First-Year Courses in Spanish (Division 484)

Winter Term, 2000 (September 8 - December 22, 1999)

Registration and Waitlist Policies: French & Spanish Elementary Courses (101-232)

On the first day of classes, instructors will receive a class list for each section of a class showing the names of students currently registered. They will also receive a list of students registered for the waitlist for the section, if applicable.

Instructors should take attendance at the first two class meetings, using the class list, the waitlist, and writing down the names and Social Security Numbers of any students attending class whose names are not on either list. Instructors should ask LSA seniors who wish to add the class to identify themselves, and to produce proof of their class standing.

After the first two meetings of the class, the instructors will meet with the course coordinators, and fill any openings in the class sections. Any student who has not attended the first two class meetings may be dropped from the registration list or from the waitlist, at the course coordinator's discretion.

Openings will be filled, in order of priority, by:

1. LSA seniors who are registered on the waitlist and have attended the first two class meetings.
2. LSA seniors who have attended the first two class meetings, but are not registered on the waitlist. If the number of eligible students in this group exceeds the remaining number of spaces, the course coordinator will make the selection by a random method.
3. Others registered on the waitlist, in the order in which they are listed on the waitlist, provided they have attended the first two class meetings.
4. Others not registered on the waitlist, but who have attended the first two class meetings. If the number of eligible students in this group exceeds the remaining number of spaces, the course coordinator will make the selection by a random method.
5. Coordinators will provide a list of students (and their Social Security Numbers) who are to be issued overrides, to the department office staff. Staff will provide confirmation of overrides issued to coordinators or instructors on request.

Elementary Language Courses

Students who intend to continue a language begun in high school must take the Placement Test to determine the language course in which they should enroll. Spanish 102 is NOT open to students who have begun instruction in high school. It is strongly recommended that students who began Spanish at another college or university also take the placement test. Students must check with the Course Coordinator for any exceptions to the Placement Test level.

Placement Exams

Tue., Nov. 16, 4:00-5:30 p.m.

Spanish 2440 Mason Hall
French 3410 Mason Hall
Italian 3447 Mason Hall

Wed., Nov. 17, 4:00-5:30 p.m.

Spanish 3442 Mason Hall
French 3410 Mason Hall
Italian 3415 Mason Hall

The following are additional Placement Exam dates:

Tue., Dec. 14, Wed., Dec. 15, Thur., Dec. 16, Fri., Dec. 17 - *10:00AM - 11:30AM

Spanish Angell Hall Aud. C
French 3439 Mason Hall
Italian 3435 Mason Hall

Monday, December 20*10:00AM - 11:30AM

Spanish Angell Hall Aud. D
French 3439 Mason Hall
Italian 3435 Mason Hall

Tuesday, January 4*10:00AM - 11:30AM

Spanish Angell Hall Aud. C
French Angell Hall Aud. D
Italian 3402 Mason Hall

Additionally, we will have 2 make up exams. One will be January 6th and the other January 10. Time and place still to be determined.

Other Language Courses

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Heredia

Credits: (4).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This course addresses the particular linguistic needs and interests of students of Hispanic descent and heritage born and/or educated in the United States interested in acquiring a formal and structural knowledge of Spanish, in further expanding vocabulary at the abstract and professional levels, and in developing their skills in formal and professional writing. Sociolinguistic aspects of Spanish in the United States – code-switching, linguistic attitudes, bilingualism – also will be explored in relation to the politics of cultural identity. Short weekly assignments and exercises emphasizing the differences between oral and written modes of communication and between formal and informal Spanish will be required, along with a midterm and final exam. Readings will include cultural essays, literatures, and scholarly articles.