| FRE 1111 | Introductory French I |
| Description: | Groundwork in French, including oral proficiency, aural comprehension and reading; for students with no prior knowledge of French, or one year of high school French. Supplementary language laboratory work and oral drills. 4.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| FRE 1112 | Introductory French II |
| Description: | Groundwork in French, including oral proficiency, aural comprehension and reading; for students with no prior knowledge of French, or one year of high school French. Supplementary language laboratory work and oral skills. 4.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 |
| FRE 1113 | French-Reading Knowledge |
| Description: | Essentials of grammar and exercises in expository French prose to prepare students for independent research in specialized fields. 0.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 1998 , Spring 1997 , Spring 1996 , Spring 1995 |
| FRE 1121 | Intermediate French I |
| Description: | Review of grammar, composition, reading and conversation. Students should have completed FRE 1111 and 1112 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 |
| FRE 1122 | Intermediate French II |
| Description: | Review of grammar, composition, reading and conversation. Students should have completed FRE 1121 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 |
| FRE 1131 | Conversation and Composition I |
| Description: | Intense practice in conversation and composition with emphasis on developing advanced language skills in French. A writing enriched course. Students should have completed FRE 1121 and 1122 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 |
| FRE 1132 | Conversation & Composition II |
| Description: | Intense practice in conversation and composition with emphasis on developing advanced language skills in French. Students should have completed FRE 1131 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| FRE 1133 | Advanced Grammar |
| Description: | Intensive practice of spoken and written French. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1131 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2007 , Fall 2006 , Spring 2005 , Fall 2002 |
| FRE 1134 | Business French |
| Description: | An introduction to French business terminology and discourse related to economic, finance, and management. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1122 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2002 , Spring 2001 , Spring 2000 , Spring 1999 |
| FRE 1135 | Contemporary French Business |
| Description: | Panorama of French business culture of the last thirty years through anthropological, philiosophical, and sociological readings. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2005 , Fall 1995 |
| FRE 1136 | Contemp Fren Lang I |
| Description: | Offered as part of the Villanova Summer Program at the Universite de Rennes 2 - Haute Bretagne to provide practice to speaking and writing on an advanced level. The use of French in everyday situations and subject-related discussions. Students will read newspapers, magazines, advertising, and listen to broadcasts. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2009 , Summer 2008 , Summer 2007 , Summer 2006 |
| FRE 1137 | Cont Fre Lang II |
| Description: | Survey of contemporary french culture (cinema, television, music, art, etc.) and discussion of regional differences. Offered as part of the Villanova Summer program at the Universite de Rennes 2 - Haute Bretagne. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2009 , Summer 2008 , Summer 2007 , Summer 2004 |
| FRE 1141 | Phonetics |
| Description: | Through phonetics transcription, introduction to phonology, and recognition of socio-linquistic variation, this course is designed to help students improve their knowledge of spoken French. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2006 |
| FRE 2001 | French Culture & Lit to 1789 |
| Description: | Significant developments in the arts, society, and literature in France from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution. Research paper required for FRE majors. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1132 |
| Last Offered: |
| FRE 2002 | Modern French Culture & Lit |
| Description: | Significant developments in the arts, society, and literature in France from the French Revolution to the present. Research paper required for FRE majors. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1132 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 |
| FRE 2100 | French/Franco Lit in Trans |
| Description: | The major works of French literature in translation. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1131 |
| Last Offered: |
| FRE 2101 | French Lit & Film |
| Description: | French films based on literary works as a medium will be used to better understand contemporary French culture and civilization. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2007 , Spring 2004 , Spring 2003 |
| FRE 2102 | Love/Sexuality in Franco Film |
| Description: | Analysis of films that deal with this topic. Prerequisites: FRE 1131 or FRE 1132 with the permission of the French director. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1131 or FRE 1132 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Spring 2006 |
| FRE 2140 | French Culture |
| Description: | Focuses on the history, geography, and the political, economical and social structures in France from its origins to the 20th century. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1131 |
| Last Offered: |
| FRE 2141 | Francophone Culture |
| Description: | Focuses on the history, geography, and the political, economical and social structures of the Francophone world, mostly through the 20th century. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1131 |
| Last Offered: |
| FRE 2142 | The savoir vivre in France |
| Description: | The course is designed to help students to gain a better understanding of social rules and codes which define the French mentality and cultural identity. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1131 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2004 , Summer 2003 , Spring 2003 , Summer 2002 |
| FRE 2143 | Contemporary France |
| Description: | Focuses on regional identities and other aspects from current French headlines. Offered as part of the Villanova Summer Program in France. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2009 , Summer 2008 , Summer 2007 , Summer 2006 |
| FRE 2144 | Franco American Relations |
| Description: | Course examines how these old allies became rivals while trying to sell their model of "good society." Taught in English. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2005 , Spring 2005 , Summer 2004 , Summer 2003 |
