01:940:100Intensive Elementary Spanish (7) For students with little or no previous study of Spanish. Intensive practice of basic skills in speaking, understanding, reading, and writing. Integrated laboratory session. Prerequisite: Permission of department. Credit not given for both this course and 01:940:101-102. |
01:940:101-102Elementary Spanish (4,4) For students with little or no previous study of Spanish. Designed to develop basic skills in speaking, understanding, reading, and writing. Integrated laboratory sessions. Credit not given for both these courses and 01:940: 100. Not open to students who have had two or more years of secondary school Spanish. |
01:940:103,104Elementary Spanish Laboratory (1,1) Instructor-guided laboratory practicum based on intensive use of media and designed for the improvement of aural/oral skills. Corequisites: 01:940:101 (for 103); 102 or 121 (for 104). |
01:940:105Spanish for Reading Knowledge (3) Development of reading skills for advanced undergraduate and graduate students who wish to acquire a basic competence in the language for research purposes. Texts chosen from humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Does not satisfy prerequisite for 01:940:131-132, or 139. |
01:940:121Spanish Review and Continuation (4) Review of basic structures and further development of Spanish language skills. Not open to students who have taken 01:940:100 or 101-102. |
01:940:130Intensive Intermediate Spanish (7) Intensive study and practice of specific areas of grammar, linguistic structure, and style. Selected readings of modern authors with composition and class discussion. Prerequisite: Permission of department. Credit not given for both this course and 01:940:131-132. |
01:940:131-132Intermediate Spanish (4,4) Study and practice of specific areas of grammar, linguistic structure, and style. Selected reading of modern authors, with composition and class discussion. Prerequisite: 01:940:100 or 101-102 or 121, or permission of department. Credit not given for both these courses and 01: 940:130. |
01:940:139Spanish for Native Speakers I (3) Study of specific areas of grammar and orthography. Practice in oral communication and grammar application. Prerequisite: Permission of department. Credit not given for both this course and 01:940:130 or 131-132. |
01:940:201Spanish for Native Speakers II (3) Continued study of specific areas of Spanish grammar through translation and compositions. Development of reading skills and vocabulary building through newspapers and magazines. Prerequisite: 01:940:139 or equivalent. Credit not given for both this course and 01:940:203. |
01:940:203Spanish Conversation and Composition (4) Designed to develop oral fluency and writing skills in a variety of contexts. Conversation, vocabulary building, oral reports, fundamentals of expository writing. Prerequisites: 01:940:130 or 131-132 or equivalent. Not open to native speakers or other students already conversant in the language. |
01:940:215Main Currents in Hispanic Literature (3) Introduction to major literary periods of the Hispanic world. Study of representative authors and texts. Prerequisite: 01:940:201 or 203. Credit not given for both this course and 01:940:217. |
01:940:216Hispanic Literature: Introduction to Literary Concepts (3) Introduction to the fundamental concepts of the study of literature; development of a critical approach to Hispanic literature through intensive study of selected modern works from Spain and Spanish America. Prerequisite: 01:940:215 or equivalent. Credit not given for both this course and 01:940:217. |
01:940:217Introduction to Hispanic Literature: Honors (3) Introduction to fundamental concepts of the study of literature and to the major literary periods of the Hispanic world. Study of representative authors and texts. Prerequisite: 01:940:201 or 203 or permission of department. For college honors students and students invited by the department. Credit not given for both this course and 01:940:215 or 216. |
06:090:287,288The Spanish Language Experience (1.5,1.5) Development of active language skills through formal instruction and the daily experience of foreign language immersion in the varied activities of the house. Limited to and required of residents of the Douglass House. May not be used in satisfaction of major requirements. Course may be repeated. |
01:940:299Language House Residence (E3) Residence in a Spanish Interest Section of the dormitories on the College Avenue campus, during which students, under the guidance of a resident counselor, speak only Spanish. Group activities. Prerequisite: Permission of department. Graded satisfactory or unsatisfactory. |
01:940:313Advanced Spanish Conversation and Contemporary Issues (3) Intensive class discussions, oral reports, and debates based on cultural materials taken from newspapers, journals, radio, television, and films. Prerequisite: 01:940:203 or equivalent. Not open to native speakers or students returning from a junior year in Mexico or other Spanish-speaking country. Not for major credit. |
01:940:317,318Hispanic Culture Today (1.5,1.5) Contemporary cultural, social, and political life in Spanish-speaking countries with emphasis on the daily experience. Field trips. Prerequisite: 01:940:215 or equivalent. |
01:940:325Advanced Grammar and Composition (3) Intensive grammatical study of selected Spanish forms and structures; vocabulary building and composition. Prerequisite: 01:940:201 or 203 or equivalent. |
01:940:326Advanced Language Workshop (3) Refine reading and writing skills and oral fluency. Detailed rhetorical analysis and discussion of writing techniques using texts taken from all media. Prerequisite: 01:940:325 or equivalent or permission of department. |
01:940:331,332Literature and Culture of the Hispanic Caribbean (3,3) Reading and discussion of representative works from the Hispanic Caribbean with emphasis on their cultural content and elements reflecting literary periodization. Prerequisite: 01:940:216 or 217 or permission of department. Credit not given for these courses and 01:836:266. |
01:940:333,334Literature and Culture of Spanish America (3,3) Reading and discussion of representative works from Spanish America with emphasis on their cultural content and elements reflecting literary periodization. Prerequisite: 01:940:216 or 217 or permission of department. |
01:940:335,336Literature and Culture of Spain (3,3) Reading and discussion of representative works from Spain with emphasis on their cultural content and elements reflecting literary periodization. Prerequisite: 01:940:216 or 217 or permission of department. |
01:940:346. Spanish Film (3) Development of cinema in Spain from its origins to present. Emphasis on close analysis and contextual understanding of individual films. Prerequisite: One term of 300-level literature in Spanish or permission of the department. Credit not given for both this course and 01:940:345. |
01:940:348Latin American Cinema (3) Film as a major expression of the culture of Latin America, including Brazil. Viewing and analysis of films by directors such as dos Santos, Rocha, Gutierrez Alea, and Littin. Both fiction films and documentaries. Prerequisite: One term of 300-level literature in Spanish or permission of department. Credit not given for both this course and 01:940:347. |
01:940:360Spanish for Commerce (3) Fundamental principles governing commercial organization in Spanish-speaking countries. Practical business correspondence. Students taking this course have the option to take a special exam for the Diploma in Spanish Commerce given by the Chamber of Commerce of Madrid. Prerequisites: 01:940:325, 326, or equivalent. |
01:940:361Introduction to the Study of Language (3) Review of the different aspects of language from the point of view of its internal organization, relationship with cognitive sciences, and relationship to the world. Prerequisites: 01:940:325, 326, or equivalent, or permission of department. Credit not given for both this course and 01:615: 101. |
01:940:362Spanish Phonetics and Phonology (3) Study of Spanish phonetics in theory and practice. Exercises in transcription. Contrastive analysis of the English and Spanish sound systems. Prerequisites: 01:940:325, 326, or equivalent. |
01:940:363Hispanic Bilingualism (3) History and theory of Spanish-English bilingualism in the United States and its application in the field. Bilingualism in Spanish America and Spain. Social issues raised by theories of bilingualism. Prerequisites: 01:940:325, 326, or equivalent. |
01:940:364Structure of Modern Spanish (3) Application of current syntactic and semantic theories of language analysis to Spanish, including structuralism, transformational grammar, case grammar, and generative semantics. Spanish-English contrastive analysis. Prerequisites: 01:940:325, 326, or equivalent. |
01:959:379-380Junior Year in Spain (BA,BA) |
01:959:387,388Junior Year in Mexico (BA,BA) |
01:940:399Service Learning Internship (1) Community-service placement in Spanish-related field setting. Corequisite: Must be taken in conjunction with a designated CASE (Citizenship and Service Education) course offered in the Department of Spanish. No more than 3 credits of 01:940:399 may be counted toward the major; none may be counted toward the minor. |
01:940:401Advanced Translation I (3) Introduction to the theory of translation and guidance in the use of materials essential to the translation process. Intensive practice in the translation of short texts in various fields from Spanish into English and English into Spanish. Prerequisites: With grades of B+ or better, 01:940: 325, 326, and |
01:940:402Advanced Translation II (3) Intensive practice in the translation of short texts in various fields from Spanish into English and English into Spanish. Prerequisite: 01:940:401 or equivalent. |
01:940:403,404Civilization of Spanish America (3,3) Main traits of the civilization of Spanish America. Evolution of its social institutions and customs. Representative literary, philosophical, and artistic works. Prerequisite: One term of 300-level Spanish or permission of department. Credit not given for both these courses and 01: 590:401,402. |
01:940:405,406Civilization of Spain (3,3) Main traits of the civilization of Spain. Evolution of its social institutions and customs. Representative literary, philosophical, and artistic works. Prerequisite: One term of 300-level Spanish or permission of department. |
01:940:411Creative Writing (3) General practice in the writing of essay, verse, and narrative in the Spanish language. Prerequisite: One term of 300-level literature in Spanish and permission of the department. Departmental permission subject to the approval of a writing sample. |
01:940:415Medieval Spanish Literature (3) Study of selected works from the medieval period including the various types of poetry and the development of prose, with emphasis on El Cid, El Libro de Buen Amor, and La Celestina. Prerequisite: One term of 300-level literature in Spanish or permission of department. |
01:940:417History of the Spanish Language (3) Development of Spanish from its origins to the present. Settlement history and non-Roman influences in Spain. Evolution of sounds, forms, sentence structures, and words. Prerequisite: 01:615:201 or 01:940:362 or permission of department. |
01:940:419Hispanic Dialectology (3) Study of major dialects in the Spanish-speaking world. Theories of dialectology, geolinguistics, and social dialects as applied to Spanish. Survey of defining phonological, morphological, syntactic, and lexical features of modern dialects in Spain, Spanish America, and the United States. Prerequisite: 01:615:201 or 01:940:362 or permission of department. |
01:940:420Current Issues in Second Language Acquisition (3) Theory and research in second language acquisition and second language development. Research as linguistic knowledge, as cognitive skill, and as a social and personality mediated process. Prerequisite: 01:940:361 or 363 or permission of the department. |
01:940:423Poetry of the Golden Age (3) Spanish poetry of the Renaissance and baroque periods. Garcilaso and the Italianate School; San Juan de la Cruz and the conceptismo and culteranismo. Prerequisite: One term of 300-level literature in Spanish or permission of department. |
01:940:424Drama of the Golden Age (3) Spanish drama from its early manifestations through the baroque period. Reading and discussion of dramatists such as Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Ruiz de Alarcón, and Calderón de la Barca. Prerequisite: One term of 300-level literature in Spanish or permission of department. |
01:940:425Prose of the Golden Age (3) Study of representative works with emphasis on the picaresque novel and Cervantes` novelas ejemplares. Prerequisite: One term of 300-level literature in Spanish or permission of department. |
01:940:426Don Quixote (3) Critical study of Cervantes` masterpiece within its Golden Age context. Prerequisite: One term of 300-level literature in Spanish or permission of department. |
01:940:434,435Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature (3,3) Reading and discussion of representative works from the neoclassic, romantic, realistic, and naturalistic periods. Prerequisite: One term of 300-level literature in Spanish or permission of department. |
01:940:437,438Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature (3,3) Representative works by authors from the Generation of 98, the Generation of 27, and the post-civil war period. Prerequisite: One term of 300-level literature in Spanish or permission of department. |
01:940:440Colonial Spanish-American Literature (3) Study of colonial Spanish-American literature. Reading and analysis of representative works. Prerequisite: One term of 300-level literature in Spanish or permission of department. |
01:940:441Nineteenth-Century Spanish-American Literature (3) Reading and discussion of representative works from the main literary movements since the wars of independence through the early 1900s (romanticism, regionalism, naturalism, and modernism). Prerequisite: One term of 300-level literature in Spanish or permission of department. |
01:940:443Spanish-American Short Story (3) Study of Spanish-American short story since modernism. Reading and analysis of representative works. Prerequisite: One term of 300-level literature in Spanish or permission of department. |
01:940:444Spanish-American Poetry (3) Study of Spanish-American poetry since modernism. Reading and analysis of representative works. Prerequisite: One term of 300-level literature in Spanish or permission of department. |
01:940:447Spanish-American Novel I (3) Study of the Spanish-American novel from modernism through the boom. Reading and analysis of representative works. Prerequisite: One term of 300-level literature in Spanish or permission of department. |
01:940:448Spanish-American Novel II (3) Study of the Spanish-American novel; covers post-boom literature. Reading and analysis of representative works. Prerequisite: One term of 300-level literature in Spanish or permission of department. |
01:940:449Spanish-American Essay (3) Study of the Spanish-American essay since modernism. Reading and analysis of representative works. Prerequisite: One term of 300-level literature in Spanish or permission of department. |
01:940:450Spanish-American Theater (3) Development of the theater in Spanish America from the colonial period to the present day. Reading and analysis of representative works. Prerequisite: One term of 300-level literature in Spanish or permission of department. |
