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2018-2019 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

 

Spanish

General Education Category A must be completed prior to taking any upper-division course except upper-division language courses where students meet formal prerequisites and/or competency equivalent for advanced study.
  

  • SPAN 201B - Intermediate Spanish

    (4 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 201A  or four years of high school Spanish or equivalent.
    Prerequisite/Corequisite: Any Foundation course.

    Continued development in speaking, oral comprehension, reading and writing skills.

    Transfers and new students: placement exam strongly recommended. For further information, please refer to the RGRLL Department website www.csulb.edu/colleges/cla/departments/rgrll/. For non-native speakers only. Not open to heritage speakers or native speakers of Spanish.
  

  • SPAN 250 - Spanish for Bilinguals

    (6 units)

    Prerequisite: Near native speaker oral skills and GE Foundation requirements (or concurrent enrollment in at least one Foundation course).
    Addresses particular needs of bilingual student population. Emphasis on acquisition of solid grammatical base with development of writing and reading skills.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SPAN 300 - Advanced Grammar and Composition

    (6 units)

    Prerequisites: AP exam with a score of 4 or 5 or SPAN 201B  or equivalent for non-native speakers. SPAN 250  or equivalent for heritage speakers.
    Review of grammatical principles, general consolidation of the four language skills (reading, speaking, comprehension and writing) with special emphasis on writing papers and acquisition of cultural knowledge of the Hispanic world.

    (6 hours of activity) Check for the code 138 (for non-native speakers) and 139 (for heritage speakers) in the Schedule of Classes.
  

  • SPAN 310 - Introduction to Literary Analysis

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 300 .
    Discovery of literature as a work of art. Different levels of interpretation; complexity of structure related to content; literary appreciation.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SPAN 314 - Oral Communication

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 300 . Emphasis will be placed on small-group discussion to improve communication skills in Spanish.
    Not open to native/heritage speakers.
  

  • SPAN 315 - Professional Conversation for Spanish Heritage Speakers

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 200 , SPAN 201B , SPAN 250  or equivalent.
    For heritage speakers seeking to make professional use of Spanish in the U.S. and abroad. Emphasis on vocabulary expansion related to various professions, the development of interactive and presentational conversation skills, and the improvement of professional speaking and writing conventions.

    Letter grade only (A-F). Not open to non-native or non-heritage speakers.
  

  • SPAN 320 - Literacy and Orality for Bilingual Teaching

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 200 , SPAN 201B , SPAN 250 , or equivalent
    Examines best pedagogical practices that support the development of literacy and orality in bilingual Latino children. Uses bilingual children’s books to build Spanish language skills and cultural knowledge of particular relevance to bilingual teachers. Includes ten hours of fieldwork.

    Letter grade only (A-F)
  

  • SPAN 330 - Literary Masterpieces: Spain

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 310  or consent of instructor. GE Foundation requirements.
    Critical analysis of masterworks of Spanish literature.

    (Lecture 3 hours)
  

  • SPAN 335A - Business Spanish

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 300  (6 units) or consent of instructor.
    Study of terminology and practices from the world of business, with a focus on business relating to the Spanish speaking world, including the Hispanic market in the United States. It focuses on commerce, management, banking, real estate, and labor relations.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SPAN 335B - Business Spanish

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 300  or consent of instructor.
    Study of terminology and practices from the world of business, with a focus on business relating to the Spanish speaking world, including the Hispanic market in the United States. It focuses on marketing, finance, import and export.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SPAN 341 - Literary Masterpieces: Spanish America

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 310  or consent of instructor.
    Critical analysis of masterworks of Spanish American literature.

    (Lecture 3 hours)
  

  • SPAN 350 - Hispanic Short Narrative

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 310  
    An overview of representative short narrative from the Spanish-speaking world encompassing corresponding historical periods or thematic similarities.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SPAN 351 - Survey of Hispanic Theater

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 310 .
    Explores the development of the genre of theater in the Hispanic World in its social, cultural, historical, and political context either across time periods (medieval to 20th century) or within a certain literary movement (Romanticism, Neoclassicism, etc.).

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SPAN 400 - Don Quijote and the Critics

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 330 .
    Designed to guide students through a close reading of Cervantes’s Don Quijote, with special emphasis on various theoretical approaches to text. Provides basic introduction to literary criticism.

    SPAN 500  
  

  • SPAN 420 - History of Spanish Language

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: One course in Spanish linguistics or consent of instructor.
    Analysis of written and spoken Spanish from its inception through its current use in the Hispanic world.

