Fall 2018  |  SPAN 3703 Section 001: Origins and History of Spanish and Portuguese (18305)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 145
Enrollment Status:
Open (17 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Development of Spanish from its Latin roots. Phonetic, morphological, syntactic, and sociolinguistic aspects of language variations over time. prereq: 3015, [3107W or TLDO 3107 or VENZ 3107 or instr consent]
Class Notes:
If you cannot register please put your name on the waitlist. The Department requires students meet the prerequisites required of the course which is Span 3015W AND Span 3107W.
Class Description:
This course constitutes an introduction to the origins and history of the Spanish language. The focus of the course is modern Spanish and its relationship with Latin. Phonetic, morphologic, syntactic, lexical, and sociolinguistic aspects will be included. Intermediate stages of evolution will not be considered. Teaching methods include: lectures, group activities, problem solving assignments, discussion. Previous knowledge of Latin is not necessary. Course objectives: Give basic theoretical tools to make students undestand language change; Give background knowledge about the history of Spanish; Improve the students' own knowledge of the Spanish language; Inform about the linguistic rules that governed the series of changes from Latin to Spanish. Textbook: Resnick, Melvyn. Introduccion a la historia de la lengua espa?ola. Georgetown University Press, 1981.
Grading:
30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
20% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation
10% Problem Solving
Exam Format:
Essay
Class Format:
40% Lecture
20% Discussion
40% Other Style Group work
Workload:
10 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
Other Workload: problem solving homeworks
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18305/1189
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
4 September 2007

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