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ANTH 351: VISIONS OF THE ANDES (in Spanish) | 9:00 -- This course will explore conceptions and representations of Andean people and culture as embodied in writings of diverse genres and in works of art. The course will focus mainly on the Peruvian Andes. Authors to be read may include Garcilaso, Cieza de León, Huamán Poma de Ayala, Neruda, Arguedas, and Vargas Llosa. Some attention will also be given to painting and film. Knowledge of Spanish is required for this course. ANTH 352: ANDEAN AND AMAZONIC ANTHROPOLOGY | 11:00 An ethnographic survey of Peruvian Andean and Amazonic cultures, including an examination of recent cultural and social processes in the region. Some attention will be given to ecological issues as well. HILA 315: PERUVIAN HISTORY: PRE-INCA TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY | 11:00 -- A survey of Peruvian history from the earliest human settlements on the Peruvian coast, ca. 7,000 BCE, through pre-Inca and Inca cultures, the conquest of Perú in the XVIth Century, subsequent colonization, independence in 1821, the formation of the Republic in the earlier part of the XIXth Century, and the War of the Pacific and its aftermath. The course will include weekly on-site lectures, visiting Inca and pre-Inca sites, colonial and republican churches and other buildings, and museums in and around Lima. HILA 316: CONTEMPORARY PERÚ: HISTORY, POWER, AND SOCIETY | 9:00 -- A survey of the historical roots of contemporary Peruvian society in the 19th and 20th centuries, with special attention given to social structure, gender issues, and distribution of power. PHIL 258: ETHICS OF VIOLENCE | 9:00 -- This course will study ethical and philosophical issues surrounding conquest, genocide, terrorism, and war, giving particular attention to those involving cultural identity and difference. It will be articulated around the following three themes: the European conquest and occupation of the Americas from the 16th to the 19th centuries; the terrorist activities of the Peruvian Shining Path in the 1980s and 90s; and the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 and their aftermath. The course may serve as an introduction to moral and political philosophy. No prior courses in philosophy are required. *PHIL 315: DESCARTES, SPINOZA, LEIBNIZ | 11:00 -- A survey of the metaphysics and epistemology of Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz. The course will give special attention to issues concerning the nature of mind, space, and matter; substances and their properties; causation; freedom; the relation between metaphysics, science, and theology; and the existence of God. This course can be used to partially fulfill the history of philosophy area requirements for the UVa philosophy major, and has as a pre-requisite some prior acquaintance with philosophy at the College-level, or instructor permission. *PHIL 494: DIRECTED READINGS AND RESEARCH | 9:00 or 11:00 -- Independent upper-level study under the direction of a UVa Philosophy Department Faculty member. Topics will be decided by the instructor and the student and may include Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy, Metaphysics, and some areas of Ethics and Political Philosophy. In order to enroll in this course students must have taken several College-level philosophy courses, some at the 300-level. SOC 242: CONTEMPORARY PERÚ: HISTORY, POWER, AND SOCIETY | 9:00 -- A study of contemporary Peruvian society, with special emphasis given to social structure, gender issues and distribution of power. The course will survey the historical roots of contemporary Peruvian society in the 19th and 20th centuries. SPAN 345: VISIONS OF THE ANDES (in Spanish) | 9:00 -- This course will explore conceptions and representations of Andean people and culture as embodied in writings of diverse genres and in works of art. The course will focus mainly on the Peruvian Andes. Authors to be read may include Garcilaso, Cieza de León, Huamán Poma de Ayala, Neruda, Arguedas, and Vargas Llosa. Some attention will also be given to painting and film. Knowledge of Spanish is required for this course. SPAN 487: LATIN AMERICAN FICTION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (in Spanish) | 11:00 -- A survey of some of the most important Latin American and Peruvian fiction of the twentieth century, with concentration on short stories by notable authors such as Alejo Carpentier, Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Rulfo, José María Arguedas, Carlos Fuentes, Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel García Márquez, Julio Ramón Ribeyro, and Alfredo Bryce Echenique. Prerequisite: SPAN 330 or the equivalent, or permission of the Program Director. .Summer