HUMA 7321 001

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS

COURSE SYLLABUS
FALL SEMESTER 2008

SCHOOL: Arts and Humanities

COURSE TITLE: Spanish Workshop

COURSE NUMBER: HUMA 7321 - 001

CREDIT HOURS: 3

COURSE HOURS: Saturday

10 a.m.—12:30 p.m.

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. María A. Engen

OFFICE HOURS: By appointment

Office: JO. 5203
Phone number: Ext. 2054
E-mail: engen@utdallas.edu

DESCRIPTION OF COURSE
This course is designed to help students prepare for advanced readings and translations in the
Spanish Language. Students must have completed four semesters of undergraduate courses in
order to attain the intermediate competency, necessary to function in this course. Successful
completion of this class is equivalent to the Language Proficiency Test). Course work will
include intensive grammar review, basic practice of translation, readings and discussions of
complex texts of Literature from Spain and Latin America as well as selections from the arts and
history of ideas.

Evaluation: The final grade will based on the following factors: Attendance, preparation of
assigned translation texts and final exam.

REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS:
De la Vega, Sara and Carmen Salazar. Avanzando: Gramática española y lectura. New
York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (latest edition).

RECOMMENDED MATERIAL:
A Spanish-English Dictionary (e.g. University of Chicago, Oxford, Larousse)

Kendris, Christopher and Theodore Kendris. 501 Spanish Verbs. New York: Baron’s
Educational Series, 2007.
 COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION CRITERIA:

During the course Spanish literary excerpts will be assigned for translation as homework,
a few translation quizzes will be given in class, mostly for the self-evaluation of the
students’ progress. The instructor will keep track of attendance, participation, progress in
translation skills, homework, and quiz results. At the end of the semester an evaluation
of all the above components plus the final exam will be factored in for the grade.

HUMA 7321 001 FALL SEMESTER 2008

SATURDAYS COURSE PLAN FROM AVANZANDO (A)

AUGUST 23 CAPITULO 1 (A)

30 CAP. 1

SEPTEMBER 6 CAP. 2

13 CAP. 2

20 CAP. 3

27 CAP. 3

OCTOBER 4 CAP. 4

11 CAP. 5, pags 313-318

18 CAP. 6, pp. 318-322

25 CAP. 7, pp. 323-328

NOVEMBER 1 CAP. 8, pp. 331-340

8 CAP. 9, pp. 341-351

15 CAP. 9, pp. 352-360

22 CAP. 10, pp. 369-374

29 THANKSGIVING

DECEMBER 6 Con’t

13 EXAMEN FINAL

The instructors reserve the right to make changes at any time.