Graduate Catalog: Section 6.14

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6.14 DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES AND CLASSICS (GN, ROFR, ROML, ROSP) Dr. Thomas Fox, Chairperson Office: 200 B. B. Comer Hall Admission Requirements General requirements for admission to the Graduate School are set forth in the "Academic Policies" section of this catalog. All applicants to graduate degree programs in the Department of Modern Languages and Classics must submit a writing sample in support of the application. All applicants are considered for financial support in the form of a Graduate Teaching Assistantship. Applicants who wish to be considered for additional financial support in the form of enhanced assistantships or fellowships must take the Graduate Record Examination general test or Miller Analogies Test. For students with deficiencies in undergraduate preparation, admission may be contingent upon completion of designated undergraduate requirements. (In particular, all three tracks of the master of arts program in German, as described below, presuppose completion of an undergraduate survey of German literature or a survey of German culture/civilization that includes a substantial literary component. Students lacking this requirement who are nevertheless admitted to the German master of arts program must make up this course concurrent with their other coursework.) Qualified students who are holders of an appropriate undergraduate degree may be admitted directly to the doctoral program in Romance languages. However, in such circumstances completion of all requirements for the appropriate master of arts program, including comprehensive testing and subsequent awarding of the master of arts degree, will be a prerequisite for completion of the doctoral degree. Qualified students can seek dual admission to the School of Law and to any master of arts program offered in the Department of Modern Languages and Classics. If admitted to both, the student will be exempted from at least 6 hours of coursework for the juris doctor degree. Degree Requirements The Department of Modern Languages and Classics offers degree programs leading to the master of arts in German, the master of arts in Romance languages, and the doctor of philosophy in Romance languages. All three degree programs incorporate a variety of options (see below). Master of arts in German. Three concentrations are available: German literature. Plan I (24 hours of coursework and a thesis) or Plan II (30 hours of coursework, no thesis). In addition to German literature courses, students must take GN 510 History of the German Language and 3 hours of Middle High German. With the approval of the German graduate advisor, 6 hours of graduate work in a related field may be applied to the degree. Germanic philology. Plan I (24 hours of coursework and a thesis) or Plan II (30 hours of coursework, no thesis). In addition to philology courses, students must take 6 hours of German literature. With the approval of the German graduate advisor, 9 hours of graduate work in a related field may be applied to the degree. EN 622 Old English may count as a German course for candidates in this concentration. The concentration and courses in Germanic philology are offered subject to availability of qualified faculty. German studies. Plan I (24 hours of coursework and a thesis) or Plan II (30 hours of coursework, no thesis). Students must take 15 hours of German literature/culture and philology courses, 3 hours in German history, and one 3-hour interdisciplinary seminar. With the approval of the German graduate advisor, 9 hours of graduate work in a related field may be applied to the degree. Regardless of concentration, all graduate teaching assistants must enroll in the teaching practicum, currently offered under GN 551/GN 552. Upon completing coursework for any of the three concentrations in German, a student must pass a comprehensive examination based on the coursework and on a pre-established reading list. For information regarding the examination, please contact the graduate director. A student who chooses to write a thesis will defend it orally. Master of Arts in Romance languages. A single degree program incorporates a variety of options and tracks: There are three options: the French Option, the Spanish Option, and the Romance Languages Option (which combines languages). All three options have thesis and nonthesis tracks. The French and Spanish options also allow for an applied linguistics track (thesis or nonthesis). Regardless of the option or track, all new graduate teaching assistants must enroll for the Practicum in Applied Linguistics (either FR 512 or SP 502). Non thesis tracks of the Master of Arts in Romance languages (Plan II). A description of the typical configuration for the various nonthesis tracks of the master of arts in Romance language follows. Included in all nonthesis tracks of the master of arts in Romance languages is a core of five courses in the five areas listed below: Teaching Practicum/Topics in Linguistics Proseminar: Research Methodology/Critical Theory Topics in Culture and Civilization Graduate Seminar Special Topics/Directed Readings All nonthesis tracks require success on comprehensive exams before granting of the degree. French Option, standard track without thesis (Plan II). Curriculum requirements: 