Spanish

Course Offerings Fall 2003

Course Offerings Spring 2004

Undergraduate Major in Spanish

Undergraduate Major in Spanish with Secondary School Certification

Undergraduate Spanish Foreign Language and International Public Service (FLIPS)

Undergraduate Minor

Graduate Major in Spanish

Major in Spanish Foreign language (Spanish) ................................................ 36 credits

Students can major in Spanish and earn secondary school certification either through the College of Liberal Arts or through the College of Education. We believe the degree through the College of Liberal Arts is the better choice because it offers the student a wider career choice. In either case, the requirements in Spanish are the same as for the Spanish major listed above with the exception that FL 436-3 (Methods in Teaching Foreign Languages) is required in place of a Spanish elective. The Teacher Education sequence is offered through the College of Education and teacher certification is by the State of Illinois.

The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures has an interdisciplinary major in Spanish Foreign Language and International Public Service. This option in the Spanish major offers exciting career possibilities, both in government and private industry, at home and abroad. Languages are extremely useful in business, industry, commerce, civil service, law, library science, media, science, economics, health and social sciences. Students who follow this course of study could also qualify as teachers of Spanish with additional coursework in Teacher Education.

SPANISH FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE

University Core Requirements ......................................................................................(3) + 38

To include ECON 302i; ENGL 101; ENGL 102; MATH 139; PSYC 102; FL 202. (Foreign language above 201a substitutes for 3 hours of humanities)

College of Liberal Arts .............................................................................................................(11)

One year foreign language; additional English composition or Writing-Across-the-Curriculum approved foreign language course.

Foreign language ..............................................................................................................30 - 33

Three hours subsitute for humanities, three hours substitute for CoLA English composition requirement, eight hours substitute for CoLA foreign language requirement

The Internship/Study Abroad requirement also serves to fulfill the Senior Thesis requirement. Students must register for a minimum of 3 hours.

A. International Internship done on the FLIT model; or

B. The following combination:

1. At least one full semester of study abroad at a university in a Spanish-speaking country and

2. A domestic internship; or

C. Full year study abroad (2 semesters) as described under B1. It is the responsibility of the student to find an internship, but he/she does so with guidance of the faculty advisor. Before being effected, the internship must be fully approved. (For both A and B2, registration for Foreign Language 495 is required.)

                    Oral/Written Proficiency .................................................... 0

Area Studies Courses and Electives .....................................................................................27

(Students should select 8 additional courses (24 hours) with an international focus in Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, Philosophy, or Political Science. The following are recommended: ECON 302i, 329, 429; GEOG 304, 306; HIST 320, 324, 338, 339, 370, 425, 432, 433, 434, 437, 438, 474; POLS 372i, 373, 441, 458, 459, 466, 475, 480.)

Career Orientation Electives .....................................................................................................18

In choosing electives, students are to select an area of concentration as a possible career to be combined with the study of foreign language to be approved by the major advisor. Areas such as Agriculture, Computer Science, Film, Food and Nutrition, Health Education, History, Linguistics, Literature, Management, Philosophy, Sociology, Urban Planning, or other similar fields are offered as appropriate examples.

General Electives .....................................................................................................................4-7

Total ...........................................................................................................................................120

A minor in Spanish requires 18 hours of Spanish above the 100 level:

200 level: 201a,b - 8 (Intermediate Spanish)

Spanish electives - 3 (305-3 (Advanced Conversation) may be counted towards the minor as an elective upon recommendation of the Graduate Advisor.

Spanish 140A Elementary Spanish (12 sections)

Spanish 140B Elementary Spanish (4 sections)

Spanish 175 Accelerated Elementary Spanish (1 section)

Spanish 201A Intermediate Spanish (4 Sections)

Spanish 201B Intermediate Spanish (1 Section)

Spanish 220 (Spanish Conversation)

Spanish 221 (Spanish Conversation for Law Enforcement)

Spanish 306 Intermediate Readings: Spanish (2 Sections)

Spanish 310 Spanish Literature

Spanish 320A Third Year Grammar and Composition (2 Sections)

