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This course focuses on advanced and specialized Spanish in terms of vocabulary and formal registers. Students explore the language of professional settings such business, administrative, legal, health care and social studies careers. In this advanced-level course, all teaching, class discussions, readings, oral presentations, written work and testing are in Spanish. Prerequisite(s): SPAN320 and SPAN325, or consent of the department. Counts in the Humanities Area of General Education Requirements. 5 quarter hours

This course provides intensive practice in translating texts from English into Spanish primarily, and from Spanish into English. Students refine their skills in manipulating the Spanish language and gain insight into how to identify, analyze and resolve translation problems. They also practice editing skills in Spanish. Text selection includes a wide range of topics, such as business, finance, health and social issues. In this advanced-level course, all teaching and class discussions are in Spanish. Some readings, written work and testing are in English. Prerequisite(s): SPAN320, SPAN325, and SPAN410, or consent of the department. Counts in the Humanities Area of General Education Requirements. 5 quarter hours

This course combines the study of advanced Spanish grammar and Spanish applied linguistics. Students concentrate on the Spanish language as a communicative system, rather than a set of grammatical rules. They explore the value of discourse analysis, pragmatics and sociolinguistics in the acquisition of Spanish as a second language. In this advanced-level course, all teaching, class discussions, readings, written work and testing are in Spanish. Prerequisite(s): SPAN320 and SPAN325, or consent of the department. Counts in the Humanities Area of General Education Requirements. 5 quarter hours

This course explores the archaeology and varieties of the Spanish language found around the world in terms of morphology, syntax, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Students become familiar with dialectical differences. In this advanced-level course, all teaching, class discussions, readings, written work, and testing are in Spanish. Prerequisite(s): SPAN320 and SPAN325, or consent of the department. Counts in the Humanities Area of General Education Requirements. 5 quarter hours

This course uses Latin American and Spanish film as a unifying subject matter for discussion and analysis of cultural topics. It serves as a stimulus for advanced listening, conversation and writing in Spanish. The result is an engaging, content-based approach that highlights the richness of Spanish-language cinema and cultures. In this advanced-level course, all film viewing, teaching, class discussions, oral presentations, written work and testing are in Spanish. Prerequisite(s): SPAN320 and SPAN325, or consent of the department. Counts in the Humanities Area of General Education Requirements. 5 quarter hours

This course presents the history of Latin America from its origins to the twentieth century. Indigenous civilizations, colonization, and independence movements of Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean serve as topics for course work in the Spanish language. In this advanced-level course, all teaching, readings, class discussions, oral presentations, written work and testing are in Spanish. Prerequisite(s): SPAN320 and SPAN325, or consent of the department. Counts in the Humanities Area of General Education Requirements. 5 quarter hours

This course examines twentieth-century revolutions and other radical challenges to status quo sociopolitical systems in Latin America. The focus is on the peculiar political, economic and social landscapes that led to these revolutions as well as on their development and effects in Latin America today. These serve as topics for the course work in the Spanish language. In this advanced-level course, all teaching, class discussions, readings, oral presentations, written work and testing are in Spanish. Prerequisite(s): SPAN320 and SPAN325, or consent of the department. Counts in the Humanities Area of General Education Requirements. 5 quarter hours

This course presents the Golden Age of peninsular Spanish literature, the 16th and 17th centuries. Students read and explore representative poetry, plays, novels and short stories from this period of such authors as Cervantes, Gongora and Quevedo. In this advanced-level course, all teaching, class discussions, readings, oral presentations, written work and testing are in Spanish. Prerequisite(s): SPAN320 and SPAN325, or consent of the department. Counts in the Humanities Area of General Education Requirements. 5 quarter hours

This course presents 20th century Latin American literature through the study of representative narrative and poetry by major authors. Students explore major literary movements, themes, and features of this literature by reading and examining the works of such authors as Neruda and Marquez. In this advanced-level course all teaching, class discussions, reading, written work and testing are in Spanish. Prerequisite(s): SPAN320 and SPAN325, or consent of the department. Counts in the Humanities Area of General Education Requirements. 5 quarter hours

In this contemporary literature course, students explore the fiction of major Latino writers in the U.S. Students read and examine a selection of representative texts of authors who portray the complex realities of the fastest- growing minority population in the United States. Teaching, class discussions, readings, written work and testing are in English. Prerequisite(s): Dept Lang Stud (for Spanish majors) - SPAN320, SPAN325, SPAN330, SPAN415, and SPAN450, or consent of the department. English and Philosophy - LAE101, LAE102, or consent of the department. Counts in the Humanities Area of General Education Requirements. 5 quarter hours

This capstone course of the Spanish major involves intensive reading, field work, and research that focus on current issues in the Latino community in Chicago. The course provides students the opportunity to draw upon and synthesize the content of courses previously taken and apply knowledge to current issues affecting Chicago Latinos in areas such as citizenship and immigration, family, education, health and the economy. In this advanced-level course, all teaching, class discussions, oral presentations, written work and testing are in Spanish. Some readings are in English. Prerequisite(s): SPAN320, SPAN325, SPAN330, SPAN410, and SPAN455, or consent of the department. Counts in the Humanities Area of General Education Requirements. 5 quarter hours

In this course of independent study, students develop with faculty approval a project related to the acquisition of the Spanish language and/or the culture, history, and literature of the Spanish-speaking world. Counts in the Humanities Area of General Education Requirements on a case-by-case basis. May be repeated up to two times. The combined total quarter hours of SPAN490 and SPAN495 cannot exceed 10. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the department 2-5 quarter hours OR 1-3 semester hours (formerly ESL490, APL490)

In this course, students and faculty select topics of special interest in the acquisition of the Spanish language and/or the culture, history, and literature of the Spanish-speaking world. More than one registration is permitted since topics vary each term. Counts in the Humanities Area of General Education Requirements on a case-by-case basis. May be repeated up to two times. The combined total quarter hours of SPAN490 and SPAN495 cannot exceed 10. Prerequisite(s): consent of the department 2-5 quarter hours OR 1-3 semester hours (formerly ESL495, APL495)