    SPAN 520  
  

  • SPAN 423 - Introduction to Spanish Linguistics

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 300  or consent of instructor.
    Overview of Spanish Linguistics. Areas of study: history of Spanish language, grammatical systems (Phonology, Morphology, Syntax), sociolinguistics status of Spanish in the U.S. and the teaching of Spanish as a second language.
  

  • SPAN 426 - Spanish Morphology and Syntax

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
    Morphemic and syntagmatics analysis of Spanish; introduction to transformational grammar.

    (Lecture 3 hours) SPAN 526  
  

  • SPAN 427 - Contrastive Analysis of Spanish and English

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: One course in Spanish linguistics or consent of instructor.
    Study of the known points of similarity and differences between the two languages.

    SPAN 527  
  

  • SPAN 428 - Spanish Cinema

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: Upper-division standing.
    Focus on socio-political and asthetic aspects of Spanish Cinema, concentrating on the following periods. Early Francoism, Neo-Realism, The Barcelona School, the Transition Period, post Franco Years, and new trends in Spanish Cinema. Taught in English.

    Letter grade only (A-F). Same course as FEA 460 . Taught in English. Not open for credit to students with credit in FEA 392  or FEA 460 .
  

  • SPAN 429 - Studies in 19th and 20th Century Spanish Poetry

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 330 .
    Examines salient poets from last two centuries, including Rosalía de Castro, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Antonio Machado, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Vicente Aleixandre, Federico García Lorca, Gloria Fuertes, Jaime Gil de Biedma, and other more contemporary figures. Undergraduates register in SPAN 429; graduates register in SPAN 529  

    Letter grade only (A-F) (Seminar 3 hours) SPAN 529  
  

  • SPAN 430 - Spanish Civilization

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 300 .
    Characteristic features of Spanish culture with special attention to the various institutions, economic, social and cultural configurations, and the ways of thinking.
  

  • SPAN 438 - Studies in Golden Age Literature

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 330 .
    Survey of 16th and 17th century masterpieces from Spain such as La Celestina, Lazarillo de Tormes, Los desengaños amorosos and their intersections with notions of hegemony, sexuality, gender, race, and class.

    SPAN 538  
  

  • SPAN 439 - Modern Spanish Narrative

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 330  or consent of instructor.
    Representative 19th and 20th century novelists. Undergraduates register in SPAN 439, graduates register in SPAN 539 . (Seminar)

    SPAN 539  
  

  • SPAN 440 - Civilized Barbarisms: Nature, War and Race in Latin American Fiction

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 341  
    Study of Latin American fiction dealing with military conflicts, economic and ecological struggles, and ethnic strife from the late nineteenth century to the present.

    SPAN 540  
  

  • SPAN 441 - Studies in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Spanish American Narrative

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 341  or consent of instructor.
    Critical analysis of 19th and 20th century Spanish American prose fiction. Undergraduates register in SPAN 441, graduate register in SPAN 541 . Undergraduates register in SPAN 441, graduates register in SPAN 541 .

    (Seminar 3 hours). SPAN 541  
  

  • SPAN 442 - Nation Building and Women’s Writing in Nineteenth-Century Spanish America

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 341 .
    Explores field of Spanish American women writers during nineteenth century and concept of nation building. Several genres are studied: epistolary narrative, short-story, travel narratives, essay, autobiography, and the novel.

    SPAN 542  
  

  • SPAN 443 - Studies in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Spanish American Poetry

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 341  or consent of instructor.
    Study of representative 19th and 20th century Spanish American poets.

    Letter grade only (A-F). SPAN 543   Undergraduates register in SPAN 443, graduates register in SPAN 543 .
  

  • SPAN 444 - Nineteenth-Century Spanish America and the National Family Romance

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 341 .
    Advanced course studies Spanish American canonical writers during the nineteenth century in relation to the concept of “family romance.” These fictions constitute the foundational master narratives that were the guiding fictions for the new independent nations.

    SPAN 544  
  

  • SPAN 445 - Latin American Civilization

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite/Corequisite: SPAN 300 .

    Analysis of main currents in Latin American civilization.
  

  • SPAN 446 - Studies in Spanish Culture

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 330  
    Deals with some aspect of Spanish culture in an interdisciplinary fashion during a given period. Topics could include social, political, theoretical, and/or historical perspectives on the arts. Undergraduates register in SPAN 446; graduates register in SPAN 546 .