| FRE 2145 | France & the European Union |
| Description: | Focuses on the history of the construction of the European Union from the post war period to the present. It outlines its various institutions, policies facing the admission of new members and the implementation of its new constitution. Taught in English. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| FRE 2215 | Francophone Women's Voices |
| Description: | Study of cultural production (literature, cinema, etc.) by women of the French speaking world. Regions may include North Africa, the Caribbean islands and Canada. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1131 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Spring 2007 , Fall 2003 , Fall 2000 |
| FRE 2218 | Franco Writers & Cult Identity |
| Description: | Regions may include North Africa, the Caribbean islands and Canada. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1132 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2008 , Fall 2005 , Fall 2004 , Fall 2001 |
| FRE 3211 | La musique populaire, 1950:- |
| Description: | Survey of popular music, 1950 to the present, considering literary influences and trends in music and in the industry. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1131 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2007 , Fall 2002 , Fall 1996 , Spring 1995 |
| FRE 3212 | Le tour de France |
| Description: | The world's greatest race as seen in literature, the arts, and as it is currently presented, and followed, in French media. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1131 |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2008 , Spring 2005 , Spring 2003 , Spring 1997 |
| FRE 3411 | 17th Century Literature |
| Description: | Analytical readings of major texts. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| FRE 3412 | Special Topics |
| Description: | Advanced study of topics of special interest in French literary and/or cultural studies. May be repeated for credit if topic changes. Pre-requisite FRE 1131 or FRE 1132 with the permission of the French director. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1132 or FRE 1131 |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 |
| FRE 3512 | Paris, Capital of the 19th-C |
| Description: | Literary, artistic, political, and social overview of France's capital city following the French revolution. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1131 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 |
| FRE 3613 | Impressionism |
| Description: | Comparison of literary and artistic trends of the end of the nineteenth century in France. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1131 |
| Last Offered: |
| FRE 3614 | Classical Theatre |
| Description: | Classical dramaturgy and modern interpretations of Corneille, Moliere and Racine. A writing enriched course. Students should have completed FRE 1131 or the equivalent. Fulfills advanced literature requirements. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| FRE 3615 | Study & Production of a Play |
| Description: | Semester-long workshop that will culminate in the production of a play, in French and by a French playwright. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1131 |
| Last Offered: |
| FRE 3715 | Utopia in 18th-C Fr Lit |
| Description: | Emphasis on real and fictional travel accounts as well as works in which homesteading on islands or in isolated natural settings plays an important role. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1131 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2001 , Fall 1998 |
| FRE 3718 | Themes in Fre Poetry 1789-pres |
| Description: | An overview of the voices, forms and innovations of the French poetic tradition through the themes of love; subjectivity and objectivity; masculinities and femininities; nature vs. the city; and others, in the works of selected French poets from the nineteenth century to the present. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1132 |
| Last Offered: |
| FRE 3818 | The Literature of Initiation |
| Description: | Examines the experiences of the "coming of age" theme through literary works chosen from different centuries. Fulfills advanced literature requirement. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1131 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2008 , Fall 2006 |
| FRE 3819 | Existentialism in France |
| Description: | Saint-Germain des Pres, jazz, Sartre, Camus, de Beauvoir, Vian, Greco. A writing enriched course. Fulfills advanced literature requirement. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1131 |
| Last Offered: |
| FRE 3820 | Le vers libre |
| Description: | The revolution of poetry in France. Discussion of the evolution of French free-verse poetry in its social and historical context. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1131 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2008 |
| FRE 3921 | 20th Century Theatre |
| Description: | Authors may include: Jarry,Claudel, Giraudoux, Anouih, Camus, Satre, Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, Koltes. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1131 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2007 , Spring 1996 |
| FRE 3922 | 20th Century Novel |
| Description: | A study of French novels of the 20th century that include classic and lesser-known works. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1131 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2001 , Fall 1997 |
| FRE 3923 | Post-World War II Writers |
| Description: | Authors may include: Robbe-Grillet, Duras, Tournier, Le Clezio, Modiano. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1131 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2002 , Spring 1999 , Fall 1995 |
| FRE 4110 | French Classical Theatre |
| Description: | Readings and discussions on the major dramatists and theorists of the French 17th century. Conducted in English. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 1997 |
| FRE 4120 | Modern French Theatre |
| Description: | The contemporary drama of France from its origin (King Ubu) to Beckett, Sartre, Genet, Ionesco and recent dramatists. Conducted in English. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| FRE 4130 | Food and Culture in France |
| Description: | Through selected readings and films, the course will examine French society and its peculiar approach to the culture of the table. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2009 |
| FRE 5900 | Independent Study |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | FRE 1121 or FRE 1122 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2008 |
| GER 1111 | Introductory German I |
