SPANISH COURSES

 

Annual Student Spanish Study Tour Opportunity

	May Micro 2009 Spanish Study Tour is headed for glorious Costa Rica Students will be immersed in the culture while they learn intermediate Spanish worth six (6) credit hours.
Housing location is on the Pacific side of Costa Rica in a lovely private grouping of homes located steps away from the best surfing beaches in Central America.

 

 

SPAN 1301. Elementary Spanish (first semester) Beginning - grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, listening, speaking, reading and writing.

SPAN 1302. Elementary Spanish (second semester) Continuation - grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Prerequisite: SPAN 1301.

SPAN 2301. Intermediate Spanish (first semester) Beginning - Intensive oral and written
work in Spanish with a grammar review; reading in culture and Spanish and Latin-American
civilizations. Prerequisite: SPAN 1302.

SPAN 2302. Intermediate Spanish (second semester) Continuation - Intensive oral and
written work in Spanish with a grammar review, reading in literature, culture and Spanish civilizations. Prerequisite: SPAN 2301.

SPAN 3300. The Bible in Spanish - Intensive study of various segments of the Bible in
Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 2302.

SPAN 3303. Advanced Grammar and Composition - A review of the major grammatical
structures of the Spanish language, along with advanced concepts of grammar and syntax, to
enhance the student’s knowledge of the written language. Required for all Spanish teaching
certification students. Prerequisite: SPAN 2302.

SPAN 3304. Spanish Culture and Civilization - Survey of the development of culture and
civilization in Spain. Prerequisite: SPAN 2302.

SPAN 3305. Spanish Conversation - A course designed for students coming out of SPAN
2302, or equivalent, to enhance the student’s abilities in speaking through continued acquisition of vocabulary, and through free discussion of assigned topics in Spanish. No student who has graduated from a secondary school (junior high or high school level) in a Spanish-speaking country, or whose native language at the home is Spanish, may receive credit for this course. Approval from the professor is required to take this course. Prerequisite: SPAN 2302.

SPAN 3313. Spanish-American Culture and Civilization - A historical approach to the study
of culture and civilization in Spanish America. Prerequisite: SPAN 2302.

SPAN 3315. Spanish for Law Enforcement - Aids the student in developing practical and
functional Spanish communication skills needed to perform in the field of justice administration, including street Spanish, Spanish of the Southwest, and certain legal terminology. Prerequisite: SPAN 2302.

SPAN 3316. Special Topics in Spanish - Topics vary to include subjects, genres, themes not
exclusively covered in other Spanish language courses; possible topics include The Latin
American Short Story, Contemporary Spanish Novels, Modernism in Spanish Literature. May
be repeated when topics change. Prerequisite: Advanced standing.

SPAN 4302. Literature of Spain - Survey of Spanish literature from its earliest beginnings to
the present. Prerequisite: SPAN 2302.

SPAN 4305. Spanish-American Literature - Survey of Spanish-American Literature from
the discovery of America to the present. Prerequisite: SPAN 2302.

SPAN 4306. Methods of Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language - An overview of current
methods of teaching a foreign language. Required for all Spanish teaching certification students. Prerequisite: SPAN 3303.

SPAN 4307. Latin American Essays - A study of the representative works of Latin American
essayists to expose the students to the proper method of writing essays in Spanish, and to study the intellectual thoughts of the major essayists of Latin America. Prerequisite: SPAN 2302.