    Letter grade only (A-F). (Seminar 3 hours) SPAN 546   May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units.
  

  • SPAN 447 - The Invention of Spain: Visions in Conflict

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 330 .
    A social, historical and literary study of Spain from 1808 through the beginning of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Many groups struggle to impose their vision of Spain as it emerges from the War of Independence in 1808, transitioning from the Antiguo Régimen to nationhood.

    SPAN 547  
  

  • SPAN 448 - Romanticism and Realism

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 330 .
    A systematic tracing of the derivation of Spanish Romanticism in narrative forms, in its European and Peninsular trajectories and its transformation into realism toward mid nineteenth century.

    SPAN 548  
  

  • SPAN 449 - Dictatorship to Democracy: Film and Literature in Spain (1930-today)

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 330 .
    Advanced course explores Spanish culture through film and literature of the pre-Civil War period, the Franco period, and the transition to democracy, the advanced democracy of Spain today.

    SPAN 549  
  

  • SPAN 450 - Studies in Colonial Spanish American Literature

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 341 .
    Focuses on canonical works from Spanish-American Colonial period (1500-1800). Covers large selection of literary texts of colonial period, including chronicles, relaciones, letters, diaries, poetry, autobiography, and travel literature.

    SPAN 550
  

  • SPAN 455 - Hispanic Cinema of the Americas

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 300 .
    Focuses on development of New Hispanic Cinema produced in the United States and Latin America. Explores major themes and trends of New Hispanic Cinema: “Nueva Ola” in Argentina, “Cinema Novo: the Cuban revolutionary cinema, and “Magic Realism” of the Southwest.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SPAN 460 - Studies Spanish American Culture

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 341 .
    In-depth study of some essays which have dealt with problem of what Spanish American nations are, and what they should be during the republican era. Includes authors from both nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

    May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units with different topics in different semesters.
  

  • SPAN 461 - Introduction to Translation and Interpretation

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 300  with a “B” or better or instructor’s consent.
    Designed to introduce student to basic techniques essential to terminology acquisition, concentration, written and sight translation and consecutive and simultaneous interpretation.
  

  • SPAN 462 - Written and Sight Translation I: English/Spanish

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 461  or instructor’s consent.
    Designed to train students in sight and written legal, financial, medical and technical translation, and to introduce the student to the basic techniques that are essential to terminology acquisition. (English into Spanish).

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SPAN 463 - Written and Sight Translation II: Spanish/English

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 461  or consent of instructor.
    Designed to train students in sight and written legal, financial, medical and technical translation, and to introduce the student to the basic techniques that are essential to terminology acquisition. (Spanish into English).

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SPAN 464 - Consecutive Interpretation I

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 461  or consent of instructor.
    Designed to train students in forensic consecutive interpretation.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SPAN 465 - Consecutive Interpretation II

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 461  or consent or instructor.
    Designed to train students in Medical, Civil Legal, Business, Technical and State Agencies consecutive interpretation, and basic techniques that are essential to terminology acquisition and to techniques relating to interpreting in the consecutive mode sentences of up to forty words in length.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SPAN 466 - Simultaneous Interpretation English/Spanish

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 461  or consent of instructor.
    Designed to introduce the student to the techniques that are essential to the five simultaneous operations that form an integral part of simultaneous interpretation.(English into Spanish).

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SPAN 467 - Simultaneous Interpretation Spanish/English

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 461  or instructor’s consent.
    Designed to introduce the student to the techniques that are essential to the five simultaneous operations that form an integral part of simultaneous interpretation. Spanish into English.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • SPAN 490 - Selected Topics in Spanish

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 310  or consent of Instructor
    Study of a particular aspect of Spanish literature, language or culture.

    Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 9 units with different topics. Topics announced in Schedule of Classes.
  

  • SPAN 491 - Nobel Poets and Others

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 330  or SPAN 341 .
    Critical analysis of representative works of Nobel Poets (Aleixandre, Jiménez. Mistral, Neruda and Paz) and other significant poets (Albertik, Bécquer, Darío, García Lorca, Garcilaso, Góngora, Guillén, Vallejo, etc.) Undergraduate register in SPAN 491, graduates register in SPAN 591 .

    (Seminar 3 hours) SPAN 591  
  

  • SPAN 492 - Studies in Hispanic Theater

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 341  or consent of Instructor.
    Representative Spanish and Spanish American plays. Undergraduates register in SPAN 492; graduates register in SPAN 592 .

