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Course Descriptions
Spanish (SPAN) Courses
SPAN 1A. Elementary Spanish (4)
Placement test required prior to enrollment. Beginning course in conversational
and written Spanish. Emphasis on reading, writing, listening, speaking, and
culture of Spanish-speaking peoples. (CAN SPAN 2)
SPAN 1B. Elementary Spanish (4)
Placement test required prior to enrollment. Prerequisite: G.E. Foundation
A2. SPAN 1A or permission of instructor recommended. Second semester course
in conversational and written Spanish. G.E. Breadth C2. (CAN SPAN 4)
SPAN 2A. Spanish for Communication (3)
Placement test required prior to enrollment. Prerequisite: G.E. Foundation
A2. Second year course that emphasizes speaking and reading skills. G.E.
Breadth C2. (CAN SPAN 8)
SPAN 2B. Spanish for Communication (3)
Placement test required prior to enrollment.
Prerequisite: G.E. Foundation A2. Open to students with four years of high
school Spanish. G.E. Breadth C2. (CAN SPAN 10)
SPAN 3. Reading and Writing (3)
Prerequisite: G.E. Foundation A2. SPAN 2A or 2B recommended. Opportunity
to increase reading and writing skills in preparation for upper-division
coursework in Spanish. G.E. Breadth C2.
SPAN 4A. Spanish for the Bilingual
Student (3)
Prerequisite: G.E. Foundation A2. For the native speaker of Spanish who has
intensive life experience using the Spanish language. Grammar is stressed,
but speaking, reading, and writing skills are also further developed. G.E.
Breadth C2.
SPAN 4B. Spanish for the Bilingual Student (3)
Prerequisite: G.E. Foundation A2. SPAN 3 or permission of instructor recommended.
For students from a bilingual background who have previous formal study of
Spanish. Emphasis on productive language skills, grammar, advanced reading
comprehension, and culture using peninsular and Latin American texts. G.E.
Breadth C2.
SPAN 5. Spanish for Conversation (3)
Recommended: SPAN 2A or 2B. Emphasis on spoken Spanish; development of oral
fluency through class discussion, conversation games, and vocabulary exercises.
SPAN 8T. Fundamental Skills in Spanish (1-2; max total 4 if no topic repeated)
Instruction in fundamental problems in writing and word usage, such as accentuation,
spelling, and vocabulary. Intended primarily for students who need more work
in specific areas of writing and speaking. CR/NC grading only.
SPAN 10. Spanish
in Context (3 or 6; max total 6)
Recommended: two years of high school Spanish, SPAN 1B or permission of instructor.
Intended for those who are enrolled in our summer study abroad program. Emphasizes
speaking, reading, and cultural interaction with members of the community.
(Summer only)
AREA I. Bilingual Studies
SPAN 106T. Children's Literature in Spanish (3)
Recommended: SPAN 2A, 2B or 4A, 4B. Examination of children's stories, poems,
rhymes, and songs written, composed, or available in Spanish. Practice in
the techniques of storytelling. Dramatizations of children's stories in Spanish.
Presentation of puppet plays.
SPAN 134. Spanish in Bilingual Schools (3)
Recommended: SPAN 118 and 122 or permission of instructor. Emphasis on Spanish
language development for bilingual teachers at the elementary level. Presentation
of specialized vocabulary in teaching elementary courses. Development and
evaluation of bilingual teaching materials in Spanish.
AREA II. Language and Translation
SPAN 110T. Practical Spanish for Professions (3; max total 12 if no topic
repeated)
Applicable for minor. Preparation of professionals and paraprofessionals
in California Spanish to work with the Spanish speaking in the following
fields: health, education, social work, business, law, agriculture, and psychology.
SPAN 112. Reader's Theater in Spanish (3)
Recommended: SPAN 3 or 4B. Dramatic readings of prose and poetry selections
per formed by students in front of the class. Discussion focuses on a critical
reading of the text and preparation of the performance. Public presentations
and recordings optional.
SPAN 113. Patterns of Spanish (3)
Recommended: SPAN 3 or 4B. Recommended as the first upper-division course.
Verb synonyms. Quantitative and qualitative usage of verbs. Acquisition of
the following skills: narration, description, argumentation, and expression
of feelings through syntactical variations and substitution of verbs. Attention
is focused on the formation of a sentence, not on the composition of a paragraph.
