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Courses

The University Catalog lists all courses that pertain to the West Lafayette campus. In order to view courses that are available at a given time, and the details of such courses, please visit the myPurdue Schedule of Classes.

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Sociology
  

  • SOC 22000 - Social Problems

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Contemporary problems at the community, society, and international levels, focusing on patterns of social organization and social change in American society, with concentration on such topics as technological militarism and war, poverty, racism, political protest, and cybernation. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. CTL:ISH 1061 Social Problems
  

  • SOC 27500 - Social Gerontology

    Credit Hours: 3.00. An examination of the basic points of view and a review of the accumulated body of knowledge specific to gerontology. Consideration of the problems of population change, housing, social adjustment, retirement, mobility, family living arrangements, and finances of older people in the United States. Comparison with other countries. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 31000 - Racial And Ethnic Diversity

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines racial and ethnic pluralism in America: ways groups have entered our society; their social and cultural characteristics; and their relationships with other groups. Groups include the English, Germans, Irish, Jews, Chinese, Japanese, Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • SOC 31200 - American Society

    Credit Hours: 3.00. An exposure to sociology, focused on American sociology and society (the U.S.), recommended for juniors and seniors who are not sociology or law and society majors. Students with freshman standing or who have had SOC 10000  may not enroll in this class without special permission. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 31600 - Industry And Society

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines the social content and consequences of industrial development and introduces key issues in industrial sociology, including technological change, management systems, labor organization, community development, and international relations. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 32400 - Criminology

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Nature and cause of crime; methods of dealing with adult and juvenile offenders, consideration of present programs for the social treatment of crime in the light of needed changes. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 32600 - Social Conflict And Criminal Justice

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines the dynamics of social conflict, with a special focus on legal institutions and criminological processes. Students will learn to think more analytically about the causes of social conflict, its dynamics, and strategies for resolution. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 32700 - Crime, Deviance And Mass Media

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Various forms of mass media are used to explore the sociology of crime and deviance. Topics may include white collar crime, juvenile delinquency, street crime, sexuality and sexual orientation, hate crimes, deviance and community. Assignments include quizzes and short papers. Typically offered Fall, Spring.
  

  • SOC 32800 - Criminal Justice

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to institutionalized responses of society to the problem of crime. Analysis of the administration of justice in each of the major components of the criminal justice system and laws regulating their operations. Some consideration given to comparative criminal justice. Typically offered Fall Spring. CTL:ISH 1030 Introduction To Criminal Justice
  

  • SOC 33400 - Urban Sociology

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Development of the city and its functions; types of social behavior in cities; influences of city life on personality; city planning. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 33800 - Global Social Movements

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Explores dynamics of social movements in the world; emphasizes movements in non-western world. Examines emergences of movements, mobilization, tactical actions and consequences, and formal and informal organizations within movements to understand how international, national and local structures affect people. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 33900 - Introduction To The Sociology Of Developing Nations

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of the causes of development in the Third World. Topics include: the food crisis; population growth; poverty and inequality; industrialization, including the role of multinational corporations; debt; and the International Monetary Fund. Regional differences in patterns and causes analyzed. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 34000 - General Social Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Social influences on the individual and processes of social interaction. Individual attitudes and behavior as related to socialization, social norms, social roles, communication and propaganda, and other social influences. Among the interaction processes considered are interpersonal attraction, influence, leadership, cooperation, and conflict. Not open to students with credit in PSY 24000 . Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 34100 - Culture And Personality

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A cross-cultural survey stressing differing basic personality types and the processes by which adult personality is acquired. Case studies of selected non-Western cultures will be used to provide comparative perspectives. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 35000 - Social Psychology Of Marriage

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Designed to provide an understanding of contemporary courtship, marriage, and family interaction as cultural, social, and social-psychological phenomena. Consideration of the major sources of marital strain and conflict within a heterogeneous, rapidly changing society. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 35200 - Drugs, Culture, And Society

    Credit Hours: 3.00. (ANTH 35200 ) The course provides an overview of the social and cultural underpinnings of drug use across societies. Students engage with various topics, including addiction, global markets, drug epidemics, public policy, and cross-cultural differences in drug use. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 35600 - Hate And Violence

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines the causes of and solutions to hatred and violence. Concepts such as anti-Semitism, discrimination, hate crimes, prejudice, racism, bullying, homosexual prejudice, terrorism and other topics will be addressed. This course uses experiential activities, videos, guest speakers and classroom discussion. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 36700 - Religion In America

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines the social dimensions of religion in American life; religion in American culture; social profiles of America’s religious groups, trends in individual religious commitment; and religion’s impact on American life. . Typically offered Fall.
  

