COURSE INDEX - LaGuardia Community College

Education and Language Acquisition Department
Generacion del 98, Generacion del 27, vanguardismo and pre and
post Civil War neorrealismo. Feminist literature will also be considered.
The course will include genre theory as it pertains to
poetry drama, the short story, the novel and the essay. In Spanish.
Prerequisite: ELS105
Pre- or Corequisite: CSE095, ENG098, ESL097
ELS210 Advanced Spanish Composition
3 credits; 3 hours
This course is designed as an introduction to the study of fiction and
stylistics in the Spanish language. Students learn to identify and utilize
effective communicative strategies in written Spanish. They also
build an adequate vocabulary for career or academic purposes.
Weekly assignments will stress critical and composition skills.
Prerequisite: Placement Exam
ELS215, Introduction to Hispanic Literature
3 credits; 3 hours
This course is designed to introduce students to Hispanic —Spanish
and Latin American — fiction, poetry, and drama through readings
of representative authors from major periods, and to
familiarize students with the basic tools and methodology of
literary analysis. This course is taught in Spanish.
Prerequisite: ELS106 or Exemption Exam
ELS220 Spanish for Global Business
3 credits; 3 hours
The course is designed to enable the student to become familiar
with the culture of the business world in Spanish-speaking countries
and with basic concepts of business, economics and finance.
Emphasis is placed on both oral and written communications that
are standard in Latin American and Spanish business settings. Students
will build language skills around pertinent terminology and
develop a cross-cultural understanding of different styles of conducting
business.
Prerequisite: ELS105 or Exemption Exam
ELS230, History of the Spanish Language
3 credits; 3 hours
This course traces the development of the Spanish language from
the Vulgar Latin of the Middle Ages to contemporary Standard
Spanish. The course focuses on the historical and cultural factors
that determined changes in the morphological, lexical, phonological,
semantic and syntactic development of modern Spanish. The
influence of Arabic, the Amerindian and African languages, as well
as contact with modern English will be considered. Taught in
Spanish.
Prerequisite: ELL101, ELS105
ELS250 Contemporary Latin American Fiction in
Translation
3 credits; 3 hours
This course explores the thematic and stylistic variety of contemporary
Latin American fiction in English translation. Students will
explore the themes of dictatorship, struggle with nature, the plight
of natives, mestizaje, social and political unrest and alienation
through the analysis of representative stories, novellas and novels.
Experimental and fantastic fiction will also be considered. Students
will learn about the literary movements that influenced the
writers in question.
Prerequisite: ENC/ENG101
ELS270 Literature of the Caribbean
3 credits; 3 hours
This course deals with a comparative study of the novel, drama,
poetry, and essay of the countries in the Caribbean basin. Course
content will change according to instructor and student preferences.
Representative authors may include Marti, Hostos, Llorens
Torres, Guillen, Lezama Lima, Mir, Bosch, Cesaire, Carpentier and
Ferre.
Prerequisite: Placement Exam
Tibetan
ELT101 Elementary Tibetan I
3 credits, 4 hours (3 lecture, 1 lab)
This is a course for those with little or no understanding of
Tibetan. The course will focus on development of aural comprehension,
and speaking and reading skills. Students will be expected
to correctly produce the Tibetan sound system, master and reproduce
basic sentence patterns, and achieve the ability to engage in
basic Tibetan conversation.
Pre-corequisite: ESL098
Note: A student must successfully complete ELT102 Elementary
Tibetan II before credit is granted for ELT101 Elementary
Tibetan I.
ELT102 Elementary Tibetan II
3 credits; 4 hours (3 lecture, 1 lab)
This course is a continuation of Elementary Tibetan I. The course
will focus on development of aural comprehension, speaking and
reading skills. Students will be expected to correctly produce the
Tibetan sound system, master and reproduce basic sentence patterns,
and achieve the ability to engage in basic Tibetan conversation
at an advanced basic to low intermediate level.
Prerequisite: ELT101 or Exemption Exam
ELT105 Tibetan for Heritage Speakers
3 credits, 4 hours (3 lecture, 1 lab)
This course is designed for heritage speakers of Tibetan. Communicative
approach is used to develop conversational skills and provide
the student with a foundation in grammar, pronunciation and
vocabulary. The main goal is that students improve their knowledge
of the Tibetan language and culture through reading selected
literary and sacred texts. This class is taught in Tibetan.
Prerequisite: Exemption Exam
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