Grammar and Practical Spanish - 100 Level
In the grammar portion of the course, students are exposed to the basics of the Spanish language, and students have the opportunity to learn and practice both the theory and the pragmatic basics of speaking and writing. The practical component of the course consists of reading, dictation, composition, phonetics studies, and focuses on pronunciation and intonation.
This course is available for both the Intensive Language Track and the Spanish Language and Culture Track.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Contact Hours: 40
Grammar and Practical Spanish - 200 Level
Grammar students at the intermediate level focus on theory, sentence structure, more complex writing and reading skills and enhancing vocabulary. The practical component of this class is composed of reading, dictation, composition, phonetics, and intonation exercises to improve students’ abilities to use their knowledge of Spanish in practical situations.
This course is available for both the Intensive Language Track and the Spanish Language and Culture Track.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Contact Hours: 40
Grammar and Practical Spanish - 300 & 400 Level
The advanced level students work to perfect their written knowledge of Spanish, polish skills with complex sentence structures and verb tenses and enhance their vocabulary. This practical component of the class is composed of reading, dictation, composition, phonetics, and intonation exercises to improve students’ abilities to use their knowledge of Spanish in practical situations.
This course is available for both the Intensive Language Track and the Spanish Language and Culture Track.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Contact Hours: 40
Written Expression and Understanding - 100 Level
Students learn to write about themselves in simple structures in everyday situations.
This course is available for both the Intensive Language Track and the Spanish Language and Culture Track.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Contact Hours: 40
Written Expression and Understanding - 200 Level
Students read literary texts, newspaper articles, and compositions. This course aids in improving a student’s ability to read and understand various styles of Spanish writing.
This course is available for both the Intensive Language Track and the Spanish Language and Culture Track.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Contact Hours: 40
Written Expression and Understanding - 300 & 400 Level
Students read literary texts, newspaper articles, and compositions. This course aids in improving a student’s ability to read and understand various styles of Spanish writing.
This course is available for both the Intensive Language Track and the Spanish Language and Culture Track.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Contact Hours: 40
Oral Expression and Understanding - 100 Level
This course presents the opportunity to use the Spanish language in situations presented by the teacher, in dramatizations, oral presentations, and through listening comprehension.
This course is available for both the Intensive Language Track and the Spanish Language and Culture Track.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Contact Hours: 40
Oral Expression and Understanding - 200 Level
Students are presented with situations in which to respond verbally, present dramatizations, and practice oral expression and comprehension.
This course is available for both the Intensive Language Track and the Spanish Language and Culture Track.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Contact Hours: 40
Oral Expression and Understanding - 300 & 400 Level
Students are presented with situations in which to respond verbally, present dramatizations, and practice oral expression and comprehension.
This course is available for both the Intensive Language Track and the Spanish Language and Culture Track.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Contact Hours: 40
Spanish Grammar
This course is available to students participating in the Spanish Language and Culture Track.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Contact Hours: 20
Spanish Composition
The purpose of this course is to help students improve their Spanish writing style and skills. Students will receive composition and writing guidelines that -together with various exercises and practice - will help them optimize their language management.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Contact Hours: 20
Spanish Vocabulary
This course is available to students participating in the Spanish Language and Culture Track.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Contact Hours: 20
Grandes genios de la “modernidad” (Goya, Sorolla, Gaudí, Picasso, Miró, Dalí, etc. en sus contextos)
This course is available to students participating in the Spanish Language and Culture Track.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
El cuento hispanoamericano II
This course is available to students participating in the Spanish Language and Culture Track.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Language Level Required: Advanced
Español y fútbol o cómo aprender español a través del fútbol
This course is available to students participating in the Spanish Language and Culture Track.
El fútbol no es sólo el deporte con mayor repercusión mundial, sino que en sí mismo es un lenguaje universal y una divertida herramienta para aprender la lengua y cultura española. En este curso proponemos practicar, estudiar y perfeccionar el español a
través del fútbol. El conocido como “deporte rey” es actualmente todo un acontecimiento sociológico, uno de los mayores negocios deportivos y un espectáculo
de dimensiones mundiales, vivido por algunos aficionados como una nueva religión.
Es además un fenómeno que despierta todo tipo de pasiones encontradas. Si para unos genera un sentimiento de pertenencia y está lleno de valores positivos (solidaridad, compañerismo, sacrificio…), para otros es algo pernicioso que engendra violencia,
fanatismo y es un peligroso enajenante.
Durante el curso discutiremos y estudiaremos todos estos fenómenos vinculados al fútbol, además de analizar la actualidad futbolística, los equipos, las principales ligas europeas, las grandes estrellas y el próximo campeonato de selecciones (Mundial, Eurocopa o Copa América). Para ello, trabajaremos con cuentos, fragmentos de novelas, crónicas, entrevistas, ensayos, documentales y películas sobre fútbol.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Variedades del español
This course is available to students participating in the Spanish Language and Culture Track.
Que el alumno conozca y sepa reconocer buena parte de las variedades del español, así como que los diferentes acentos, léxico y estructuras morfosintácticas no supongan un gran problema para su comprensión del idioma.
Para ello, además de las explicaciones propias de cada tema, se harán continuas audiciones (textos, diálogos, canciones), visionado de fragmentos de películas, etc. que ejemplifiquen las mismas y vayan formando el oído de los alumnos ante las distintas variedades del idioma.
Así mismo se realizarán algunos ejercicios donde se pondrán en práctica las variedades léxicas y morfosintácticas.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
La mujer se despierta. La evolución de la mujer a través de la literatura española
This course is available to students participating in the Spanish Language and Culture Track.
El objetivo del curso consiste en introducir al estudiante en el proceso y evolución de la adquisición de derechos de la mujer en la sociedad española, haciendo un seguimiento de las diversas consideraciones sobre su figura a lo largo de la historia de España y de las influencias de otras corrientes extranjeras (literarias, artísticas, filosóficas…).
Numerosos son los textos literarios de nuestra literatura que dan voz a la realidad de la mujer peninsular, sus concesiones, luchas y victorias. Se tratará de ejemplificar cómo el amplio caudal de ideologías y modas afectará a la imagen femenina y a su papel en la sociedad, provocando, en ocasiones, avances o retrocesos ajenos al supuesto de una cronología positiva. Personajes y autores masculinos y femeninos ejercen a veces el papel de represores, otras veces de liberadores.
Dada la naturaleza de la materia, el profesor desempeñará su labor desde la objetividad, dejando que sean los estudiantes quienes saquen sus propias conclusiones. La asignatura permite el debate abierto, el desarrollo de la opinión subjetiva, la comparación con las culturas del país de origen y la lectura de otros textos (filosóficos, religiosos, periodísticos), así como el visionado de documentales o escenas de películas, y la audición de canciones.
Se ayudará al estudiante a mejoras las destrezas en Comprensión y Expresión Escritas y Oral. Se ayudará, así mismo, a desarrollar su capacidad crítica.
Language of Instruction: Spanish
La España musulmana: historia y vida cotidiana
Language of Instruction: Spanish
