500 Level Courses
500 Level Courses
940:589 Topics in Hispanic Linguistics
- Course Code: 16:940:589
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
- Credits: 3
589: Topics in Hispanic Linguistics
Synopsis
This course introduces students to comparisons of and contrasts between the Romance languages. It will present students with the origins of language families (Indo-European, Hamito-Semitic, Sino-Tibetan, Ural-Altaic, etc.) and of Italic and Latin, the parent varieties of Romance. The class will treat each Romance language individually and comparatively to explain the notion of its derivation from a diasystem interrelated at the linguistic, aesthetic, cultural, literary, and historical levels.
Learning Goals
Students in 589 will be expected to produce, as a final project, a portfolio unit of at least 5 lessons, which engages at least one of the topics treated in the class and can be used in preparation for their capstone portfolio. These materials, per force, will be curriculum-specific, grade-appropriate, and adapted to the K-12 classroom. They are expected to discuss said topics with the instructor prior to beginning the project.
940:597 - Hispanic Women's Voices
- Course Code: 16:940:597
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
- Credits: 3
16:940:597 Hispanic Women’s Voices – Texts, Art, and Literature for the K-12 Classroom
This course is offered online.
Requirement for the course: enrollment in the M.A.T. program for 597 students, and for 491 students successful completion of Spanish 331, or 332, or 333, or 334, or 335, or 336, or 342.
Synopsis: This course focuses on literary, visual, and musical works by Hispanic women from primarily the 20th and 21st centuries. We will examine, analyze, and discuss such texts as they relate to the world-at-large and the K-12 classroom. Journal articles and selections from critical texts will be paired with relevant readings to emphasize the literary and artistic devices employed by diverse women authors and artists; Peninsular, Latin American, Caribbean, and Latina women. Units studied will include the search for identity, portrayal of oneself, family ties, female voices of protest, and issues that women face as daughters, sisters, wives, and mothers. In addition, the class will examine the struggles that women confront as immigrants and expatriates.
Learning Goals:
Students studying in this course will enhance their knowledge and skills of the following: critical analysis of verbal and visual texts, intercultural awareness, written communication, and. humanities research abilities and methodologies. These learning goals are outlined in our Departmental list at: Spanish Learning Goals and Portuguese Learning Goals
To this end, students will be graded in the following areas:
Class participation/online threaded discussion
One short interpretative paper
Two exams
Final project: 491 students will write a literary analysis paper of 10 pages + bibliography, while 597 students will submit 5 lessons plans based on course materials, for inclusion in their teaching portfolios.
Required texts: all materials for this course will be available online from the eCollege course site.