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Course Descriptions/Spanish 359
Prerequisites: SPN 1341, 1342, 2313, 2314 or test equivalent and passing score on the Webcape Assessment Exam or SPN 2321
The most important goal of the class is to make your Spanish more native- like. Many students at this level are still speaking a Spanish that is heavily influenced by English or by a more dialectical approach to the language. Many students make the same mistakes over and over without understanding their errors or how to avoid them. By focusing on the nuts and bolts of Spanish, we can identify those problem areas and learn more appropriate patterns. In addition, this course aims to deepen ones love for the Spanish language and peak ones interest in the nature of language itself.
Prerequisites: SPN 1341, 1342, 2313, 2314 or test equivalent and passing score on the Webcape Assessment Exam or SPN 2321
The most important goal of the class is to develop the student's Spanish writing skills. It is important to understand that writing is a process rather than a product that is very much a communicative undertaking, but it is also a solitary one. One must remember that writing is also influenced by grammar. Keeping all of this in perspective, students will learn different writing techniques to better reach their intended purpose for writing and enhance their communicative skills. In addition, this course aims to deepen ones love for the Spanish language and peak ones interest in the nature of language itself.
3328. Advanced Spanish Grammar 3 hours
3340. Advanced Writing in Spanish 3 hours
4301. Spanish Seminar 3 hours
Prerequisite: consent of instructor
Offers the student the opportunity to select an advanced-level area of study exclusive of those offered in other Spanish courses. May be repeated once for credit with consent of instructor.
4302. Special Topics in Spanish Literature 3 hours
Prerequisite: SPN 3301
An in-depth exploration of special topics in the field of Spanish literature, such as Spanish Women Writers: 1900-Present; Post-Civil War Literature; Modernismo and the “Generation of ‘98”; Spanish Romanticism; and the Picaresque Novel.
4303. Special Topics in Spanish-American Literature 3 hours
Prerequisite: SPN 3311
An in-depth exploration of special topics in the field of Spanish American literature, such as the Twentieth-Century Latin American Novel; Indigenismo to Magic Realism; Women Writers of Latin America; Latin American Theater; the Novel of Latin American Social Romanticism; and the Twentieth-Century Latin American Short Story.
4330. Spanish Certification Review 3 hours
Prerequisite: senior standing
The course is designed to review the content area information required for the Spanish TExES exam and the Spanish version of TOPT. This course is divided in two major portions: 1) a review of all content area major courses, and 2) language proficiency reviews for TOPT. To pass this course, students are required to pass Spanish TExES and TOPT practice exams. This is a pass/fail course.
4369. Hispanic American Literature 3 hours
Prerequisite: SPN 1341, 1342, 2313, 2314, or the equivalent
This course explores the literature of Spanish-speaking peoples of the United States, focusing on novels, short stories, poetry, film and essays. Special emphasis is given to Chicano literature and criticism.