Spanish (SP)
SP-101 Beginning Spanish I
LASC Categories: TLC, GP
Basic oral and written proficiency for daily communication; may be taken as a self-contained unit or as a basis for further development. Audio-visual method. Closed to students who have already taken a 300-level* Closed to Native/Heritage speakers. Native and/or Heritage speakers are encouraged to take SP390 instead. * Unless recommended to a specific student by the Department of World Languages, on a per-case basis.
Fall and Spring and every year. 3 Credits
SP-102 Beginning Spanish II
LASC Categories: TLC, GP
Continuation of SP101. This course is intended for students with at least one year of past Spanish instruction in high school, or one semester in college at the beginning level. Closed to students who have already taken a 300-level Spanish course*. Native and/or Heritage speakers are encouraged to take SP390 instead*. * Unless recommended to a specific student by the Department of World Languages, on a per-case basis.
Fall and Spring and every year. 3 Credits
SP-191 Special Topics in Spanish
LASC Categories: TLC, DAC, GP
An introductory level course in Spanish on current or specialized topics.
Every year. 3 Credits
SP-193 First Year Seminar Spanish
LASC Categories: FYS
Introductory level course covering topics of special interest to first year students. Offered only as a First Year Seminar.
Every year. 3 Credits
SP-210 Intermediate Spanish I
LASC Categories: TLC, GP
This course is a review of language constructions and everyday vocabulary at a slighter faster pace than an elementary course. Grammar review starts with the most basic structures, such as present, preterite, and imperfect tenses, ser/estar, por/para, command forms, pronouns, and ends with present subjunctive. Vocabulary fields include feelings and emotions; urban living; family relationships; the media; and the environment. Readings, videos, and short films related to different Spanish speaking countries will add a cultural component to the course. This course is intended for students with 2 years of past Spanish instruction. Closed to students who have already taken a 300-level* Closed to Native/Heritage speakers. Native and/or Heritage speakers are encouraged to take SP390 instead. * Unless recommended to a specific student by the Department of World Languages, on a per-case basis.
Fall and Spring and every year. 3 Credits
SP-211 Intermediate Spanish II
LASC Categories: TLC, GP
Prerequisites: SP-210 or appropriate placement score.
Continuation of SP210. [Formerly SP213.] Closed to students who have already taken a 300-level* Closed to Native/Heritage speakers. Native and/or Heritage speakers are encouraged to take SP390 instead. * Unless recommended to a specific student by the Department of World Languages, on a per-case basis.
Fall and Spring and every year. 3 Credits
SP-290 Introduction to Medical Spanish
LASC Categories: ICW, TLC
Prerequisites: SP-211 or above or have 3 years of language instruction.
Students will learn basic phrases in Spanish as related to their daily activities in various health fields. This course focuses on language used in health professions as well as cultural situations, which doctors, technicians, nurses, and EMTs may experience. By familiarizing students with conversational and medical Spanish, it will enable students to apply their learning to real-world situations, to assist in communications, and ultimately to break down the barrier between doctors and patients. Designed for students to gain beginning-level competence in Medical Spanish topics such as pediatrics, women's health, physical exams, dental care, checkups, and hospital visits.
Fall only and every year. 3 Credits
SP-291 Foundations of Medical Spanish
LASC Categories: ICW, TLC
Prerequisites: SP-211 or above or have 3 years of language instruction.
Students will learn basic phrases in Spanish as related to their daily activities in various health fields. This course focuses on language used in health professions as well as cultural situations, which doctors, technicians, nurses, and EMTs may experience. By familiarizing students with conversational and medical Spanish, it will enable students to apply their learning to real-world situations, to assist in communications, and ultimately to break down the barrier between doctors and patients. Designed for students to gain beginning-level competence in topics such as nutrition, emergencies, diabetes, hypertension, cancer, STIs, and addiction.
