8 courses with the subject SPA, 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.
SPA 101ELEMENTARY SPANISH I3
This course is a proficiency-based course designed to provide a functional elementary foundation in basic communication skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing in Spanish, as well as an introduction to the Hispanic cultures. (Fall, Summer)
This course is a continuation of SPA 101 and is a proficiency-based course designed to develop basic communication skills in both oral and written Spanish. Prerequisite: SPA 101 or the equivalent. (Spring, Summer)
This course is a proficiency-based course designed to review essential structures in further detail and to improve the student’s ability in speaking, listening, reading, and writing in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPA 102 or the equivalent. (Fall, Summer on demand)
This course is a continuation of SPA 201 and is a proficiency-based course designed to review essential structures in further detail and to improve the student’s ability in speaking, listening, reading and writing in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPA 201 or the equivalent. (Spring, Summer on demand) 2024-2025 Academic Catalog 243 UNDERGRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
This course is designed to develop advanced oral comprehension skills and intermediate-to-high-level speaking proficiency in Spanish through readings and discussion on social and cultural topics as well as contribute to the conversation on topics related to daily life, as stated in the 2012 ACTFL Speaking Proficiency Guidelines. Prerequisite: SPA 202 or the equivalent. (Fall, Summer on demand)
This course provides preparation in writing skills and exercise in key elements of grammar through the development of reading comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and compositions on assigned topics. A review of basics covered in previous courses and the introduction of more challenging grammatical structures in Spanish will lead to practical application in composition assignments. Writing- emphasis course. Prerequisite: SPA 301
SPA 304HISPANIC CULTURE THROUGH LITERATURE AND FILM3
This course is intended for students who want to broaden their understanding of the Hispanic culture. Students will be exposed to selected films, short stories, and other artistic works that cover topics concerning life and culture, as well as social and political issues that are relevant to the Hispanic community in the United States. This course is taught in English and fulfills a Cultural Diversity requirement for the WE. Students pursuing the minor in Spanish will meet with the instructor for additional sessions of discussions conducted in Spanish and will be required to write blogs and final paper in Spanish. Prerequisite: ENG 102
This course focuses on the main writers, trends, stylistic periods, and artistic movements in Spain and in Spanish America set against a broad background of cultural, socio-political, and historical developments since 1600. Among the selections are works from Siglo de oro español, colonial literature, neo-classicism, the romantics, the modernistas, the avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s, post-war Spain, and the Latin American boom and post-boom. Writing-emphasis course. 244 2024-2025 Academic Catalog DERGRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS