SOCIAL SCIENCES r r SPN 2240 Intermediate Conversational Spanish. F, S. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPN 2201 or the equivalent as proven by placement test score or permission of instructor. Enrollment limited. Oral practice and corrective pho- netics. (I) SPN 3300 Spanish Grammar and Composition 1. F, S. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPN 2201 or the equivalent as proven by placement test score. Not open to native or near-native speakers of Spanish. Intensive course designed to develop the student's written, grammatical, and lexical command of Spanish. Weekly compositions. (I) SPN 3301 Spanish Grammar and Composition 2. F, S. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPN 3300. (I) SPN 3340 Spanish Grammar and Composition for Native or Near-Native Speakers. F. Credits: 3; Prereq: Placement test for native or near- native speakers of Spanish. Emphasizes the normative aspects of the language, as well as those areas of grammar which are problemati- cal for native speakers with little formal training in Spanish. Vocabulary, style, and usage of different lev- els of language. Weekly compositions. Prospective students must take a departmental placement test and/or see faculty member in charge of the course. SPN 3410 Advanced Spanish Conversation 1. F. Credits: 1; Prereq: SPN 2240 or permission of instruc- tor. Not for major credit. Not open to native or near-native speakers of Spanish. (I) SPN 3411 Advanced Spanish Conversation 2. S. Credits: 1; Prereq: SPN 2240 or permission of Instructor. Not for major credit. Not open to native or near-native speakers of Spanish. (I) SPN 3440 Commercial Spanish. F, S. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPN 2201 or the equivalent as proven by placement test score. Not for major credit. Development of vocabulary and conversational skills related to business. (I) SPN 3510 Culture and Civilization of Spain. F. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPN 3300 or SPN 3340 or the equivalent. (I) SPN 3520 Culture and Civilization of Spanish America. S. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPN 3300 or SPN 3340 or the equivalent. (I) SPN 4314 Advanced Composition and Syntax for Native or Near-Native Speakers. S. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPN 3340 placement test or native and near-native speakers of Spanish. Emphasizes those aspects of Spanish style and syntax which are problematic for the native speaker. Prospective students must take a departmental place- ment test and/or see faculty member in charge of the course. SPN 4420 Advanced Composition and Syntax. S. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPN 3301 or the equivalent. Emphasizes the finer aspects of Spanish syntax, vocabulary and style which give the advanced student difficulties. Class discussion, drills, written composi- tions. Not open to native or near-native speakers of Spanish. SPN 4780 Spanish Phonetics. F. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPN 3301 and Lin 3010 or equivalent. SPN 4840 Introduction to the History of the Spanish Language. F. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPN 3301 and Lin 3010 or SPN 4780 or equivalent. SPN 4850 Introduction to the Structure of Spanish. S. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPN 3301 and Lin 3010 or equivalent. t+ Grading is on S-U basis only. SPN 4905 Individual Work. F, S, SS. Credits: 1 to 3; Prereq: Permission of the department. Spanish Literature in Translation SPT 2100 Masterpieces of Spanish Literature. Credits: 3; Prereq: None. Not for major credit. Selected readings in English translations of major works of Spanish literature. Designed especially for students with no knowledge of Spanish. Qualifies as General Education course. (L) SPT 2231 The Moder Spanish-American Novel in English Translation. Credits: 3; Prereq: None. Not for major credit. Readings of outstanding Spanish-American novels. Designed especially for students with little or no knowledge of Spanish who desire to study Spanish- American life, character and culture as portrayed in the writings of the most important novelists. (L) Spanish Literature SPW 3020 Introduction to Spanish-American Literature: From Discovery to Independence. F. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPN 3300 or SPN 3340 or the equivalent. (L) SPW 3021 Introduction to Spanish-American Literature: From Independence to Contemporary Times. S. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPN 3300 or SPN 3340 or the equivalent. (L) SPW 3100 Introduction to Spanish Literature 1. F. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPN 3300 or SPN 3340 or the equivalent. Study of representative texts from the Middle Ages through the Golden Age. (L) SPW 3101 Introduction to Spanish Literature 2. S. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPN 3300 or SPN 3340 or the equivalent. Study of representative texts from the 18th century to the present. (L) SPW 4190 Seminar in Spanish-American Literature and Culture. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPW3020 or SPW3021 or survey knowledge of Spanish and Spanish-American literature; considerable fluency in Spanish. May be repeated with a change in content. Topics to be selected. SPW 4204 Readings in Colonial Spanish-American Literature. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPW 3020 or SPW 3021. SPW 4212 Readings in Spanish Prose Fiction of the Golden Age. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPW3100. SPW 4233 Readings in Spanish-American Narrative from the Origins to Criollismo. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPW3020 or SPW3021. SPW 4263 Readings in the Spanish Novel of the Nineteenth Century. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPW3101. SPW 4270 Readings in Spanish Post-War Narrative. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPW3101. SPW 4280 Readings in Nineteenth-Century Spanish- American Literature. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPW3020 or SPW3021. SPW 4282 Readings in Contemporary Spanish- American Narrative I. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPW3020 or SPW3021. SPW 4283 Readings in Contemporary Spanish- American Narrative 2. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPW 3020 or SPW3021. SPW 4304 Readings in Spanish-American Theater. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPW3020 or SPW3021. SPW 4310 Readings in Spanish Drama of the Golden Age. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPW 3100. SPW 4353 Readings in Spanish-American Poetry from Romanticism to Vanguardism. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPW3020 or SPW3021. SPW 4354 Readings in Contemporary Spanish- American Poetry. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPW3020 or SPW3021. SPW 4364 Readings in Spanish-American Essay. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPW3020 or SPW3021. SPW 4400 Readings in Medieval Spanish Literature. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPW 3100. SPW 4490 Readings in Twentieth-Century Spanish- American Literature. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPW3020 or SPW3021. SPW 4532 Introduction to Spanish Romanticism. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPW3101. SPW 4604 Don Quijote. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPW3100. A close reading of Cervantes' masterpiece that emphasizes the origins of the modern novel as a genre, and its implications in the history of ideas. SPW 4720 Readings in Spanish Literature from the Generation of '98 to 1927. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPW3101. SPW 4723 Readings in Spanish Literature from the Generation of 1927 to the Present. Credits: 3; Prereq: SPW3101. SPW 4780 Hispanic Women Writers. Credits: 3; Prereq: Any SPW3000 level course. GRADUATE COURSES Please refer to the Graduate Catalog for graduate course listings. INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF 1992-93 Doherty, H.J., Chair. Office: Little 330 (392-1561) GENERAL EDUCATION: This department offers courses titled American Institutions. They are designed to provide an understanding of the great trends and movements of the twentieth century with special reference to American culture and institutions. By providing a synthesis cutting across the traditional disciplines of anthropology, economics, history, politi- cal science, geography, and sociology, the Department attempts to provide students an opportunity to acquire a balance of breadth and depth of knowledge with which they may better approach an understand- ing of the modern world. The courses ISS 2110, 2120 carry General Education credit in Social Sciences. (S) ISS 2110 American Institutions I. F. Credits; 3 An interdisciplinary introduction to the study of the civilization of the United States, Emphasizing the con- cepts of culture and institutions and utilizing the tech- niques and findings of the social sciences. (S) ISS 2120 American Institutions II. S. Credits: 3 Continuation of the interdisciplinary study of the civi- lization of the United States, with some comparative reference to other cultures. (S)