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The following list contains the undergraduate courses offered for Spring 2008:
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SPA 1112 - Introductory Spanish II
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SPA 1121 - Intermediate Spanish I
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SPA 1122 - Intermediate Spanish II
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SPA 1131 - Conversation & Composition I
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SPA 1132 - Conversation & Composition II
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SPA 1138 - Advanced Grammar
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SPA 2142 - Spanish Culture
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SPA 2212 - Lit & Cult Experienc of Lat Am
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SPA 2993 - Internship
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SPA 2996 - Internship
: Spanish Internship with Law School
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SPA 3412 - Special Topics
: Latin America Today
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SPA 3412 - Special Topics
: Discursos de la memoria en Latin America
Full Course Listings
SPA 1111 -
Introductory Spanish I
Description: Groundwork Spanish, including oral proficiency, aural comprehension, and reading; for students with no prior knowledge of Spanish. Supplementary language laboratory work and oral drills.
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Credit Hours: 4.0
Last Offered: Summer 2009, Fall 2008, Summer 2008, Fall 2007
SPA 1112 -
Introductory Spanish II
Description: Groundwork Spanish, including oral proficiency, aural comprehension, and reading; for students with no prior knowledge of Spanish. Supplementary language laboratory work and oral drills.
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Credit Hours: 4.0
Last Offered: Summer 2009, Fall 2008, Summer 2008, Spring 2008
SPA 1113 -
Intr Spa for Health Profession
Description: Addresses needs of health care professionals. Restricted to students in health profession, including social work.
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Credit Hours: 4.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008
SPA 1121 -
Intermediate Spanish I
Description: Review of grammar, composition, reading and conversation. conversation. Students should have completed SPA 1111 and 1112 or the equivalent.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2009, Fall 2008, Summer 2008, Spring 2008
SPA 1122 -
Intermediate Spanish II
Description: Review of grammar, composition, reading and conversation. conversation. Students should have completed SPA 1121 or the equivalent.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2009, Fall 2008, Summer 2008, Spring 2008
SPA 1123 -
Span for Heritage Speakers
Description: A combination of reading & writing in addition to speaking. Work is individualized for needs of students. Objective is to prepare students for a more advanced course. Restricted to students with Hispanic background who have been exposed to Spanish at home, at all levels.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008
SPA 1125 -
Span for Heritage Speakers I
Description: Combination of reading & writing in addition to speaking. Work is individualized for needs of students. Objective is to prepare students for a more advanced course. Restricted to students with Hispanic background who have been exposed to Spanish at home, at all levels.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
SPA 1126 -
Accel Intermediate Spanish
Description: Concentrated review of Intermediate Spanish with emphasis on reading, conversation and composition. Prerequisite: Intermediate Spanish, 3-4 years of High School Spanish or the equivalent.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
SPA 1127 -
Intensive Spanish
Description: Offered as part of the Villanova Summer Program at Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso. Practicing oral proficiency and comprehension of Spanish with lab work, oral drills, and reading.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
SPA 1131 -
Conversation & Composition I
Description: Intense practice in conversation and composition with emphasis on developing advanced language skills in Spanish. Course conducted in Spanish. Writing Enriched. Students should have completed SPA 1121 and 1122 or the equivalent.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Summer 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007
SPA 1132 -
Conversation & Composition II
Description: Further practice in conversation and composition with focus on advanced proficiency in Spanish. Course conducted in Spanish. Writing Enriched. Students should have completed SPA 1131 or the equivalent.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Summer 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007
SPA 1133 -
Business Spanish I
Description: Credit documents, contracts, business correspondence, and abundant practice in letter writing. Students should have completed SPA 1131 and 1132 or the equivalent.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2005, Fall 2004, Fall 2003, Fall 2002
SPA 1134 -
Business Spanish II
Description: Corporations, their organization and function, mortgages, insurance, and taxes. Students should have completed SPA 1131 and 1132 or the equivalent.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2005, Spring 2004, Spring 2003, Spring 2001
SPA 1135 -
Span for Heritage Speakers II
Description: Practice in conversation and composition with focus on advanced proficiency in Spanish. Course conducted in Spanish. Restricted to students with Hispanic background who have been exposed to Spanish at home.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008
SPA 1136 -
Translation Skills
Description: An introduction to the theory and practice of translation. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
SPA 1138 -
Advanced Grammar
Description: Intensive grammar review with special attention to literary style. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent.