SPAN 115. Basic Principles of Translation (3)
Recommended: SPAN 3 or 4B. Specific problems of Spanish to English and English
to Spanish translation, with emphasis on idiomatic expressions. Some attention
to specialized vocabulary. Use of bilingual dictionaries.
SPAN 117. Advanced Conversation and Reading (3)
Recommended: SPAN 3 or 4B. Reading and discussion of current periodicals,
newspapers, and magazines that reflect the cultural patterns of the Spanish-speaking
countries.
SPAN 119. Advanced Grammar (3)
Recommended: SPAN 3 or 4B. Special emphasis on grammar review and development
of writing skills. Analysis of grammatical constructions.
SPAN 121A. Composition (3)
SPAN 119 highly recommended. Refinement of writing skills through vocabulary development, spelling exercises, and composition. Special emphasis on problems created by differences between the spoken and written language. (Formerly SPAN 118, SPAN 121)
SPAN 121B. Composition (3)
Prerequisite: SPAN 121A. Greater refinement of writing skills necessary for SPAN 140 and further upper-division courses in Hispanic literature. Special emphasis on analyzing a literary text by written means.
SPAN 124. Oral and Written Expression (3)
Recommended: SPAN 2B, 3, 4B, or 10. Systematic analysis of students' ability
to express themselves, both orally and in writing. Development of vocabulary,
pronunciation, and grammatical structures. (Summer only)
AREA III. Hispanic Culture
SPAN 125. Hispanic Culture (3)
Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation and Breadth Area C. Recommended: SPAN 3 or
4B. Interdisciplinary approach to global examination of cultural productions
of Spain and Latin America through readings, lectures, films, and other media.
G.E. Integration IC.
SPAN 129. Mexican Culture (3)
Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation and Breadth Area C. Recommended: SPAN 2B,
or 3, or 4B. Interdisciplinary approach to Mexican culture. Study of geography,
history, politics, the arts, aspects of daily life, and cultural patterns
by means of reading assignments, lectures by the instructor and invited
guests, films, and other media. G.E. Integration IC.
AREA IV. Spanish Linguistics
SPAN 130. Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
(3)
Recommended: SPAN 122 or permission of instructor. Basic principles of Spanish
linguistics, including aspects of syntax, morphology, phonetics, dialectology,
and historical linguistics.
SPAN 137. Applied Spanish Linguistics (3)
Recommended: SPAN 130 or permission of instructor. Analysis of Spanish with
emphasis on areas of phonetics, pronunciation, and grammar which cause the
greatest problems in learning and teaching the language. Readings and practice
in the development of instructional strategies and materials.
SPAN 139. Spanish of the Southwest (3)
Recommended: SPAN 3 or 4B. Research on dialect differences in California
and the Southwest, including the linguistic, social, and cultural determinants.
Emphasis on the Spanish of the San Joaquin Valley.
AREA V. Hispanic Literature
SPAN 140. Hispanic Fiction and Poetry (3)
Recommended: SPAN 3 or 4B. Readings and appreciation of Hispanic literature
to familiarize the student with fiction and poetry as art forms.
SPAN 142.
Introduction to Spanish Literature (3)
Recommended: SPAN 3 or 4B. Selected readings from those literary works which
have fundamentally affected the development of Spanish civilization, from
El Cid to Lorca. Provides a historical framework for the study of Spanish
literature.
SPAN 143. Introduction to Spanish-American Literature (3)
Recommended: SPAN 3 or 4B. Selected readings from those literary works which
have fundamentally affected the development of Spanish American civilization,
from Hernán Cortés to Octavio Paz. Provides a historical framework
for the study of Spanish American literature.
SPAN 145. Mexican Literature (3)
Recommended: SPAN 3 or 4B. Study of the works of such major Mexican literary
figures as Sor Juana, Gutiérrez Nájera, Azuela, and Fuentes.
SPAN 147. Twentieth Century Spanish-American Literature (3)
Recommended: SPAN 3 or 4B. Intensive study of selected Spanish-American works
including writings of Azuela, Fuentes, Carpenter, Vargas Llosa; outstanding
poets such as Neruda, Vallejo, and Paz.