| Description: | Groundwork in German, including oral, aural and reading skills. Supplementary oral drills. 4.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2009 , Fall 2008 , Summer 2008 , Fall 2007 |
| GER 1112 | Introductory German II |
| Description: | Groundwork in German, including oral, aural and reading skills. Supplementary laboratory work and oral drills. drills. 4.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 , Summer 2008 , Spring 2008 |
| GER 1113 | German for Translation |
| Description: | Essentials of grammar and exercise for reading comprehension and translation. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Summer 2008 , Summer 2007 , Summer 2006 |
| GER 1121 | Intermediate German I |
| Description: | Review of grammar, composition, reading and conversation. Students should have completed GER 1111 and 1112 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 |
| GER 1122 | Intermediate German II |
| Description: | Review of grammar, composition, reading and conversation. Students should have completed GER 1121 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 |
| GER 1131 | Conversation & Composition I |
| Description: | Intensive practice in conversation and composition with emphasis on developing advanced language skills in German. Writing enriched. Students should have completed GER 1121 and 1122 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Fall 2008 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2006 |
| GER 1132 | Conversation & Composition II |
| Description: | Intensive practice in conversation and composition with emphasis on developing language skills in German. Writing enriched. Students should have completed GER 1131 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Spring 2007 |
| GER 1133 | Business German I |
| Description: | Business and professional writing and readings in applicable publications. Students should have completed GER 1121 and 1122 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Fall 2005 , Fall 2003 , Fall 2001 |
| GER 1134 | Business German II |
| Description: | Business and professional writing and readings in applicable publications. Students should have completed GER 1121 and 1122 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2004 , Fall 1998 , Spring 1997 |
| GER 1135 | Practical German I |
| Description: | Intercommunication with supplemental readings in newspapers and magazines. Students should have completed GER 1121 and 1122 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2003 , Summer 2002 , Summer 2001 , Summer 2000 |
| GER 1136 | Practical German II |
| Description: | Intercommunication with supplemental readings in newspapers and magazines. Students should have completed GER 1121 and 1122 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2003 , Summer 2002 , Summer 2001 , Summer 2000 |
| GER 2100 | German Lit in Engl Translation |
| Description: | The major works of German literature in translation. Conducted in English. Fulfills advanced literature requirements. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| GER 2142 | Ger Civ and Culture to 1989 |
| Description: | Study of german civilization and culture from their beginnings until the fall of the Berlin Wall. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2007 , Spring 2005 , Summer 2003 , Summer 2002 |
| GER 2143 | German Culture Since 1989 |
| Description: | Contemporary German civilization and culture in their manifold aspects. Students should have completed GER 1121 and 1122 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2006 , Fall 1997 |
| GER 3211 | Survey of German Lit I |
| Description: | From its beginnings to 1750. Students should have completed GER 1131 or the equivalent. Fulfills advanced literature requirements. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2007 , Spring 2006 , Fall 2003 |
| GER 3212 | Survey of German Lit II |
| Description: | From 1750 through 1900. Students should have completed GER 1131 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 1999 , Fall 1995 |
| GER 3213 | Survey of German Lit III |
| Description: | From 1900 through 2000. Students should have completed GER 1131 or the equivalent. Fulfills advanced literature requirements. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2008 , Fall 2004 , Spring 1996 |
| GER 3411 | Medieval Masterpieces |
| Description: | Selections from medieval German literature read in modern German. Fulfills advanced literature requirements. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| GER 3412 | Special Topics |
| Description: | Advanced study of topics of special interest in German literary and/or cultural studies. Topics to be arranged. May be repeated for credit if topic changes. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | GER 1132 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Fall 2008 , Spring 2008 |
| GER 3714 | Enlightenment to Romanticism |
| Description: | Students should have completed GER 1131 or the equivalent. Fulfills adavanced literature requirements. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 1997 |
| GER 3716 | Goethe |
| Description: | Study of selected works. Students should have completed GER 1131 or the equivalent. Fulfills advanced literature requirements. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Spring 2004 |
| GER 3717 | German Drama in 19th Century |
| Description: | The German drama from Romanticism to Naturalism, with emphasis on the major dramatic works of Kleist, Grillparzer, Buchner and Hebbel. Fulfills advanced literature requirements. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| GER 3718 | The German Novelle |
| Description: | The German Novelle as a genre from Goethe to the 20th century. Students should have completed GER 1131 or the equivalent. Fulfills advanced literature requirements. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2003 , Fall 2002 |
| GER 3818 | Romanticism |
| Description: | The philosophy, lyric and prose of the Romantic period. Students should have completed Ger 1131 or the equivalent. Fulfills advanced literature requirements. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| GER 3819 | Realism |
| Description: | The major works of Poetic Realism. Students should have completed GER 1131 or the equivalent. Fulfills advanced literature requirements. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2004 , Summer 2003 , Spring 1995 |
| GER 3920 | Austrian Literature |
| Description: | Selected works of Austrian literature from 1850 to the present. Students should have completed GER 1131 or the equivalent. Fulfills advanced literature requirements. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2001 , Summer 2000 , Spring 1999 , Fall 1995 |
| GER 3921 | 20th Century Drama |
