Courses

• CAS LS 111: First-Semester Spanish
  For students who have never studied Spanish, or by placement test results. Introduction to grammatical structures. Emphasis on aural comprehension, speaking, and pronunciation. Introduction to Hispanic culture. Lab required.
• CAS LS 112: Second-Semester Spanish
  Completes study of basic grammatical structures. Emphasis on speaking and aural comprehension. Readings on contemporary Hispanic culture. Writing assignments. Lab required.
• CAS LS 121: First-Semester Spanish for Reading
  For beginners. Contrastive study of Spanish and English spelling and pronunciation. Fundamentals of Spanish grammar. Techniques of vocabulary building: cognate recognition and morphology. Reading, translation, and discussion of short literary and cultural texts written primarily in the present tense. If CAS LS 111 or a more advanced Spanish course has been completed, this course cannot be taken for credit.
• CAS LS 122: Second-Semester Spanish for Reading
  Completes study of basic grammatical structures with emphasis on contrastive analysis of Spanish and English verb tenses. Expansion of vocabulary. Listening comprehension exercises. Reading of poetry and narrative and expository prose. Compositions on cultural topics.
• CAS LS 123: First-Year Spanish
  For beginners only. Intensive equivalent of one year of college Spanish.
• CAS LS 211: Third-Semester Spanish
  Completes study of grammatical structures of Spanish. Use of spoken language in conversation. Reading in Hispanic civilization and of contemporary short stories. Writing exercises involving more complex grammatical and syntactical patterns.
• CAS LS 212: Fourth-Semester Spanish
  Review of the structures of Spanish. Intensive practice of spoken language. More advanced readings from Hispanic culture. Frequent compositions. Satisfactory completion of CAS LS 212 fulfills the CAS language requirement.
• CAS LS 221: Third-Semester Spanish for Reading
  Intensive review of grammatical structures. Focus on idiomatic usage. Expansion of reading materials to theatre, art criticism, more complex narratives, and short periodical articles. Viewing and discussion of films. Weekly written translation assignments. (Students intending to continue in CAS LS 303 must take CAS LS 211, not LS 221.)
• CAS LS 222: Fourth-Semester Spanish for Reading
  Completes intensive review of grammatical structures. Emphasis on sophisticated sentence structures and the contemporary idiom. Readings include historical texts, representative examples of journalism, and a short novel. Viewing and discussion of films. Weekly written translations leading to a final project. (Students intending to continue in CAS LS 303 must take LS 212, not LS 222.)
• CAS LS 303: Composition and Conversation in Spanish I
  Not open to students for whom Spanish is a first language. Development of skills in spoken and written language. Grammar review, vocabulary building, regular compositions. (Students who have completed a CAS LS language course with a higher number may not receive credit for LS 303.)
• CAS LS 304: Composition and Conversation in Spanish II
  Not open to students for whom Spanish is a first language. Development of skills in spoken and written language. Grammar review, vocabulary building, regular compositions. (Students who have completed a CAS LS language course with a higher number may not receive credit for LS 304.)
• CAS LS 305: Topics in Language and Culture
  (Students who have completed CAS LS 304 or a more advanced college-level language course may not receive credit for CAS LS 305.) Two topics are offered in Fall 2011. Students may take one or both for credit. Sections A1 and C1: Spanish through Film and Literature. Develops written and oral skills by looking at different cultural aspects of the history of Spain through the reading of contemporary Spanish novels, short-stories, and their film adaptations. Section B1: Alma Boricua: Puerto Rican Language and Culture. An advanced course in Spanish language that explores the Puerto Rican experience, both historical and contemporary, through film, literature and music. Focus in all sections on improving communication through performance while consolidating grammatical structures, building vocabulary, and honing pronunciation.
• CAS LS 309: Composition for Native Speakers of Spanish
  Emphasis on written and oral skills. Contemporary literary and cultural texts used as the basis for class discussions and written exercises.
• CAS LS 350: Introduction to Analysis of Hispanic Texts
  Development of techniques for reading and interpreting Hispanic literary texts; reading of lyric poetry, drama, and fictional narrative. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS LS 401: Senior Independent Work
  
• CAS LS 402: Senior Independent Work
  
• CAS LS 452: Topics in Latin America Literature and Culture
  Two topics are offered 2011/2012. Students may take one or both for credit. Topic for Fall 2011: Leaving Home. Why have some leading Latin American writers such as Cortázar, Vargas Llosa, Arenas and Puig left their countries? Cultural, political, and literary realms are explored to understand the impact of forced and voluntary exile in Latin America. Topic for Spring 2012: U.S. Latino Literature. Survey course on the literature of Latinos in the U.S. from the Spanish colonial period to the present, with special attention to thematics and aesthetics of texts from different genres: memoir, essay, poetry, drama, prose fiction.
• CAS LS 454: Survey of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Spanish Literature
  A chronological survey of Spanish literature of the last two centuries, including romanticism, realism, modernism, and contemporary Spanish literature. Readings from Larra, Zorrilla, Bécquer, Rosalía de Castro, Galdós, Unamuno, Lorca, Sastre, Cela, Celaya, de Otero, Rosa Montero.
• CAS LS 455: Spanish-American Literature Through the Nineteenth Century
  A close reading of representative texts of Spanish-American literature from early writings of discovery and conquest through the nineteenth century. Emphasis on the development of the modern novel and on Spanish America's quest for a cultural identity.
• CAS LS 456: Spanish Medieval and Golden Age Literature
  Major works from the medieval, renaissance and baroque periods. Attention to development of different genres: epic and lyric poetry, drama, and the novel. Issues of Spain's cultural history. Authors include Fernando de Rojas, Cervantes, Góngora, Lope, Quevedo, and Calderón.

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