The request to revise SPAN language and literature courses and TRAN rubrics for Spanish Translation courses

Date: March 9, 2011
To: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
From: Clarence Greene, Faculty Governance Assistant
Approved On: February 9, 2011
Implementation Date: 2011

Note: Deletions are strikethroughs. Insertions are underlined.

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SPAN 1201. Elementary Spanish I. (4) 50% online instruction. For students with limited or no previous experience in Spanish. First course in a two-course sequence to develop competence in culture, speaking and writing, listening and reading comprehension in Spanish. (Fall, Spring, Summer) (Evenings)

SPAN 1202. Elementary Spanish II. (4) 50% online instruction.Prerequisite: SPAN 1201 or equivalent. Second course in a two-course sequence to develop competence in culture, speaking and writing, listening and reading comprehension in Spanish. (Fall, Spring, Summer)(Evenings)

SPAN 3211. Introduction to Spanish Peninsular Literature. (3)Completion of or concurrent enrollment in SPAN 3208. Prerequisites: SPAN 3208 and SPAN 3201, 3202or,3203,or permission of the department. Introduction to the literary heritage of Spain. Reading and analysis of representative works. (Fall, Spring)

SPAN 3212. Introduction to Spanish American Literature. (3) Completion of or concurrent enrollment in SPAN 3208. Prerequisites: SPAN 3208 and SPAN 3201, 3202or,3203, or permission of the department...Introduction to the literary heritage of Spanish America. Reading and analysis of representative works. (Fall, Spring)

SPAN 4201. Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature. (3) Prerequisite: SPAN 3211or,3212, or permission of the department. Survey of peninsular literature from Costumbrismo through the Generation of 1898. (Alternate years)

SPAN 4202. Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature. (3)Prerequisite: SPAN 3211or,3212, or permission of the department. Treatment of major literary developments from the Generation of 1898 to present day. (Alternate years)

SPAN 4205. Novel of the Golden Age. (3)PrerequisitePrerequisites: SPAN 3211or,3212, or permission of the department. Lazarillo through El Criticón. (Alternate years)

SPAN 4206. Theater of the Golden Age. (3)Prerequisite: SPAN 3211or,3212, or permission of the department. Study of works of the leading dramatists of the period. (Alternate years)

SPAN 4210. Studies in Spanish American Poetry. (3)Prerequisite: SPAN 3211or,3212, or permission of the department. Studies of colonial, post-independence, 20th-century, and contemporary Spanish American poetry. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.(Alternate years)

SPAN 4211. Studies in Spanish American Prose Fiction. (3)PrerequisitePrerequisites: SPAN 3211or,3212, or permission of the department. Studies of colonial, post-independence, 20th-century, and contemporary Spanish American prose fiction. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.(Alternate years)

SPAN 4212. Studies in Spanish American Theater. (3)PrerequisitePrerequisites: SPAN 3211or,3212, or permission of the department. Studies of colonial, post-independencepostindependence, 20th-century, and contemporary Spanish American theater. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.(On demand)

SPAN 4213. Cervantes. (3)PrerequisitePrerequisites: SPAN 3211or,3212, or permission of the department. Study of Cervantes’ masterpiece, Don Quijote, and/or other representative works. (Alternate years)

SPAN 4215. Studies in Regional Literature of the Americas. (3) Cross-listed as LTAM 4315. Prerequisite: SPAN 3211or,3212, or permission of the department. Studies of Mexican, Central American, Caribbean, Andean, Amazonian, or Southern Cone literature. Readings from representative works. Works from non Spanish speaking areas read in Spanish translation. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (On demand)

SPAN 4216. Social, Political, Cultural, Economic Issues in Hispanic Literature. (3) Cross-listed as LTAM 4316. Prerequisite: SPAN 3211or,3212, or permission of the department. Contextual issues surrounding Hispanic literature. (On demand)

SPAN 4217. Topics in Hispanic Culture and Civilization. (3) Cross-listed as LTAM 4217. Prerequisite: SPAN 3211or,3212, or permission of the department. Various topics involving the fine arts: music, dance, art, film. May be repeated for credit if topic varies. Applicable toward Spanish major or minor only when taught in Spanish.(On demand)

TRAN 4402-S. Practicum in Translating I – Spanish. (3) Prerequisites: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in TRAN 3401 and a Spanish 3000-level course or equivalent, with a grade of C or better, or permission of the department. May count as course work for Comparative stylistics,restructuring texts, editing, troubleshooting, andtechniques of the Spanish major. Understanding audience,translator in working with a varietyoftext typologies, register, and regionalisms.types (e.g., business legal, medical, technical,etc.).Continues with history and theory of translation. Conducted in English and Spanish. (Fall)

TRAN 4403-S. Practicum in Translating II – Spanish. (3) Prerequisites: Completion of TRAN 3401 or TRAN 4402-S, and a Spanish 3000-level course or equivalent, each with a grade of C or better, or permission of the department. The course emphasizes commercial, financial, legal, political, medicalFurther work inrestructuring texts, editing, troubleshooting, and scientific translation.of a variety of literary and cultural text types (e.g., fiction, poetry, drama, essay, film).Continues with history and theory of translation. Conducted in English and Spanish. May be taken concurrently with TRAN 4404-S and may also count as course work for the Spanish major. (Spring)

TRAN 4404-S. Practicum in Translating III – Spanish. (3) (W) Prerequisites: Completion of TRAN 3401 or TRAN 4402-S, and a Spanish 3000-level course or equivalent, each with a grade of C or better, or permission of the departmentThe courses emphasizes literary. Vocational, preprofessionalizing activities. Study of professionaljournals, technologies, protocol, and resources in thefield (e.g., ATA, ALTA). Advanced issues oftranslation, cultural, and consumer-oriented translation. . Translation of a semester-long project in individual consultation.Conducted in English and Spanish. May be taken concurrently with TRAN 4403-Sand may also count as course work for the Spanish major. .(Spring)