| Description: | German drama from Naturalism to the present. Students should have completed GER 1131 or the equivalent. Fulfills advanced literature requirements. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2007 , Spring 2003 , Spring 1999 , Fall 1998 |
| GER 3922 | 20th Century Prose I |
| Description: | Novels and short stories. Students should have completed GER 1131 or the equivalent. Fulfills advanced literature requirements. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 1998 , Fall 1996 |
| GER 3923 | 20th Century Prose II |
| Description: | Novels and short stories. Students should have completed GER 1131 or the equivalent. Fulfills advanced literature requirements. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2002 , Spring 1997 |
| GER 3950 | Research Seminar |
| Description: | Bibliographical principles and the techniques of literary research; preparation of a paper. Writing Intensive. Fulfills advanced literature requirements. 1.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2005 , Spring 2004 , Spring 2003 , Spring 2001 |
| GER 4110 | German Epic Theatre |
| Description: | Evolution of the genre culminating in the political documentary theatre. Conducted in English. Fulfills advanced literature requirements. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| GER 4120 | German Theatre and Film |
| Description: | Plays by Brecht, Hasenclever, Kaiser, etc. Films such as Caligari, Nosferatu, Metropolis, M. Conducted in English. Fulfills advanced literature requirements. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| GER 4140 | 150 Years of German Drama |
| Description: | The main currents in German drama evolving into the modern period: Kleist, Grillparzer, Hebbel, Hauptmann, Kaiser, Brecht, Frisch, Duerrenmatt. Conducted in English. Fulfills advanced literature requirements. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| GER 4150 | German Culture & Civilization |
| Description: | The culture and civilization of the German-speaking countries. Conducted in English. Fulfills advanced literature requirements. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 1999 |
| GER 5900 | Independent Study |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | GER 1121 or GER 1122 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2006 |
| ITA 1111 | Introductory Italian I |
| Description: | Groundwork in Italian, including oral proficiency, aural comprehension and reading for students with no prior knowledge of Italian. Supplementary language laboratory work and oral drills. 4.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| ITA 1112 | Introductory Italian II |
| Description: | Groundwork in Italian, including oral proficiency, aural comprehension and reading for students with no prior knowledge of Italian. Supplementary language laboratory work and oral drills. 4.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 |
| ITA 1121 | Intermediate Italian I |
| Description: | Review of grammar, composition, reading and conversation. Students should have completed ITA 1111 and 1112 or the Equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| ITA 1122 | Intermediate Italian II |
| Description: | Review of grammar, composition, reading and conversation. Students should have completed ITA 1121 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 |
| ITA 1131 | Conversation & Composition I |
| Description: | Intesive practice in conversation and composition with emphasis on developing advance language skills in Italian. Writing enriched. Course conducted in Italian. Students should have completed ITA 1121 and 1122 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 , Fall 2008 , Summer 2008 |
| ITA 1132 | Conversation & Composition II |
| Description: | Further practice in conversation and composition with focus on advanced proficiency in Italian. Writing enriched. Students should have completed ITA 1131 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 , Summer 2008 |
| ITA 2142 | Italian Culture I |
| Description: | Study of Italian culture in its manifold aspects: geography, history, literature to 1300's. Students should have completed ITA 1131 and 1132 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Fall 2007 , Spring 2007 , Fall 2005 |
| ITA 2143 | Italian Culture II |
| Description: | Italian culture in its manifold aspects: literature from Renaissance to 20th century, art, music. Students should have completed ITA 1131 and 1132 or the equivalent. Satisfies requirements towards major or minor in Italian. Satisfies the core requirement for advanced literature level 2100 or above. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2007 , Spring 2004 , Fall 2002 , Spring 2001 |
| ITA 2211 | Readings in Italian Literature |
| Description: | Readings in fiction, verse and drama representing various literary currents and personalities from the Renaissance to modern times. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Fall 2004 , Summer 2004 , Summer 2003 |
| ITA 3211 | Survey of Italian Literature I |
| Description: | Introduction to Italian Literature from Dante to Machiavelli. Students should have completed ITA 1131 and 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirement for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | ITA 1131 and ITA 1132 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 |
| ITA 3212 | Survey of Literature II |
| Description: | Introduction to Italian Literature from Galileo to the Moderns. Students should have completed ITA 1131 and 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirement for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | ITA 1131 and ITA 1132 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 |
| ITA 3310 | The Short Story |
| Description: | Survey of representative short stories from the Novellino to modern times, including the "novelle" of Machiavelli, Verga, Pirandella, D'Annunzio, Moravia and contemporaries. Students should have completed ITA 1131 and 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirement for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2007 , Spring 2005 , Spring 1997 , Spring 1996 |
| ITA 3410 | Studies in Early Italian Lit |
| Description: | An intensive study of the major representatives of the Sicilian and Tuscan Schools, with particular attention to the "Dolce Stil Novo" and the minor works of Dante. Students should have completed ITA 1131 and 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirement for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | ITA 1131 and ITA 1132 |
| Last Offered: |
| ITA 3411 | Petrarca and Boccaccio |
| Description: | The major works of Francesco Petrarca and Giovanni Boccaccio. Students should have completed ITA 1131 and 1132 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| ITA 3412 | Special Topics |
