50:940:101 Elementary Spanish I (R) (4) Training designed to lay a foundation for speaking, writing, reading, and understanding the language. Two hours of lab attendance per week required. For students with no knowledge of Spanish or with no more than two years of high school Spanish. Entering students with previous Spanish study will be placed according to the results of a proficiency exam. Students with three or more years of Spanish in high school may not take 101 for credit.

50:940:102 Elementary Spanish II (R) (4) Continuation of 50:940:101. Prerequisite: 50:940:101 or equivalent. Two hours lab attendance per week required. For students with little knowledge of Spanish or with no more than three years of high school Spanish. Entering students will be placed according to the results of a proficiency exam. Students with three or more years of Spanish in high school may not take 102 for credit. Note that 102 (104 for evening students) is the minimum level for fulfilling the college general degree requirement in foreign languages.

50:940:103 Elementary Spanish I (R) (3) Training designed to lay a foundation for speaking, writing, reading, and understanding the language. Lab attendance expected. For students with no knowledge of Spanish or with no more than two years of high school Spanish. Entering students with previous Spanish study will be placed according to the results of a proficiency exam. Students with three or more years of Spanish in high school may not take 103 for credit. This course is available only at night.

50:940:104 Elementary Spanish II (R) (4) Continuation of 50:940:103. Prerequisite: 50:940:103 or equivalent. Lab attendance expected. For students with little knowledge of Spanish or with no more than three years of high school Spanish. Entering students will be placed according to the results of a proficiency exam. Students with three or more years of Spanish in high school may not take 104 for credit. Note that 104 (102 for day students) is the minimum level for fulfilling the college general degree requirement in foreign languages. This course is only available at night.

50:940:121 Intermediate Spanish I (G) (R) (4) Oral and written practice, emphasizing grammar review, and reading of selected materials. Prerequisite: 50:940:102 or 104 or equivalent or sufficient score on proficiency examination. Lab attendance required.

50:940:122Intermediate Spanish (G) (R) (4) A continuation of 50:940:121. Grammar review with reading and oral practice. Spanish 122 is a prerequisite for courses at the 200 level. Rec. 3 hrs., lab. 2 hrs. Laboratory attendance required.

50:940:131Intermediate Spanish (G) (R) (3) Oral and written practice, giving emphasis to grammar review and reading of selected materials. Prerequisites: 50:940:101,102 or 103,104 or more than two years of high school Spanish, or as determined by placement examinations, or for native Spanish-speaking students. Laboratory attendance expected. This course is available only at night.

50:940:132Intermediate Spanish (G) (R) (3) Continuation of 50:940:131. Grammar review with reading and oral practice. This course is available only at night.

50:940:151Civilization of Spanish Peoples (G) (3) A study of the principal characteristics of Spain or Spanish-American countries as manifested in their history, literature, arts, and daily life. This course, given in English, may be used for the college's general language and literature requirement, but not for Spanish major or minor requirements.

50:940:181-182Spanish for Spanish-Speaking People (G) (R) (3,3) Designed for heritage Spanish-speaking students. Grammar, reading, and writing exercises with emphasis on the special language problems encountered by these students. (Formerly 50:940:211-212) Prerequisite: 50:940:102 or equivalent.

50:940:200Spanish Language through Literature (G) (3) A course for intending Spanish majors that uses representative Hispanic literary texts to help students` transition from the study of language to that of literature. Introduces basic literary concepts as it provides a review of pertinent grammatical structures and allows for broadening of vocabulary. (Formerly 50:940:131) Prerequisite: 50:940:122 or equivalent.

50:940:201Advanced Spanish Grammar and Stylistics (G) (3) An advanced course in the structure of Spanish with a view to guiding students toward writing with a sense of correctness and style. Examples of different writing styles taken from contemporary literature, journalism, advertising, and the like. Prerequisite: 50:940:122 or equivalent.

50:940:203Spanish Composition and Conversation (G) (3) Practice in speaking and writing, stressing the development of an adequate vocabulary in the discussion of everyday subjects. Prerequisite: 50:940:122 or equivalent.

50:940:204Advanced Spanish Composition and Conversation (G) (3) Continuation of 50:940:203. Special emphasis on the use of idiomatic�expressions in everyday life. Required of all Spanish majors and a prerequisite for courses at the 300 and 400 levels.

50:940:207Spanish Culture and Civilization (G) (3) A study of the principal characteristics of Spain as manifested in its history, art, and daily life. (Formerly 50:940:301) Prerequisite: 50:940:122 or equivalent.

50:940:208Spanish-American Culture and Civilization (G) (3) A study of the principal characteristics of the Spanish-American countries as manifested in their history, art, and daily life. Emphasis will be placed on mestizaje (racial mixing) and geography as primary factors in distinguishing Spain`s former colonies from the madre patria. (Formerly: 50:940:302) Prerequisite: 50:940: 122 or equivalent.

50:940:291,292Special Topics (G) (3,3) A course on a selected topic at an intermediate level and not offered in the regular curriculum. (Formerly 50:940:266) Prerequisite: 50:940:122 or equivalent.

50:940:300Introduction to Spanish Literature (G) (3) An introduction to the study of Spanish literature. Acquaints the student with the main classical writers and the principal literary movements and tendencies from the origins of Spanish literature. Attention given to the relationship of the literary movements to social and historical movements, and the development of the arts. Prerequisites: 50:940:200, 204.