SPAN 148T. Major Figures in Hispanic Literature (3; max total 6 if no topic
repeated)
Recommended: SPAN 3 or 4B. Reading and analysis of the works of one major
Hispanic author such as Cervantes, Unamuno, Neruda.
SPAN 149. The Golden Age (3)
Recommended: SPAN 3 or 4B. A study of Spanish Renaissance Man and his environment.
His sociopolitical, esthetic, and literary ideas are studied through readings
in Garcilaso, San Juan de la Cruz, and other authors. (Formerly SPAN 149T)
SPAN 150. Twentieth Century Spanish Literature (3)
Recommended: SPAN 3 or 4B. A study of Spanish Existential Man. His sociopolitical,
esthetic, and literary ideas are studied through readings in Unamuno, Ortega
y Gassett, Lorca, José Hierro, and other authors. (Formerly SPAN 150T)
SPAN 165. Modernismo - 1950 (3)
Prerequisite: SPAN 140, 142, and 143, or permission of instructor. In-depth study of the authors from Modernismo and Vanguardia: Dario, Machado, Vallejo, Huidobro, Lorca, Neruda, Paz, and Bombal. Introduction to the ideas of Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud.
SPAN 170. Senior Seminar in Spanish Studies (3)
Recommended: senior standing, 20 upper-division units of Spanish coursework
or permission of instructor. Culminating experience in the major that includes
summative assessment of language, linguistic, cultural, and literary proficiency.
Readings and research projects. Addresses individual needs of graduating
majors. (Spring semester)
SPAN 190. Independent Study (1-3; max total 6)
See Academic Placement -- Independent
Study. Approved for RP grading.
GRADUATE COURSES
(See Catalog Numbering System.)
Spanish (SPAN)
SPAN 201. Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language (3)
Strategies for implementing Spanish curriculum at post-secondary level. Study
of instructional techniques, procedures, resources, and methods of assessing
student performance in post-secondary settings. Practical application of
second language acquisition research.
SPAN 202. Literary Theory and Criticism
(3)
Prerequisite: Spanish major or permission of instructor. Theory and practice
of literary analysis. Application of research, bibliographical and critical
methods to literary texts.
SPAN 204. Spanish Syntax (3)
Prerequisite: Spanish major or permission of instructor. An analysis of the
grammatical structures of the Spanish language. Includes contrastive analysis
of Spanish and English syntax.
SPAN 205. History of the Spanish Language (3) Prerequisite: Spanish major or permission of instructor. Phonological, morphosyntactic, lexical, and semantic development of the Spanish language, from the pre-Roman period to modern Spanish.
SPAN 206T. Hispanic Linguistics
(3; max total 9 if no topic repeated)
Prerequisite: Spanish major or permission of instructor. In-depth analysis
on one aspect of the Spanish language through the study of such topics as
the history of the Spanish language, Spanish dialects, linguistic field studies,
Spanish semantics.
SPAN 210. Spanish American Short Story (3)
Prerequisite: Spanish major or permission of instructor. Study of the short
story as an art form in Latin America and analysis of short stories of such
writers as Quiroga, Arreola, Rulfo, Bombal, Borges and Cortázar.
SPAN 214. Generation of '98 (3)
Prerequisite: Spanish major or permission of instructor. Advanced analysis
of the literature of Spain written at the time of the final collapse of Spain's
empire. Includes works by Azorín, Baroja, Unamuno, Valle-Inclán,
Machado, Ortega, and Jiménez.
SPAN 215. Hispanic Women Writers (3)
Prerequisite: Spanish major or permission of instructor. Discussion and close
written analysis of poetry, novels, theater and essays written by Hispanic
women from 1535 to present.
SPAN 216. Masterpieces of Hispanic Theater (3)
Prerequisite: Spanish major or permission of instructor. Discussion and close
written analysis of peninsular and Spanish American theater masterpieces,
historical milieu and cultural context.
SPAN 218T. Topics in Hispanic Literary Studies
(3; max total 6 if no topic repeated)
Prerequisite: Spanish major or permission of instructor. Hispanic literary
topics such as Hispanic Realism, Novel and Cinema, Violence in Hispanic Literature,
Novel of Dictatorship, Novel of the Indian in Latin America.
