HISP 206 - Reading and Writing about Hispanic Culture

Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1 unit(s)

Reading, writing and speaking skills are developed through study of cultural and literary texts, audiovisual materials, and review of advanced grammar topics. Andrew Bush and Mario Cesareo (a); Michael Aronna and Mario Cesareo (b).

Topic for 2016/17a: Reading, writing and speaking skills are developed through study of cultural and literary texts and audiovisual materials. Andrew Bush.

Topic for 2016/17a: This section is designed as an introduction to significant contemporary issues in Latin American cultures (Human rights, LGBT and Women’s movements, Indigenous peoples and other topics.). It allows a first exposure to this problematic in Spanish, providing a space for reading, viewing, listening, speaking and writing in the target language. Mario Cesareo.

Topic for 2016/17b: Reading, writing and speaking skills are developed through study of cultural and literary texts and audiovisual materials. Michael Aronna.

Topic for 2016/17b: This section is designed as an introduction to significant contemporary issues in Latin American cultures (Human rights, LGBT and Women’s movements, Indigenous peoples and other topics.). It allows a first exposure to this problematic in Spanish, providing a space for reading, viewing, listening, speaking and writing in the target language. Mario Cesareo.

Prerequisite(s): HISP 205 or four years of high school Spanish.

Two 75-minute periods and one hour of conversation.