50:940:301Introduction to Spanish-American Literature (G) (3) Introduces the student to the outstanding writers of Spanish-American literature from the conquest and colonial periods, through independence from Spain, to contemporary times. Attention paid to the relationship of literary and intellectual movements, to social and historic events, and to the development of the arts. (Formerly 50:940:267) Prerequisites: 50:940:200, 204.

50:940:315Commercial Spanish (G) (3) Customs and practices of commercial organizations in Spanish-speaking countries. Practical business correspondence.

50:940:338Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature (G) (3) The evolution of Spanish literature from the Modernismo and the Generacion del�`98 to the post-Civil War period. Study of today`s main writers. (Formerly 50:940:438) Prerequisite: 50:940:300.

50:940:339Twentieth-Century Spanish-American Literature (G) (3) Covers literary, cultural, and intellectual developments in Spanish America from modernismo to the present. High points include vanguardismo, Afro-Caribbean literature, indigenismo, criollismo, and the "Boom." Authors include Dar�o, Quiroga, Neruda, Borges, Paz, Mistral, and Garc�a M�rquez, among others. Prerequisite: 50:940:301.

50:940:391,392Special Topics (G) (3,3) Courses in a selected topic of an advanced intermediate-level nature and not offered in the regular curriculum. Prerequisites: 50:940:200, 204, and permission of the instructor.

50:940:397,398Honors Program in Spanish (G) (3,3) � Prerequisites: 50:940:300, 301, and permission of the department chair.

50:940:415Medieval Spanish Literature (G) (3) Study of selected works, with some introduction to old Spanish texts as well as analysis of works in modern Spanish adaptation.

50:940:421Dramatic Literature of the Golden Age (G) (3) Spanish drama of the Siglo de Oro.�Extensive analysis of the major works and themes of dramatists such as Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, and Calderon de la Barca.

50:940:426Cervantes (G) (3) Life and works of Cervantes; careful reading of Don Quijote, the Novelas Ejemplares,�and his theater; emphasis on their significance to contemporary life.

50:940:435Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature (G) (3) Major literary current of 19th-century Spanish literature through the works of leading authors. Begins with a brief study of 18th-century literature.

50:940:436The Picaresque Novel (G) (3) A study of the picaresque genre in Spain, with detailed study of such works as El Lazarillo de Tormes, El Guzman de Alfarache, La Picara-Justina, and others. Special study of the Mexican Periquillo Sarniento.

50:940:455Early Spanish-American Literature (G) (3) A study of the literature of Spanish America from the colonial period to the end of the 19th century.

50:940:456Twentieth-Century Mexican Literature (G) (3) Includes such outstanding contemporary authors from Mexico and Central America as Azuela, Dar�o, Paz, Rulfo, Fuentes, Reyes, Ram�rez, Esquivel, Poniatowska, and Mastretta, among others. Prerequisite: 50:940:301.

50:940:457Twentieth-Century Literature from the Southern Cone (G) (3) Includes such outstanding authors from Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay as Borges, Quiroga, Arlt, Cort�zar, S�bato, Puig, Giardinelli, Valenzuela, Benedetti, Peri Rossi, Onetti, Rod�, and Roa Bastos, among others. Prerequisite: 50:940:301.

50:940:458Twentieth-Century Caribbean Literature (G) (3) Outstanding works and authors from the Spanish-speaking islands of the Caribbean-Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. �Includes such writers as Mart�, Lezama Lima, Carpentier, Cabrera Infante, Arenas, Soto, Marqu�s, S�nchez, Vega, Alvarez, and Bosch, among others. Prerequisite: 50:940:301.

50:940:459Twentieth-Century Andean Literature (G) (3) Includes outstanding contemporary works from Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. �Authors include Neruda, Donoso, Mistral, Mari�tegui, Vallejo, Vargas Llosa, Icaza, Silva, Garc�a M�rquez, Parra, and Gallegos, among others. Prerequisite: 50:940:301.

50:940:463Contemporary Spanish-American Novel (G) (3) Reading and interpretation of Spanish-American novelists of the modernist period to the present. Brief study of today`s Spanish-American short story in last part of course.

50:940:464Contemporary Spanish-American Theater (G) (3) Latest currents in today`s Spanish-American theater. Reading and study/discussion of several plays by prominent Spanish-American playwrights.

50:940:465Twentieth-Century Spanish American Poetry (G) (3) Includes Nobel Prize-winning poets Mistral, Neruda, and Paz as well as poets from different schools of poetry (Lugones: modernismo; Borges: dada�smo; Huidobro: futurismo; Pal�s Matos: negrismo) and different regions of Spanish America. Prerequisite: 50:940:301.

50:940:467Ecological Criticism and Hispanic Fiction (G) (3) A multidisciplinary course that applies principles of environmental studies to Hispanic narrative fiction. �Teaches a technique called "reading for the setting" in which the earth, the biosphere, and nature emerge from the background and take center stage as they interact with a text`s characters and narrators. �Fictional readings taken from Spanish, Spanish American, and U.S. Latino literatures. Prerequisites: 50:940:300, 301.

50:940:491,492Special Topics A course in a selected topic at an advanced level and not offered in the regular curriculum. Prerequisites: 50:940:300, 301, and permission of instructor.

50:940:493, 494Individual Studies in Spanish (G) (3,3) Guided independent reading and writing on a specific topic for advanced students under exceptional conditions. See entry under the heading Independent Study. Prerequisites: 50:940:300, 301, and permission of instructor.

50:940:497,498Honors Program in Spanish (G) (3,3) � Prerequisites: 50:940:300, 301, and permission of the department chair.