| Description: | Advanced study of topics of special interest in Italian literary and/or cultural studies. Topics to be arranged. May be repeated for credit if topic changes. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2009 , Summer 2008 , Spring 2008 , Summer 2007 |
| ITA 3421 | Dante's Divine Comedy |
| Description: | Dante's masterpiece with special emphasis on the "Inferno". Students should have completed ITA 1131 and 1132 or the equivalent. Course conducted in Italian. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Summer 1995 |
| ITA 3512 | The Renaissance |
| Description: | Selected authors who played a major role in the development of humanistic viewpoint and in the creative achievements of the Renaissance. Students should have completed ITA 1131 and 1132 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| ITA 3611 | Seventeenth-Eighteenth Cen Lit |
| Description: | Readings from the works of Campanella, Marino, Galileo, Goldoni, Alfieri, Parini. Students should have completed ITA 1131 and 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirement for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | ITA 1131 and ITA 1132 |
| Last Offered: |
| ITA 3815 | Nineteenth-Twentieth Cen Poet |
| Description: | The neoclassical revival and the romantic movement including Foscolo, Leopardi and Manzoni. Selections from Carducci, Pascoli and D'Annumzio. The "Crepuscolari" poets, Futurism and the "Ronda." The major figures of Ungaretti, Montale and Quasimodo. Students should have completed ITA 1131 and 1132. Fulfills core requirement for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | ITA 1131 and ITA 1132 |
| Last Offered: |
| ITA 3816 | Nineteenth-Twentieth Cen Novel |
| Description: | Novels by Foscolo, Manzoni, Verga, D'Annunzio, Pirandello, Borgese, Svevo, Manzini, and Buzzati. The neorealists, the postwar generation and contemporary trends. Students should have completed ITA 1131 and 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirement for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | ITA 1131 and ITA 1132 |
| Last Offered: |
| ITA 3920 | The Italian Theatre |
| Description: | From the Renaissance to modern times, including Machiavelli, DeFilippo, Verga, D'Annunzio, Goldoni, Pirandello, Giacosa, Bracco, Fo. Fulfills core requirements for advanced English literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2008 , Spring 2005 |
| ITA 3950 | Research Seminar |
| Description: | Concentrated study on one aspect of Italian literature chosen by the instructor. Immersion in primary and secondary materials and introduction to principles and techniques of literary research and bibliography ultimately leading to the writing of the research paper. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | ITA 1132 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2008 , Spring 2007 , Fall 2005 , Spring 2005 |
| ITA 3960 | Italians in Amer. Imaginary |
| Description: | A reflection on the ideological motives & the different media used in American representations of Italians & Italian-Americans since 1800. Explores cinematographic & literary images of Italians & Italian-Americans. Materials include historical & anthropological scholarship, films, fiction, ethnic marketing & programs, & travel writing. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| ITA 3980 | Images of Italy |
| Description: | Italian culture from Fascism to globalization. World War II and its impact on the lives of Italians: capitalism and modernization; immigration; multiculturalism; racism; youth culture; gender; changing definitions of family. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | ITA 1131 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Spring 2008 |
| ITA 3990 | Place and Identity in Italy |
| Description: | Expressions of Italian identity as portrayed, imagined or remembered by a wide selection of Italian authors, painters, film directors and singers. Social, cultural, geographical and political aspects of Italy. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | ITA 1131 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2008 |
| ITA 4100 | Ital Lit in English Transl |
| Description: | Major works of Italian literature in translation. Conducted in English. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| ITA 4110 | Dante's Divine Comedy |
| Description: | Dante's Masterpiece in the context of the medieval vision of man and his destiny. Conducted in English. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2007 , Spring 2006 , Fall 2004 |
| ITA 4115 | Italy through Film |
| Description: | A culturally-oriented course using the film medium to explore various aspects of Italian society from the aftermath of World War II to the present. Writing enriched, fulfills core requirement for literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2008 , Fall 2006 , Fall 2004 |
| ITA 4120 | The Women of Italian Opera |
| Description: | Representation of women in Italian opera from Monteverdi to Verdi and Puccini; from Baroque to Verisamo with emphasis on the Romantic period. Female character reflective of culture past and present. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 |
| ITA 4130 | Italian Culture |
| Description: | The land and people of Italy; their social and cultural evolution; their achievements in the arts and their influence on art , literature and music; their contribution to the history of ideas. Conducted in English. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 , Summer 2008 , Spring 2008 |
| ITA 4140 | The Image of Woman in Ita Lit |
| Description: | Literary works form the Medieval period to modern times. The role of the woman in Italian culture through the eyes of such literary geniuses as Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio. Conducted in English. Satisfies requirements towards major and minor in Italian. Satisfies the core requirement for advanced literature level 2100 or above. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Spring 2007 , Fall 2005 , Spring 2004 |
| ITA 4150 | Italian Art and Literature |
| Description: | Italian literature as reflected in painting, sculpture and architecture. Conducted in English. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature and Fine Arts. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2008 , Summer 2005 , Summer 2004 , Summer 2003 |
| ITA 5900 | Independent Study |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | ITA 1121 or ITA 1122 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2006 |
| ML 2100 | Research Seminar |
| Description: | This course focuses on the effective use of research tools and fundamental processes involved in literary and linguistic research and analysis. French, German and Italian majors (and other interested students) will be introduced to fundamental concepts necessary for the understanding and analysis of literary texts. Students have the option of writing their research papers in English or the target language. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2007 , Fall 2006 , Spring 2006 |
