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methods and interpretation of results. [Prereq:<br />

SOIL 260 (or equivalent); CHEM 107 and 328,<br />

or CHEM 109 and 110; or IA. Weekly: 2 hrs lect,<br />

3 hrs lab. Offered alternate years.]<br />

SOIL 465. Soil Microbiology (3). Interrelationships<br />

between soil, microorganisms, and plants,<br />

especially in context of wildland soils. Isolate/<br />

identify microorganisms. [Prereq: SOIL 260 (or<br />

equivalent), BIOL 105. Weekly: 2 hrs lect, 3 hrs<br />

lab. Offered alternate years.]<br />

SOIL 467. Soil Physics (3). <strong>State</strong>/transport<br />

of matter and energy in soil; physical processes<br />

governing soil/water energy relationships.<br />

[Prereq: SOIL 260 (or equivalent); PHYX 106 or<br />

109; or IA. Weekly: 2 hrs lect, 3 hrs lab. Offered<br />

every year.]<br />

SOIL 468. Introduction to Agroforestry (3).<br />

Objectives and socioeconomic contexts. Multipurpose<br />

tree species; soil/tree/crop/livestock<br />

interactions; soil conservation; soil fertility effects.<br />

[Prereq: BOT 105, SOIL 260 (or equivalent).]<br />

SOIL 480. Selected Topics (1-3). Lecture as appropriate.<br />

[Rep with a different topic.]<br />

SOIL 485. Senior Seminar (1-2). Topics of current<br />

interest. Lectures, guest speakers, discussions,<br />

and/or student presentations. [Prereq:<br />

junior or senior standing or IA. Rep.]<br />

SOIL 499. Directed Study (1-3). Individual research/project.<br />

[Prereq: IA. Rep.]<br />

GRADUATE<br />

SOIL 580. Advanced Selected Topics (1-3). Lecture<br />

as appropriate. [Rep with a different topic.]<br />

SOIL 685. Seminar (1-2). Topics of current<br />

interest. Lectures, guest speakers, discussions,<br />

and/or student presentations. [Prereq: grad<br />

standing or IA. Rep.]<br />

SOIL 690. Thesis (1-4). [Rep.]<br />

SOIL 695. Research Problems in Wildland Soils<br />

(1-4). [Rep.]<br />

SOIL 699. Directed Study (1-4). [Rep.]<br />

Spanish<br />

LOWER DIVISION<br />

SPAN 105. Spanish Level I (4). Direct approach:<br />

listening and speaking. Pronunciation, intensive<br />

oral practice in short natural dialogues, activities;<br />

reading, writing. For those who have never been<br />

introduced to formal study. Conducted in Spanish.<br />

[Does not meet lower division GE requirements.<br />

Coreq: SPAN 110. CAN SPAN 2.]<br />

SPAN 106. Spanish Level II (4). Continues SPAN<br />

105. Language as a communicative medium<br />

and carrier of culture. Films, Spanish-language<br />

TV, and readings strengthen listening/reading<br />

performance and expose to Hispanic life/culture.<br />

Conducted in Spanish. [Prereq: SPAN 105. Coreq:<br />

SPAN 110. CAN SPAN 4. GE.]<br />

SPAN 107. Spanish Level III (4). Review grammar;<br />

develop understanding, speaking, reading,<br />

writing, knowledge of Spanish/Latin American<br />

culture. Readings, presentations. Language as<br />

communicative medium and carrier of culture.<br />

Conducted in Spanish. [Prereq: SPAN 106. Coreq:<br />

SPAN 110. CAN SPAN 8. DCG-n. GE.]<br />

SPAN 1<strong>08</strong>. Level III for Spanish Speakers (4).<br />

Parallels 107. Emphasis: Spanish spoken by US<br />

Hispanic community as communicative medium<br />

and carrier of culture. [Prereq: near-native speaking<br />

ability in Spanish, confirmed by personal<br />

interview with instructor. GE.]<br />

SPAN 110. Spanish Language Laboratory (1).<br />

Must be taken with first and second year language<br />

courses. Students use computers and technology<br />

to expand course work, carry our investigations,<br />

do research and practice oral and aural language<br />

skills. [Rep. three times per dept. CR/NC. Coreq:<br />

SPAN 105, 106, 107 or 207.]<br />

SPAN 207. Spanish Level IV (4). Review grammar.<br />

Develop four fundamental skills. Read short<br />

stories, poems, plays for conversation, composition,<br />

vocabulary. Conducted in Spanish. [Prereq:<br />

SPAN 107. Coreq: SPAN 110. CAN SPAN 10.]<br />

SPAN 2<strong>08</strong>. Level IV for Spanish Speakers (4).<br />

Parallels 207. Composition, advanced reading<br />

comprehension, standard vs. vernacular usages,<br />

contrasting Hispanic cultures. [Prereq: SPAN<br />

1<strong>08</strong>; near-native speaking ability in Spanish, confirmed<br />

by personal interview with instructor.]<br />

SPAN 250. Intermediate Spanish Conversation<br />

(1-4). Everyday language, including idioms, gestures,<br />

context-specific vocabulary. Conversation topics<br />

chosen from newspapers, text, video. [Prereq:<br />

SPAN 106 or IA. Rep.]<br />

SPAN 251. Spanish Conversation: Professional<br />

Subjects (4). Specific conversation areas: foreign<br />

service, health work, legal and social work, business,<br />

etc. [CR/NC.]<br />

SPAN 260. Spanish Writing Workshop (4).<br />

