Language Program

Spanish Course Description

301
Spanish for Graduate Students in Other Departments. For graduate students in other departments seeking to fulfill degree language requirements. No auditors. Purpose: To introduce fundamentals of grammar and lexicon to enable students to read texts in their areas of specialization. Primary aim: To allow students to acquire reading proficiency. Also presents audio-aural aspect. Three class hours a week for one semester. Offered every fall semester. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. May not be used to fulfill the undergraduate foreign language requirement. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

604
Accelerated Beginners' Spanish. Designed primarily for language majors and students who demonstrate exceptional language ability or scholarship. A six-hour course comparable to Spanish 506 and 507. Six lecture hours a week for one semester. Offered in the fall semester only. May not be counted by students with credit for Spanish 506, 306C, 507, or 508K. Prerequisite: Written consent of the lower-division coordinator for Spanish.

305
Spanish for Graduate Students in Other Departments. No auditors. Continuation of Spanish 301. Vocabulary and grammar expansion through intense practice in reading texts according to class interests; increased emphasis on the audio-aural aspect. Offered every spring semester. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. May not be used to fulfill the undergraduate foreign language requirement. Prerequisite: Graduate standing, and Spanish 301 or consent of instructor.

506 (TCCN: SPAN 1511)
First-Year Spanish I. Designed for students who have not previously studied any Spanish. Five class hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: Spanish 604, 506, 306C.

507 (TCCN: SPAN 1512)
First-Year Spanish II. Five class hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: Spanish 604, 507, 508K. Prerequisite: Spanish 506 completed at the University of Texas at Austin with a grade of at least C. Students who receive credit for Spanish 506 through the placement examination or by transfer must take Spanish 508K instead of 507.

508K
Alternate First-Year Spanish II. An accelerated review of grammatical structures covered in Spanish 506, followed by study of the new material covered in Spanish 507. Five class hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: Spanish 604, 507, 508K. Prerequisite: Transfer credit or credit by examination for Spanish 506, or high school coursework in Spanish, or credit for Spanish 506 earned at the University of Texas at Austin more than one calendar year ago, with a grade of at least C.

612
Accelerated Second-Year Spanish: Oral Expression, Reading, and Composition. A six-semester-hour course comparable to Spanish 312K and 312L combined. Six lecture hours a week for one semester. Offered in the spring semester only. Spanish 612 and 312K may not both be counted; Spanish 612 and 312L may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Spanish 604 with a grade of at least B or 507 or 508K with a grade of A; and written consent of the lower-division coordinator in Spanish.

312K (TCCN: SPAN 2311)
Second-Year Spanish I: Oral Expression, Reading, and Composition. Spanish 612 and 312K may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Spanish 604, 507, or 508K, with a grade of at least C, or an appropriate score on the University of Wisconsin College-Level Placement Test in Spanish.

312L (TCCN: SPAN 2312)
Second-Year Spanish II: Oral Expression, Reading, and Composition. Spanish 612 and 312L may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Spanish 312K with a grade of at least C, or an appropriate score on the University of Wisconsin College-Level Placement Test in Spanish.

315N
Readings in Hispanic Literature. Readings in various literary genres and in the literatures of the Spanish-speaking countries. Development of skills needed to read and to discuss literary texts in Spanish. Spanish 315N and 318 may not both be counted. May not be counted toward a major in Spanish. Prerequisite: Spanish 612 or 312L.

318
Conversation and Composition. Designed to give intensive practice in oral expression, based on cultural readings, with some writing. Spanish 315N and 318 may not both be counted. May not be counted toward a major in Spanish. This course or the equivalent is recommended but not required for all majors in Spanish. Prerequisite: Spanish 612 or 312L. With consent of the lower-division coordinator for Spanish, Spanish 312L may be taken concurrently.

319
Advanced Oral Expression. Designed to develop listening comprehension and oral skill to an advanced level. May not be counted toward a major in Spanish. Recommended for all Spanish majors. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

119S, 219S, 319S, 419S, 519S, 619S, 719S, 819S, 919S Topics in Spanish
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Center for Global Educational Opportunities. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. May not be counted toward a major in Spanish.