| ML 4100 | Span Lit in Eng Trans |
| Description: | Major works of Spanish literature in translation. Course conducted in English. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| ML 4101 | Ital Lit in English Transl |
| Description: | Major works of Italian literature in translation. Conducted in English. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| ML 4110 | Dante's Divine Comedy |
| Description: | Dante's Masterpiece in the context of the medieval vision of man and his destiny. Conducted in English. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| ML 4130 | Italian Culture |
| Description: | The land and people of Italy; their social and cultural evolution; their achievements in the arts and their influence on art, literature and music; their contribution to the history of ideas. Conducted in English. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| ML 4140 | The Image of Woman in Ita Lit |
| Description: | Literary works form the Medieval period to modern times. The role of the woman in Italian culture through the eyes of such literary geniuses as Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio. Conducted in English. Satisfies requirements towards major and minor in Italian. Satisfies the core requirement for advanced literature level 2100 or above. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| ML 4150 | Italian Art and Literature |
| Description: | Italian literature as reflected in painting, sculpture and architecture. Conducted in English. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| SPA 1111 | Introductory Spanish I |
| Description: | Groundwork Spanish, including oral proficiency, aural comprehension, and reading; for students with no prior knowledge of Spanish. Supplementary language laboratory work and oral drills. 4.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| SPA 1112 | Introductory Spanish II |
| Description: | Groundwork Spanish, including oral proficiency, aural comprehension, and reading; for students with no prior knowledge of Spanish. Supplementary language laboratory work and oral drills. 4.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 |
| SPA 1113 | Intr Spa for Health Profession |
| Description: | Addresses needs of health care professionals. Restricted to students in health profession, including social work. 4.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| SPA 1121 | Intermediate Spanish I |
| Description: | Review of grammar, composition, reading and conversation. conversation. Students should have completed SPA 1111 and 1112 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 |
| SPA 1122 | Intermediate Spanish II |
| Description: | Review of grammar, composition, reading and conversation. conversation. Students should have completed SPA 1121 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 |
| SPA 1125 | Span for Heritage Speakers I |
| Description: | Combination of reading & writing in addition to speaking. Work is individualized for needs of students. Objective is to prepare students for a more advanced course. Restricted to students with Hispanic background who have been exposed to Spanish at home, at all levels. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 |
| SPA 1126 | Accel Intermediate Spanish |
| Description: | Concentrated review of Intermediate Spanish with emphasis on reading, conversation and composition. Prerequisite: Intermediate Spanish, 3-4 years of High School Spanish or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| SPA 1127 | Intensive Spanish |
| Description: | Offered as part of the Villanova Summer Program at Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso. Practicing oral proficiency and comprehension of Spanish with lab work, oral drills, and reading. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| SPA 1131 | Conversation & Composition I |
| Description: | Intense practice in conversation and composition with emphasis on developing advanced language skills in Spanish. Course conducted in Spanish. Writing Enriched. Students should have completed SPA 1121 and 1122 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 |
| SPA 1132 | Conversation & Composition II |
| Description: | Further practice in conversation and composition with focus on advanced proficiency in Spanish. Course conducted in Spanish. Writing Enriched. Students should have completed SPA 1131 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 |
| SPA 1133 | Business Spanish I |
| Description: | Credit documents, contracts, business correspondence, and abundant practice in letter writing. Students should have completed SPA 1131 and 1132 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2005 , Fall 2004 , Fall 2003 , Fall 2002 |
| SPA 1134 | Business Spanish II |
| Description: | Corporations, their organization and function, mortgages, insurance, and taxes. Students should have completed SPA 1131 and 1132 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2005 , Spring 2004 , Spring 2003 , Spring 2001 |
| SPA 1135 | Span for Heritage Speakers II |
| Description: | Practice in conversation and composition with focus on advanced proficiency in Spanish. Course conducted in Spanish. Restricted to students with Hispanic background who have been exposed to Spanish at home. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| SPA 1136 | Translation Skills |
| Description: | An introduction to the theory and practice of translation. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| SPA 1138 | Advanced Grammar |
| Description: | Intensive grammar review with special attention to literary style. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| SPA 2100 | Literary & Cultural Experience |
| Description: | A course in Hispanic cultural literacy and critical skills that also develops student's reading ability, vocabulary, and ability of expressing ideas. It is designed to give students a broad understanding of Hispanic cultures that will prepare them for upper level course work. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2007 , Spring 2007 , Fall 2006 , Summer 2006 |
| SPA 2142 | Spanish Culture |
| Description: | Civilization and culture of Spain. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Summer 2009 , Summer 2008 , Spring 2008 |
| SPA 2143 | Latin American Culture |
| Description: | Spanish-American civilization and culture in its manifold aspects. Satisfies Diversity Requirement. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2006 , Fall 2005 , Fall 2004 , Fall 2003 |
| SPA 2211 | Lit & Cult Experience of Spain |
