23 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.
Provides students with basics of Hispanic cultures and histories through colors, images and sounds from daily life, dance and music, film and painting, literature and theater, and other forms of fine arts, folk arts and popular arts. Taught in English. No prerequisite.
This course is designed for the student without previous knowledge of Spanish who wishes to achieve a command of language fundamentals. Acquisition of speech skills in the classroom is reinforced in the language laboratory. Progressively greater emphasis is placed on reading and writing.
This course is for the student with a basic knowledge of Spanish who desires to achieve a command of language fundamentals and culture. The acquisition of speech skills in the classroom is reinforced in the language laboratory. Progressively greater emphasis is placed on reading and writing.
This course reviews the essentials of Spanish grammar and culture through intensive oral and written practice to facilitate the use of Spanish grammar and to develop the use of words and expressions accepted throughout the Spanish-speaking world.
A critical study of representative Hispanic literary works emphasizing themes relevant to all cultures. Taught in English.
This course reviews the essentials of Spanish grammar and culture through intensive oral and written practice to facilitate the use of Spanish grammar and to develop the use of words and expressions accepted throughout the Spanish-speaking world.
Taught in English, this course will provide students with a basic knowledge of Hispanic culture, history and civilization within the U.S. An emphasis will be placed on comparing the cultures and values of Hispanic societies among themselves as well as to those of non-Hispanics in the U.S.
This course focuses on the applied aspects of the Spanish language in a law enforcement context. Significant emphasis will be on practical exercises such as arrest situations, assisting victims of crimes, conducting searches, undertaking criminal interviews and interrogations, reading Miranda rights, and understanding Hispanic culture.
This course focuses on the applied aspects of the Spanish language in a business and international trade context. Significant emphasis will be on practical communicative activities that involve business scenarios, learning about business integrity and values that are recognized in the Hispanic community.
This course focuses on the applied aspects of the Spanish language in a health care context. Significant emphasis will be on practical vocabulary such as obtaining patient information, evaluating patients, conducting physical examinations, explaining diagnoses, implementing and explaining treatment.
This course focuses on the applied aspects of the Spanish language in a social work context. Significant emphasis will be on practical vocabulary such as obtaining client information, evaluating and speaking with clients, financial aid screenings, applying for work permits, issues of child abuse and parents, physical injuries, and disabilities.
This course focuses on the applied aspects of the Spanish language in teacher education. Significant emphasis will be on practical vocabulary such as communicating with parents and students, classroom management, managing behavioral issues, teaching various subject areas, enforcing school rules, and cooperation between school and parent.
Students will apply skills in Spanish language and cultures to professional community contexts. Students will develop and complete a project related to their academic field of interest and will complete a capstone research project related to the specific project selected.
Students acquire a command of the Spanish language and the ability to communicate by listening, speaking, reading, and writing. There is intense practice in conversation, composition, and phonetics based on modern prose, as well as on natural spontaneous speech models, including colloquialisms.
A study of representative short stories by Spanish and Latin American writers. All readings and oral and written discussion in English or Spanish as needed.
Introduces the Spanish phonetic and phonological systems. Includes a comparative analysis between English and Spanish, and among major variations of the Spanish language spoken across Europe and the Americas. Introduces corrective phonetics. Provides basic knowledge and skills to navigate through the diverse Spanish-speaking world.
This course, taught in English, will examine major Spanish and Latin American films with English subtitles. It offers a special and important perspective to approach the contemporary history and culture of Hispanic countries.
Reviews basic translation theory and introduces advanced translation techniques. Includes Spanish to English translation as well as English to Spanish.
This course involves the study of the revitalization of today’s Spanish society following the repression of the post-war years. It traces the various faces of that revolution of Spanish culture when the Spaniards decided to forget the war and the desperate state of Spain and focus on new forms of artistic expression. Taught in English.
This course examines the new art and cultural trends of post independence Latin America. It explores the role of painting, music, and literature in the process of construction of a national identity: the “Americanista” ideology. It will study the origins of the romantic movement, which breaks all classical rules. Taught in English.
This course surveys a general introduction to the political, social, and cultural changes in the Mexican society from the pre-Columbian times to the present through art and literature. The course explores the concern that Mexican intellectuals have with social and political issues. Taught in English.
In-depth examination of contemporary Hispanic literature and cultural issues including but not limited to such topics as Hispanic Women Writers, Latino Cultures in the U.S. and relationships between Hispanic nations and the U.S. Course is taught in English.
This course consists of a trip to a Spanish speaking country for two-five weeks with the usual number of semester hours. Students will experience total immersion in the Spanish language and culture in daily life and activities including but not limited to classes, lectures, visits, excursions, etc.
Source: Pennsylvania Western University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