33 hours of coursework, including at least one course in five of the following six fields: Medieval and Renaissance Early modern (17th and 18th centuries) 19th century 20th and 21st centuries Francophone and French studies French linguistics Appropriate courses taken in these fields will simultaneously fulfill the Romance languages core requirements listed above. Students must pass a comprehensive examination based on their coursework in the five fields of study. However, students may be exempted from examination in a maximum of two fields in two ways: either by writing a research paper in the field and presenting it at a professional conference or by satisfactorily completing two courses in the field, earning a grade of "A" or "B." French Option, applied linguistics track without thesis (Plan II). Curriculum requirements: 36 hours of coursework. The applied linguistics track involves three components: language, linguistics, and applied linguistics. The language component consists of 21 hours of course credit in French language, literature, and/or culture. The linguistics component is comprised of a 3-hour descriptive linguistics course (FR 561). The applied linguistics component consists of 12 hours of coursework in second language acquisition and pedagogy (FR 512 and three of the following: FR 515, EN 610, EN 613, CIE 577, or other approved courses; for descriptions of courses bearing the EN prefix, see the Department of English section of this catalog; for a description of CIE 577, see "Curriculum and Instruction Course Descriptions" in the College of Education section). Based on the advice of the graduate advisor, appropriate courses taken in these components will simultaneously fulfill the Romance languages core requirements listed above. Degree requirements include success on a comprehensive examination, which is based on the coursework. Spanish Option, Hispanic literature track without thesis (Plan II). Curriculum requirements: 30 hours of coursework, including one course in each of the following areas, and two courses in Hispanic linguistics: Golden Age 19th-century peninsular 20th- and 21st-century peninsular Colonial Latin America 19th-century Latin America 20th- and 21st-century Latin America US Latino It is mandatory to earn 27 credits within the Spanish program. Optionally, three credits may be earned outside the Spanish program. Based on the advice of the graduate advisor, appropriate courses taken in these components will simultaneously fulfill the Romance languages core requirements listed above. A student will be held responsible for the items on the M.A. Reading List only in the field for which a prescribed course is not offered during the period of the student's enrollment or if a student fails to enroll in one of the prescribed courses. Degree requirements include success on the written comprehensive examination. No oral component is required. The written examination will be based on the coursework. It is the student's responsibility to keep syllabi from each course on file for reference. Spanish Option, applied linguistics track without thesis (Plan II). Curriculum requirements: 36 hours of coursework. The applied linguistics track involves three components: language, linguistics, and applied linguistics. The language component consists of 21 hours of course credit in Spanish language, literature, and culture (a minimum of 6 hours must be in peninsular literature and 6 hours in Latin-American literature). The linguistics component is comprised of a 3-hour descriptive linguistics course (SP 556). The applied linguistics component consists of 12 hours of coursework in second language acquisition and pedagogy (SP 502 and three of the following: SP 581, EN 610, EN 613, CIE 577, or other approved courses; for descriptions of courses bearing the EN prefix, see the Department of English section of this catalog; for a description of CIE 577, see "Curriculum and Instruction Course Descriptions" in the College of Education section). Based on the advice of the graduate advisor, appropriate courses taken in these components will simultaneously fulfill the Romance languages core requirements listed above. Degree requirements include success on a comprehensive examination, which is based on the coursework. Romance Languages Option, without thesis (Plan II). Curriculum requirements: 30 36 hours of coursework. The curriculum requires study of French and Spanish, one as the major and one as the minor. The major includes a minimum of 18 hours. The minor includes a minimum of 12 hours. More than the minimum is recommended for both the major and the minor. Graduate courses in Italian studies are also available (see the RL prefix in course listings below). Based on the advice of the graduate advisor, appropriate courses taken in these components will simultaneously fulfill the Romance languages core requirements listed above. Degree requirements include success on a comprehensive examination, which is based on the coursework. Thesis tracks of the Master of Arts in Romance languages (Plan I). A description of the typical configuration for the various thesis tracks of the master of arts in Romance language follows. The Romance languages core requirements do not apply to thesis tracks. French Option, standard track with thesis (Plan I). Curriculum requirements: 27 hours of coursework and