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Prerequisite: SPA 301 and 305 or permission of the department chair. This course is offered alternateyears.SPA 320 CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE OF HISPANIC AMERICA3 s.h.The history and geography of Spanish America. The blend of Hispanic heritage and native civilizations incolonial times. Arts, literature, and current issues in different countries, with Internet resources andcomputer applications. Conducted in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPA 301 and 305 or permission of thedepartment chair. This course is offered alternate years.SPA 401 ADVANCED SPANISH GRAMMAR3 s.h.An introduction to linguistics: brief diachronic study of the Spanish language; dialectal and sociolectaldifferences in present-day Spanish. Review of different approaches to grammar from Nebrija to thepresent. Emphasis on transformational grammar to describe and explain the phonological, morphological,and syntactical features of the language system. Required of students for licensure K-6 and K-12.Prerequisite: SPA 301, 305 or permission of the department chair. This course is offered alternate years.SPA 402 SPANISH COMPOSITION AND TRANSLATION3 s.h.Writing clear and grammatical expository prose and translating accurately from Spanish into English andEnglish into Spanish. For students preparing to teach Spanish and for bilingual education. Prerequisite:SPA 301 and 305 or permission of the department chair. Designated writing-enrichment course forSpanish majors. This course is offered as needed.SPA 411 SURVEY OF LITERATURE OF SPAIN I3 s.h.Spanish literature through the Golden Age (prose and poetry of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, themystics, the creation of the national theatre, the drama from Lope de Vega to Calderon, Cervantes and themodern novel, the Baroque, Quevedo, and Gongora). Conducted in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPA 301 and305 or permission of the department chair. This course is offered alternate fall semesters.SPA 412 SURVEY OF LITERATURE OF SPAIN II3 s.h.Spanish literature from the 18th century to the present: Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, and theliterary trends of the 20th century. Conducted in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPA 301 and 305 or permission ofthe department chair. This course is offered alternate spring semesters.SPA 415 SPANISH LITERATURE: CERVANTES3 s.h.The life, thought, and works of Cervantes, with emphasis on Don Quixote. Conducted in Spanish.Prerequisite: SPA 411 or permission of the department chair. This course is offered as needed.SPA 420 SURVEY OF SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE I3 s.h.Spanish-American literature from the colonial period to the beginning of the 19th century. Conducted inSpanish. Prerequisite: SPA 301 and 305 or permission of the department chair. This course is offeredalternate years.SPA 421 SURVEY OF SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE II3 s.h.Major writers and styles of Spanish-American literature, 19th-20th centuries. Conducted in Spanish.Prerequisite: SPA 301 and 305 or permission of the department chair. This course is offered alternateyears.SPA 485 SPECIAL STUDIES IN SPANISH1-3 s.h.In-depth study of a specific subject in Spanish literature, culture and civilization, or linguistics asdetermined by the department. Credit to be determined. Prerequisite: permission of the department chair.This course is offered as needed.SPA 499 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN SPANISHTBAAn opportunity for a well-qualified, upper-division student to engage in special research in his/her major.Requires approval by the faculty advisor, the supervising professor, the department chair, and the schooldean before approval by the Vice President for Academic Affairs. Credit to be determined.101