Fall only and every year. 3 Credits
SP-292 Spanish for Women's Health
LASC Categories: GP, ICW, DAC
Prerequisites: SP-211 or above, or 3 years of language instruction.
In this course, students will develop communication skills in Spanish using information and vocabulary related to women's health. The content of this course focuses on language used in health professions as well as cultural situations. By familiarizing students with conversational Spanish and medical Spanish, this course will enable students to apply their learning to real-world situations, to assist in communications, and ultimately to break down the barrier between professionals and Spanish-speakers. Finally, the course's focus on cultural competency interrogates intersections between women's health and topics including but not limited to politics, economics, gender, sexuality, race and age.
Spring only and every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
SP-293 Health and the Latino Community
LASC Categories: HBS, TLC
Prerequisites: SP-211 or above or have 3 years of language instruction.
Students will explore the ways in which language and culture shape the approach to health and healthcare experiences of Latinos in the US, and the factors that contribute to health disparities among this group (social, cultural, economic, environmental, and biological). Students will examine how health outcomes and risk factors are arrayed across different generations. Language barriers and sociolinguistic issues will also be studied. Students will identify and discuss causes of health inequities, survey major Latino health issues, and analyze the current and future context of Latino health and healthcare in the U.S.
Fall only and every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
SP-294 Spanish for the Nutrition and Dietitian Professional
LASC Categories: GP, ICW
Prerequisites: SP-211 or above, or 3 years of language instruction.
Students will develop their reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills in Spanish using information and vocabulary related to health, nutrition and dietetics. The content of this course focuses on language used in medical professions as well as cultural situations, which doctors, nutritionists, dietitians, nurses, public health workers, social workers, and other health professionals may experience. By familiarizing students with conversational Spanish and medical Spanish, this course will enable students to apply their learning to real-world situations, to assist in communications, and ultimately to break down the barrier between professionals and Spanish-speakers.
Spring only and every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
SP-295 The Human Body: Spanish for Anatomy
LASC Categories: ICW, TLC
This course focuses on the study of the Spanish terminology and basic grammatical structures needed to communicate effectively with Spanish-speaking patients and/or their families in a medical/health setting. It introduces the student to a wide array of vocabulary particular to the human body, body systems, organs, and their functioning, as well as some common diseases (and their symptoms) that affect each system. Class time will be devoted to practicing new vocabulary, via role-play, conversations with classmates, readings, and written activities. Conducted in Spanish.
Fall only and every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
SP-315 Health and the Latino Community
LASC Categories: HBS, TLC
Prerequisites: SP-211 or above or have 3 years of Spanish language instruction. Take one course from SP-290 through SP-295.
Students will explore the ways in which language and culture shape the approach to health and healthcare experiences of Latinos in the US, and the factors that contribute to health disparities among this group (social, cultural, economic, environmental, and biological). Students will examine how health outcomes and risk factors are arrayed across different generations. Language barriers and sociolinguistic issues will also be studied. Students will identify and discuss causes of health inequities, survey major Latino health issues, and analyze the current and future context of Latino health and healthcare in the U.S.
Fall only and every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
SP-321 Advanced Spanish Composition I
LASC Categories: TLC, WAC
Prerequisites: SP-211 or appropriate placement score.
Facility in prose writing; study of style of selected authors; variety of expression through word discrimination, and advanced grammatical structures. [Prerequisites: Two SP 200 level courses.]
Every year. 3 Credits
SP-322 Advanced Spanish Composition II
LASC Categories: TLC, WAC
Prerequisites: SP-321
Continuation of SP321.
Spring only and every year. 3 Credits
SP-323 Advanced Spanish Conversation Through Film
LASC Categories: TLC, USW
Prerequisites: Two 200-level or above Spanish courses.
The main objective of this course is to develop the student's oral proficiency and communication skills, while building on vocabulary, and learning about different aspects of the Hispanic cultural world with a special emphasis on immigration issues. Regarding the class format, it will be mainly based on group/pair discussions and debates, in which the students will ask questions, express their views, elaborate on their ideas, and defend them by providing supporting examples drawn from their own experiences, analysis, or comparisons.
