Overview
Description
History of Spanish from Latin to early Romance and then Modern Spanish focusing on cultural, literary and historical factors that have contributed to its evolution.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed
- at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed
- Junior or Senior standing
SPAN 303SPAN 312SPAN 350
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing; SPAN 303; SPAN 312; SPAN 350.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring - Odd Years
Terms
spring
Core
CO11, CO13
Restrictions
Junior or Senior standing
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- identify and explain the evolution of Spanish from its origins to the present.
- determine the influence of Latin and Basque on the birth and development of Old to Early Spanish.
- discriminate the various processes of word formation and their effects of semantic change.
- recognize the transformations that the Latin phonological system suffered through to pass to modern Spanish.
- explain the relationship between the historical, social, and political events that shaped the Hispanic civilization and the development of the Spanish language around the globe. (CO11)
- demonstrate and synthesize advanced knowledge and skills of Spanish diachronic linguistics through class presentations and written materials (a research project and critical analysis of a medieval text). (CO1, CO3, CO13)
- assess the future of Spanish language around the globe by applying past principles of language change (CO1, CO3, CO13).