a thesis, including at least one course in five of the following six fields: Medieval and Renaissance Early modern (17th and 18th centuries) 19th century 20th and 21st centuries Francophone and French studies French linguistics Students must pass a comprehensive examination based on their coursework in the five fields of study. However, students may be exempted from examination in a maximum of two fields in three ways: first, by writing a thesis in the field; second, by writing a research paper in the field and presenting it at a professional conference; or third, by satisfactorily completing two courses in the field, earning a grade of "A" or "B." French Option, applied linguistics track with thesis (Plan I). Curriculum requirements: 30 hours of coursework and a thesis. In addition to the thesis, the applied linguistics track involves three components: language, linguistics, and applied linguistics. The language component consists of 15 hours of course credit in French language, literature, and/or culture. The linguistics component is comprised of a 3-hour descriptive linguistics course (FR 561). The applied linguistics component consists of 12 hours of coursework in second language acquisition and pedagogy (FR 512 and three of the following: FR 515, EN 610, EN 613, CIE 577, or other approved courses; for descriptions of courses bearing the EN prefix, see the Department of English section of this catalog; for a description of CIE 577, see "Curriculum and Instruction Course Descriptions" in the College of Education section). Degree requirements include success on a comprehensive examination, which is based on the coursework. Spanish Option, Hispanic literature track with thesis (Plan I). Curriculum requirements: 24 hours of coursework and a thesis, including at least one course in each of the following eight fields: Golden Age 19th-century peninsular 20th- and 21st-century peninsular Colonial Latin America 19th-century Latin America 20th- and 21st-century Latin America US Latino Hispanic linguistics A student will be held responsible for the items on the M.A. Reading List only in the field for which a prescribed course is not offered during the period of the student's enrollment or if a student fails to enroll in one of the prescribed courses. In consultation with the Spanish graduate advisor, each student must also select a special area of interest in Hispanic literature in order to write the thesis. Degree requirements include success on the written comprehensive examination. No oral component is required. Spanish Option, applied linguistics version with thesis (Plan I). Curriculum requirements: 30 hours of coursework and a thesis. In addition to the thesis, the applied linguistics track involves three components: language, linguistics, and applied linguistics. The language component consists of 15 hours of course credit in Spanish language, literature, and culture (a minimum of 6 hours must be in peninsular literature and 6 hours in Latin-American literature). The linguistics component is comprised of a 3-hour descriptive linguistics course (SP 556). The applied linguistics component consists of 12 hours of coursework in second language acquisition and pedagogy (SP 502 and three of the following: SP 581, EN 610, EN 613, CIE 577, or other approved courses; for descriptions of courses bearing the EN prefix, see the Department of English section of this catalog; for a description of CIE 577, see "Curriculum and Instruction Course Descriptions" in the College of Education section). Degree requirements include success on a comprehensive examination, which is based on the coursework. Romance Languages Option, with thesis (Plan I). Curriculum requirements: 24 30 hours of coursework and a thesis. The curriculum requires study of French and Spanish, one as the major and one as the minor. The major includes a minimum of 18 hours. The minor includes a minimum of 12 hours. More than the minimum is recommended for both the major and the minor. Graduate courses in Italian studies are also available (see the RL prefix in course listings below). Degree requirements include success on written and oral comprehensive examinations. All examinations are based on the coursework. Doctor of Philosophy in Romance languages Degree Requirements The student's plan of study for the Ph.D. degree must be approved by the department and the Graduate School by the time the student completes 30 graduate semester hours of UA and/or transfer course work. In addition to the program-specific requirements presented below, all doctoral candidates, regardless of the option selected, must adhere to the following. The minimal formal coursework required is 60 semester hours, which may include up to 30 hours of transferred credits earned at another institution. Appropriate M.A. hours earned at The University of Alabama can also count toward the total required accumulation of hours. Students who have completed a master's thesis need accumulate only 54 hours of coursework. Once all coursework is completed, an additional 24 hours of dissertation research are required. All doctoral candidates must possess reading knowledge of one language in addition to English, their native language, and their language of specialization. It is strongly recommended that, before the termination of studies, all doctoral candidates reside for a period in