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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2015-2016
profession (such as health care or business). Prerequisite: SN 270 or SN
280.
SN 293, 393, 493 Independent Study in Spanish (½ or 1)
Directed study for advanced students in the major. Specific guidelines
concerning independent study projects appear in the “Exploration Term
and Contract Learning” section of this catalog.
SN 298, 398, 498 Teaching Experience in Spanish (½ or 1)
A teaching experience course. Specific guidelines concerning teaching
experiences appear in the “Teaching Experiences” section of this catalog.
SN 300 Advanced Conversation (1)
Intensive audiolingual practice in the classroom and language laboratory,
phonetics, oral reports, discussion groups. Instructor consent required.
Prerequisite: SN 270 or SN 280. Fall.
SN 315 Advanced Grammar and Composition (1)
A detailed analysis of grammar and intensive practice in composition.
Instructor consent required. Prerequisite: SN 270, SN 280, or SN 300.
Spring.
SN 320 Advanced Communication (1)
Intensive practice of speaking, listening comprehension, writing, and
reading at the advanced level. Prerequisites: SN 300 and SN 315. Spring.
SN 333 Spanish Across the Curriculum (¼)
Directed readings in the language in conjunction with a course in another
discipline. May be taken more than once for credit providing that the
disciplinary course is different. Instructor consent required. Prerequisite: SN
220.
SN 365 Latin American Civilization (1)
A study of the culture of Spanish-speaking America from a variety of
viewpoints: historical, literary, sociological, anthropological, and political.
Prerequisite: SN 300 or above.
SN 370 Special Topics in Culture (1)
An in-depth study of a faculty-selected topic on some aspect of Hispanic
culture. Topics may concentrate on a geographic region of the Hispanic
world or on a particular cultural phenomenon common to several areas,
such as
machismo
or the role of the military. Prerequisite: SN 300 or above.