| Description: | The foremost works of Spanish literature from the beginnings to present day. A required course for majors. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 , Fall 2008 , Summer 2008 |
| SPA 2212 | Lit & Cult Experienc of Lat Am |
| Description: | Spanish-American literature from colonial times to the present. A required course for majors. Satisfies Diversity Requirement. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Summer 2005 |
| SPA 2213 | Latin American Theater |
| Description: | The modern theatre in Spanish America from the turn of the century to the present. Satisfies Diversity Requirement. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2007 , Spring 2004 , Fall 1998 , Spring 1997 |
| SPA 2214 | Latin American Novel |
| Description: | Reading and interpretation of Spanish-American novels from the modernist period to the present. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2007 , Fall 2005 , Spring 2004 , Spring 2003 |
| SPA 2215 | Latin American Short Story |
| Description: | The origins, development and maturity of the short story in Spanish America. Satisfies Diversity Requirement. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2006 , Fall 2003 , Spring 2000 , Summer 1999 |
| SPA 2216 | Hist of Spanish Language |
| Description: | Spanish from its origins to the present. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 1996 |
| SPA 2217 | Hispanic Lit through Art |
| Description: | Main trends and styles of Spanish and Spanish-American literature analyzed in the light of corresponding trends and styles in the visual arts. From Gonzalo de Berceo to Pablo Neruda. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| SPA 2400 | Writing & Stylistics in Span |
| Description: | Intensive practice in written expression & textual analysis for heritage & non-heritage speakers. Compositions are modeled on selected Spanish texts. Writing intensive. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2008 |
| SPA 2993 | Internship |
| Description: | A community-based experience helping lawyers translate & interpret for the Philadelphia Hispanic community. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 |
| SPA 2996 | Internship |
| Description: | Description not available. 6.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2006 , Fall 2005 , Spring 2005 , Fall 2004 |
| SPA 3411 | Masterpieces of Med Lit |
| Description: | The Cid and other major works of the Spanish Middle Ages: early lyric, epic, ballad, prose. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2003 , Spring 2001 , Spring 1997 , Fall 1995 |
| SPA 3412 | Special Topics |
| Description: | Advanced study of topics of special interest in Spanish literary and/or cultural studies. May be repeated for credit if topic changes. . 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | SPA 1132 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 |
| SPA 3612 | Cervantes |
| Description: | An interdisciplinary approach to Cervantes's work. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2007 , Spring 2007 , Fall 2006 |
| SPA 3614 | Drama of Golden Age |
| Description: | The representation of the monarch, women, minority groups, etc. in Golden Age society through its drama. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| SPA 3715 | 18th Century Literature |
| Description: | Prose, poetry and theatre from Feijoo to Moratin. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2004 , Spring 2003 , Spring 2001 , Spring 1999 |
| SPA 3718 | 19th Century Novel |
| Description: | Reading of novels representing costumbrismo, realismo and naturalismo. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2002 , Fall 1999 |
| SPA 3820 | Love, Desire and Death |
| Description: | Development of spanish poetry concentrating on early modern romanticism and modernism. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2001 , Spring 1998 |
| SPA 3821 | Love, Fame & the After Life |
| Description: | An examination of love, fame and death in spanish poetry from beginnings to present day. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 1999 , Fall 1995 |
| SPA 3822 | Latin American Poetry |
| Description: | The development of Spanish-American poetry from colonial times to the present. Satisfies Diversity Requirement. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2008 , Spring 2005 , Spring 2002 , Spring 1999 |
| SPA 3920 | Cont Span Short Fiction |
| Description: | Short fiction in the Spanish literary tradition, with greater emphasis on the fruition of the genre in contemporary Spain. Writing Enriched. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2008 , Fall 2004 , Summer 2003 , Summer 2002 |
| SPA 3921 | Spanish Theatre of 20 & 21 c. |
| Description: | A critical analysis of representative plays from Benavente to the present day. Writing Enriched. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2007 , Spring 2006 , Spring 2004 , Fall 2002 |
| SPA 3923 | The Modern Novel |
| Description: | Representative trends in 20th century Spanish novels. novels. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2000 |
| SPA 3924 | Hispanic Film and Literature |
| Description: | Spanish filsms based on literary works as a medium will be used to better understand contemporary Spanish culture and civilization. Writing intensive. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2006 , Fall 2004 , Spring 2000 , Summer 1999 |
| SPA 3925 | Garcilaso, Fray Luis, San Juan |
| Description: | Evolution of spiritual and literary transcendence in Spain beginning with Garcilaso de la Vega's Platonist perspective, followed by Fray Luis de Leon as Spain's foremost ascetic voice and Augustinian bublical scholar and renaissance poet, and culminating with San Juan de la Cruz as perhaps Spain's greatest mystic, theologian and lyric poet. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | SPA 1131 and SPA 1132 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 |
| SPA 3950 | Research Seminar |
| Description: | Principles and techniques of literary research. Overview of major Spanish and Spanish-American authors and representative works. Writing intensive. Required for Spanish majors. Students should have completed 1132 or the equivalent. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| SPA 4110 | The Spanish Epic and Ballad |
| Description: | Readings and discussions in the popular literature, including the folktale. Course conducted in English. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| SPA 4130 | The Modern Spanish Novel |
| Description: | The Spanish Civil War reflected in selected contemporary novels. Course conducted in English. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| SPA 4140 | The Latin American "Boom" |