a country or location requiring constant interaction in the language of specialization. All doctoral candidates must be careful to fulfill the residency requirement and to abide by the specified time limits (see "Academic Policies" section for doctoral degrees). Once enrolled, all doctoral candidates must submit a Plan of Study to the Office of the Graduate School and abide by all other policies of the Graduate School. Three options are available in the doctoral program: French Option. The curriculum is centered on French, though up to 12 hours of coursework in a related discipline is admissible. All new graduate teaching assistants must take FR 512. At the conclusion of the coursework, a qualifying examination must take place before work on the dissertation can begin. The qualifying examination includes written and oral components. The written examination is comprised of six sections. Four of the sections pertain to standard periods of French literature in which the student has had coursework. The remaining two sections are open and may pertain either to additional literary periods or to any other area(s) of study that the student has undertaken in French or in a related field, such as Francophone literature and culture, French civilization, French linguistics, etc. Spanish Option. The curriculum is centered on Spanish, though up to 12 hours of coursework in a related discipline is admissible. All new graduate teaching assistants must take SP 502. At the conclusion of the coursework, a qualifying examination must take place before work on the dissertation can begin. The qualifying examination includes written and oral components. In consultation with the Spanish graduate advisor and with the approval of the Spanish faculty, the candidate will determine at least one area of primary interest, which will figure more prominently in the exam structure. It is assumed that the area(s) of primary interest will determine the area of the dissertation. Romance Languages Option. The Romance languages option allows for interdisciplinary work and conforms to the following structure: All Romance languages option students must major in either French or Spanish. All Romance languages option students must have, in addition to the major in French or Spanish, either a) an 18-hour minor in another discipline, or b) a second major in French or Spanish, or c) a second, 30-hour concentration in linguistics All Romance languages options students choosing the 18-hour minor must also include in their coursework (above and beyond the hours earned for the M.A.) at least one additional course in each of the following main fields in their major: For Spanish Golden Age 19th-century peninsular 20th- and 21st-century peninsular Colonial Latin America 19th-century Latin America 20th- and 21st-century Latin America US Latino For French (four of five) Medieval and Renaissance Early modern (17th and 18th centuries) 19th century 20th and 21st centuries Francophone and French studies The 18-hour minor can be in any field for which a feasible curriculum can be assembled (French, Spanish, German, Latin-American studies, Italian studies, Renaissance studies, English, TESOL, linguistics, etc.). A feasible curriculum is defined as any curriculum for which the appropriate coursework at The University of Alabama is readily available and accessible and for which the candidate has the commensurate background. Up to 12 of the 18 hours in the minor may be transferred from previous M.A. coursework conducted on another campus. The full 18 hours can be transferred from a previous M.A. earned at The University of Alabama. Students opting for the double major in French and Spanish must fulfill all of the requirements for both majors and must have a minimum of 30 hours of coursework in both majors. A 30-hour, interprogrammatic/interdepartmental concentration in linguistics, in addition to the major in French or Spanish, is an alternative option. For those students opting for the 30-hour concentration in linguistics (including transferred M.A. credits), the coursework for the major in French or Spanish, which must also comprise a minimum of 30 hours (including transferred M.A. credits), is not constrained and may include any combination of courses. The coursework for the concentration in linguistics will be determined in consultation with the appropriate graduate advisor. In most cases, however, the greater part of the linguistics curriculum will be in the area of applied linguistics because graduate coursework in that area is available on a consistent basis in the Department of Modern Languages and Classics as well as in the Department of English and in the College of Education. Some graduate courses in descriptive and theoretical linguistics are also available in the modern languages department and in the departments of English and anthropology. On occasion, appropriate linguistics coursework is also available in the Department of Communicative Disorders, the Department of Communication Studies, and elsewhere. Some courses can be used to simultaneously satisfy requirements for both the major and the 18-hour minor. For example, a student majoring in French and minoring in Renaissance studies can use a French course on the Renaissance to satisfy requirements for both the major and the minor. Some courses can be counted as either part of the major