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Spanish Language and Culture Trimester - Spring 3 2010
Spanish Culture

10 - 45
Language Level: High Intermediate / Advanced / Superior
Placement Exam Required
Spanish Culture
Language of Instruction: Spanish
Course taken with: International Students
Complutense University of Madrid (Madrid, Spain)

Course Description

Area of Study

Language and Culture

Hours & Credits

10 - 45

Hours of Instruction

0 - 3

Semester Credit Units

1 - 4

Quarter Credit Units

Notes regarding credits...

This course is offered as a 10 hour, 20 hour, 30 hour or a 45 hour course.

Prerequisites and Language Level

Note: A placement exam will be required when you arrive on site.

High Intermediate
This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of three semesters (or five quarters) of college-level Spanish. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.
Advanced
This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of four semesters (or six quarters) of college-level Spanish. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.
Superior
This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of 2 upper-division college-level Spanish courses. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

Overview

OVERVIEW

1.ESPAÑA AHORA Y AYER
Cambio económico y social: años del hambre.
España socialista
España "no tan socialista"
El culto al exceso
El poder de "la caja tonta"

2. SOCIEDAD AHORA Y AYER
Una feligresía menguante
¿Un ejército para una nueva España?
El último valor: la familia
Vivienda por las nubes
Apuestas fuertes

3. HACIA LA LIBERTAD
Una monarquía modesta
Sexo: destape¿o no?
El espíritu de la "nueva España"
La ley y el desorden
La prensa: más influencia que lectores

4. IMAGEN DE ESPAÑA
El arte y lo posible: la política cultural
El amansamiento de los toros
Fuerzas centrífugas: los nacionalismos
El estado contra "Juan español"
Un viaje sin mapas

5. LO QUE HOY SOMOS
Los nuevos españoles
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
Guardianes invisibles: el crimen y la policía
Educación: todo cambia en las escuelas
Lo castizo y lo auténtico