Faculty of Arts and Science
Beginners' Spanish I
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Fundamentals of spoken and written Spanish.
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:For students with little or no knowledge of Spanish. To confirm enrolment and placement, all students must complete the Spanish Student Information Form and then, if required, the placement test, before the first day of classes. Credit for Spanish 1000 will not normally be granted to students with Spanish 30-3Y, 20-6Y, 30-6Y, 10-9Y, 20-9Y, 30-9Y, or equivalent. Students may be able to take this course for credit with permission of the Department of Modern Languages if high school Spanish courses were completed more than five years ago.
Beginners' Spanish II
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Continuation of Spanish 1000.
Prerequisite(s):One of Spanish 1000, Spanish 20-6Y, or Spanish 30-3Y
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:To confirm enrolment and placement, all students must complete the Spanish Student Information Form and then, if required, the placement test, before the first day of classes. Credit for Spanish 1100 will not normally be granted to students with Spanish 10-9Y, 20-9Y, 30-6Y, or equivalent. Students may be able to take this course for credit with permission of the Department of Modern Languages if high school Spanish courses were completed more than five years ago. Students who have fluent oral skills should contact the Department of Modern Languages for proper placement.
Intermediate Language I
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Development of language skills: oral expression, listening comprehension, reading, and writing.
Prerequisite(s):One of Spanish 1100, Spanish 10-9Y, Spanish 20-9Y, or Spanish 30-6Y
Equivalent:Spanish 1500 (prior to 2019/2020)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:To confirm enrolment and placement, all students must complete the Spanish Student Information Form and then, if required, the placement test, before the first day of classes. Credit for Spanish 2010 will not normally be granted to students with Spanish Language Arts 30, Spanish 30-9Y, or equivalent. Students may be able to take this course for credit with permission of the Department of Modern Languages if high school Spanish courses were completed more than five years ago. Students who have fluent oral skills should contact the Department of Modern Languages for proper placement.
Intermediate Language II
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
The finer points of grammar; refinement of writing style. Further training in the skills of speaking, reading, and listening comprehension.
Prerequisite(s):One of Spanish 2010, Spanish 30-9Y, or Spanish Language Arts 30
Equivalent:Spanish 2000 (prior to 2019/2020)
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:To confirm enrolment and placement, all students must complete the Spanish Student Information Form and then, if required, the placement test, before the first day of classes. Students who have fluent oral skills should contact the Department of Modern Languages for proper placement.
Introduction to Writing and Reading Strategies
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Application and expansion of the skills acquired in introductory language courses to understand a variety of texts, including, but not limited to, literary texts, newspapers, brochures, and scientific reports. Development of the tools for writing more complex compositions like reading reports, fictional pieces, personal stories, or promotional materials. The selected texts are considered for their literacy, linguistic, and cultural content. Introduction to the basic aspects of translation.
Prerequisite(s):Spanish 2020
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Fundamentals of Spanish Communication
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Development of basic oral communicative abilities in Spanish with emphasis on conversational skills. Reading and writing skills also introduced.
Prerequisite(s):Spanish 1100
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Not for native or heritage speakers or for students with intermediate or advance oral fluency.
Spanish Immersion
Credit hours: 3.00
Other hours per term: Immersion in a Spanish/Spanish American milieu
Academic and living experiences in a Spanish/Spanish American milieu. Institution to be approved by the Department. For students taking part in the Spanish Visiting Student Programme only.
Prerequisite(s):Spanish 2020 with a minimum 'C-' grade AND
Second-year standing (a minimum of 30.0 credit hours)
Grading:Pass/Fail
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Introduction to Hispanic Literature and Literary Analysis
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Introduction to the study of literature and major literary theories and their application through the study of Spanish and/or Spanish-American prose, poetry, and drama.
Prerequisite(s):Spanish 2020
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Advanced Language
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Structural and stylistic nuances of Spanish.
Prerequisite(s):Spanish 2020
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Spanish for Professional Contexts
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Expansion of vocabulary, and reading and writing activities in four professional areas: science, education, business, and tourism.
Prerequisite(s):Spanish 2020
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Not open to native or semi-native speakers of Spanish.
Communication, Writing, and Translation
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Development of writing and translating at a more advanced level. Writing as a process linked to different socio-cultural contexts, target audience, and purposes. Theory and practice of discourse analysis (language in context), academic writing, and translation will be integrated.
Prerequisite(s):One of Spanish 2030, Spanish 3001, or Spanish 3002
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Survey of Literature from Spain and Spanish America
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
General overview of periods, trends and genres in Spanish peninsular literature and Spanish-American literature through representative works, beginning in the Middle Ages. Improvement of skills in literary analysis, as well as reading and writing skills in the Spanish language.
Prerequisite(s):Spanish 2300
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Seminar in Literature (Series)
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Selected and representative works of major authors or literary movements of a specific period or century.
Prerequisite(s):Spanish 2300
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Culture and Civilization
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Text and film-based study of aspects of Spanish-American culture and civilization after the wars of independence (post-1800).
Prerequisite(s):Spanish 2020
Equivalent:Spanish 2200 (prior to 2019/2020)
Guided Readings in Spanish and Spanish American Literature I
Credit hours: 1.50
Contact hours per week: Variable
Students will follow an established program of independent reading, comprised of Spanish and Spanish American literary works representing major genres and periods.
Prerequisite(s):One of Spanish 3001, Spanish 3010, or Spanish 3100
Grading:Pass/Fail
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Students should be aware that this course involves independent work.
Guided Readings in Spanish and Spanish American Literature II
Credit hours: 1.50
Contact hours per week: Variable
Students will follow an established program of independent reading, comprised of Spanish and Spanish American literary works representing major genres and periods.
Prerequisite(s):Spanish 3901
Grading:Pass/Fail
Lib Ed Req:Fine Arts and Humanities
Note:Students should be aware that this course involves independent work.
Undergraduate Thesis
Credit hours: 6.00
Contact hours per week: Variable
This is a challenging, work-intensive, research-oriented course in which students will conduct fieldwork, text, library-based or empirical research, submit a report in the form of an Undergraduate Thesis which will be made publicly available, and report orally on the work.
Prerequisite(s):Fourth-year standing (a minimum of 90.0 credit hours) AND
A minimum GPA of 3.30 calculated on all completed University of Lethbridge courses or calculated on all University of Lethbridge and transferable courses taken within the terms containing the last 20 courses (60.0 credit hours), whichever is higher
Note:Contact hours will vary. Students should be aware that this course involves regular contact with the Thesis Supervisor as well as considerable independent work.