Subject: Spanish (Grad) (GSPA)

CRN: 41693

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: McNeely Hall 231

Online

  Daniel Tight

This course is designed to give students and teachers of Spanish a review of Spanish phonetics using the most current texts and approaches. Concurrently, the course will also present: 1) recent research articles on the acquisition of second language phonetics and phonology, and; 2) current teaching methodologies and resources for teaching the Spanish sound system. The main goal is to provide students and teachers with a greater repertoire of teaching tools to use in a variety of Spanish classes and levels.

3 Credits

Subject: Spanish (Grad) (GSPA)

CRN: 41694

Online: Some Synchronous | Topics Lecture 1

Online

  Paola Ehrmantraut

This special topics course, Social Justice in Latin American Culture, will address how struggles for Social Justice have played an important role in politics, culture, and social life in Latin America. Shaped by 1960s and 1970s discourse and addressing colonial legacies, these struggles include literature, music, and movements demanding land reform, protesting violence, or redefining politics: all have started by embracing evolving concepts of Social Justice. In this course, we will explore the challenged and varied history of that concept and the deep influence in the culture of the Spanish speaking countries of the region. More importantly, we will ask how different groups answer the question of fairness in their societies today.

3 Credits

Subject: Spanish (Grad) (GSPA)

CRN: 41695

Online: Some Synchronous | Topics Lecture 2

Online

  Sonia Rey-Montejo

This specific offering of the course, Afro-Hispanic Literatures and Cultures, examines 20th and 21st century literary representations of afro-identity in Latin America, the Spanish Caribbean and Equatorial Guinea with special attention to the intersections of race, gender, class, and nationality. We will analyze how the work of art (a literary text, a movie, a painting, a song, to name a few examples) serves as a space for reflection on concepts such as ‘race,’ ethnicity, hegemony, resistance, multiculturalism, and hybridity. Primary readings will be supplemented by relevant historical, critical, and theoretical texts. Along with these readings we will also view documentaries and films that deal with issues of race and ethnicity within these minority communities. Class discussion will focus on how identities are constructed within the space of fiction and other artistic representations. The objective for this course offering is to provide an overview of contemporary literary works by Latin American, Caribbean and Equatorial Guinean writers of African descent.

3 Credits

Subject: Spanish (SPAN)

CRN: 42215

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: McNeely Hall 231

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective

Other Requirements Met:
     School of Ed Transfer Course

  Daniel Tight

This course provides undergraduate students with an understanding of the basic concepts of phonetics and phonology. Students apply these concepts to achieve more native-like pronunciation in Spanish. Tasks include recognizing, producing, transcribing and describing in linguistic terms the sounds of Spanish. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SPAN 301 and 305 or their equivalents with a C- or better in each course, (may be taken simultaneously with SPAN 305).

4 Credits

Subject: Spanish (SPAN)

CRN: 42218

Online: Some Synchronous | Online: Synchronous

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective

Other Requirements Met:
     School of Ed Transfer Course
     CommGood/Community-Engaged
     Writing Intensive

  Sonia Rey-Montejo

This specific offering of the course, Afro-Hispanic Literatures and Cultures, examines 20th and 21st century literary representations of afro-identity in Latin America, the Spanish Caribbean and Equatorial Guinea with special attention to the intersections of race, gender, class, and nationality. We will analyze how the work of art (a literary text, a movie, a painting, a song, to name a few examples) serves as a space for reflection on concepts such as ‘race,’ ethnicity, hegemony, resistance, multiculturalism, and hybridity. Primary readings will be supplemented by relevant historical, critical, and theoretical texts. Along with these readings we will also view documentaries and films that deal with issues of race and ethnicity within these minority communities. Class discussion will focus on how identities are constructed within the space of fiction and other artistic representations. The objective for this course offering is to provide an overview of contemporary literary works by Latin American, Caribbean and Equatorial Guinean writers of African descent.

4 Credits

Subject: Spanish (SPAN)

CRN: 42220

Online: Some Synchronous | Topics Lecture 1

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective

Other Requirements Met:
     School of Ed Transfer Course
     Writing in the Discipline

  Paola Ehrmantraut

This special topics course, Social Justice in Latin American Culture, will address how struggles for Social Justice have played an important role in politics, culture, and social life in Latin America. Shaped by 1960s and 1970s discourse and addressing colonial legacies, these struggles include literature, music, and movements demanding land reform, protesting violence, or redefining politics: all have started by embracing evolving concepts of Social Justice. In this course, we will explore the challenged and varied history of that concept and the deep influence in the culture of the Spanish speaking countries of the region. More importantly, we will ask how different groups answer the question of fairness in their societies today.

4 Credits