  • SOC 36800 - The Social Significance Of Religion

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines religion’s relationship with family, work, politics, gender, war and peace, race and ethnicity, health, crime and deviance, education, law, and poverty. Content differs each time course is taught. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • SOC 37400 - Medical Sociology

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides an overview of the sociological determinants and consequences of health, the patient experience, health care providers, the organization of the health care system. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 38200 - Introduction To Statistics In Sociology

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the basic techniques of statistical analysis applicable to sociological data. Elementary descriptive statistics and statistical inference. Introduction to multivariate analysis. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 38300 - Introduction To Research Methods In Sociology

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the methods of data collection and analysis and to the use of the scientific method of social research. Formulation of hypotheses and research designs for their testing. Elementary principles for the conduct of experiments, observation and interviewing, documentation, content analysis, and surveys. Relationship between social research and social theory. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 39000 - Individual Research In Sociology

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Individual research or reading in an area of sociology under the guidance of a sociology faculty member. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • SOC 39100 - Selected Topics In Sociology

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Various topics in sociology that may change from semester to semester are presented by sociology faculty members. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 40200 - Sociological Theory

    Credit Hours: 3.00. An advanced critical treatment of the theories, concepts, and methods of sociology. A basic course required of undergraduate majors in sociology. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 41100 - Social Stratification

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examination of systems of class and caste, with special attention to the United States; status, occupation, income, and other elements in stratification. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • SOC 41900 - Sociology Of Law

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides an overview of American legal thought and legal processes. Major topics include definitions of law; anthropological studies of law; origin and development of law; jurisprudence; police behavior; lawyers and courts; deterrent and labeling effects of legal sanctions. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 42000 - Sociology Of Criminal Law

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Investigates substantive and procedural criminal law. Emphasizes common law crimes, the major defenses, search and seizure, and the privilege against self-incrimination. Professor Miller. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 42100 - Juvenile Delinquency

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of social and psychological factors influencing individual delinquent behavior patterns. Emphasis on preventive and rehabilitative programs and the role of community agencies such as social service agencies, juvenile courts, and youth authorities. Visits to selected organizations and institutions. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 42300 - Field Practicum In Criminal Justice

    Credit Hours: 4.00. Field experience in criminal justice system. Students serve as “interns” in a criminal justice agency one day (or its equivalent) per week, under the supervision of agency personnel. Application of theory and empirical research findings to field problems. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 42600 - Social Deviance And Control

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Sociological and social psychological study of social control and social deviance. Emphasis on theoretical frameworks and empirical research. Consideration also given to specific areas such as substance abuse, suicide, violence, and deviant collective behavior. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • SOC 42900 - Sociology Of Protest

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course focuses on the sociological study of protest. Topics include protest emergence, individual reasons for participation in protest, and outcomes. Course readings cover protest in the United States as well as other cultural contexts. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 45000 - Gender Roles In Modern Society

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A critical examination of the complementary roles of men and women, with particular attention to problems of role adjustment in the contemporary United States. The neofeminist movement and countermovements. Role conflicts and adjustments in such areas as family, education, employment, and the political arena. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 45400 - Family Violence

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Child abuse, intimate partner violence, and elder abuse are examined with a focus on correlates, treatments and prevention strategies. Definitions of family violence and the social contexts related to family violence are assessed. Legal and medical models to explain family violence are compared. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 49300 - Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. An undergraduate seminar devoted to an interdisciplinary examination of social, economic, political, and intellectual movements, using the faculty resources of the participating departments. Subject matter will vary. Each offering of the seminar will be approved by a committee of department heads from the sponsoring departments. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 49700 - Senior Honors Seminar

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A critical examination of some major works in sociology and anthropology, both classical and modern, and of some current theoretical and substantive issues in these disciplines. Open only to students in the departmental honors program. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • SOC 49800 - Senior Honors Paper

    Credit Hours: 3.00. The production of a major paper on a topic selected by the student in consultation with the instructor. The students will meet early in the semester for orientation and discussion of topics; in the middle of the semester for progress reports; and late in the semester for presentation and critique of their papers. Open only to students in the departmental honors program. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • SOC 51400 - Racial And Cultural Minorities

    Credit Hours: 3.00. America’s minority groups; immigration; interracial and intercultural conflicts; assimilation. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 52000 - Work In Contemporary America

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines meaning and organization of work in technological society, including job satisfaction, alienation, mobility, conflict, stratification, and unemployment and the impact of race-sex composition of occupations on mobility and politics. Also considers relations with colleagues, organization, clients, and public. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • SOC 52500 - Social Movements

