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Spanish

Coordinator Associate Professor Enrica Ardemagni

Associate Professors Enrica Ardemagni, Herbert Brant, Lucila Mena, Nancy Newton

Assistant Professor Marta Antón

Lecturers Ellen Brennan, Mary Grössling

Academic Advising: Cavanaugh Hall 501 E, (317) 274-0062

Mission

The mission of the Spanish Program at IUPUI is to assist students in achieving proficiency in the Spanish language and to lead them to an understanding and an appreciation of the wide range of Hispanic cultures. To meet this goal, the Spanish Program offers introductory and advanced instruction in language, linguistics, culture and civilization, literature and applied language studies.

The introductory and intermediate sequences of courses are designed to provide non-majors with an exploration into Spanish language and Hispanic culture as an essential component of a liberal arts education. The sequences aim to develop an interest in the language and the peoples who speak it, as well to prepare students for a variety of careers with international dimensions.

The advanced curriculum prepares students to communicate orally and in writing about subjects in the target language, giving them the foundation for their future career experiences and to prepare them for graduate study. Through investigation into the different content areas that comprise the study of Spanish, the program contributes to the academic and personal development of students in multiple ways. The study of Spanish gives students the ability 1) to communicate with Spanish-speakers in the United States and abroad; 2) to understand better the cultural manifestations of other peoples; 3) to gain greater insight into the nature of language itself as well as their own language; 4) to reinforce knowledge gained from other disciplines and connect it with the study of a second language; and, 5) to develop a sense of a multilingual international community of which they form an integral part.

Considering the rapidly growing Spanish-speaking population in the United States, a major in Spanish is becoming increasingly desirable in the workplace. The major in Spanish can prepare students for a wide variety of careers in such fields as education, social services, international business and finance, government service, international communications and information services, and the travel and hospitality industry.

For detailed information about the program, visit the Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures home page.

Major in Spanish

In addition to fulfilling the general group requirements for a B.A. degree established by the School of Liberal Arts, the Spanish major must complete 30 credit hours in courses at the 300- and 400-level (12 of which must be completed at IUPUI) with a grade of C (2.0) or better. Required courses at the 300 level are: S311, S313, S320, S360, and S363. Required courses at the 400-level are: one course in literature, one course in culture and civilization, one course in linguistics, one elective, and the senior capstone seminar. Students must have senior status to register for the capstone seminar.

Capstone Course

Majors must register for S498, Capstone Seminar in Spanish. Working with a director, students will prepare a learning portfolio which integrates students' undergraduate study through writing and reading projects and oral presentations.

Minor in Spanish

The minor in Spanish requires 13 credit hours of course work (6 credit hours must be completed at IUPUI), with a grade of C (2.0) or better. Required courses are: S204, S313, S317, and 3 additional credit hours from the 300-400 level.

Teacher Certification

Students who wish to obtain certification on the secondary level must complete all professional courses required by the School of Education and should work with the School of Education advisor as well as with the Spanish program advisor.

Teaching Major Requirements

The teaching major in Spanish requires the completion of a minimum of 36 credit hours beyond the 100 level, including 30 credit hours in 300- and 400-level courses. The following courses are required: S311, S313, S317, S320, S360, S363, S428. Native speakers may receive a waiver for S317. Please consult with the Spanish program advisor.

Teaching Minor Requirements

The teaching minor in Spanish requires the completion of a minimum of 24 credit hours beyond the 100 level, including the following required 21 credit hours in 300- and 400-level courses: S311, S313, S317, S320, S360, S363, and S428.

Study Abroad Programs

Indiana University administers or cosponsors a variety of programs that permit students to live and study in a Spanish-speaking country as part of their normal degree programs. Students receive IU credit and grades for program participation and can apply most financial aid to program costs. These include an academic-year program in Madrid, Spain, and semester programs in Alicante, Madrid, and Seville, Spain, and in Santiago, Chile, and a spring semester program for business majors in Monterrey, Mexico. Six-week summer programs are offered in Cuernavaca, Mexico, for intermediate students; in Salamanca, Spain, for students who have completed two years of Spanish; and in Guanajuato, Mexico, for advanced students. In addition, IUPUI offers an exchange opportunity with the University of Costa Rica for a semester or year-long exchange (students receive transfer credits for the Costa Rica program). Graduate credit is available through the Salamanca program.

Students majoring in any discipline are encouraged to study abroad. All programs require applicants to have an overall B average. Some programs require as little as one semester's previous study of Spanish, while others are appropriate for students in advanced Spanish courses.

Students interested in study opportunities in Spanish-speaking countries should visit the Office of International Affairs, Union Building 203, IUPUI, (317) 274-7294 or the Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures office in CA405.

Other Activities

Sigma Delta Pi A chapter of the national Spanish honorary society, Sigma Delta Pi, was established in 1990. Students meeting the qualification requirements may be eligible for induction into the IUPUI chapter, Sigma Epsilon.

