2007-08 Academic Year - Humboldt State University
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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 />
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