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Origins and developmental stages of revolutionary and reform movements and communitarian societies; relation between social structure and political attitudes; personality needs and affinity for social and political ideologies. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • SOC 52900 - Introduction To Political Economy: A Sociological Perspective

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines and evaluates concepts, propositions, and theories within Marxian approaches to an analysis of contemporary society. Topics include (but are not limited to) class structure and class formation, the labor theory of value, historical materialism, and surplus value. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • SOC 53000 - Political Sociology

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of the social and social psychological sources of routine political participation such as voting and interest group activity, and nonroutine political action such as protest movements and revolution; the organization of power at the community, national, and international level; and political ideology. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • SOC 53100 - Community Organization

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of the local community in terms of its institutional structure, relationships among institutions, political and economic power relationships, and the role of voluntary organizations and interest groups. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • SOC 55400 - Social Psychology Of The Family

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of interactional aspects of the modern American family emphasizing variation in family patterns, marital roles, power, influence, attraction conflict and control. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • SOC 56700 - Religion In Social Context

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines the social bases of religion at the societal, organizational, and individual levels. Topics include the formation of religious groups and ideas; social dynamics within religious groups; religion’s persistence over time; and the conditions under which religion tends to change. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • SOC 56800 - Religion And Society

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines religion’s relationships with other spheres of social life. Other areas include family life, education, economy, politics, health, media, inequality, deviance, and social movements. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • SOC 57000 - Sociology Of Education

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of the American public school as a social organization. Includes: interrelations among community power structure, social stratification, and the school; the roles of superintendent, principal, and teacher in community and school; the classroom as a social system; student culture; and teaching as a profession. Typically offered Summer Spring.
  

  • SOC 57100 - Health And Social Behavior

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A sociological examination of health and illness that emphasizes the patient and his or her relations to others. Considers the distribution of illness, stress, health and illness behavior, patient-practitioner relationships, and treatment modes. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 57200 - Comparative Healthcare Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Using cost, quality, and access to care as core concepts, this course explores healthcare in comparative context. Special topics are health and gender, the environment, epidemics, long-term care, technology, and rationing, among others. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 57300 - The Human Side Of Medicine

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Focuses on sociological theory and research related to social conflicts over the delivery of healthcare in the U.S. Considers social issues pertaining to abortion, AIDS, human experimentation, reproductive technologies, euthanasia, and others. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 57400 - The Social Organization Of Healthcare

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of the determinants and consequences of the social organization of medical care. Considers morbidity and mortality, costs and utilization of medical services, healthcare occupations and institutions, and change in programs and policies. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 57600 - Health And Aging In Social Context

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of the social and cultural influences on health in adulthood and later life. Considers distribution of illness among older adults, health behavior, and health services use, including long-term care. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 58000 - Methods Of Social Research I

    Credit Hours: 3.00. An intermediate-level examination of research designs, measurement, and sampling with emphasis on issues of problem formulation and the logic and application of methodological procedures. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • SOC 58100 - Methods Of Social Research II

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Emphasis on statistical inference applied to sociological problems; topics include the binomial distribution and the logic of inference, one and two sample tests, confidence intervals, and chi-square. Introduction to bivariate correlation and regression, analysis of variance. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • SOC 58300 - Application Of Social Research Methods

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Specific methods of survey research, including questionnaire construction, and sampling techniques, as well as case studies and field experiments are covered. Emphasis is on the use of such methods and their implications for the nature of social data. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • SOC 59000 - Individual Research Problems

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Individual research or reading in an area of sociology under a sociology department staff member. Does not include thesis work. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • SOC 59100 - Selected Topics In Sociology

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Topics vary. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • SOC 60000 - Development Of Sociological Theory

    Credit Hours: 3.00. The development of sociological thought in Western Europe and subsequently in the United States from the publication of Marx’s early manuscripts through the sociological writings of the 1940s. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • SOC 60200 - Contemporary Sociological Theories

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A companion course to SOC 60000 . Examination of the works of recent and contemporary sociological theorists such as Durkheim, Weber, Pareto, Parsons, and Merton, and of major theorists in related disciplines such as Marx, Freud, and Malinowski. Includes an examination of major “schools” or frames of reference such as ecology, structural-functionalism, etc. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • SOC 60300 - The Individual In Society

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines social influences on the individual. Socialization, social class, racial and ethnic memberships, organizational and occupational memberships, and mass media are among the social influences considered. Prerequisite: SOC 34000 . Typically offered Fall.
  