or part of the linguistics concentration, depending upon the student's programmatic needs. For example, a student majoring in Spanish and having a 30-hour linguistics concentration can count a course on Spanish linguistics as either part of the major or part of the linguistics concentration in order to free up additional hours in the category that best serves the student's programmatic needs. In all cases, a minimum of 60 hours of graduate credit must be accumulated (54 hours for students with an M.A. thesis). All new graduate teaching assistants must take either FR 512 or SP 502. For the written portion of the qualifying examination, the student will develop a pre-prospectus and answer questions based on the pre-prospectus and on coursework as posed by the examination committee. After the student passes the written examination, he or she proceeds to the presentation and defense of the prospectus as the oral examination. Course Descriptions French (FR) FR 501 Reading Proficiency in French I. Three hours, no credit awarded. Introduction to French grammar and vocabulary, with emphasis on developing basic reading and translation skills. FR 502 Reading Proficiency in French II. Three hours, no credit awarded. Prerequisite: FR 501 or permission of the instructor. Continued study of grammar and vocabulary, with emphasis on further developing reading and translation skills. FR 511 Research Methodology. Three hours. Basic research tools and techniques. Edmunds, Lightfoot, Mayer-Robin, Picone, Zupan. FR 512 Practicum: Applied Linguistics. Three hours. The analysis and various practical applications of selected teaching techniques. Lightfoot. FR 515 Topics in Second Language Acquisition. Three hours. Topics vary. Analysis of major issues, theories, research findings and their implications for teaching. Examples: second language reading, classroom language acquisition. May be repeated for credit. Lightfoot. FR 521 Pronunciation and Phonetics. Three hours. Introduction to phonetic theory and corrective phonetics through auditory discrimination exercises and contrastive analysis; emphasis on mastery of oral skills. Picone, Zupan. FR 531 Francophone Africa. Three hours. Prominent themes of the African experience, seen through the eyes of Francophone authors and cinematographers of the Maghreb, sub-Saharan Africa, and the immigration; dialectal and sociolinguistic considerations. Picone. FR 533 Topics in French Culture and Civilization. Three hours. Study of French artistic heritage and development of social and political institutions. May be repeated for credit. Edmunds, Lightfoot, Mayer-Robin, Picone, Zupan. FR 545 17th-Century French Literature I. Three hours. Prose writings of the 17th century, including but not limited to the philosophical works of Descartes and Pascal and the novels of Madame de Lafayette. Edmunds. FR 546 17th-Century French Literature II. Three hours. Verse writings of the 17th century, including but not limited to the pre-classical poets (such as Saint-Amant and de Viau) and the dramatic works in verse (such as the plays of Corneille, Moli�re, and Racine). Edmunds. FR 547 Special Topics in 18th-Century French Literature. Three hours. A selection of the important texts of the period. Lectures and discussion. May be repeated for credit. Robin. FR 548 18th Century: The Philosophe Movement. Three hours. Intellectual prose of the Enlightenment. Lectures and discussion. Robin. FR 551 19th-Century French Novel. Three hours. Close readings of the novel alongside studies in Romanticism, realism, naturalism, symbolism, and D�cadence. Novelists, works, and movements privileged will vary, but generally include combinations of the following: Chateaubriand, Mme de Sta�l, Stendhal, Balzac, Hugo, Sand, Flaubert, Zola, Huysmans. May be repeated for credit. Mayer-Robin. FR 552 Special Topics in 19th-Century French Literature. Three hours. Readings in poetry, theatre, and prose, either genre-specific or in combination, generally focusing on the first or latter half of the century in order to consider movements in literary thought. May be repeated for credit. Mayer-Robin. FR 553 20th-Century French Novel. Three hours. Major novelists of the period and their works. Reading and discussion of complete texts; lectures and reports. Zupan. FR 554 Special Topics in 20th- and 21st-Century French Literature. Three hours. Major trends in 20th- and 21st-century French poetry, theatre, essays, and history of ideas. Lectures and reports. Zupan. FR 555 Qu�b�cois Literature and Culture. Three hours. A study of the history, culture, and literature of Qu�bec and French Canada, with emphasis on the modern period. Zupan. FR 561 French Linguistics. Three hours. Linguistic theory applied to the analysis and description of French phonological, morphological, syntactic, and lexical systems. Tendencies of change in contemporary French. Dialect areas. Picone. FR 563 French-English Translation. Three hours. Study of the problems of translation and of translation strategies addressing them, in connection with relevant theoretical approaches. Picone, Zupan. FR 564 French Language and Literature of the Middle Ages: Beginnings. Three hours. Old French language and literature are studied through major works of the period 1000 - 1250. FR 565 French Language and Literature of the Middle Ages: 1250 - 1500. Three hours. Middle French