Beginning Spanish language with primary emphasis on the development of audio-lingual skills. Attention will also be given to the interrelatedness of language and civilization and culture. Additional attention will be given to the development of reading and writing. Students will be expected to spend several hours per week in the language laboratory. Not recommended for students with any previous study of Spanish.

Continuation of SPAN 1A with a greater emphasis on the development of speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills. Cultural knowledge continues to be an important component: elements of Hispanic character, customs, and the way in which the Spanish and Latin American peoples view themselves and others in the world is studied.

Prerequisite: SPAN 1A, or instructor permission.

Continuation of SPAN 2A. Meets the Foreign Language Graduation Proficiency Requirement.

Prerequisite: SPAN 2A, suitable score on placement exam, or instructor permission.

Designed to improve reading proficiency, will give students the opportunity to develop high-intermediate to advanced-level competency in Spanish. They will acquire the ability to understand main ideas and facts in description and narration of news items, personal correspondence, technical material written for general readers, simple short stories; follow essential points in ideas of special interest or knowledge. Students will demonstrate general comprehension of a text and will be able to answer content questions in English.

Note: Students must take the SPAN 7 Diagnostic Exam the first day of class. Meets Foreign Language Graduation Proficiency Requirement.

Prerequisite: SPAN 1B or SPAN 1C or two years of high school Spanish.

Conducted in Spanish, will further develop the audio-lingual skills that the students have acquired in their early Spanish language training. Emphasis will be placed on maintaining ideas and concepts in actual conversation situations, taken from topics of most interest to students.

Prerequisite: SPAN 2B or equivalent, or instructor permission.

Develops the necessary skills to write with clarity, precision, and style. It emphasizes the proper use of the accents and the correct use of grammar.

Prerequisite: SPAN 2B or equivalent.

Introduction to literary theory and a practical application of the techniques of literary criticism.

Prerequisite: SPAN 47.

Study of the sound system of Spanish with some attention to comparison with English and the physiology of sounds. Drill to develop good pronunciation.

Prerequisite: SPAN 2B or equivalent.

Study of the specific components of Spanish grammar with particular emphasis on the Spanish verbal system, the subjunctive, and other problematic aspects of grammar. Will be of particular interest to those planning to teach Spanish as well as to the Spanish-speaking students.

Note: SPAN 47 strongly recommended.

Prerequisite: SPAN 2B or equivalent.

Increased practice in writing with emphasis on sentence and paragraph structure, and compositions to effectively convey meaning and ideas. Attention will be given to narrative, descriptive, expository prose, and dialogue, as well as to letters and other forms of written communication.

Prerequisite: SPAN 103 and completion of all lower division requirements.

Continuation of SPAN 110; deals with literature from the Neoclassic period to the contemporary. Readings taken from works and genres of this period.

Prerequisite: SPAN 100.

Study of the major writers and trends in Latin American literature from Modernism to the present.

Prerequisite: SPAN 100.

Magic and the wonderful infra-mythical world of major contemporary Latin America writers are explored in this in-depth study of Magical Realism. Short stories and novels are examined as they create a marvelous "other world" or reality. Authors studied include Gortazar, Carpentier, Bombal, Borges, Rulfo, Garcia Marquez, Fuentes, Sainz, Esquivel, and others.

Prerequisite: SPAN 100.

Increases language fluency and acquisition of new vocabulary through intensive conversational practice, based on topics of contemporary interest.

Prerequisite: SPAN 2B or equivalent.

Reading and discussion of the history, geography, anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, folklore, music, art, and the dance of Mexico.

Prerequisite: SPAN 2B or equivalent.

Directed fieldwork in a project which uses the language skills developed through previous study of Spanish. The projects may include interpreting and translating for public and/or private agencies in Sacramento, teaching or tutoring in the community, or other projects approved by the faculty supervisor. All work will be monitored by Sacramento State faculty. The student must submit written reports to his/her supervisor. Can be taken more than once for credit.

Prerequisite: Intermediate competency in Spanish and instructor permission.

Tutoring of lower division Spanish students, under the supervision of an instructor.

Prerequisite: Advanced students with native or near-native fluency, upper division status ("U" exam), or instructor permission.

Individual projects or directed reading.

Note: Open only to students who appear competent to carry on individual work, and enrollment will be limited to hardship cases.

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor supervising work, the advisor, and the Department Chair.

Application of linguistic theory, principally to the areas of language teaching and learning acquisition. Occasionally the application of linguistics to other fields may be examined.

Prerequisite: LING 130, SPAN 102, SPAN 103; or equivalent.

Specific topic from this period will be chosen for intensive study as announced.

Prerequisite: SPAN 100 and an upper division course in Peninsular Literature; or equivalent.

Individual projects or directed reading.

Note: Open only to students who have the required number of units in residence and who appear competent to carry on individual work. Enrollment will be limited to hardship cases. Only 3 units of upper division or 3 units of graduate division credit will be accepted for any one degree in Spanish.

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor supervising work, the advisor, and the Department chair.

Completion of a thesis, project or comprehensive examination.

Prerequisite: Advanced to candidacy and permission of the graduate coordinator.