Electronic Course Authorization System (ECAS)

Electronic Course Authorization System (ECAS)
SPAN 3621 - VIEW COURSE PROPOSAL

Approvals Received:

Department
on 10-14-04
by Karen Van Horn
(vanhornk@umn.edu)

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

Approvals Pending:

Curriculum Committee > Campus Assembly > Catalog

Effective Status:

New: Active
Old: Inactive

Effective Term:

1059 - Fall 2005

Course:

SPAN 3621

Institution:

UMNMO - Morris

Career:

UGRD

College:

MDHU - UMM-Humanities, Div of

Department:

233 - UMM-Humanities, Div of-Adm

General

Course Title Short:

Confessions/Letters LA Fiction

Course Title Long:

Confessions and Letters in Latin American Fiction

Max-Min Credits
for Course:

4.0 to 4.0 credit(s)

Catalog
Description:

Study of confessions and letters in Latin American Fiction. Fiction is seen as a combination of texts within other texts. The combination becomes part of the fictional game which imitates and enhances reality.

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:

Spring

Component 1:

SEM (with final exam)

Auto-Enroll
Course:

Graded
Component:

SEM

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: 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. Students must also demonstrate the ability to discuss in class the ideas of the texts and the context, and they must write papers with grammatical precision and rigorous research. 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 EXPANDS COVERAGE OF CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE TO INCLUDE THEME OF COMMUNICATION, IDENTITY, AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FICTION AND NON-FICTION.

General Education

Faculty
Sponsor Name:

Vicente Cabrera

Requirement
this course fulfills:

HUM - HUM Communication, Language, Literature & Philosophy

Provisional
Approval:

Yes; date: Oct 8, 2004

Regular
Approval:

New: Yes; date: Oct 14, 2004
Old: No