SPAN 219T. Spanish Colloquium
(1; max total 3 if no topic repeated)
Prerequisite: Spanish major or permission of instructor. Forum in which professors,
graduate students, and visiting lecturers will present research on a variety
of Hispanic authors and topics.
SPAN 222. Cervantes (3)
Prerequisite: Spanish major or permission of instructor. In-depth study of
Don Quixote and selected Novelas ejemplares. Includes discussion of works,
lectures, and written research.
SPAN 224. Major Hispanic Novelists (3)
Prerequisite: Spanish major or permission of instructor. Research and in-depth
study of the novels of a major Hispanic novelist. Discussion and written
analysis of the novels of one of the following novelists: Vargas Llosa, Fuentes,
García Márquez, Galdós, Cela, Goytisolo.
SPAN 226. Major Hispanic Poets (3)
Prerequisite: Spanish major or permission of instructor. Research and in-depth
study of the poetry of a major Hispanic poet. Discussion and written analysis
of the poetry on one of the following poets: Machado, Lorca, Darío,
Neruda.
SPAN 227. Novel of Formation (3)
Analysis of the Latin American novel of formation. Discussion of issues such as the formation of an individual's sense of gender, race, and class, and the role of travel, memory, orality, and writing in the socialization of youth.
SPAN 245. Mexican Literature (3)
Prerequisite: Spanish major or permission of instructor. Discussion and analysis of representative works of Mexican literature from the Precolombian Period through the 1980s. Includes study of major cultural and artistic movements in literature, the visual arts, and film
SPAN 247. Spanish American "Boom" (3)
In-depth study of the Spanish-American "new novel" that emerged in the 1960s. Analysis of factors leading to this "boom" and impact of this new narrative style on subsequent writers in Latin America and on a broader scale. (Formerly SPAN 218T)
SPAN 249. Golden Age (3)
Advanced analysis of prose narratives, poems, and theatrical works from Spain's Renaissance and Baroque periods in their historical and cultural contexts. (Formerly SPAN 218T)
SPAN 250. Spanish Post-War Literature (3)
Prerequisite: Spanish major or permission of instructor. Discussion and analysis of representative works of Spanish literature from 1939 through the 1980s. Examines literary production during the Francoist Dictatorship and the transition to a democratic government.
SPAN 255. Nineteenth Century Spanish Literature (3)
Prerequisite: Spanish major or permission of instructor. Discussion and analysis of representative works of Spanish literature from the Romantic, Realist, and Naturalist Movements.
SPAN 257. Spanish-American Testimonio (3)
Analysis of Spanish-American Testimonio genre through representative texts. Discussion of aesthetic, ethical, and ideological issues related to the production and diffusion of these texts, such as authority/authorship, literature/anthropology, writing/orality, memory, political engagement, manipulation, and resistance.
SPAN 267. Early 20th Century Spanish Literature (3)
Prerequisite: Spanish major or permission of instructor. Discussion and analysis of representative works of Spanish literature from Modernismo, the generation of 1914, and the generation of 1927.
SPAN 290. Independent Study (2-3; max total 6)
See Academic Placement -- Independent
Study. Approved for RP grading.
SPAN 298. Project (3-6; max total 6)
See Criteria
for Thesis and Project. Writing and/or editing materials suitable for
school programs from elementary through high school level, such as children's
literature, original poetry, testing devices, and translations. Approved
for RP grading.
SPAN 299. Thesis (3-6; max total 6)
Prerequisite: See Criteria
for Thesis and Project. Preparation, completion, and submission of
an acceptable thesis for the completion of the master's degree. Approved
for RP grading.
IN-SERVICE COURSES
(See Catalog Numbering System.)
Spanish (SPAN)
SPAN 301. Conversation and Composition Review (2; max total 8 if no language
repeated)
For elementary and secondary school teachers or those planning to travel
abroad. Prerequisite: bachelor's degree or teaching credential; permission
of instructor. Conversation and composition to improve audiolingual and writing
skills in the foreign language.
SPAN 304. Theory and Practice (2; max total 8)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit
in two or more years of college Spanish. Basic elements of the language;
modern methods of foreign language instruction in the elementary school;
repeatable in sequence -- pronunciation, methods, phonetics, advanced methods.