    SPAN 592  
  

  • SPAN 493 - Women and War

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 310 .
    Examines the relationship between women and war in a literary context. Undergraduates register in 493; graduates register for SPAN 593 .

    Letter grade only (A-F). (3 hours lecture) SPAN 593  
  

  • SPAN 494 - Internship in Spanish

    (1-3 units)

    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and department chair.
    Field work in Spanish, supplemented by readings and tutorials under the direction of a faculty member. Internships, small group discussion/teaching, and other assignments directed by a supervising faculty member.

    May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units. No more than 3 units may be applied to the major in Spanish.
  

  • SPAN 499 - Independent Study

    (1-3 units)

    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and department chair.
    Individual projects or directed readings with a professor of the student’s choice.

    May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units. (Requires tutorial meetings and demonstrations of progress as defined in a written proposal.)
  

  • SPAN 500 - Don Quijote and the Critics

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 310 .
    Designed to guide students through a close reading of Cervantes’s Don Quijote, with a special emphasis on various theoretical approaches to the text. The class will provide a basic introduction to literary criticism.

    SPAN 400 
  

  • SPAN 520 - History of Spanish Language

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: One course in Spanish linguistics or consent of instructor.
    Analysis of written and spoken Spanish from its inception through its current use in the Hispanic world.

    SPAN 420 
  

  • SPAN 526 - Spanish Morphology and Syntax

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
    Morphemic and syntagmatics analysis of Spanish; introduction to transformational grammar.

    Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hours) SPAN 426 
  

  • SPAN 527 - Contrastive Analysis of Spanish and English

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
    Study of known points of similarity and differences between the two languages.

    Letter grade only (A-F). SPAN 427 
  

  • SPAN 529 - Studies in 19th and 20th Century Spanish Poetry

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 330  .
    Examines salient poets from last two centuries, including Rosalía de Castro, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Antonio Machado, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Vicente Aleixandre, Federico García Lorca, Gloria Fuertes, Jaime Gil de Biedma, and other more contemporary figures. Undergraduates register in SPAN 429 ; graduates register in SPAN 529.

    Letter grade only (A-F). (Seminar 3 hours) SPAN 429  
  

  • SPAN 538 - Studies in Golden Age Literature

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 330 .
    Survey of 16th and 17th century masterpieces from Spain such as La Celestina, Lazarillo de Tormes, Los desengaños amorosos and their intersections with notions of hegemony, sexuality, gender, race, and class.

    SPAN 438 
  

  • SPAN 539 - Modern Spanish Narrative

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 330  or consent of instructor.
    Representative 19th and 20th century novelists.

    Letter grade only (A-F). (Seminar) SPAN 439  Undergraduates register in SPAN 439 , graduates register in SPAN 539.
  

  • SPAN 540 - Civilized Barbarisms: Nature, War and Race in Latin American Fiction

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 341 .
    Study of Latin American fiction dealing with military conflicts, economic and ecological struggles, and ethnic strife from the late nineteenth century to the present.

    SPAN 440 
  

  • SPAN 541 - Studies in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Spanish American Narrative

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 341  or consent of instructor.
    Critical analysis of 19th and 20th century Spanish American prose fiction. Undergraduates register in SPAN 441 , graduates register in SPAN 541

    Letter grade only (A-F). (Seminar 3 hours). SPAN 441 
  

  • SPAN 542 - Nation Building and Women’s Writing in Nineteenth-Century Spanish America

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 310  and SPAN 341  or instructor’s consent.
    Explores field of Spanish American women writers during nineteenth century and concept of nation building. Several genres are studied: epistolary narrative, short-story, travel narratives, essay, autobiography, and the novel.

    SPAN 442 
  

  • SPAN 543 - Studies in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Spanish American Poetry

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 341  or consent of instructor.
    Study of representative 19th and 20th century Spanish American poets. Undergraduates register in SPAN 443 , graduates register in SPAN 543

    Letter grade only (A-F). (Seminar) SPAN 443 
  

  • SPAN 544 - Nineteenth-Century Spanish America and The National Family Romance

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 310  and SPAN 341  or consent of instructor.
    Advanced course studies Spanish American canonical writers during the nineteenth century in relation to the concept of “family romance.” These fictions constitute the foundational master narratives that were the guiding fictions for the new independent nations.

