2013-2014 Catalog - Virginia Wesleyan College

110 FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURESChart continued from previous pageSix of the following:GER 307Topics in Advanced GermanConversation and Composition(repeated with a different topic)GER 317Great German ThinkersGER 318Great German WritersGER 329Modern German Literature 24GER 340German Cinema: Art and PoliticsGER 344/444Modern Germany through the CinemaGER 3xxTopics in German StudiesGER 430The German ComedyGER 471Practicum in the Teaching of GermanGER 3xx4Study Abroad (at the Goethe Institut)TOTAL 32Major Requirements: Hispanic StudiesCOURSE NUMBER AND TITLESEM.HRS.SPAN 307Topics in Advanced Conversation 4and CompositionSix of the following:SPAN 307Topics in Advanced Conversationand Composition (repeated with adifferent topic)SPAN 312Survey of Spanish Literature:Latin AmericaSPAN 316Studies in Hispanic PoetrySPAN 317Civilization of SpainSPAN 318Civilization of Latin AmericaSPAN 320Comparative Politics: Latin AmericaSPAN 321Political Writings of Latin AmericaSPAN 329Latin America through the Cinema 24SPAN 333Commercial SpanishSPAN 345Seminar in Spanish LiteratureSPAN 350Hispanic American Women WritersSPAN 360The Latin American Short StorySPAN 365U.S. Latino CultureSPAN 375Topics in Mexican Culture and HistorySPAN 380Analysis of the Spanish LanguageSPAN 420The Latin American NovelSPAN 471Practicum in the Teaching of SpanishSPAN 3xxStudy AbroadMajor Requirements: Latin4TOTAL 32(See Classics for Latin major and courses.)Minor Requirements: French StudiesCOURSE NUMBER AND TITLESEM.HRS.FR 307Topics in Advanced Conversation 4and CompositionElective at 300/400 level 4One course in French history 4One course in French Literature 4One course in French Cinema 4One course in contemporary Frenchsociety and civilization4TOTAL 24Minor Requirements: German StudiesCOURSE NUMBER AND TITLEFOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURESSEM.HRS.GER 307Topics in Advanced Conversation 4and CompositionFive of the following:GER 307Topics in Advanced Conversationand Composition (may be repeatedas topics vary)GER 317Great German ThinkersGER 318Great German WritersGER 329Modern German Literature 20GER 340German Cinema: Art and PoliticsGER 344/444Modern Germany through the CinemaGER 350Topics in German StudiesGER 430The German ComedyGER 471Practicum in the Teaching of GermanStrongly encouraged:GER 3xxStudy Abroad (at the Goethe Institut)TOTAL 24Minor Requirements: Hispanic StudiesCOURSE NUMBER AND TITLESEM.HRS.SPAN 307Topics in Advanced Conversationand Composition 4(Taught in Spanish and can be takenmore than once for credit.)Five of the following:SPAN 307 (second iteration only)Topics in Advanced Conversationand CompositionSPAN 312Survey of Latin American LiteratureSPAN 313Seminar In Hispanic CulturesSPAN 316Studies In Hispanic PoetrySPAN 317Civilization of SpainSPAN 318Civilization of Spanish Peoples II: 20Latin AmericaSPAN 321Political Writings of Latin AmericaSPAN 329Latin America through the CinemaSPAN 333Commercial SpanishSPAN 345Seminar In Spanish LiteratureSPAN 350Hispanic American Women WritersSPAN 355Myths, Rituals, and Reality In theHispanic Syncretic ImaginationSPAN 365U.S. Latino cultureStrongly encouraged:GER 3xxStudy AbroadFRENCH STUDIESTOTAL 24111The French Studies major aims to develop in itsstudents the skills, knowledge, attitudes, and valuesnecessary for living and working in a French-speakingsociety with little or no dependence on English.Students attain language skills at the high-advancedlevel, as well as knowledge of French history,literature, and the arts, including cinema. Courses aredesigned to help students understand contemporaryFrench culture as compared to their own and deepentheir appreciation of these differences. The major alsoprepares students for meaningful exchange in anincreasingly complex, globalized, transnational, andmulticultural world where interaction with non-English speaking people has become not justdesirable, but unavoidable and where liberal artsgraduates should have a sense of enlightenedunderstanding of, appreciation for, and solidaritywith other countries, nations, and peoples. The major