Spanish 1111 Introductory Spanish I

Groundwork Spanish, including oral proficiency, aural comprehension, and reading; for students with no prior knowledge of Spanish. Supplementary language laboratory work and oral drills.  4.00 credit(s)

Spanish 1112 Introductory Spanish II

Groundwork Spanish, including oral proficiency, aural comprehension, and reading; for students with no prior knowledge of Spanish. Supplementary language laboratory work and oral drills.  4.00 credit(s)

SPA 1113 - Intr Spa for Health Profession

Addresses needs of health care professionals. Restricted to students in health profession, including social work. 4.00 credit(s)

SPA 1114 - Accelerated Intro. Spanish

Groundwork Spanish proficiency guided for listening, speaking, reading and writing. It covers material equivalent to SPA 1111 and 1112. Little or no prior knowledge of Spanish is required. 4.00 credit(s)

Spanish 1121 Intermediate Spanish I

Review of grammar, composition, reading and conversation. conversation. Students should have completed SPA 1111 and 1112 or the equivalent.  3.00 credit(s)

Spanish 1122 Intermediate Spanish II

Review of grammar, composition, reading and conversation. conversation. Students should have completed SPA 1121 or the equivalent.  3.00 credit(s)

SPA 1124 - Accelerated Intermed. Spanish

Review of grammar, proficiency guided listening, speaking reading and writing. Material covered equivalent to Spanish 1121 and 1122. Students should have completed SPA 1111 and 1112 or equivalent. 3.00 credit(s)

SPA 1126 - Accel Intermediate Spanish

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.
3.00 credit(s)

SPA 1128 - Business Spanish I

Credit documents, contracts, business correspondence, and abundant practice in letter writing.
3.00 credit(s)

SPA 1129 - Business Spanish II

Corporations, their organization and function, mortgages, insurance, and taxes. 3.00 credit(s)

Spanish 1130 Spanish for Heritage Speakers I

Combination of reading and writing in addition to speaking. Work is individualized for needs of students. Objective is to prepare students for a more advanced course. Restricted to student with Hispanic background who have been exposed to Spanish at home, at all levels. 3.00 credit(s)

Spanish 1131 Conversation & Composition I

Regular practice in conversation and composition with review of grammar and continuing work on language skills in Spanish. Students should have completed SPA 1122 or the equivalent.  3.00credit(s)

Spanish 1132 Conversation & Composition II

Regular practice in conversation and composition with review of grammar and continuing work on language skills in Spanish. Students should have completed SPA 1131 or the equivalent.  3.00credit(s)

Spanish 1135 Span for Heritage Speakers II

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.  3.00 credit(s)

SPA 1136 - Translation Skills

An introduction to the theory and practice of translation. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent.  3.00 credit(s)

Spanish 1138 Advanced Grammar

Intensive grammar review with special attention to literary style. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent.  3.00 credit(s)

Spanish 1140  Writing & Stylistics in Spanish

Intensive practice in written expression and textual analysis for heritage and non-heritage speakers. Compositions are modeled on selected Spanish texts.

Spanish 2211 Lit & Cult Experience of Spain

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.

SPA 2212 - Lit & Cult Experienc of Lat Am

Spanish-American literature from colonial times to the present. A required course for majors. Students should hav completed 1132 or the equivalent.  3.00 credit(s)

Spanish 2213 Latin American Theater

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.  3.00 credit(s)

Spanish 2214  Latin American Novel

Reading and interpretation of Spanish-American novels from the modernist period to the present.  Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent.  3.00 credit(s)

SPA 2215 Latin American Short Story

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. 3.00 credit(s)

SPA 2217 - Hispanic Lit through Art

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.   3.00 credit(s)

Spanish 2993 Internship

A community-based experience helping lawyers translate & interpret for the Philadelphia Hispanic community.  3.00 credit(s)

SPA 2996 - Internship

A community-based experience helping lawyers translate & interpret for the Philadelphia Hispanic community. 3.00 credit(s)

SPA 3411 - Masterpieces of Med Lit

The Cid and other major works of the Spanish Middle Ages: early lyric, epic, ballad, prose. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent.  3.00 credit(s)

SPA 3412 - Special Topics

Advanced study of topics of special interest in Spanish literary and/or cultural studies. May be repeated for credit if topic changes.  3.00 credit(s)

SPA 3612 - Cervantes

An interdisciplinary approach to Cervantes's work. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. 3.00 credit(s)

SPA 3614 - Drama of Golden Age

The representation of the monarch, women, minority groups, etc. in Golden Age society through its drama. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent.

SPA 3715 - 18th Century Literature

Prose, poetry and theatre from Feijoo to Moratin. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent.  3.00 credit(s)

SPA 3718 - 19th Century Novel

Reading of novels representing costumbrismo, realismo and naturalismo. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent.  3.00 credit(s)

SPA 3820 - Love, Desire and Death

Development of spanish poetry concentrating on romanticism and modernism. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent.  3.00 credit(s)

SPA 3821 - Love, Fame & the After Life

An examination of love, fame and death in spanish poetry from beginnings to present day. 3.00 credit(s)

SPA 3822 - Latin American Poetry

The development of Spanish-American poetry from colonial times to the present. Satisfies Diversity Requirement. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent.  3.00 credit(s)

SPA 3920 - Cont Span Short Fiction

Short fiction in the Spanish literary tradition, with greater emphasis on the fruition of the genre in contemporary Spain. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent.  3.00 credit(s)

SPA 3921 - Spanish Theatre of 20 & 21 c.

A critical analysis of representative plays from Benavente to the present day. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent.  3.00 credit(s)

SPA 3923 - The Modern Novel

Representative trends in 20th century Spanish novels. novels. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent.  3.00 credit(s)

SPA 3924 - Hispanic Film and Literature

Spanish filsms based on literary works as a medium will be used to better understand contemporary Spanish culture and civilization.  3.00 credit(s)

SPA 3925 - Garcilaso, Fray Luis, San Juan

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.  3.00 credit(s)

SPA 3926 - Discursos de la memoria

This course explores the works of Latin American writers from the point of view of memory, invention or recuperation of early youth or significant events that are written into a diary, a chronicle, testimony or autobiography. Critical thinking is focused on the articulation of the subject in his personal story. 3.00 credit(s)

SPA 3970 - Research Seminar

Principles and techniques of literary research. Overview of major Spanish and Spanish-American authors and representative works. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent.  3.00 credit(s)

SPA 4110 - The Spanish Epic and Ballad

Readings and discussions in the popular literature, including the folktale.  3.00 credit(s)

SPA 4140 - The Latin American "Boom"

The contemporary novel and short story Borges, Cartazar, Asturias, Fuentes, Machado de Assis, Rulfo, Garcia Marquez.  3.00 credit(s)

SPA 4160 - Faces of Modernity

Study of artistic trends in twentieth century Spain.   3.00 credit(s)

SPA 5900 - Independent Study in Spanish

Supervised study, activity or research. May be taken more than once. Prerequisite: Intermediate Spanish or above. Prior approval of chair and instructor.  3.00 credit(s)