WSU Graduate Courses - Spanish/SPN

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SPN 511 SPANISH CONVERSATION (Credits: 4)

Practice in oral use of Spanish emphasizing the culture of the Hispanic world.

SPN 512 SPANISH CONVERSATION (Credits: 4)

Practice in oral use of Spanish emphasizing the culture of the Hispanic world.

SPN 521 SPANISH COMPOSITION (Credits: 4)

Oral and written composition in Spanish; translations from English into Spanish.

SPN 522 SPANISH COMPOSITION (Credits: 4)

Oral and written composition in Spanish; translations from English into Spanish.

SPN 523 SPANISH COMPOSITION (Credits: 4)

Oral and written composition in Spanish; translations from English into Spanish. Further grammar study.

SPN 525 BUSINESS SPANISH (Credits: 4)

An introduction to the language of business Spanish with insight into Spain and Latin America within the global economy.

SPN 526 BUSINESS SPANISH (Credits: 4)

Study of the business culture behind Spanish. Development of communication skills and intercultural understanding. Use of Spanish in International Business.

PREREQUISITE: SPN 525

SPN 531 SURVEY OF SPANISH LITERATURE (Credits: 4)

Historical survey of Spanish literature from the beginning to romanticism.

SPN 532 SURVEY OF SPANISH LITERATURE (Credits: 4)

Historical survey of Spanish Literature from romanticism to the present.

SPN 533 SURVEY OF SPANISH-AMERICAN LITEATURE (Credits: 4)

Reading of prose, poetry, and plays by Spanish-American writers.From pre-Columbian times to romanticism.

SPN 534 SURVEY OF SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE (Credits: 4)

Reading of prose, poetry, and plays by Spanish-American writers from romanticism to the present.

SPN 581 APPLIED ELEMENTARY SPANISH INSTRUCTION (Credits: 1)

Assistance for elementary course instructors in conducting classes.

SPN 590 FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE (Credits: 8)

For teachers of Spanish.Intensive experience designed, through total immersion, to improve language skills (conversation and composition) and increase awareness of Spanish civilization and contemporary culture.

SPN 602 SPANISH NOVEL OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (Credits: 4)

Nineteenth-century prose works by Galdos and others.

PREREQUISITE: CONSENT OF INSTRUCTOR

SPN 603 ADVANCED STUDIES: LANGUAGE AND CIVILIZATION (Credits: 4)

Topics vary. Conducted in Spanish.

PREREQUISITE: GRADUATE STANDING.

SPN 611 GOLDEN AGE DRAMA (Credits: 4)

Intensive readings of dramas by playwrights of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

SPN 612 MODERN DRAMA (Credits: 4)

Intensive readings of dramas by playwrights of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

SPN 621 INTENSIVE STUDY OF DON QUIXOTE, PART I (Credits: 4)

Cervantes.Intensive study of the works of Cervantes, including Don Quixote, novelas ejemplares, entremeses, and longer dramatic works.Lectures, discussions, and oral reports on Cervantes and his time.

SPN 631 SEM IN SPANISH LITERATURE (Credits: 4)

Intensive study of selected topics in peninsular literature. Background lectures, oral reports, and discussions. Titles vary.

SPN 632 SEMINAR IN SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE (Credits: 4)

Readings and reports in the novel, poetry, and drama of selected Spanish-American authors. Representative works of Borges, Garcma, Marquez, Rulfo, Paz, Vargas Llosa, Sanchez, and others.

PREREQUISITE: LANGUAGE COMPETENCE AND GRADUATE STANDING.

SPN 641 CONTEMPORARY SPANISH LITERATURE (Credits: 4)

Readings in the novel, poetry, and drama of major Spanish writers in the post-Civil war period.

PREREQUISITE: CONSENT OF INSTRUCTOR

SPN 642 CONTEMPORARY LATIN-AMERICAN LITERATURE (Credits: 4)

Readings in the novel, poetry, and drama of various Latin-American writers from the late 1930s to the present day.

SPN 650 INDEPENDENT GRADUATE RESEARCH (Credits: 1 TO 4)

Independent graduate research.

SPN 662 THE GENERATION OF 1898 (Credits: 4)

Novel, poetry, and theatre of Unamuno, Baroja, and others.

SPN 681 INDEPENDENT READING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS (Credits: 4)

Independent reading for graduate students.

SPN 682 IND READ GRAD STUDENTS (Credits: 4)

Independent reading for Graduate students.

SPN 683 LATIN AMERICAN BUSINESS (Credits: 4)

This course studies, in both English and Spanish, fundamental concepts of doing business, managing and marketing in Latin America. Examines cultural, institutional and behavioral and management systems and their operation in Latin America.

PREREQUISITE: SPN 325, IB 201, EC 200, EC 320 OR EC 435 AND
GRADUATE STATUS.