Fall and Spring and every year. 3 Credits
SP-326 Spanish for the Professions
LASC Categories: GP, TLC
Prerequisites: SP-321.
Intensive practice with language and documents used in private and public sectors including business, medicine, communication, education and social services.
Fall and Spring and every year. 3 Credits
SP-327 Introduction to Translation
Prerequisites: SP-321.
SP-327 will prepare you for careers in translation and will satisfy professional and academic requirements. It seeks to introduce the student to the techniques required for translation in a competitive environment. Within the context of the development of greater cross-cultural awareness, it will develop the following language skills for business purposes: speaking, listening comprehension, reading, writing, and translation.
Spring only and every year. 3 Credits
SP-331 Spanish Civilization
LASC Categories: CA
Prerequisites: SP-321
An historical survey of Spanish social, cultural, and political life. Conducted in Spanish.
Spring only and every year. 3 Credits
SP-332 Cultures of Latin America
LASC Categories: DAC, GP
Prerequisites: SP-321.
Introduction to the cultures and history of Latin America from pre-Columbian times to the present day. This course will introduce students to colonial, modern and contemporary cultural, historical and political issues that influenced the development of Latin American identities. The course is taught in Spanish.
Fall only and every year. 3 Credits
SP-333 Hispanic Presence in US
LASC Categories: GP, USW, DAC
Prerequisites: SP-321
Socio-cultural study of Hispanics in the United States, with a focus on major contemporary issues. Conducted un Spanish. [Prerequisites: Two SP 200 level courses.]
Fall only and every year. 3 Credits
SP-341 Readings in Spanish Literature
Prerequisites: SP-321, and SP-323 or SP-324
Selected masterpieces from Middle Ages to present; social, cultural, and stylistic features of different periods. Recommended as a first course in Spanish literature.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
SP-346 Latin American Theater
Prerequisites: SP-321 or SP-390.
This course explores the historical and aesthetic development of Latin American Theater, focusing upon the particular factors that distinguish this theater from the Western European tradition. We will analyze dramatic texts (from Argentina, Uruguay, Perú, México, Puerto Rico, Chile, Cuba, and Colombia), performances, and critical and theoretical perspectives to engage in the following questions: How does theater create and represent social and political transformation? How might we reevaluate civic responsibility and accountability through the study of audience? And, finally what are the major innovations in Latin American theater and performance in the 20th & 21st Centuries?
Other or on demand and every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
SP-347 Latin American Colonial Literature
Prerequisites: SP-321 or SP-390.
This course will examine the colonial history of the American continent as interpreted through the various historical accounts written by eyewitnesses of the conquest. We will cover two centuries of writings from the late fifteenth to the seventeenth century. We will examine many historical accounts of the conquest, letters, documents, poetry and other historical artifacts to learn of the social, political, religious and economical significance of the colonial era. It combines an overview of the political economy of the region over three centuries with a study of how social groups interacted among themselves and with imperial rule over time.
Other or on demand and every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
SP-348 Contemporary Spanish Literature
Prerequisites: SP-321
Literary works from the generation of 1898 to the present.
Every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
SP-349 Spanish-American Literature
Prerequisites: SP-321
Representative works from South and Central American authors from the colonial period to the present.
Fall only and every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
SP-350 Advanced Spanish Grammar
LASC Categories: TLC
Prerequisites: SP-321 or SP-390
This applied linguistics advanced class provides a background of Spanish grammar, and delves into topics of the Spanish language that are usually challenging for English-speaking learners of Spanish. The goals are to clarify important aspects of the Spanish language and related cultural features, including uses of technology and assessment.
Spring only and every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
SP-352 Lexicography and Terminology: Computer -Assisted Translation (cat)
Prerequisites: SP-321.
