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SP 315 CONVERSATION-CONTEMP. ISSUES I 3.0 Credit(s)
Discussions based on current materials, including books, newspapers, magazines, and movies from the Spanish world. Prerequisite: Take SP 201 and SP 202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 316 CONVERSATION-CONTEMP.ISSUES II 3.0 Credit(s)
Discussions based on current materials, including books, newspapers, magazines, and movies from the Spanish world.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 341 CONTRAST LINGUISTICS:SPAN-ENGL 3.0 Credit(s)
Teaches the relationship between linguistics and the learning of a new language. Prerequisite: Take SP 202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 360 WOMEN IN 20TH CENT./SP/AM/LIT 3.0 Credit(s)
The study of modern women's literature in Latin America.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 361 SPANISH AMERICAN FICTION 3.0 Credit(s)
Varied topics in the study of prose fiction from Latin America.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 363 Self & Soc in 20th Century Latin Am Lit 3.0 Credit(s)
This course covers works of literature spanning Latin America in the Twentieth Century, including novels, essays, and poetry. Various topics will be covered, for example politics, personal and collective identity, social class, social upheaval and mass conflicts, and psychology. Prerequisite: Take SP-201 and SP-202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 365 MODERN MEXICAN LITERATURE 3.0 Credit(s)
This course covers various prose works (novels, short stories, and nonfiction essays) from Twentieth Century Mexico, covering themes such as social class, gender roles, political and social upheaval, and relations with the United States, among others. Prerequisite: Take SP-201 SP-202
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 381 PUERTO RICO AND THE CARRIBEAN 3.0 Credit(s)
The study of Puerto Rico, its culture and history, viewed within the wider Caribbean context.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SP 399 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN SPANISH 3.0-6.0 Credit(s)
Work on a special topic to be arranged with instructor who directs this work. Permission of the department chair is granted to qualified students in Spanish on basis of written prospectus. By special arrangement.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SW 375 SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE II 3.0 Credit(s)
Examines intervention skills with families, groups, communities, and organizations using the planned change process. Introduces spirituality in social work practice. Prerequisite: Take SW-275
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
SW 378 SENIOR PRACTICUM I 4.0 Credit(s)
Professionally supervised senior internship for two days each week. Integration of theory with practice and the development of appropriate skills and knowledge, along with professional identification, values, and attitudes. Prerequisite: SW-278 SW-279;
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
SW 379 SENIOR SEMINAR I 2.0 Credit(s)
Emphasis is on professional development, the use of research methods to evaluate one's own practice, and application of theory from the entire curriculum to professional practice. Prerequisite: SW-278 SW-279
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
SW 380 SENIOR PRACTICUM II 4.0 Credit(s)
Professionally supervised senior internship for two days each week. Integration of theory with practice and the development of appropriate skills and knowledge, along with professional identification, values, and attitudes. Prerequisite: Take SW 378
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
SW 381 SENIOR SEMINAR II 2.0 Credit(s)
Emphasis is on professional development, the use of research methods to evaluate one's own practice, and application of theory from the entire curriculum to professional practice. Prerequisite: Pre: SW-378 SW-379;
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
SW 390 RESEARCH METH-SOCIAL WORK 3.0 Credit(s)
Development of research skills for evaluation and enhancement of social work practice. Emphasizes research designs, sampling, practice evaluation, program evaluation, measurement instruments, and basic statistics. Prerequisite: Take MA-131
Offered: Fall Semester All Years