  • SOC 60900 - Seminar In Sociology

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Topics vary. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 61000 - Seminar On Teaching Sociology

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Acquaints students with the literature on teaching sociology and its issues and provides practice instruction through videotaped microteaching, syllabus and examination construction, etc. A theoretical or research paper is required. Prerequisite: Master’s student standing. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 61100 - Social Inequality: Class, Race, And Gender

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Survey of major approaches (functional, status attainment, labor market, class, culture) to the sociological study of inequality, including qualitative and quantitative, historical and comparative studies. Students will be asked to complete a project analyzing inequality, which might provide the basis for a publishable paper. Prerequisite: Master’s student standing and Sociology majors only. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 63000 - Seminar In Political Sociology

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Intensive consideration of a selected topic or set of topics in political sociology such as political socialization, political movements, comparative political analysis, political ideology in the industrialized West. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • SOC 65900 - Seminar In Marriage And The Family

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Seminar in Marriage and the Family. Offered in alternate years. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • SOC 66700 - Seminar In The Sociology Of Religion

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines topics of traditional or emerging interest in the sociology of religion. Topics covered depend on the theoretical research interests of participating faculty and students. Prerequisite: SOC 56700  or SOC 56800 . Typically offered Spring.
  

  • SOC 67400 - Seminar In Medical Sociology

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Seminar in Medical Sociology. Prerequisite: SOC 57100 , SOC 57400 . Typically offered Spring.
  

  • SOC 67700 - Research Seminar On Aging And The Life Course

    Credit Hours: 1.00. An interdisciplinary seminar examining recent research on aging and the responsible conduct of research. Emphasis is given to professional development in gerontology and related fields. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 68000 - Advanced Social Research Methods

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Survey analysis using regression models. Emphasizes ordinary least squares model applied to sociological problems. Also considered are path analysis and logit and logistic regression. A series of projects are required using the PUCC mainframe computer applying course concepts. Prerequisite: SOC 58100  or SOC 60000 . Typically offered Fall.
  

  • SOC 68100 - Selected Problems Of Social Research

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Working with already available data, each student will conduct one or more research projects, including conceptualization, operational procedures, analysis of the data, and report writing. The data to be used may be from surveys, small group studies, organizational studies, or written documents. Prerequisite: SOC 60000  or SOC 68000 . Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 68600 - Qualitative Methods

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Surveys qualitative research methods. Considers methods of data collection and data analysis, including computer-assisted techniques. Critical examination of perspectives, assumptions, and issues, including protection of human subjects. Students conduct research projects and write papers using techniques encountered in class. Prerequisite: SOC 58000 . Typically offered Fall.
  

  • SOC 69300 - Interdisciplinary Seminar

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A seminar on a topic of interdisciplinary interest, taught in cooperation with a member of another department. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • SOC 69500 - Analytic Project In Sociology

    Credit Hours: 3.00 or 6.00. Designed to provide experience in defining a research problem, in assessing knowledge and research about the problem, and in analysis. Prerequisite: SOC 58000 , SOC 58100 . Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SOC 69900 - Research PhD Thesis

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research PhD Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

Spanish
  

  • SPAN 10100 - Spanish Level I

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A beginning Spanish course with emphasis on communicative skills (listening and speaking), literacy skills (reading and writing) and culture. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. CTL:IWL 1910 Spanish Level I
  

  • SPAN 10200 - Spanish Level II

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Continuation of SPAN 10100 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. CTL:IWL 1911 Spanish Level II
  

  • SPAN 11200 - Elementary Spanish Conversation

    Credit Hours: 1.00. Development of oral skills for self-expression. Guided practice in conversation to enhance communicative competence. Small group; discussions in Spanish on various topics. Not open to students enrolled in or having credit for SPAN 20100  or above. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • SPAN 20100 - Spanish Level III

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Readings from the works of nineteenth-century and contemporary Spanish writers. Practice in speaking and writing Spanish. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. CTL:IWL 1912 Spanish Level III
  

  • SPAN 20200 - Spanish Level IV

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Continuation of SPAN 20100 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. CTL:IWL 1913 Spanish Level IV
  

  • SPAN 21100 - Elementary Spanish Conversation II

    Credit Hours: 1.00. Continuation of SPAN 11200 . May be taken concurrently with SPAN 20100 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • SPAN 21200 - Elementary Spanish Conversation III

    Credit Hours: 1.00. Continuation of SPAN 21100 . May be taken concurrently with SPAN 20200 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • SPAN 22400 - Spanish Level IV: Business Spanish

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Practical reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension skills directed towards use of Spanish for business purposes. Course materials cover a variety of business aspects in several professions. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SPAN 23100 - Cervantes’ Don Quixote

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Reading and discussion of Cervantes’ masterpiece. All readings, discussion, papers, and examinations will be in English. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • SPAN 23500 - Spanish American Literature In Translation

