Argentina Program
Argentina Program
Spring Semester 2010 - Schedule
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Designed to develop confidence in communicative skills and greater facility in dealing with ideas in Spanish through study in a Spanish-speaking country. Prerequisite: SPAN 202 or 250 or permission of the instructor.
Download Syllabus SPAN 328 (PDF, 106 kb)
NOTE: Local resources of the foreign country will be used. Students can take this course to satisfy the SPAN 313 or 314 requirements
A preparatory course for students intending to pursue studies in Hispanic literature. Selected readings will provide the basis for stylistic and textual analysis and understanding of the structure of literary works. The historical development of genres and the technical vocabulary necessary for critical analysis also will be included.
Prerequisites: Completion of SPAN 313, 314, 350, or permission of the instructor.
Download Syllabus SPAN 320 (PDF, 98 kb)
Note: This course is a prerequisite for Spanish and Spanish American 300-and 400-level literature courses.
A study of the social and cultural expressions of Latin America from the pre-Columbian era through the early 19th Century, including the independence movements of Brazil, as well as all of Spanish America. Prerequisites: SPAN 313, 314, or 350; or permission of instructor.
Download Syllabus SPAN 326 (PDF, 106 kb)
The course is designed to improve the understanding of grammatical concepts and the application of rules to prepare students for advanced-level sentence and discourse structures. It also addresses problematic lexical issues.
Prerequisite: SPAN 202 or 250 or permission of the instructor.
Download Syllabus SPAN 344 (PDF, 106 kb)
An introduction to late 20th- and 21st-century. Argentina, its civilization and culture including politics, economy, social history, the arts, and literature. This course will only be given in Argentina as part of a College of Charleston study-abroad program.
Download Syllabus LACS 106 (PDF, 111 kb)
Survey of historical trends in Latin American Societies: Formation of the new Latin American Republics. "Republican chaos" and "monarchic order". Populism: Mexican Cardenism, Brazilian Vargism, and Argentine Peronism. Latin America in the 60's: the bureaucratic- authoritarian state. Development Theory, Dependency Theory and Modernization Theory: Dependent Capitalism and Degrees of Relative Development. Dictatorship and Debt Crisis: institutional instability and underdevelopment. Multilateral Organizations. US-Latin American Relations: the hemispheric scenario after the Cold War. Economic and Political Integration. NAFTA, CAN, MCCA, CARICOM, MERCOSUR. FTAA: perspectives.