Small groups and individualized lab sections.<br />

[CR/NC.]<br />

SPAN 280. Lower Division Weekend Retreat/<br />

Seminar (1-4). Language retreat or seminar with<br />

guest lecturer; typically offered on weekend; culminates<br />

in project or report. Or lab for which times of<br />

required attendance are self-determined. [Prereq:<br />

completed Spanish level II or IA. Rep.]<br />

SPAN 285. Mexico Today (4). Analyze/interpret<br />

present-day Mexico. Visit museums and cultural<br />

and archaeological sites; exhibitions and art performances;<br />

cultural, civic, and political events.<br />

Selected readings. [CR/NC. Prereq: SPAN 106<br />

or IA. Rep.]<br />

UPPER DIVISION<br />

SPAN 306 / FREN 306 / GERM 306 / WS<br />

306. Sex, Class, & Culture: Gender & Ethnic<br />

Issues in International Short Stories (3). Gender<br />

and ethnic issues in French, German, and Spanish<br />

short stories by and about women. Readings,<br />

lectures, and discussions entirely in English. [Rep.<br />

DCG-n. GE.]<br />

SPAN 309. Revolution, Reform, Response (3).<br />

20th century Latin America: theme of revolution.<br />

Emphases: Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Cuba,<br />

Argentina. Part of 9-unit package with HIST 309,<br />

WS 309. As a group, they fulfill area C and D upper<br />

division General Education.<br />

SPAN 311. Spanish Level V, Advanced Grammar<br />

& Composition (4). Contemporary grammatical<br />

analysis/terminology; contrasts within<br />

the Spanish language; contrasts/relationships between<br />

English and Spanish. Current idiomatic and<br />

formal usage in both oral and written language.<br />

[Prereq: SPAN 207, its equivalent, or IA.]<br />

SPAN 340. Introduction to the Analysis of<br />

Hispanic Literature (4). Relation to literary<br />

problems in general. Functions and elements,<br />

literary periods, genres, trends, movements;<br />

historical context. Required of majors prior to<br />

any upper division literature courses. [Prereq:<br />

SPAN 207 or IA.]<br />

SPAN 342. Cervantes (4). Don Quixote or Cervantes’<br />

other works. His development as man and<br />

writer within the framework of his time. [Prereq:<br />

SPAN 340 or IA.]<br />

SPAN 343. The Golden Age (4). Spain’s greatest<br />

period of original literature: picaresque novel<br />

flourished; modern novel emerged; dramas of<br />

intrigue, history, morals, and sentiment entertained/educated<br />

the public; poetry evolved<br />

complicated forms with conceptismo and culteranismo.<br />

Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Tirso de<br />

Molina, Calderon, Quevado, Gongora, others.<br />

Prereq: SPAN 340 or IA.]<br />

SPAN 344. Modern Hispanic Theater Workshop<br />

(4). Analyze plays by most important dramatists<br />

of 20th century: Lorca, Buero Vallejo, Sastre;<br />

avant-garde playwrights such as Arrabal in Spain<br />

and Solorzano, Usigli, Villarrutia, and Gorostiza in<br />

Latin America. Authors vary. Produce and stage<br />

a play (or meaningful parts of different plays).<br />

[Prereq: SPAN 340 or IA.]<br />

SPAN 345. Hispanic Cinema (4). Films of past<br />

50 years, both as art medium and document of<br />

changing society. New generation of film makers/directors.<br />

When possible, study relationship<br />

between literary work and its film adaptation.<br />

[Prereq: SPAN 340 or IA.]<br />

SPAN 346. Borges & the Contemporary Spanish<br />

American Short Story (4). Borges’ short<br />

stories as pre-texts of Spanish American modern<br />

narrative literatures. May include works from<br />

Cortazar, Rulfo, Valenzuela, Lynch, others. [Prereq:<br />

SPAN 340 or IA.]<br />

SPAN 347. The “Boom” of the Latin American<br />

Novel (4). Magic realism; the fantastic; self-conscious<br />

fiction. Garcia Marquez, Vargas Llosa,<br />

Fuentes, Sabato. Innovative structure, mass<br />

media techniques, linguistic play. [Prereq: SPAN<br />

340 or IA.]<br />

SPAN 348. Contemporary Hispanic Poetry (4).<br />

Vanguard movements in poetry; their relation to<br />

film, music, art. Garcia Lorca, Miguel Hernandez,<br />

Octavio Paz, Pablo Neruda, Nicolas Guillen, others.<br />

Conflict between poetry and political commitment.<br />

Varied, complex voices of Spain, Latin America.<br />

[Prereq: SPAN 340 or IA.]<br />

SPAN 349. Contemporary Spanish Novel (4).<br />

Tremendismo, behaviorism, alienation, ironic<br />

and social realism. Cela, Delibes, Martin Santos,<br />

DCG diversity & common ground; d domestic, n non-domestic; disc discussion; F fall, S spring, Su summer; GE general ed; IA instructor approval; lect lecture; prereq prerequisite; rep repeatable<br />

<strong>2007</strong>-20<strong>08</strong> <strong>Humboldt</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong> Catalog Spanish<br />

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