    SPAN 444  
  

  • SPAN 546 - Studies in Spanish Culture

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 330  .
    Deals with some aspect of Spanish culture in an interdisciplinary fashion during a given period. Topics could include social, political, theoretical, and/or historical perspectives on the arts. Undergraduates register in SPAN 446 ; graduates register in SPAN 546.

    Letter grade only (A-F). (Seminar 3 hours) SPAN 446  May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units.
  

  • SPAN 547 - The Invention of Spain: Visions in Conflict

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 300 , SPAN 310 , SPAN 330 .
    Social, historical and literary study of Spain from 1808 through the beginning of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Many groups struggle to impose their vision of Spain as it emerges from the War of Independence in 1808, transitioning from the Antiguo Régimen to nationhood.

    SPAN 447 
  

  • SPAN 548 - Romanticism and Realism

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 300 , SPAN 310  and SPAN 330 .
    A systematic tracing of the derivation of Spanish Romanticism in narrative forms, in its European and Peninsular trajectories and its transformation into realism toward mid nineteenth century.

    SPAN 448 
  

  • SPAN 549 - Dictatorship to Democracy: Film and Literature in Spain (1930-today)

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 310  and SPAN 330  or consent of instructor.
    Advanced course explores Spanish culture through film and literature of the pre-Civil War period, the Franco period, the transition to democracy, and the advanced democracy of Spain today.

    Letter grade only (A-F). SPAN 449 
  

  • SPAN 550 - Studies in Colonial Spanish American Literature

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 310  and SPAN 341 .
    Focuses on canonical works from Spanish-American Colonial period (1500-1800). Covers a large selection of literary texts of colonial period, including chronicles, relaciones, letters, diaries, poetry, autobiography, and travel literature.

    SPAN 450  
  

  • SPAN 560 - Studies in Spanish American Culture

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 341 .
    In-depth study of some of the essays which have dealt with the problem of what the Spanish American nations are, and what they should be during the republican era. Includes authors from both nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

    May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units.
  

  • SPAN 590 - Selected Topics in Spanish

    (3 units)

    Study of a particular aspect of Spanish literature, language or culture.

    Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 9 units with different topics. Topics announced in Schedule of Classes.
  

  • SPAN 591 - Nobel Poets and Others

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: SPAN 330 , SPAN 341 , or consent of instructor.
    Critical analysis of representative works of Nobel Poets (Aleixandre, Jimenez. Mistral, Neruda and Paz) and other significant poets (Albertik, Becquer, Dario, Garcia Lorca, Garcilaso, Gongora, Guillen, Vallejo, etc.) Undergraduates register in SPAN 491 , graduates register in SPAN 591.

    Letter grade only (A-F) SPAN 491 
  

  • SPAN 592 - Studies in Hispanic Theater

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 330  or SPAN 341 , or consent of instructor.
    Representative Spanish and Spanish American plays.

    Letter grade only (A-F). SPAN 492  Undergraduates register in SPAN 492 ; graduates register in SPAN 592.
  

  • SPAN 593 - Women and War

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 310 .
    Examines the relationship between women and war in a literary context. Undergraduates register in SPAN 493 ; graduates register for SPAN 593.

    Letter grade only (A-F). (3 hours lecture) SPAN 493 
  

  • SPAN 599 - Directed Studies

    (1-3 units)

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing, advanced to candidacy, consent of the instructor and chair or graduate advisor.
    Selected topics on Hispanic Studies to be pursued in-depth.

    Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units with different topics with consent of graduate advisor and department chair.
  

  • SPAN 640 - Selected Topics - Seminar in Spanish American Literature

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 341  or consent of instructor.
    Study of particular period, genre or author.

    Letter grade only (A-F). (Seminar 3 hours) May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units with different topics in different semesters. Topics announced in Schedule of Classes.
  

  • SPAN 650 - Research Methods and Critical Theory

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 310 .
    An introduction to Master’s level research methods, including information technology, library literacy, research paper preparation, conference presentations, and professionalization issues related to M.A.-level work. The idiom of critical theory will be introduced in an application-based setting.

    Letter grade only (A-F). (Seminar 3 hours).
  

  • SPAN 691 - Seminar in Spanish Literature - The Spanish Civil War and Its Artistic Repercussions

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: SPAN 330 , SPAN 341  or consent of instructor.
    Examines fiction dealing with war themes written during and after the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). It includes authors such as Arturo Barea, Constancia de la Mora, Cesar Vallejo, Pablo Neruda, Dolores Ibárruri, Ernest Hemingway, Juan Goytisolo, George Orwell, and Ana María Matute.