01:940:451Literature of Latin American Exile and Displacement (3) Study of works concerning geographical displacement; focus on political exile from Cuba, the Southern Cone, and other displaced Hispanic communities in the United States. Prerequisite: One term of 300-level literature in Spanish or permission of department. |
01:940:452Readings in U.S. Latinoa Literature and Culture (3) Study of recent texts produced by and about Latino/as in the United States. Examination of issues of exile, integration and assimilation, political presence, and nationalism. Prerequisite: One term of 300-level literature in Spanish or permission of department. When taught in English, course will count for the Spanish major or minor if all written work is done in Spanish. |
01:940:460Race, Class, and Ethnicity in Latin America (3) Investigation of racioethnic conflicts and racial formation and renegotiation in Latin America through literary and nonliterary sources. Consideration of class, racism, miscegenation, marginalization, and ethnonymy. Prerequisite: One term of 300-level literature in Spanish or permission of department. Credit not given for both this course and 01:590:460. |
01:940:465Spain in Africa/Africa in Spain: Cultural Representations and Historical Legacy (3) Examination of the historical and cultural representation between Spain and Africa in a wide range of literary, artistic, and cine- matographic texts. Prerequisite: One term of 300-level literature in Spanish or permission of the department. |
01:940:470Internship in Spanish for Commerce (3) Supervised training in an appropriate business firm; weekly seminar and discussion of situations and practices arising from internship experiences. Final paper written in Spanish. Rec. 1 hr., fieldwork 6 hrs., plus one week of fieldwork during January break. Prerequisites: 01:940:360 with a grade of B or better; 01:940:401 and 402 taken at Rutgers-New Brunswick with a grade of B or better. Open only to seniors. |
01:940:471Internship in Translation/Interpretation (1-3) Supervised training in a business firm, social service agency, or government office. Weekly discussions of specific texts and problems arising from the fieldwork experience. Supplementary written and laboratory assignments. Rec. 1 hr., fieldwork 2 hrs. per credit. Maximum of 3 credits. Prerequisite: 01:940:401 with a grade of B+ or better. Pre- or corequisite: 01:940:402 or 475 or permission of department. |
01:940:475Interpretation (3) Introduction to theory and practice of liaison, consecutive, and simultaneous interpretation. Spanish-English and English-Spanish. Intensive classroom and language laboratory exercises. Prerequisite: 01:940:401 or 402. |
01:940:476Legal Translation (1.5) Practice in sight and written translation of legal documents, court records, and language of courtroom procedures. Spanish-English and English-Spanish. Pre- or corequisites: 01:940:401, 475. |
01:940:477Court Interpretation (1.5) Intensive practice in interpretation of courtroom and other legal procedures. Development of bilingual legal glossary. Review of New Jersey and federal standards for interpreters. Pre- or corequisites: 01:940:401, 475. |
01:940:478Theory and Practice in Translation (3) Introduction to translation studies. Application of linguistic theory and computer technology to translation. Intensive practice in nonliterary and literary translation, including narrative and theater. Prerequisites: 01:940:401, 402 with a grade of B+ or better, or permission of department. |
01:940:479Translation Workshop (3) Intensive practice in advanced translation, Spanish-English and English-Spanish. Nonliterary and literary texts. Individual and group projects, with emphasis on translation into the native language. Prerequisites: 01:940:401, 402 with grades of B+ or better. With permission of department, 01:940:402 may be taken as corequisite. |
01:940:486Medical/Technical Translation (1.5) Practice in translation in such areas as medical, pharmaceutical, communications, computers, and science textbooks. Development of specialized glossaries. Spanish-English and English-Spanish. Pre- or corequisite: 01:940:401 or permission of department. |
01:940:487Hospital/Community Interpretation (1.5) Theory and practice of hospital, medical, and other sensitive community interpretation roles. Development of specialized glossaries. Field assignments in area hospitals and clinics. Pre- or corequisites: 01:940:402 and 475 or 486, or permission of department. |
01:940:489,490,491,492Topics in Hispanic Literature and Culture (3,3,3,3) Specific topic chosen each term. Prerequisite: One term of 300-level literature in Spanish or permission of department. |
01:940:493,494Independent Study (BA,BA) Independent readings under faculty supervision. Project must not be one already treated in a formal course. Prerequisites: Minimum of one term of 400-level Spanish and permission of department and instructor. |
01:940:497,498Honors in Spanish (BA,BA) Research paper prepared under faculty supervision. Permission of department. Open only to seniors. |