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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
SPANISH
(SPN)

1008 Elementary Spanish-Accelerated
(6-4) 8 hours credit.
A one-semester course offering the opportunity to develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Emphasis on listening and speaking. Introduction to Hispanic culture. (Credit for SPN 1008 is equivalent to credit for both SPN 1014 and SPN 1024.)

1014 Elementary Spanish I
(3-2) 4 hours credit.
Fundamentals of Spanish, offering the opportunity to develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Emphasis on listening and speaking. Introduction to Hispanic culture. [TCCN: SPAN 1411.]

1024 Elementary Spanish II
(3-2) 4 hours credit. Prerequisite: SPN 1014, the equivalent, or an appropriate placement test score.
Fundamentals of Spanish offering the opportunity to develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Emphasis on listening and speaking. Further study of Hispanic culture. [TCCN: SPAN 1412.]

2003 Spanish for Elementary Education
(3-1) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: 4-8 hours at the 1000 level or the equivalent, appropriate placement score, or consent of instructor.
Intermediate Spanish, emphasis on listening, speaking, reading and writing, with grammar and vocabulary to support language use. Hispanic culture focus. Task-based instruction focusing on basic face-to-face interactions with Spanish-speaking parents and community, classroom interaction with Spanish-speaking students, and other relevant tasks.

2006 Intermediate Spanish-Accelerated
(6-2) 6 hours credit. Prerequisite: SPN 1008, SPN 1024, the equivalent, or an appropriate placement test score.
A one-semester course offering continued opportunity to develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Includes grammar and further study of Hispanic culture. (Credit for SPN 2006 is equivalent to credit for both SPN 2013 and SPN 2023.)

2013 Intermediate Spanish I
(3-1) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: SPN 1008, SPN 1024, the equivalent, or an appropriate placement test score.
Continued opportunity to develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Grammar and further study of Hispanic culture. [TCCN: SPAN 2311.]

2023 Intermediate Spanish II
(3-1) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: SPN 2013, the equivalent, or an appropriate placement test score.
Continued opportunity to develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Grammar review and further study of Hispanic culture. [TCCN: SPAN 2312.]

2103 Oral and Written Expression
(3-1) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: SPN 2023, the equivalent, or an appropriate placement test score.
Conversation, reading, and grammar review toward building literacy skills. Opportunities for composition and oral communication for a variety of situations and topics.

2333 Hispanic Literature in English Translation
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: WRC 1013 or the equivalent.
Major works in Hispanic literatures: themes, genres, and movements. May not be applied to a major in Spanish. (Formerly SPN 3333. Credit cannot be earned for both SPN 2333 and SPN 3333.)

2513 Spanish for Special Purposes
(3-1) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: SPN 2013, the equivalent, or an appropriate placement test score.
Foreign language communication and cross-cultural skills relevant to one or more of the following areas: business, health care, law, education, science, southwest Spanish, Hispanic literature, or technology. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. [TCCN: SPAN 2316.]

2523 Hispanic Culture and Communication
(3-1) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: SPN 2013, the equivalent, or an appropriate placement test score.
A brief review of history, geography, worldview, and customs common in Latin America and Spain, with particular emphasis on Mexico and U.S. Hispanic culture. Use of some target culture source materials. Continued opportunity to develop oral and written communication in Spanish and to understand mainstream U.S. Hispanic cross-cultural communication. [TCCN: SPAN 2324.]

3013 Spanish Phonetics and Pronunciation
(3-1) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: SPN 2023, the equivalent, or consent of instructor.
Offers the opportunity for study of the sound system of Latin American Spanish. Activities may include pronunciation exercises, exercises in sound discrimination and transcription, and articulatory description of various dialects of Spanish.

3033 Oral Communication Skills
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: SPN 2023, the equivalent, or consent of instructor.
Offers the opportunity for further development of speaking skills through oral activities directed at the Advanced and Superior Level on the ACTFL-ETS proficiency scale. May be repeated once for credit if exit proficiency level is less than 2+.

3043 Advanced Reading
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: SPN 3063 or consent of instructor.
Extensive reading practice, comprehension strategies, and vocabulary building with material from a variety of disciplines and different types of texts.

3063 Grammar and Composition
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: SPN 2023 or the equivalent. Extensive review of fundamental grammar with vocabulary building. Development of writing skills and style through activities directed at the advanced level on the ACTFL-ETS proficiency scale. Consideration of usage and differences between written and spoken language.