    Letter grade only (A-F). (Seminar 3 hours) May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units.

Speech-Language Pathology
  

  • C D 60 - Selected Topics in Communicative Disorders

    (1 unit)

    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Speech, language and hearing therapy to students enrolled in the University.
    May be repeated to a maximum of 2 units. Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes.
  

  • C D 261 - Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: Open to declared Speech-Language Pathology majors and pre-majors only.
    Anatomical, physiological and neurological components of the speech and hearing mechanism. Designed for students planning to enter the clinical program in communicative disorders.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • C D 271 - Phonetics

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: Open to declared Speech-Language Pathology majors and pre-majors only.
    Phonetic basis of speech sounds and the various factors which influence pronunciation. Consideration is given to linguistic variations, regional dialects and standards.

    Letter grade only (A-F). (Discussion 2 hours, Laboratory 3 hours.)
  

  • C D 329 - Language Acquisition: From Birth Through Adolescence

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: A grade of “‘C” or better in C D 261  and C D 271 .
    Introduction to language learning and its impact upon communication, socialization and literacy. Study of the form, content and use of language across time with an emphasis upon first language learning. Cognitive, cultural and emotional factors are considered.

    Letter grade only (A-F). Not open for credit to students with credit in LING 329.
  

  • C D 330 - Speech and Hearing Science

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: A grade of “‘C” or better in C D 261  and C D 271 .
    Course Description: Examination of the anatomical, physiological, psychological and acoustic aspects of speech. Through readings, discussions, videos, and interactive software the student is expected to become more aware and analytical of the instrumentation and scientific basis of production and perception of speech.

    Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture/discussion)
  

  • C D 373 - Audiology I

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: A grade of “‘C” or better in C D 261  and C D 271 .
    Introduction to audiology; acoustics, anatomy and physiology of the ear, pure-tone audiometry/masking, speech audiometry/ masking, principles of taking a case history, and report writing.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • C D 440 - Aural Rehabilitation for the Hearing Impaired

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: A grade of “‘C” or better in C D 329  , C D 330   C D 373  , and C D 477 . 

     
    Nature of hearing impairment and impact on communicative function. Procedures for assessment and management of hearing loss, including amplification, counseling, and self-report scales. Focus is primarily adult clients but will include some information regarding children.

    Letter grade only (A-F).

  

  • C D 456 - Speech Pathology I: Speech Sound Disorders

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in C D 440 , C D 464 , C D 476 , and C D 481A . 
    The purpose of the course is to apply knowledge of phonology/phonetics to heterogeneous speech sound disorders (SSD). The course covers etiologies of SSD, phonological processes, standardized and non-standardized assessments, differential diagnosis, dialectical variations, principles in target selection and intervention.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • C D 460 - Multicultural and Multilingual Issues in Speech- Language Pathology

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: A grade of “C” or better in C D 456 , C D 466 , C D 472 , and C D 483 .
    Provides understanding of non-discriminatory assessment process for linguistically and culturally diverse clients referred for speech-language assessment. Includes information relative to cultural differences, use of interpreters/translators, biases of assessment, and differential diagnoses, such as language disorder versus language difference.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • C D 462 - Speech-Language Pathology Assistant (SLPA) Practicum

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: At least 33 units in communicative disorders competed with a grade of “B” or better. For students interested in receiving a license to work as a SLPA. Weekly lecturers covering the laws, practices and ethics governing SLPAs and 70 hours of supervised undergraduate clinical practicum.
    Credit/ no credit grading only. Course fee may be required.
  

  • C D 464 - Behavior Management and Counseling in Speech- Language Pathology

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: A grade of  “C” or better in C D 329 , C D 330 , C D 373 , and C D 477 . 

     
    The course provides entry-level knowledge in behavior management and counseling skills for speech-language pathologists. Students study prevention, identification and intervention for behavior problems and apply counseling theories and techniques to daily practice with individuals with communication disorders.

    Letter grade only (A-F).

