisite: Study abroad experience or permission of the instructor. (H, I, CS, SW-GE) SP-355 Contemporary Hispanic Short Fiction (3 credits) Note: Meets with SP255. Additional work is assigned. Prerequisites: SP250 or equivalent and study abroad experience or approval of the instructor. (H, I,

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 355Contemporary Hispanic Short Fiction

Subject: SP
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 357Hispanic Pop Culture in Poetry Students will explore poetic expression in popular culture3

music genres, including the corrido, tango, nueva cancion, and reggaeton, as well as works of iconic poets.

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 365Contemporary Spain

Subject: SP
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 373Hispanic Cultures in Film Students will explore various perspectives and practices from3

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 375Art and Activism in Latin America Studies art --literature, film, music, plastic arts, etc3

that denounces social injustice and seeks to trigger fundamental reforms in Latin American societies. Known as arte comprometido or committed art in Latin America, selected artistic texts treat topics such as political violence, economic exploitation, racism, and machismo. The course is conducted in Spanish.

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu
Prerequisite: SP250 or SP255 or by permission of the instructor. (I, H, F, CS, SW-GE)

SP 385Intro to Latin America This course focuses on the historical, political, intellectual, artistic3

and social aspects of Latin America in order to familiarize students with the main trends in the development of the region. After a review of major historical events, students will explore trends and differences among regions of Latin America. The study focuses on textual readings, but also examines some representative examples of cultural production in the fields of art, literature, music and film. Students should not take this course if they already took SP-285. (I, H, CS, SW-GE)

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 399Special Topics Provides courses not covered by the regular offerings. These are1-4

developed to meet the needs of students of advanced standing.

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 4
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 400Contemporary Spanish American Novel Students continue to develop advanced Spanish3

language and Hispanic cultural proficiency as well as critical thinking skills through the study of contemporary Spanish American novels. Prerequisite: SP250 or SP255 or permission of the instructor. (H, I,

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 401Gender Fiction in Hispanic Literature This course, formerly titled Women in Hispanic3

Fiction, examines gender constructs in works by Latin American and Spanish authors. Among the topics that will be examined are the construction of gender and identity roles, historical spheres of participation for men and women, and the changing definition of such identity markers and roles. The course will focus on a broad historical range of literary works, examining how gender identities are presented in these works through their intersectionality with sexuality, class, race, age, and politics. In addition to the primary texts, students read critical essays on gender and discuss films and podcasts that develop topics parallel to those in the texts.

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu
Prerequisite: SP-250 or SP-255.(Previous Course Title: Women in Hispanic Fiction) (I, H, CW, SW-GE)

SP 404Hispanic Metafiction Metafiction is fiction that, rather than transparent, is opaque. In the3

metafictional moment, the reader looks at rather than through the fictional illusion. As Patricia Waugh writes in Metafiction: The Theory and Practice of Self-Conscious Fiction, Metafictional novels tend to be constructed on the principle of a fundamental and sustained opposition: the construction of a fictional illusion (as in traditional realism) and the laying bare of that illusion. In this course, students engage with the

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 405Cont. Spanish Novel Students continue to develop advanced Spanish language and3

Hispanic cultural proficiency as well as critical thinking skills through study of contemporary Spanish novels.

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu
Prerequisite: SP250 or SP255 or approval of the instructor. (H, I, CS, CW, SW-GE)

SP 420Generation of 1898 In this course. students analyze selected essays, fiction, drama, and3

poetry of this key group of writers who accomplish a major renovation of Spanish thought and literary forms during the early decades of the twentieth century. Prerequisite: SP250 or SP255 or permission of the instructor. (H, I, CS, SW-GE)

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 430Advanced Spanish Grammar This course serves to help advanced students gain a better3

understanding of the meaning of certain grammatical constructions in Spanish by systematically observing and analyzing their use in a variety of communicative contexts. Prerequisite: SP235. (H, I, CS, SW-GE)

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

SP 499Special Topics Allows the department to offer subjects not on the normal schedule1-4

Prerequisites vary by title. SP-INS Independent Study (1-4 credits) See catalog.

Subject: SP
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 4
Credit unit: credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.juniata.edu

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