Bulletin - John Jay College Of Criminal Justice - CUNY

Courses Offered
Students who take SPA 101 cannot fulfill the 6-credit language
requirement by taking SPA 111. Students who take SPA 111 must
also take SPA 112 or an intermediate level course to satisfy the
BA/BS degree requirements.
SPA 112 Introductory Spanish II for Bilingual
Students
3 hours, 3 credits
This course will enable the bilingual student to read and write
proficiently in Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPA 111 or placement examination
SPA 115 Practical Spanish I
3 hours, 3 credits
Basic principles of a beginner’s course (monolingual track) geared
toward law enforcement personnel. It is designed to give the
foundation for understanding, speaking, reading and writing the
target language. Special emphasis on vocabulary and linguistic
structures necessary to policing and related professions.
No credit for SPA 115 unless SPA 116 is completed.
SPA 116 Practical Spanish II
3 hours, 3 credits
The second half of a beginner’s course for law enforcement
personnel. Completes the grammar and vocabulary of Spanish 115,
as necessary to policing and related professions.
Prerequisite: SPA 115, or permission of the instructor
SPA 201-202 Intermediate Conversational Spanish
for Non-Hispanic Students
3 hours, 3 credits
Emphasis on conversation and reading of modern prose. Either term
may be taken separately.
Prerequisites: ENG 101, and successful completion of SPA 102, or
three years of high school Spanish and the third year Regents
examination
SPA 207 The Spanish-American Experience
3 hours, 3 credits
Reading, discussion and analysis in English of selected masterpieces
in Spanish-American literature. The development of an independent
American conscience through the struggle and search for selfdetermination
and self-expression. Course content is selected from
topics such as the impact of conquest and colonization, myth and
reality, man vs. nature, literature and revolution in such authors as
Cortes, Azuela, Borges, Garcia Marquez, Rulfo and others. Students
with a reading knowledge of Spanish are encouraged to read all
materials in the original.
Prerequisite: ENG 102 or ENG 201, or permission of the section
instructor
SPA 208 The Theme of Justice in 20th-Century
Spanish Literature
3 hours, 3 credits
This course traces the theme of justice in 20-century Spanish
literature. A variety of examples will be used in exploring this topic.
Justice as seen in the relationship of the individual and the state,
person to person, man to the Divine, etc., will be viewed through the
works of Max Aub, Camilo José Cela, Carmen Laforêt, Jacinto
Benavente and other contemporary writers. The works will be read
in English translation.
Prerequisites: ENG 101 and ENG 102 or ENG 201, or permission of
the section instructor
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