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• SPAN 3008: Spanish for Educators

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course focuses on the applied aspects of the Spanish language in teacher education. Significant emphasis will be on practical vocabulary such as communicating with parents and students, classroom management, managing behavioral issues, teaching various subject areas, enforcing school rules, and cooperation between school and parent.
  ShareSPAN 3008 - Spanish for Educators

• SPAN 3009: Spanish for the Professions

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Students will apply skills in Spanish language and cultures to professional community contexts. Students will develop and complete a project related to their academic field of interest and will complete a capstone research project related to the specific project selected.
  ShareSPAN 3009 - Spanish for the Professions

• SPAN 3100: Conversation and Composition

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Students acquire a command of the Spanish language and the ability to communicate by listening, speaking, reading, and writing. There is intense practice in conversation, composition, and phonetics based on modern prose, as well as on natural spontaneous speech models, including colloquialisms.
  ShareSPAN 3100 - Conversation and Composition

• SPAN 3200: Hispanic Short Stories

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  A study of representative short stories by Spanish and Latin American writers. All readings and oral and written discussion in Spanish.
  ShareSPAN 3200 - Hispanic Short Stories

• SPAN 3400: Hispanic Film

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course, taught in Spanish, will examine major Spanish and Latin American films with English subtitles. It offers a special and important perspective to approach the contemporary history and culture of Hispanic countries. Prerequisite: SPAN 2001, equivalent, or instructor's approval.
  ShareSPAN 3400 - Hispanic Film

• SPAN 3440: Translation

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Reviews basic translation theory and introduces advanced translation techniques. Includes Spanish to English translation as well as English to Spanish.
  ShareSPAN 3440 - Translation

• SPAN 3460: 20th Century Spain

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course involves the study of the revitalization of today's Spanish society following the repression of the post-war years. It traces the various faces of that revolution of Spanish culture when the Spaniards decided to forget the war and the desperate state of Spain and focus on new forms of artistic expression. Taught in English.
  ShareSPAN 3460 - 20th Century Spain

• SPAN 3470: Romanticism in Latin America

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course examines the new art and cultural trends of post independence Latin America. It explores the role of painting, music, and literature in the process of construction of a national identity: the "Americanista" ideology. It will study the origins of the romantic movement, which breaks all classical rules. Taught in English.
  ShareSPAN 3470 - Romanticism in Latin America

• SPAN 3480: Mexico and the Chicano Mov.

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course surveys a general introduction to the political, social, and cultural changes in the Mexican society from the pre-Columbian times to the present through art and literature. The course explores the concern that Mexican intellectuals have with social and political issues. Taught in English.
  ShareSPAN 3480 - Mexico and the Chicano Mov.

• SPAN 3500: ST Hisp. Language Culture

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  In-depth examination of contemporary Hispanic literature and cultural issues including but not limited to such topics as Hispanic Women Writers, Latino Cultures in the U.S. and relationships between Hispanic nations and the U.S. Course is taught in Spanish.
  ShareSPAN 3500 - ST Hisp. Language Culture