Spanish 335 Introduction to Business Spanish

Spanish 390 Independent Study

Spanish 411 Linguistic Structure of Spanish

Spanish 431/501 CervantesSpanish 

451 Studies in Spanish American Literature of the 19th Century

Spanish 460/560 Studies in Spanish Literature of the 20th Century

Spanish 490 Advanced Independent Study

Spanish 501/431 Cervantes

Spanish 536 Methods and Techniques in Teaching Spanish

Spanish 560/460 Studies in Spanish Literature of the 20th Century

Spanish 599 Thesis

Course Offerings Spring 2004

 

Spanish 140A Elementary Spanish (4 section)

Spanish 140B Elementary Spanish (11 sections)

Spanish 175 Accelerated Elementary Spanish (2 sections)

Spanish 201A Intermediate Spanish (2 Section)

Spanish 201B Intermediate Spanish (2 Section)

Spanish 220 Spanish Conversation

Spanish 221 Spanish Conversation for the Professions

Spanish 306 Intermediate Readings: Spanish

Spanish 315 Spanish American Literature

Spanish 320B Third Year Grammar and Composition (2 sections)

Spanish 370 Spanish Culture and Civilization

Spanish 390 Independent Study

Spanish 410 Advanced Language Study

Spanish 412 History of the Spanish Language

Spanish 432 The Golden Age: Prose and Poetry

Spanish 435 Business Spanish

Spanish 488 Spanish as a Research Tool

Spanish 490 Advanced Independent Study

Spanish 501 Selected Topics: Literature and Language

Spanish 550 Spanish Literature of the 19th Century

Spanish 599 Thesis

Foreign Language 509 Research Problems--Spanish

Spanish Faculty

Lourdes Albuixech, Associate Professor

Ph.D. in Spanish Literature, University of California, Riverside, 1997. Dissertation Title: "Aspectos del arte de la narrativa sentimental."

Research interests: Spanish Literature of the Middle Ages and Golden Age; Narrative Theory; Sentimental Narrative; Cervantes; Golden Age Drama; Spanish Culture and Civilization

María Rosa F. Bell, Lecturer.

M.A. in Applied Linguistics. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1989. Thesis title: "Language Planning in Guatemala: An Evaluation."

Lic. (Licenciatura) in Literature, Language and Philosophy (Letras y Filosof'a), Universidad Rafael Land'var, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1986. Thesis title: "An?lisis estil'stico de los personajes de El obispo leproso, de Gabriel Mir--."

P.E.M (Profesorado de ense-anza media) in Spanish Language and Literature, Universidad Rafael Land'var, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1981.

Teaching Interests: Spanish Grammar; Hispanic American Literature; General Linguistics, Spanish as a Second Language; Literary Analysis.

Alejandro Cáceres, Associate Professor of Spanish.

Ph.D. Indiana University, Bloomington,1992.

Area of expertise: 19^th and 20^th centuries Spanish and Spanish-American Literature. Other areas of interest: Poetry, Creative Writing.

Dimitrios H. Karayiannis, Lecturer and Spanish Section Head; Departmental Undergraduate Adviser

M.A. in Spanish, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1990.

Interests: Spanish Language, Business Spanish, Foreign Language Teaching Methodologies, English/Spanish Linguistics, Self-Instruction

Office: Faner 2027. Phone: 453-5425. Email: dimitrio@siu.edu

Lidia Stahl, Lecturer and Spanish Advisor for Foreign Language and International Trade (FLIT)

MA in Spanish, Southern Illinois University, 1981

Gregory Taylor, Assistant Professor of Spanish and Spanish Teaching Assistant Supervisor

Ph.D. University of South Florida, Tampa, 1999 in Interdisciplinary Education with emphasis on Second Language

 

Acquisition and Instructional Technology.. Dissertation title: the Effect of Native Language Listening Instruction on Second Language Achievement of Beginning Students of Post-secondary Spanish and French.

Norah Vaamonde-Olive, Lecturer.

M.A Foreign Languages and Literatures, Southern Illinois University. Carbondale, 1996; Thesis Title: La po?tica de Mario Benedetti: botella al mar

B. A. Letras. Universidad Catolica Andres Bello, Caracas, Venezuela, 1980; Thesis Title: El Romanticismo Literario como modelo de vida

Research interest: Bilingual Literature and Education; Spanish American Poetry, 20th Century, Conversational and Social Poetry. Modern American poets. Creative writing.