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Reading and discussion of selected masterpieces of Spanish American literature. The course context will change from semester to semester. Knowledge of Spanish not required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • SPAN 24100 - Introduction To The Study Of Hispanic Literature

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Reading and discussion of selected poetry, prose, and theatre from Spain and Spanish-speaking America; introduction to critical discourse and basic concepts of literary theory. Texts, discussion, and written assignments in Spanish. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SPAN 28000 - Second-Year Spanish: Special Topics

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Selected topics on the civilization, culture, and literature of Spain and Spanish America. Lectures and readings primarily in English, but knowledge of Spanish at the first-year level necessary. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • SPAN 30100 - Spanish Level V

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Continued development of Spanish speaking, listening, reading, and writing abilities, using materials dealing primarily with everyday life and civilization in the Spanish-speaking countries from a variety of sources (e.g., newspapers, magazines, TV, recent literature, etc.). Conducted primarily in Spanish. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • SPAN 30200 - Spanish Level VI

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Further work to develop speaking, listening, reading, and writing abilities in Spanish on the basis of materials dealing with the ideas and events that have shaped the present-day Spanish-speaking countries. Conducted primarily in Spanish. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • SPAN 30500 - Spanish For Heritage Speakers

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is intended for the student whose home language is Spanish, but whose education has been exclusively in English. The students will first learn to read and write their native dialects and then the standard language using the orthographic norms of the standard language. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SPAN 30801 - Advanced Spanish For Heritage Speakers

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is a continuation of SPAN 30500 . It is an advanced grammar course designed for Spanish-English bilinguals exposed to Spanish as a minority/native language during early childhood or adolescence but who have not received formal instruction or education in the language. It aims to develop advanced grammar and writing skills. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • SPAN 31200 - Advanced Spanish Conversation

    Credit Hours: 1.00. One credit hour advanced Spanish conversation course focused on guided practice in conversation to enhance communicative competence. Discussions in Spanish on various topics. Course may be taken concurrently with SPAN 30100 , SPAN 30200 , SPAN 40100  or SPAN 40200 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • SPAN 32200 - Spanish For The Health Professions

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Intermediate level course directed towards the use of Spanish in the health care professions. It covers specialized vocabulary from the medical fields, as well as grammar and syntax with the goal of developing speaking, listening, reading and writing abilities. Students will have the opportunity to apply their skills in practical contexts and discuss cultural considerations. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • SPAN 33000 - Spanish And Latin American Cinema

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Screening and analysis of selected Spanish and Latin American films with readings and discussions relative to their historical, social, political, aesthetic, literary, and linguistic contexts. No knowledge of Spanish required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • SPAN 33500 - The Literature Of The Spanish-Speaking Peoples In The United States

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of selected poetry, fiction, theatre, and essays written in the United States by Spanish-speaking writers; includes readings in the literature written in Spanish and English as well as bilingual poetry and prose. Conducted in Spanish and English. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • SPAN 34100 - Hispanic Literature I: Poetry And Drama

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Reading of selected poetic and dramatic texts from Spain and Spanish-speaking America in their historical and cultural contexts. Readings, discussion, and papers in Spanish. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SPAN 34200 - Hispanic Literature II: Prose

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Reading of selected novels and short fiction from Spain and Spanish-speaking America in their historical and cultural contexts. Readings, discussion, and papers in Spanish. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SPAN 36100 - The Structure Of Spanish I: Phonetics And Phonology

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Linguistic analysis of Spanish phonology, phonetics, and dialectology. Selected topics within the areas of Spanish sociolinguistics and language acquisition. Each of these topics will be approached from a contrastive Spanish/English perspective. One session per week devoted to pronunciation improvement. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SPAN 36200 - The Structure Of Spanish II: Morphology, Lexicology, And Syntax

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Linguistic analysis of Spanish, focusing on morphology, lexicology, and syntax. This course will present the grammatical structure of Spanish dealing with word-level phenomena (derivational and inflectional morphology, the lexicon) and phrase- and sentence-level phenomena (constituents, word order, sentence structure, etc.). Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • SPAN 39800 - Special Topics In Spanish

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Studies of particular aspects of Spanish (e.g., culture, civilization, literature, linguistics, film, art, politics, etc.) by examining a varied selection of works. Readings, discussion, and papers in Spanish. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • SPAN 39900 - Special Study Abroad Credit In Spanish

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. This course number is for assignment after the fact of credits in Spanish earned while enrolled at a foreign university on a Study Abroad program which cannot be appropriately accommodated under an established Purdue course number. It is not for use for courses offered at or conducted by Purdue. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
 

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