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Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Summer 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007
SPA 2100 -
Literary & Cultural Experience
Description: A course in Hispanic cultural literacy and critical skills that also develops student's reading ability, vocabulary, and ability of expressing ideas. It is designed to give students a broad understanding of Hispanic cultures that will prepare them for upper level course work.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2007, Spring 2007, Fall 2006, Summer 2006
SPA 2142 -
Spanish Culture
Description: Civilization and culture of Spain. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2008, Spring 2008, Summer 2007, Spring 2007
SPA 2143 -
Latin American Culture
Description: Spanish-American civilization and culture in its manifold aspects. Satisfies Diversity Requirement. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2006, Fall 2005, Fall 2004, Fall 2003
SPA 2211 -
Lit & Cult Experience of Spain
Description: The foremost works of Spanish literature from the beginnings to present day. A required course for majors. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Summer 2008, Fall 2007, Summer 2007
SPA 2212 -
Lit & Cult Experienc of Lat Am
Description: Spanish-American literature from colonial times to the present. A required course for majors. Satisfies Diversity Requirement. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2008, Summer 2005, Fall 2004, Summer 2004
SPA 2213 -
Latin American Theater
Description: The modern theatre in Spanish America from the turn of the century to the present. Satisfies Diversity Requirement. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2007, Spring 2004, Fall 1998, Spring 1997
SPA 2214 -
Latin American Novel
Description: Reading and interpretation of Spanish-American novels from the modernist period to the present. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2007, Fall 2005, Spring 2004, Spring 2003
SPA 2215 -
Latin American Short Story
Description: The origins, development and maturity of the short story in Spanish America. Satisfies Diversity Requirement. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2006, Fall 2003, Spring 2000, Summer 1999
SPA 2216 -
Hist of Spanish Language
Description: Spanish from its origins to the present. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 1996
SPA 2217 -
Hispanic Lit through Art
Description: Main trends and styles of Spanish and Spanish-American literature analyzed in the light of corresponding trends and styles in the visual arts. From Gonzalo de Berceo to Pablo Neruda. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
SPA 2400 -
Writing & Stylistics in Span
Description: Intensive practice in written expression & textual analysis for heritage & non-heritage speakers. Compositions are modeled on selected Spanish texts. Writing intensive.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008
SPA 2993 -
Internship
Description: A community-based experience helping lawyers translate & interpret for the Philadelphia Hispanic community.
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Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Summer 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007
SPA 2996 -
Internship
Description:
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Credit Hours: 6.0
Last Offered: Fall 2006, Fall 2005, Spring 2005, Fall 2004
SPA 3411 -
Masterpieces of Med Lit
Description: The Cid and other major works of the Spanish Middle Ages: early lyric, epic, ballad, prose. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2003, Spring 2001, Spring 1997, Fall 1995
SPA 3412 -
Special Topics
Description: Advanced study of topics of special interest in Spanish literary and/or cultural studies. May be repeated for credit if topic changes. .
Prerequisites: SPA 1132
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Summer 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007
SPA 3612 -
Cervantes
Description: An interdisciplinary approach to Cervantes's work. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2007, Spring 2007, Fall 2006, Spring 2005
SPA 3614 -
Drama of Golden Age
Description: The representation of the monarch, women, minority groups, etc. in Golden Age society through its drama. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
SPA 3715 -
18th Century Literature
Description: Prose, poetry and theatre from Feijoo to Moratin. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2004, Spring 2003, Spring 2001, Spring 1999
SPA 3717 -
19th Century Drama
Description: A critical analysis of representative plays. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 1995
SPA 3718 -
19th Century Novel
Description: Reading of novels representing costumbrismo, realismo and naturalismo. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2002, Fall 1999
SPA 3820 -
Love, Desire and Death
Description: Development of spanish poetry concentrating on early modern romanticism and modernism. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2001, Spring 1998
SPA 3821 -
Love, Fame & the After Life
Description: An examination of love, fame and death in spanish poetry from beginnings to present day.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 1999, Fall 1995
SPA 3822 -
Latin American Poetry
Description: The development of Spanish-American poetry from colonial times to the present. Satisfies Diversity Requirement. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Spring 2005, Spring 2002, Spring 1999
SPA 3920 -
Cont Span Short Fiction
Description: Short fiction in the Spanish literary tradition, with greater emphasis on the fruition of the genre in contemporary Spain. Writing Enriched. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Fall 2004, Summer 2003, Summer 2002
SPA 3921 -
Spanish Theatre of 20 & 21 c.
Description: A critical analysis of representative plays from Benavente to the present day. Writing Enriched. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2007, Spring 2006, Spring 2004, Fall 2002
SPA 3923 -
The Modern Novel
Description: Representative trends in 20th century Spanish novels. novels. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2000
SPA 3924 -
Hispanic Film and Literature
Description: Spanish filsms based on literary works as a medium will be used to better understand contemporary Spanish culture and civilization. Writing intensive. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2006, Fall 2004, Spring 2000, Summer 1999
SPA 3925 -
Garcilaso, Fray Luis, San Juan
Description: Evolution of spiritual and literary transcendence in Spain beginning with Garcilaso de la Vega's Platonist perspective, followed by Fray Luis de Leon as Spain's foremost ascetic voice and Augustinian bublical scholar and renaissance poet, and culminating with San Juan de la Cruz as perhaps Spain's greatest mystic, theologian and lyric poet.
Prerequisites: SPA 1131 and SPA 1132
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
SPA 3950 -
Research Seminar
Description: Principles and techniques of literary research. Overview of major Spanish and Spanish-American authors and representative works. Writing intensive. Required for Spanish majors. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Fall 2007, Spring 2007, Fall 2006
SPA 4110 -
The Spanish Epic and Ballad
Description: Readings and discussions in the popular literature, including the folktale. Course conducted in English. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
SPA 4130 -
The Modern Spanish Novel
Description: The Spanish Civil War reflected in selected contemporary novels. Course conducted in English. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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SPA 4140 -
The Latin American "Boom"
Description: The contemporary novel and short story Borges, Cartazar, Asturias, Fuentes, Machado de Assis, Rulfo, Garcia Marquez. Course conducted in English. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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SPA 4160 -
Faces of Modernity
Description: Study of artistic trends in twentieth century Spain.
Prerequisites: SPA 1132
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
SPA 5900 -
Independent Study in Spanish
Description: Supervised study, activity or research. May be taken more than once. Prerequisite: Intermediate Spanish or above. Prior approval of chair and instructor.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008, Summer 2007, Spring 2007, Fall 2006
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