| Description: | The contemporary novel and short story Borges, Cartazar, Asturias, Fuentes, Machado de Assis, Rulfo, Garcia Marquez. Course conducted in English. Fulfills core requirements for advanced literature. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| SPA 4160 | Faces of Modernity |
| Description: | Study of artistic trends in twentieth century Spain. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | SPA 1132 |
| Last Offered: |
| SPA 5900 | Independent Study in Spanish |
| Description: | Supervised study, activity or research. May be taken more than once. Prerequisite: Intermediate Spanish or above. Prior approval of chair and instructor. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| SPA 7400 | Spanish Teaching Methodology |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Fall 2004 , Fall 2003 , Fall 2002 |
| SPA 7410 | Latin American Poetry |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 , Spring 2007 , Spring 2005 |
| SPA 7420 | Literary Theory at Work |
| Description: | Critical approaches to literature with the necessary theoretical background designed to familiarize students with various methods for analyzing literary texts. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2007 , Fall 2005 , Spring 2004 , Spring 1995 |
| SPA 7430 | Masterpieces of Hispanic Lit |
| Description: | Study of major works included in the AP reading list within their literary context using the necessary analytical tools. Taught in Spanish. Does not count for the MA degree, but does for the graduate certificate. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2006 , Summer 2005 |
| SPA 7440 | Special Topics |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2010 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 |
| SPA 7450 | Cultural Authority |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2008 , Fall 2003 , Fall 1997 |
| SPA 7451 | Cervantine Spain |
| Description: | An interdisciplinary approach to Cervantes' Spain 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2007 , Fall 2004 , Spring 2002 , Fall 1998 |
| SPA 7457 | Baroque Social Order |
| Description: | An approach to the ideologies of disclosure in the 17th Century Comedia. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| SPA 7470 | Poetics in Early Modern Spain^ |
| Description: | Examines the socio-humanist and theo-philosophical revolution of Spanish society of the 16th and 17th centuries through its foremost poets. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Fall 2006 , Spring 2003 , Fall 2000 |
| SPA 7491 | Contemporary Spanish Stage |
| Description: | Examines the dichotomy between socio-political repression and conformity and protest in Spain of XX and XXI centuries through representative dramatists. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Summer 2009 , Summer 2008 , Fall 2006 |
| SPA 7492 | Readings Spanish Modernism |
| Description: | A study of Spanish modernism, showing how imported images and pessimistic ideologies from Europe helped shape the Spanish culture of the first part of the twentieth century. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2007 , Summer 2004 , Summer 2003 , Fall 2001 |
| SPA 7493 | Poetic Voices of SPA-20 & 21 c |
| Description: | Lyric poetry of Spain from the beginning of the twentieth- century to present day against the background of European historical, socio-cultural, philosophical and artistic consciousness. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2008 , Spring 2002 , Fall 1999 , Fall 1995 |
| SPA 7494 | Spanish Exile and the Arts |
| Description: | Examines internal & external exile in Spain through works of national & international artists against the initial impact of the Spanish Civil War & its evolving effects to present day. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| SPA 7502 | Spanish Applied Linguistics |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2005 , Fall 2004 |
| SPA 8510 | The Dream of Reason |
| Description: | A diversity of texts will be studied about Spanish Romanticism, its meaning(s) and implications. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2007 |
| SPA 8540 | Medieval Literature |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 1998 |
| SPA 8580 | Spanish Historical Novel |
| Description: | Study of the Spanish historical fiction from the 19th century romantic/realist novel to the modern and postmodern. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 1998 , Fall 1995 |
| SPA 8598 | The Faces of Modernity |
| Description: | Study of the evolution of ideas and aesthetic trends during the 20th century through representative works of main authors from different generations. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 1996 , Summer 1995 |
| SPA 8599 | Postmodernity & Spanish Novel |
| Description: | A study of major authors and artists that comprise the cultural and aesthetic revoljution that began approximately in 1950 and continued with new directions to today. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Fall 2005 , Spring 2003 , Summer 2001 |
| SPA 9520 | History of the Span Lang |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 1996 |
| SPA 9556 | Early-Modern Spain |
| Description: | Ways in which discourse practices grounded the shape and practice of power in the 16th and 17th centuries. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2002 |
| SPA 9575 | Hispanic Cultural Studies |
| Description: | Reviews major concepts of cultural studies, such as subjectivity and consciousnes, ideology and hegemony, critique and polisemy and their manifestation in Hispanic texts. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Fall 2007 , Spring 2005 , Fall 1995 |
| SPA 9580 | Denunciation & Utopia |
| Description: | Reading and discussion of the historiography of the colonial times in Latin America in their historical, political and cultural contexts of production and reception. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2008 |
| SPA 9582 | Postmod Fiction in Latin Amer |
| Description: | Study of postmodern fiction written in the last two decades dealing with exile, collective memory, marginality, gender and urban violence as part of the post-dictatorship imaginary. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2008 , Spring 2006 , Fall 2003 |
| SPA 9584 | Short Story of the Americas |
| Description: | Short story in Latin America examined through literary analysis. Readings include stories by North American and Latin American authors. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2008 , Fall 2006 , Summer 2004 , Fall 2001 |
| SPA 9588 | Theater in Latin America |
| Description: | Study of contemporary Latin American theater (text and stage) through historical, sociological and literary analysis of works from various leading dramatists. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2005 , Summer 2002 |