Summer Session 2001
Spanish and Portuguese
DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVE: Prof. Patricia Grieve, 305 Casa Hispánica
Office hours: by appointment
Telephone: 854-5177
E-mail: [email protected]
Language courses are not open to auditors.
For more information about the courses and contact information for the instructors,
visit the Web at www.columbia.edu/cu/spanish/.
Spanish
Spanish S1101D. Elementary course, I.
R. Rosales. 4 points. MTuWTh 10:45–12:50. May 21–June
29 and June 1
Noncredit option available.
Elementary course, equivalent to Spanish V1101.
Fundamental principles of grammar; practice in pronunciation. Reading and conversation
are introduced from the beginning. Use of the language laboratory is required.
Spanish S1101Q. Elementary course, I.
D. Fernández. 4 points. MTuWTh 6:15–8:20 p.m. July
2–August 10 and July 6
Noncredit option available.
The same course as Spanish S1101D (see description above).
Spanish S1102D. Elementary course, II.
C. Kasten. 4 points. MTuWTh 6:15–8:20 p.m. May 21–June
29 andJune 1
Noncredit option available.
Prerequisite: Spanish S1101 or the equivalent.
Equivalent to Spanish F1102 or BC1002 (Barnard).
Grammar exercises, prose readings, and practice in the spoken language.
Spanish S1102Q. Elementary course, II.
A. Warner. 4 points. MTuWTh 6:15–8:20 p.m. July 2–August
10 and July 6
Noncredit option available.
The same course as Spanish S1102D (see description above).
Spanish S1115D. Accelerated elementary reading, I and II.
Instructor to be announced. 4 points. MTuWTh 6:15–8:20 p.m. May
21–June 29 andJune 1
This accelerated study of Spanish grammar, reading techniques, and dictionary
skills is designed primarily for graduate students preparing for reading proficiency
exams or wishing to do research in Spanish-language literature. Extensive exercises
in translation, reading for general comprehension, and specialized reading are
based on texts drawn from the students’ fields of study. Although this
course does not satisfy any part of the foreign language requirement for degree
candidates, successful completion of the final examination fulfills the Spanish
reading proficiency requirement in most graduate programs.
Graduate fellowship students registering for the Columbia University Residence
Unit in fall 2000 should check with the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Financial Aid Office, 107 Low Library, for information regarding summer tuition
credit.
Spanish S1201D. Intermediate course, I.
R. Sooudi. 4 points. MTuWTh 6:15–8:20 p.m. May 21–June
29 andJune 1
Noncredit option available.
Prerequisite: Spanish S1102 or the equivalent.
Rapid grammar review, composition, and reading of literary works by contemporary
authors.
Spanish S1201Q. Intermediate course, I.
A. Zuese. 4 points. MTuWTh 6:15–8:20 p.m. July 2–August
10 and July 6
Noncredit option available.
Prerequisite: Spanish S1102 or the equivalent.
The same course as Spanish S1201D (see description above).
Spanish S1202D. Intermediate course, II.
P. Rozencvaig. 3 points. TuWTh 10:45–12:50. May 21–June
29
Noncredit option available.
Prerequisite: Spanish S1201 or the equivalent.
Equivalent to Spanish C1202.
Readings of contemporary authors, with emphasis on class discussion and composition.
Spanish S1202Q. Intermediate course, II.
R. Díez-Díaz. 3 points. TuWTh 6:15–8:20 p.m.July
2–August 10
Noncredit option available.
The same course as Spanish S1202D (see description above).
Spanish S2220D. Spanish through media:contemporary cultural aspects of the
Hispanic/Latino world.
D. Flaskerud. 3 points. MW 5:30–8:40 p.m. May 21–June
29 and June 1
Noncredit option available.
Designed for students who have knowledge of Spanish at the advanced beginning
or intermediate level. An intensive language and culture course–speaking,
listening, reading–that reviews Spanish grammar through the study of contemporary
life and culture of Hispanic countries, with a focus on Hispanics/Latinos in
New York City. Enables the student to communicate in Spanish about aspects of
daily life and to participate in discussions about current issues. Materials
include television programs, newspapers, and film.
Spanish S3200D. Advanced grammar and composition.
J. Jiménez-Belmonte. 3 points. TuWTh 6:15–8:20 p.m.
May 21–June 29
Required for the major or concentration unless exemption
granted by the departmental representative. An intensive review of the major
Spanish grammar points through written and oral practice, with an introduction
to the basic principles of composition in the language.
Spanish S3491Q. Latin American humanities, II [in English].
E. Russ. 4 points. MWTh 5:30–8:40 p.m. July 2–August
10 and July 6
An introduction to the literature, history, and culture of 20th-century Latin
America. No knowledge of Spanish required. Students with knowledge of the language
may read the texts in the original version. Counts as A-list course for Major
Cultures requirement.
Comparative Literature-Spanish S4257D. Cervantes and María de Zayas
[in English].
P. Grieve. 3 points. MW 9–12:10. May 21–June 29 andJune
1
The seventeenth-century novellas of Miguel de Cervantes (Exemplary Tales) and
María de Zayas (Enchantments of Love: Exemplary and Amorous Tales and
Disenchantments of Love). Discussion topics to include the authors’ experimentation
with various modes and genres (theatre, picaresque, romance, satire, hagiography)
and with the novella form itself; the sexual frankness of the novella form;
gender politics; Zayas’ direct and implied responses to Cervantes’
works and her engagement with the role of women in Spanish society. Knowledge
of Spanish not required, but students with knowledge of the language are encouraged
to read the texts in the original version.
Comparative Literature-Spanish S4265Q. The new Latin American fiction [in
English].
A. MacAdam. 3 points. MW 5:30–8:40 p.m. July 2–August
10 and July 6
A study of some boom and post-boom authors of Latin America, including Jorge
Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, Carlos Fuentes, Manuel Puig,
Isabel Allende, and José Donoso. Knowledge of Spanish not required, but
students with knowledge of the language are encouraged to read the texts in
the original version.
Noncredit Language Courses
Certain language courses may be taken on a noncredit basis for $1,100 each,
plus any course fees noted in the departmental listing.
Students taking noncredit courses are held to the same standards as regular
students with regard to:
- attendance
- class participation
- completion of homework assignments
- any other course requirements.
Noncredit students who fail to meet these requirements may be asked to leave
the course.
Under no circumstance are these courses convertible to credit, except payment
in full for the credit option before the designated last day to exercise the
pass/fail option.
No qualitative grade(s) are assigned or recorded. Students are assigned the
mark of R (registration) for the courses they complete; a University transcript
bearing that mark may be issued at the student's request.
Call numbers for these courses (needed for registration) will be available
after April 3.
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