Spanish

Rationale

Information Technology and Global Communication are so closely related that Foreign Language competence in our transcultural society can only enhance a student's opportunity for success and for securing meaningful employment. A thorough background in spoken and written Spanish provides a logical global communications link to the Bachelors of Science in Information Technology. With system and university commitment to internationalization and transcultural experience, the second discipline in Spanish will enhance the IT major's ability to compete in the global marketplace.

For more information contact Dr. Eric J. Kartchner in the Foreign Languages Department at ekartchner@georgiasouthern.edu or (912) 478-5282.

Course Descriptions

Course Number	Course Title	Course Description
Area F
SPAN 2001	Intermediate Spanish I (3 hours)	Building upon communication skills (understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Spanish) and cultural understanding, developed at the elementary level. Prerequisite: SPAN 1001 and SPAN 1002 or College Spanish or equivalent.
Required Courses
SPAN 2002	Intermediate Spanish II (3 hours)	Development of writing skills and closer examination of grammatical structures of the Spanish language. Writing assignments based on both oral and written authentic scores. May be exempted through Department of Foreign Languages testing program. Prerequisite: SPAN 2001 or concurrent enrollment in SPAN 2001 or equivalent.
SPAN 3130	Conversation (3 hours)	Provides oral practice in Spanish using authentic communicative activities and a supplemental study of features of the Spanish language that create pronunciation problems for the non-native speaker. Prerequisites: Two Spanish courses at the Intermediate II level or equivalent.
SPAN 3131	Grammar and Composition (3 hours)	A treatment of fine points of grammar and idioms, with special attention to the verbal and pronominal systems. Prerequisites: Two Spanish courses at the Intermediate II level or equivalent.
SPAN 4130	Advanced and Applied Conversation (3 hours)	Builds on oral skills with activities designed to be applied to more complex communicative tasks, including negotiating, supporting opinions, and solving problems. Prerequisites: Three Spanish courses at the 3000 level or permission of instructor.
Choose one of the following
SPAN 4131	Stylistics (3 hours)	Students will study models of effective and elegant writing in Spanish for improvement of their own writing. Additional study of more sophisticated levels of expression and vocabulary. Prerequisites: Three Spanish courses at the 3000 level or permission of instructor.
SPAN 4334	Peninsular Civilization and Culture (3 hours)	General survey of culture and civilization of the Iberian peninsula from it's earliest inhabitants to the present.
SPAN 4335	Spanish American Civilization and Culture (3 hours)	A study of the culture and civilization of Spanish America from the time of the per-Columbian Indian societies through the present.