language and literature are studied through major works of the period 1250 - 1500. FR 590 Directed Readings /Directed Study. Three hours. Permission of the instructor required before enrolling. Subject matter varies. May be repeated for credit. Edmunds, Lightfoot, Mayer-Robin, Picone, Robin, Zupan. FR 598 Nonthesis Research. Permission of the French graduate advisor required before enrolling. Variable credit. FR 599 Thesis Research. Variable credit. May be repeated for a total of 6 hours. Edmunds, Lightfoot, Mayer-Robin, Picone, Robin, Zupan. FR 643 Poetry of the French Renaissance. Three hours. Major poets of the Renaissance, with emphasis on Marot, Sc�ve, Louise Lab�, du Bellay, Ronsard. FR 644 Narratives of the French Renaissance. Three hours. A study of major works, including Rabelais and Montaigne. FR 670 Graduate Seminar. Three hours. Subject may be in French literature, linguistics, civilization, or a combination. Examples: Proust, French lexicology, Francophone Louisiana, French cinema. May be repeated for credit. Edmunds, Lightfoot, Mayer-Robin, Picone, Robin, Zupan. FR 680 Special Topics. Variable credit. Directed reading and/or research on varying subjects. May be repeated for credit. Edmunds, Lightfoot, Mayer-Robin, Picone, Zupan. FR 699 Dissertation Research. May be repeated for variable credit. Three-hour minimum. Edmunds, Lightfoot, Mayer-Robin, Picone, Robin, Zupan. German (GN) GN 551, GN 552, GN 571, GN 575, and GN 576 may be repeated for credit when the content varies substantially. A period course (GN 515, GN 520, GN 525, GN 530, GN 535, or GN 540) may vary in emphasis during different semesters; when this is the case, students may take the course a second time, but credit for the course may be applied only once toward the minimum hours required for the degree. GN 503 German Reading Proficiency I. Three hours, no credit awarded. Introduction to German grammar and vocabulary, with emphasis on developing basic reading and translation skills. GN 504 German Reading Proficiency II. Three hours, no credit awarded. Prerequisite: GN 503 or permission of the instructor. Continued study of grammar and vocabulary, with emphasis on further developing reading and translation skills. GN 510 History of the German Language. Three hours. The relationship to Indo-European and to the other Germanic dialects; linguistic development from the earliest times to the present. GN 511 Gothic. Three hours. Development of the Gothic language; readings from Wulfila's Gothic translation of the Bible. GN 512 Old Norse (Old Icelandic). Three hours. Old Icelandic grammar; development of the Old Icelandic language; selected readings from the Eddas and the sagas. GN 515 Middle High German Language and Literature. Three hours. Introduction to the language and literature of the Middle High German period. GN 520 Renaissance and Baroque Literature. Three hours. Works from the Renaissance (including literature from the Reformation and Humanism) and the Baroque (17th century). GN 525 Literature of the Age of Goethe. Three hours. Includes the German Enlightenment, Sturm und Drang, Weimar Classicism, and the Romantic movement. GN 530 Literature of the Age of Realism. Three hours. Includes Biedermeier, Junges Deutschland, Poetic Realism, and Naturalism. GN 535 Literature of the Early 20th Century. Three hours. Includes the Jahrhundertwende, Expressionism, Neue Sachlichkeit, Exilliteratur, and literature of the Third Reich. GN 540 Literature after 1945. Three hours. Literature of the German-speaking world in the post-World War II era. GN 551 Special Problems and Directed Readings. Three hours. Permission of the instructor required before enrolling. Special topics chosen by students in conference with the instructor. GN 552 Special Problems and Directed Readings. Three hours. Permission of the instructor required before enrolling. Special topics chosen by students in conference with the instructor. GN 571 Seminar in Selected Authors. Three hours. Students will normally give reports and write at least one research paper. GN 575 Seminar in a Literary Genre. Three hours. Students will normally give reports and write at least one research paper. GN 576 Seminar on a Literary Theme. Three hours. Students will normally give reports and write at least one research paper. GN 599 Thesis Research. Variable credit. Romance Languages (RL) RL 557 Critical Theory. Three hours. Study and critical application of literary theory. Zupan. RL 680 Special Topics. Variable credit. Topics may be interdisciplinary or language-specific. A three-hour special topics course in Italian or Italian studies is offered regularly (B. Godorecci, M. Godorecci). Examples: Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, 19th-century Italian novel, Vico, Machiavelli, commedia dell'arte. May be repeated for credit. Spanish (SP) SP 501 Bibliography and Electronic Research Methodology. One hour. Basic research tools and techniques. SP 502 Practicum: Applied Linguistics. Three hours. In-depth analysis of fundamental concepts in foreign language learning and teaching. Topics include grammar and vocabulary acquisition, classroom discourse, reading and listening comprehension, writing and principles of language testing. Cipria. SP 503 Reading Proficiency in Spanish I. Three hours, no credit awarded. Introduction to Spanish grammar and vocabulary, with emphasis