This groundbreaking course provides both a practical and a theoretical framework to the study of lexicography and collection of terminology, an essential adjunct to the work of the translator. The role of international standards is pointed out, and principles of construction of terminological banks elaborated. Terminographic procedures in the context of computation technology and terminology management systems are discussed such as the use of the most Computer Assisted Translation (CAT) tools.
Spring only and every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
SP-355 Effective Teaching of a Foreign Language
Examines and evaluates effective teaching techniques and strategies as well as second-language acquisition theory for middle/secondary foreign language classrooms. The course is conducted in English for anyone interested in foreign language teaching. All students should have an advanced proficiency of a foreign language, meaning they have taken at least one 300-level course or its equivalent.
Fall only and every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
SP-390 Spanish for Native Speakers
LASC Categories: TLC, DAC
This course is designed for native or heritage speakers of Spanish, who have oral proficiency but may not have received formal training in the language. These students were raised speaking Spanish at home. Therefore, this course is designed to work with the language base students already possess. All of four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) are emphasized, however, the purpose of the course is to develop reading and writing skills through cultural-related activities.
Fall and Spring and every year. 3 Credits
SP-395 The Human Body: Spanish for Anatomy
LASC Categories: ICW, TLC
Prerequisites: SP-211.
This course focuses on the study of the Spanish terminology and basic grammatical structures needed to communicate effectively with Spanish-speaking patients and/or their families in a medical/health setting. It introduces the student to a wide array of vocabulary particular to the human body, body systems, organs, and their functioning, as well as some common diseases (and their symptoms) that affect each system. Class time will be devoted to practicing new vocabulary, via role-play, conversations with classmates, readings, and written activities. Conducted in Spanish.
Other or on demand and every year. 3 Credits
SP-401 Advanced Study: Special Topics
Special topics in language, literature, civilization or field work of mutual interest to student and instructor. For advanced students.
Other or on demand. 3 Credits
SP-402 Independent Study: Spanish
Study of a special topic. Both content and eligibility are subject to departmental guidelines and approval.
Other or on demand. 1-6 Credits
SP-403 Teachng Assistantship in Spanish
Teaching Assistants in Spanish will regularly attend the beginning or intermediate-level Language classes to which they are assigned to assist the professor.
Other or on demand. 3 Credits
SP-408 Directed Study: Spanish
Directed study offers students, who because of unusual circumstances may be unable to register for a course when offered, the opportunity to complete an existing course with an established syllabus under the direction and with agreement from a faculty member.
Other or on demand. 3 Credits
SP-453 Medical Translation
Prerequisites: SP-321 and SP-327.
This course focuses on building ENG/SPAN, SPAN/ENG translation competence in a health care setting, and provides guided practice in the translation of actual documents within the bio-medical and medical-legal fields. The course covers linguistic concepts, translation techniques, cultural & linguistic issues, professional ethics, medical genres & terminology, resources, and translation exercises. Through weekly translations, reading assignments, and text-analysis activities students will familiarize themselves with health text subgenres, such as patient education pamphlets, lab results, health certificates, prescriptions, informed consents, or health proxies. Students will learn to detect frequent translation challenges in health texts, and develop problem-solving strategies for these issues.
Fall only and every 2-3 years. 3 Credits
SP-454 Legal Translation: Eng/Span-Span/Eng
Prerequisites: SP-321 and SP-327.
This course is designed to provide a general overview of translation practices, techniques and specialized terminology in the discipline of legal translation. The main objective of this class is to teach students how to switch safely and accurately between the source and the target language (Spanish/English - English/Spanish). This class will include an intensive study of vocabulary, grammar, sentence structure, and translation difficulties in specialized legal texts. This class will be conducted in Spanish as the base language for lectures. However, given the nature of the course of study, we will fluctuate between Spanish and English, depending on the object.
Fall only and every 2-3 years. 3 Credits