Spanish Club The Spanish program sponsors a Spanish Club, open to all interested students. Various events of cultural and academic interest are presented during the academic year.

Undergraduate Courses

S117-S118-S119 Beginning Spanish I-II-III
(3-3-4 cr.) Introductory language sequence of courses designed for students with no prior training in Spanish. Emphasis on developing basic speaking, writing, listening, and reading skills as well as awareness of Hispanic culture. Credit not given for S117-S118-S119 and S131- S132.

S131-S132 Intensive Beginning Spanish I-II
(5-5 cr.) Intensive introductory language sequence of courses. Recommended for prospective majors and for students with prior training in Spanish or other Romance languages. Emphasis on developing basic speaking, writing, listening, and reading skills as well as awareness of Hispanic cultures. Credit not given for S117-S118-S119 and S131-S132.

S203 Second-Year Spanish I (4 cr.) P: 8-10 credit hours of college level Spanish or placement by testing. A continuation of training in the four skills: listening, reading, speaking, and writing.

S204 Second-Year Spanish II (4 cr.) P: 10-14 credit hours of college level Spanish or placement by testing. Continuation of S203.

S298 Second-Year Spanish (3 or 6 cr.) Non- native students may receive a maximum of 16 special credits by completing a 300-level course with a "C" or better (S298 plus 10 hours at 100 level). Native speakers are eligible for a maximum of 6 hours of "S" credit (S298) upon completion of S313 with a "C" or better.

S311 Spanish Grammar (3 cr.) P: S204 or equivalent. This course is designed to integrate the four basic language skills into a review of the major points of Spanish grammar. Course work will combine grammar exercises with brief controlled compositions based on reading assignments and class discussion in Spanish. Spanish exercises will be corrected and discussed in class.

S313 Writing Spanish (3 cr.) P: S204 or equivalent. Grammar review, composition, and themes in Spanish.

S315 Spanish in the Business World (3 cr.) P: S204 or equivalent. Introduction to the technical language of the business world with emphasis on problems of style, composition, and translation in the context of Hispanic mores.

S317 Spanish Conversation and Diction (3 cr.) P: S204 or equivalent. Intensive controlled conversation correlated with readings, reports, debates, and group discussions, with emphasis on vocabulary usage, word order, tense relationships, and linguistic devices. Class time is the same as for a 5 credit hour course. May be repeated once for credit.

S319 Spanish for Health Care Personnel (3cr.) P: S204 or equivalent. A course specifically designed for those interested in learning Spanish in the context of material related to health care systems. Emphasis placed on vocabulary necessary for communicative competence in the medical fields.

S320 Spanish Pronunciation and Diction (3 cr.) P: S204 or equivalent. Thorough study of Spanish phonetics and intonation patterns. Corrective drills. Includes intensive class and laboratory work. Oral interpretation of texts.

S360 Introduction to Hispanic Literature
(3 cr.) P: S204 or equivalent and S313. Using fiction, drama, and poetry from both Spain and Latin America, this course introduces strategies to increase reading comprehension and presents terms and concepts useful in developing the critical skills of literary analysis.

S363 Introduction to Hispanic Culture (3 cr.) P: S204 or equivalent. Introduction to the cultural history of Spanish-speaking countries with emphasis on its literary, artistic, social, economic, and political aspects.

S407 Survey of Spanish Literature I (3 cr.) P: S360 or equivalent. A historical survey that covers major authors, genres, periods, and movements from the Spanish Middle Ages through the Baroque period of the seventeenth century. Readings include prose works, poetry, and drama.

S408 Survey of Spanish Literature II (3 cr.) P: S360 or equivalent. A historical survey of Spanish literature that covers the main current of Spain's literary history in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. Readings in prose, poetry, and drama by Larra, Peréz Galdós, Unamuno, García Lorca and other representative writers.

S411 Spanish Culture and Civilization (3 cr.) P: S204 or equivalent. A course to integrate historical, social, political, and cultural information about Spain.

S412 Latin American Culture and Civilization (3 cr.) P: S204 or equivalent. A course to integrate historical, social, political, and cultural information about Spanish America.

S421 Advanced Grammar and Composition (3 cr.) Selected grammar review and intensive practice in effective use of the written language.

S423 The Craft of Translation (3 cr.) P: S313 or consent of instructor. Basic introductory course in translation. The problems and techniques of Spanish/English, English/Spanish translation using a variety of texts and concentrating on such critical areas as stylistics, tone, rhythms, imagery, nuance, allusion, etc.

S426 Introduction to Spanish Linguistics (3 cr) P:S320. This course presents general aspects of Spanish linguistics: traditional, descriptive, historical, and dialectal. It is conducted entirely in Spanish.

S428 Applied Spanish Linguistics (3 cr.) P: S320 or consent of instructor. General aspects of Spanish phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics as they bear on teaching.

