2015-2016 UNK Graduate Catalog / SPAN Courses

Offered by Department of Modern Languages
College of Fine Arts and Humanities

SPAN Courses

SPAN 800P - Golden Age Drama - 3 hours: A study of the dramatists of the Golden Age in Spain.
SPAN 804 - Early Spanish Literature - 3 hours: Studies of representative works of Spanish literature from its beginning to 1680.
SPAN 805 - Structure of the Spanish Languages - 3 hours: Prereq: admission into the MAE in Spanish program; A review of advanced Spanish grammar with special emphasis on applied and/or socio-linguistics and issues related to Spanish instruction.
SPAN 808P - Comparative Grammar - 3 hours: A comparative and contrastive study of the structures of Spanish and English.
SPAN 814 - Oral, Written & Cultural Fluency - 3 hours: Prereq: SPAN 304 * AND either SPAN 305 * or SPAN 360 * AND graduate status
Designed to raise the students' level of cultural knowledge and of proficiency in oral and written form to that of fluency.
SPAN 815 - Seminar in Contemporary Spanish Thought - 3 hours: Main literary (and in part philosophical) figures and trends in twentieth and twenty-first century Spain and Latin America.
SPAN 816 - Seminar in Contemporary Latin American Prose Writings - 3 hours: Main literary trends and most important prose writers of Latin America in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
SPAN 818 - Seminar in Contemporary Drama - 3 hours: Study of the most important present-day dramatists writing in Spanish.
SPAN 820P - Spanish Novel - 3 hours: The novels of Spain from the Generation of 1898 to the present.
SPAN 825P - Modern Spanish Poetry - 3 hours: Survey of Spanish and Latin American poetry of the present day.
SPAN 830P - Latin American Literature - 3 hours: Survey of representative works of Latin American literature from its beginning to the present period.
SPAN 835P - Cervantes - 3 hours: The principal works of Cervantes with special emphasis on Don Quixote.
SPAN 840 - Topics in Peninsular Literature and Culture - 3 hours: Prereq: admission into the MAE in Spanish program; In this course, students will have the opportunity to explore various genres of texts by Spanish artists and authors. Topic to be selected and announced in schedule of courses. May be taken more than once.
SPAN 845 - Topics in Latin American Literature and Culture - 3 hours: Prereq: admission into the MAE in Spanish program; The study of selected works in Latin American literature and culture. Topic to be selected and announced in schedule of courses. May be taken more than once.
SPAN 850 - Topics in U.S. Latino/Chicano Literature and Culture - 3 hours: The study of selected works in U.S. Latino/Chicano literature and culture. Topic to be selected and announced in schedule of courses. may be taken more than once.
SPAN 860P - History of the Spanish Language - 3 hours: A study of the development of the Spanish language since its origins as related to phonetic and other linguistic changes.
SPAN 870P - Seminar in Spanish/Latin American Studies - 3 hours: The study of literary works and cultural contexts. Topic to be selected and announced in schedule of courses. May be taken more than once.
SPAN 875 - Graduate Study Abroad - 3 hours: Prereq: SPAN 814 * or permission of graduate chair
A study of the language and culture of Hispanic countries. This study will be conducted in a Spanish-speaking country; it also requires a research paper to be presented to UNK graduate faculty. Offered in Summer.
SPAN 876 - Graduate Study Abroad - 3 hours: Prereq: SPAN 814 * or permission of graduate chair
A study of the language and culture of Hispanic countries. This study will be conducted in a Spanish-speaking country; it also requires a research paper to be presented to UNK graduate faculty. Offered in Summer.
SPAN 896 - Thesis - 6 hours
SPAN 897 - Directed Readings in Spanish - 1-3 hours: Prereq: any 800-level course in Spanish or Spanish-American literature
Individual studies and research under the guidance of a graduate faculty member. May be taken twice for two separate studies or research approved by the graduate faculty in the specific language.
SPAN 898 - Special Topics - 1-3 hours: Prereq: admission into the MAE in Spanish program; Special topics to be determined by the Department of Modern Languages. May be taken more than once.
SPAN 899 - Independent Studies in Spanish - 1-3 hours: Individual studies and research under the guidance of a faculty member. May be taken twice for two separate studies or research in Spanish.

* This course is the immediate prerequisite. Other preparation is required prior to this immediate prerequisite.