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SPAN 3602 - VIEW COURSE PROPOSAL – NEW COURSE

Approvals Received:

Department
on 10-14-04
by Jayne Hacker
(hackerje@umn.edu)

Curriculum Committee
on 10-26-04
by Karen Van Horn
(vanhornk@umn.edu)

Approvals Pending:

Curriculum Committee > Campus Assembly > Catalog

Effective Status:

Active

Effective Term:

1059 - Fall 2005

Course:

SPAN 3602

Institution:

UMNMO - Morris

Career:

UGRD

College:

MDHU - UMM-Humanities, Div of

Department:

233 - UMM-Humanities, Div of-Adm

General

Course Title Short:

Sem: ContRevisions/ Col LatAm

Course Title Long:

Seminar: Contemporary (Re-)Visions of Colonial Latin America

Max-Min Credits
for Course:

4.0 to 4.0 credit(s)

Catalog
Description:

A study of the re-reading and re-writing of the Conquest and Colonial periods in Latin America, focusing on how these periods are approached, or fictionally reversed, by contemporary authors. Readings include narrative, poetry and theater written during the twentieth century, but based on or inspired by colonial texts.

Additional Course
Information
(for catalog
production):

offered when feasible

Grading Basis:

A-F only

Honors Course:

Delivery Mode(s):

Classroom

Years most
frequently offered:

Other frequency

Term(s) most
frequently offered:

Fall

Component 1:

DIS (no final exam)

Auto-Enroll
Course:

Graded
Component:

DIS

Academic
Progress Units:

Not allowed to bypass limits.
4.0 credit(s)

Financial Aid
Progress Units:

Not allowed to bypass limits.
4.0 credit(s)

Repetition of
Course:

Repetition not allowed.

Course
Prerequisites
for Catalog:

3002, 3101

Course
Equivalency:

No course equivalencies

Consent
Requirement:

No required consent

Enforced
Prerequisites:
(course-based or
non-course-based)

001011 - prereq Span 3002, 3101

Editor Comments:

Proposal Changes:

History Information:

Assessment
and Goals:

Assessment: Discussions, oral presentation, short papers and a final paper. Goals: Students should demonstrate the ability to analyze literary texts, using the text as well as the aesthetic, political, historical, and philosophical context in which the work was produced.

Rationale for
Changes or
Exceptions:

THIS COURSE SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDS COVERAGE OF COLONIAL LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE WITHIN THE SPANISH CURRICULUM, AND PRESENTS A COMPLEX AND BALANCED APPROACH TO THE PERIOD. A VARIETY OF LITERARY AND HISTORIOGRAPHICAL TEXTS AS WELL AS CRITICAL WORKS WILL BE USED TO COMPARE, ANALYZE AND DEBATE OVER THE RE-WRITING OF HISTORY.

General Education

Faculty
Sponsor Name:

Jacqueline Alvarez-Ogbesor

Requirement
this course fulfills:

HUM - HUM Communication, Language, Literature & Philosophy

Provisional
Approval:

Regular
Approval:

Yes; date: Oct 14, 2004