3113 Linguistic Structures of Spanish
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: SPN 3063 or consent of instructor. Offers the opportunity for application to Spanish of the basic principles of analysis and description of language structure. Attention given to structural regularities at the levels of word formation, syntax, and semantics.

3153 Spanish for the Business/Management Fields
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: SPN 2023 or the equivalent. Foreign language skills relevant to careers in business fields. Emphasis on reading skills and simple conversations on business topics. Exposure to terminology from contracts, financial statements, business law, marketing, and banking. Intended for students with some background in Spanish. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary.

3413 The Literature of Spain from the Middle Ages to 1700
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: SPN 3043 or consent of instructor.
Spanish literature from the Middle Ages to 1700. Readings of selections and complete works. Practice in critical analysis through papers and examinations.

3423 The Literature of Spain from 1700 to the Present
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: SPN 3043 or consent of instructor.
Spanish literature from 1700 to the present. Readings of selections and complete works. Practice in critical analysis through papers and examinations.

3463 Latin American Literature to Modernism
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: SPN 3043 or consent of instructor.
Latin American literature from pre-Columbian times to Modernism. Practice in critical analysis through papers and examinations.

3473 Latin American Literature since Modernism
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: SPN 3043 or consent of instructor.
Latin American literature from Modernism to the present. Practice in critical analysis through papers and examinations.

3493 Mexican American Literature
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: SPN 2103, SPN 3063, or consent of instructor.
Readings and discussion of works by Mexican American writers. The expression through poetry, the novel, the short story, and the theater of the Mexican American cultural experience as well as universal themes and literary concerns. Selections from popular literature, including the oral tradition. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

3613 Spanish Culture and Civilization
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: SPN 3043.
Emergence of the Spanish peoples from pre-Roman times to the present: history, cultural expression, myths, values, and worldview.

3623 Latin American Culture and Civilization
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: SPN 3043.
The cultural life of the respective geographic regions and social strata of Latin America from before the Conquest to the present, as reflected in and interpreted by its literature and arts.

4003 Advanced Language Skills
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: SPN 3033, SPN 3043, or SPN 3063 as appropriate, or consent of instructor.
Development of advanced skills in oral and written communication including such areas as grammar composition, creative writing, oral communication, and applications of language study to business and other areas. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

4113 Topics in Spanish Linguistics
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: SPN 3113 or consent of instructor.
Advanced study and applications of topics in Spanish linguistics. May include one or more of the following: phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, dialectology, language variability, and history of Spanish.

4123 The Spanish of the Southwest
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: SPN 3013, SPN 3113, or consent of instructor.
The analysis of the Spanish language as used by Mexican Americans in the southwestern United States, from a linguistic and sociolinguistic perspective. Particular attention given to the Spanish spoken in Texas.

4203 Topics in Hispanic Literatures
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: An upper-division course in literature taught in Spanish or consent of instructor.
An intensive study of an area of Spanish or Spanish American literatures. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

4303 Topics in Hispanic Cultures
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: SPN 3043 or consent of instructor.
An intensive study of an area of Hispanic cultures. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

4913 Independent Study
3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Permission in writing (form available) of the instructor, the student's advisor, the Department Chair, and Dean of the College in which the course is offered.
Independent reading, research, discussion, and/or writing under the direction of a faculty member. May be repeated for credit, but not more than 6 semester credit hours of independent study, regardless of discipline, will apply to a bachelor's degree. No more than 6 semester credit hours of SPN 4913 and/or SPN 4993 may be applied to the major in Spanish.

4933 Internship in Spanish
3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Permission of Department Chair.
Supervised experience in a setting that provides the opportunity to integrate theory and practice in language usage. May be repeated once for credit.

4953 Special Studies in Spanish
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
An organized course offering the opportunity for specialized study not normally or not often available as part of the regular course offerings. Special Studies may be repeated for credit when the topics vary, but not more than 6 semester credit hours, regardless of discipline, will apply to a bachelor's degree.

4993 Honors Research
3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Consent of the undergraduate advisor.
Supervised research and preparation of an honors thesis. May be repeated once for credit with approval. No more than 6 semester credit hours of SPN 4993 and/or SPN 4913 may be applied to the major in Spanish.

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