S431-S432 Survey of Spanish Poetry I-II
(3-3 cr.) P: S360 or equivalent. Spanish poetry from its beginnings to contemporary times. Works of medieval, Renaissance, romantic, and contemporary roots.

S445 Major Dramatists of the Golden Age I
(3 cr.) P: S360 or equivalent. Lectures outlining the development of the theater during the Golden Age. Readings selected from the works of Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Juan Ruiz de Alarcon, Calderón.

S450 Cervantes' Don Quixote I (3 cr.) P: S360 or equivalent. Intensive reading of Don Quixote, with account of the author's life and thought and discussions of the development of the novel to Cervantes' time.

S455 Modern Spanish Drama I (3 cr.) P: S360 or equivalent. Selected readings from the works of representative authors of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, with lectures on development of the Spanish theater.

S457 Modern Spanish Novel I (3 cr.) P: S360 or equivalent. Reading of representative nineteenth- and twentieth-century novels and study of development of the novel.

S461 Contemporary Spanish Literature I (3 cr.) P: S360 or equivalent. Selected twentieth-century novels, plays, and essays. Historical background and literary movements.

S470 Women and Hispanic Literature (3 cr.) P: S360 or equivalent. Hispanic woman within her cultural context through literary texts. Topics such as women authors, characters, themes, and feminist criticism.

S471-S472 Spanish-American Literature I-II (3-3 cr.) P: S360 or equivalent. Introduction to Spanish-American literature.

S477 Twentieth-Century Spanish-American Prose Fiction (3 cr.) P: S360 or equivalent. Close readings of representative novelists and short story writers, including established authors (Borges, Asturias, Arreola, Carpentier) and promising young writers.

S491 Elementary Spanish for Graduate Students (3-4 cr.; 4 cr. undergraduate; 3 cr. graduate) Introduction to the structure of the language necessary for reading in graded texts of a general nature. Open with consent of the instructor to undergraduates who have already completed the language requirement for the B.A. in another language.

S493 Internship Program in Spanish (3 cr) P: junior standing with consent. Students work in businesses, organizations or institutions applying their skills in Spanish in order to gain awareness of the uses of Spanish in the work place. They record and analyze their experiences through logs and meetings with the internship director and write a paper.

S494 Individual Readings in Hispanic Studies (1-3 cr.) Topic to be selected by the student with the consent of the department. May not be taken for graduate credit.

S495 Hispanic Colloquium (3 cr.) Topic to be selected by the departmental member offering the course. May be taken twice for credit as long as the topic is different.

S496 Foreign Study in Spanish (3-6 cr.) P: consent of chairperson. Planning of a research project during the year preceding the summer abroad. Time spent in research abroad must amount to at least one week for each credit hour granted. Research paper must be presented by the end of the semester following foreign study.

S498 Capstone Seminar in Spanish (3 cr.) A senior-level course for all Spanish majors which integrates students' undergraduate study. Students showcase academic progress through a portfolio, a reflective journal, discussions with the faculty capstone director, and a final presentation to students and faculty.

Courses in Literature in Translation

Literature-in-translation courses will be offered if the need for more Foreign Culture Option courses becomes evident.

S230 Cervantes' Don Quixote in Translation (3 cr.) Detailed textual analysis of Cervantes' masterpiece, with readings and class discussion on its relationship to the Renaissance and the development of the world novel.

S231 Spanish-American Fiction in Translation (3 cr.) Representative prose fiction of Spanish America. Background lectures on the evolution of the short story and novel. Readings and discussions will concentrate on the fiction of the twentieth century.

S240 Modern Spanish Literature in Translation (3 cr.) Readings from authors such as Unamuno, Cela, García Lorca, Jiménez, Pérez de Ayala, and Ortega y Gasset.

S241 Golden Age Literature in Translation (3 cr.) Masterpieces of Spanish literature of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Representative authors will include: Lope de Vega, Cervantes, Garcilaso, Quevedo, Fray Luis de León, San Juan de la Cruz, and Góngora.

Graduate Courses

S507 Foreign Language Institute (3 cr) Intensive interdepartmental course involving language laboratory and audiovisual equipment and techniques, lecture, assignments in contemporary civilization (in the foreign language), and discussion of classroom use of applied linguistics. Taught only in the summer. Intended primarily for teachers. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

S513 Introduction to Hispanic Sociolinguistics (3 cr.) P: S320, S426 or instructor's consent. This course examines the relationship between language and society in the Spanish-speaking world. It surveys a wide range of topics relevant to Spanish: language as communication, the sociology of language, and linguistic variation. The course is conducted entirely in Spanish.

S528 Translation Practice and Evaluation (3 cr.) A graduate course in the problems and techniques of Spanish/English and English/Spanish translation. Includes the practical aspects of translation from various texts (literary, technical, scientific, commercial, social) and evaluation of professional translations. Translation theory will be studied.

NOTE: All 400-level courses may to used for graduate credit, with the exception of S493, S494 and S498, which carry undergraduate credit only.
 

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