| Course Title: Studies in Language and Society: An Introduction: 'Spanish Across the Continents' |
| Start Date: 09/04/2019 End Date: 12/17/2019 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2019 |
| Description: This course will introduce students to the various varieties of Spanish throughout the world including North and South America, Spain, North Africa and regions where Judeo-Spanish is spoken. Topics will include the historical reasons for the presence and development of Spanish in different regions and the main causes of language variation, such as contact with other languages and social factors. The analysis of oral texts (audio and video recordings) will be a main component of the coursework. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     | Credits:4.00     |
| Faculty         | Phone         | Email address         |
| Esther Castro   | 413-538-2057   | ecuenca@mtholyoke.edu   |
| Meeting Dates         | Method         | Meeting days         | Meeting times         | Building name         | Room     | Frequency     |
| 09/04/2019 - 12/17/2019   | Lecture   | Monday and Wednesday   | 11:00AM - 12:15PM   | CIRU - Ciruti   | 113   | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses         | ||
| Prereq: SPAN-209 or higher. | Take previously   | Required   |
| Comments         |
| Additional Comments         |
| Taught in Spanish.   |
| Course Tags         |
| Cross-listed Sections         |
| None   |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed     | Capacity: 16     | Enrollment: 17     | Available: 0     | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List         | Required         | Publisher Full Price         |
| To be determined. |           |           |
| Additional Book Comments         |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class.   |