  

  • C D 466 - Speech Pathology II: Speech Motor Disorders

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: A grade of  “C” or better in C D 440 , C D 464 , C D 476 , and C D 481A . 
    Etiology, assessment, and therapy for disturbances of the speech motor system with emphasis on the neuroanatomical, neurophysiological, psychological, and linguistic variables correlated to aberrant behaviors.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • C D 472 - Alternative and Augmentative Communication

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in C D 440 , C D 464 , C D 476 , and C D 481A . 
    An understanding of relevant topics in alternative and augmentative communication (AAC), assistive technology (AT); assessment and management of patients with severe communication impairments. Topics will include a variety of disabilities in both pediatric and adult patients, across varying communication environments.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • C D 476 - Speech Pathology III: Disorders of Voice/Oro‑facial Mechanism

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in C D 329 , C D 330 , C D 373 , and C D 477 . 
    Processes of phonation and resonance and their application to etiology, diagnosis and therapy of functional and organic voice disorders, such as those arising from laryngeal pathology, vocal abuse, neurological impairment, auditory impairment and oro-facial abnormalities.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • C D 477 - Disorders of Swallowing

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: A grade of “C” or better in C D 261  and C D 271 .
    Anatomy, physiology, and neuroanatomy of normal swallowing. Neurological and oncologic disorders which affect the swallow process. Evaluation of the patient with dysphagia will include clinical and instrumental analysis. Treatment plans based on history and evaluative results will be designed and examined.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • C D 481A - Speech Pathology IV: Disorders of Language, Children

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in C D 329 , C D 330 , C D 373 , and C D 477 . 
    An analysis of the components of language and how each is involved with language disorders in children. Provide for the understanding and recognition of variables for the assessment and clinical management of such children.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • C D 481B - Speech Pathology IV: Disorders of Language, Neuropathologies

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in C D 456 , C D 466 , C D 472 , and C D 483 .  

     
    Neurophysiological and neurolinguistic basis for language and speech disorders associated with central nervous system pathologies. Provides for the recognition and understanding of variables for the assessment and clinical management of such disorders.

    Letter grade only (A-F).

  

  • C D 483 - Assessment of Monolingual and Bilingual Clients

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in C D 440 , C D 464 , C D 476 , and C D 481A .  

     
    Principles underlying assessment procedures in speech language disorders for both monolingual and bilingual clients. Focus is on the cultural and linguistic variables affecting standardized and nonstandardized assessment procedures.

    Letter grade only (A-F). (Discussion 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours)

  

  • C D 485 - Introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorders for Speech-Language Pathologists

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in C D 456 , C D 466 , C D 472 , and C D 483 . 
    Foundational areas prerequisite to understanding ASD including historical perspectives, diagnostic systems, theorized etiologies, and behavioral characteristics are differentiated. Components of early identification, social pragmatics of language acquisition, social-communication across age levels, and evidence-based assessment and interventions are examined.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • C D 489 - Clinical Observations and Professional Writing for Prospective Speech-Language Pathologists

    (3 units)

    Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in C D 456 , C D 466 , C D 472 , and C D 483 . 

     
    The course provides entry-level knowledge in professional writing for prospective speech-language pathologists. Students develop preliminary clinical skills on generating goals and objectives, report writing and documentation. Students also fulfill the ASHA requirements for 25 clinical observation hours.

    Letter grade only (A-F). (Discussion 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours)

  

  • C D 491 - Proctoring in Communicative Disorders

    (2‑3 units)

    Students shall engage in peer teaching and examination scoring in undergraduate courses under the specific direction of the course instructor. Open only to students who have achieved the grade of “A” in the course in which they are serving as proctor.

    May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units.
  

  • C D 499 - Directed Studies in Communicative Disorders

    (1‑3 units)

    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
    Independent study under supervision of a faculty member.

    May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units. Not acceptable for graduate credit toward the master’s degree.
  

  • C D 575 - Educational Topics in Speech-Language Pathology

    (2 units)

    Review current issues, legislation and the role of SLPs in public school settings, including service delivery, school reform, accountability, and eligibility criteria. Special consideration given to collaboration and the use of content standards in goal setting and curriculum intervention.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
  

  • C D 590 - Selected Topics in Communicative Disorders

    (1-3 units)

    Topics from the most recent developments and issues in speech-language pathology and audiology.

    May be repeated to maximum of 6 units with different topics. Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes.
  

  • C D 661 - Traumatic Brain Injury Across the Lifespan

    (3 units)

    Prerequisite: C D 696 .
    Neurophysiological basis for cognitive and communicative impairments associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Addresses rehabilitation research specific to TBI in children and adults.

    Letter grade only (A-F).
 

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