on developing basic reading and translation skills. SP 504 Reading Proficiency in Spanish II. Three hours, no credit awarded. Prerequisite: SP 503 or permission of the instructor. Continued study of grammar and vocabulary, with emphasis on further developing reading and translation skills. SP 515 Latin-American Colonial Texts. Three hours. In-depth study of texts from the colonial period, with emphasis on colonialism and the role of writing in colonization and decolonization. Readings may vary. May be repeated for credit when the content varies substantially. Janiga-Perkins. SP 516 19th-Century Latin-American Literature I. Three hours. In-depth study of major literary works of the period, with emphasis on Romanticism, social Romanticism, and Romantic realism. Readings may vary. May be repeated for credit. Villag�mez. SP 517 19th-Century Latin-American Literature II. Three hours. In-depth study of major literary works of the period, with emphasis on naturalism and modernismo (Mart�, Dari�, etc.). Readings may vary. May be repeated for credit. Villag�mez. SP 518 20th- and 21st-Century Latin-American Novel. Three hours. A study of the Latin American novel from the Vanguard to the 21st century. Readings may vary. May be repeated for credit. Toledo. SP 519 20th- and 21st-Century Latin-American Poetry. Three hours. A study of the poetic movements since modernismo to the present, with emphasis on important poets, such as Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, and Octavio Paz. May be repeated for credit. Toledo. SP 520 18th-Century Spanish Literature. Three hours. Subject matter varies, but will consist of some combination of the following areas: poetry, theatre, and prose works representing the different literary tendencies of the 18th century as well as the ideological issues of the period. SP 521 19th-Century Spanish Prose. Three hours. Reading and discussion of complete texts representative of the literary movements of the period; lectures and reports. Schnepf. SP 522 19th-Century Spanish Poetry and Theatre. Three hours. Important dramatists and poets of the period and their works; lectures and reports. Schnepf. SP 525 20th-Century Spanish Literature, Pre-Civil War. Three hours. Reading and discussion of texts representative of the literary movements of the period. Lectures, discussions, and reports. May be repeated for credit. Corbal�n. SP 526 20th-Century Spanish Literature, Post-Civil War. Three hours. Reading and discussion of texts representative of the literary movements of the period. Lectures, discussions, and reports. May be repeated for credit. Corbal�n. SP 534 Latin-American Theatre. Three hours. A study of the development of the Latin-American theatre from its origins to the present, with emphasis on 20th-century authors such as Florencio S�nchez and Rodolfo Usigli. SP 538 Latin-American Short Story. Three hours. A study of the Latin American short story, with emphasis on writers from the second phase of modernismo to the present. Special emphasis on short story theory. Readings may vary. May be repeated for credit. Toledo. SP 541 Survey of Medieval Spanish Literature. Three hours. El Cantar de Mio Cid and other selected texts. Lecture, discussion, and reports. SP 556 Introduction to Spanish Linguistics. Three hours. Linguistic theory applied to the analysis of the Spanish language. Topics include phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and language change and variation. Cipria. SP 566 Spanish-American Civilization. Three hours. Study of Spanish-American cultural heritage and of the development of social and political institutions. SP 581 Topics in Second Language Acquisition. Three hours. Analysis of major issues, theories, research findings, and their implications for teaching. Examples: second language reading, classroom language acquisition, input/output, acquisition of pragmatics. May be repeated for credit. Cipria. SP 584 Spanish Phonetics and Syntax. Three hours. Detailed examination of Spanish phonetics and syntactic structures, including dialectical variations. Cipria. SP 590 Open Topics. Three hours. Subject matter varies. May be repeated for credit. SP 591 Cervantes. Three hours. Works of Cervantes. Worden. SP 593 16th-Century Peninsular Literature. Three hours. Reading and discussion of selected works of the period. Worden. SP 594 17th-Century Peninsular Literature. Three hours. Reading and discussion of selected works of the period. Worden. SP 598 Nonthesis Research. Variable credit. Permission of the Spanish graduate advisor required before enrolling. SP 599 Thesis Research. Variable credit. May be repeated for a total of 6 hours. SP 600 Directed Readings or Research. Permission of the instructor required before enrolling. May be repeated for variable credit. SP 605 Old Spanish: Phonology. Three hours. Introduction to Medieval epic; El Cantar de Mio Cid. SP 606 Old Spanish: Morphology. Three hours. Prerequisite: SP 605. Representative works of Medieval literature. SP 689 Seminar in Latin-American Literature. Three hours. Subject matter varies. May be repeated for credit. SP 690 Seminar in Spanish Literature. Three hours. Subject matter varies. May be repeated for credit. SP 699 Dissertation Research. May be repeated for variable credit. Three-hour minimum. Spanish graduate faculty.

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