Session Spanish Language Courses The Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya, in conjunction with the UVa Program, is able to offer instruction in Spanish as a foreign language at all levels, modeled exactly on the courses offered at UVa, down to the textbooks and materials, adding the experience of professional language teachers and the environment of a Spanish-speaking country. It is equipped with advanced audiovisual and computer language labs. SPAN 101, SPAN 102, SPAN 106 courses, as well as the combined SPAN 201/202 course, run from 9am to 1pm and are worth 6 credits each. All other Spanish language courses are worth 3 credits each. SPAN 201, SPAN 202 and SPAN 311 are offered from 9am to 11am. SPAN 313 and SPAN 314 run from 11am to 1pm. Students will have access to language lab facilities and may be required to complete a certain number of lab hours. Our program, which emphasizes exposure of real-life linguistic interaction, offers the following courses in Spanish language: SPAN 101, 102 or 106: BEGINNING SPANISH | 9:00 to 1:00 -- An intensive introduction to the Spanish language emphasizing listening, speaking, reading and writing skills to enable students to communicate in Spanish in everyday situations and to read moderately difficult texts in Spanish. These courses must each be taken for 6 credits, from 9am to 1pm daily during the whole Summer Session. Only one of SPAN 101, SPAN 102 or SPAN 106 can be taken per Summer Session. SPAN 101 is designed for students with no previous experience with Spanish. SPAN 102 is designed for students with previous beginning Spanish experience. Spanish 106 is an accelerated introductory level course that combines materials from SPAN 101 and SPAN 102. It is recommended for students with previous experience in Spanish, but with scores of 0-325 on the UVa Placement Exam or a placement score of 420-510 on the SAT II. SPAN 201, 202: INTERMEDIATE SPANISH -- A course for students who have passed first-year college Spanish or the equivalent. The course aims to develop and consolidate listening, speaking, reading and writing skills so that students can communicate fluently in everyday situations. SPAN 201 or SPAN 202 can be taken from 9am to 11am. Students also have the option of taking SPAN 201 and 202 in combination from 9am to 1pm. SPAN 311: ADVANCED SPANISH GRAMMAR REVIEW | 9:00 -- A survey of advanced Spanish grammar, including the uses of all verbal tenses and moods, relative pronouns in compound sentences, impersonal forms and the passive voice. SPAN 312: SPANISH THROUGH THEATER | 11:00-- A course designed to develop linguistic competence and vocabulary through the study of theater. Students will read and discuss theater plays, attend local productions, and interpret a specially selected play. SPAN 202 is a pre-requisite. SPAN 313: ADVANCED SPANISH CONVERSATION | 11:00 -- A course for students who have passed an advanced Spanish grammar course (equivalent to UVa’s SPAN 311). This is an upper-level conversation course aiming to develop vocabulary, and listening and oral fluency, in a selected range of topics. SPAN 314: BUSINESS SPANISH | 11:00 -- A course for students who have passed an advanced Spanish grammar course (equivalent to UVa’s SPAN 311). This is an upper-level conversation course aimed at developing reading and communication skills relevant to business and commercial applications. SPAN 330: INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY ANALYSIS | 9:00 -- Prerequisite: SPAN 311 or departmental placement. This is a required course for all UVa Spanish majors. Drawing upon readings from different periods of both Spanish and Latin American literature, this course introduces the student to the fundamentals of analyzing narrative, lyric poetry, and drama, and will focus on developing a critical vocabulary that will allow him or her to make convincing oral and written arguments about the relationship between what a literary text says and how it says it. All work will be conducted in Spanish.
Summer Session Intensive Complete Immersion Spanish Language Program Students in the Summer Session may take an exclusive Spanish-language course load either at the 100-level, at the 200-level, or at a higher level, and request that they be placed in a complete immersion program. As indicated, courses are taken from 9am to 1pm. Students will have access to the same facilities in the main campus (libraries, computer labs, etc) as all other students in the program. Students who register for an exclusive Spanish language course load will be in a complete immersion Spanish language program and will be housed individually with Peruvian families who will not speak English with them. |
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