THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE
                             FACULTY SENATE 
     
     Senate Document Number        1398S 
     Date of Senate Approval       1/22/98
     
     
      Statement of Faculty Senate Action:
     
                       
     APC Document 12:  Revises upper-level Spanish Course
                       Offerings, Titles, and Descriptions
     
     Effective Date:  Fall, 1998
     
     
     Add:           325 Advanced Spanish Conversation (3) 
     
                    Extensive practice in oral skills: listening
                    comprehension, pronunciation, conversation. 
                    Students will use various media to develop
                    listening and speaking skills and to practice
                    them.  Prerequisite: SPAN 220.  See chair.
     
     Delete:   on page 204 the title and course description
                    for 335 "Civilization of the Hispanic World"
     
     Add:           to replace the deleted material, the following:
     
               335  Hispanic Civilizations (3)
     
                    A cultural, historical and sociological view of
                    the heritage and institutions of the Hispanic
                    world.  Prerequisite: SPAN 320.  See chair.
     
     
     Delete:   on page 204 the course description for SPAN
                    340 "The Spanish Language"
     
     Add:           to replace the deleted description, the
                         following: 
     
                    A study of the phonetic system of Spanish and
                    geographic and social dialectical variations
                    with historical perspective.  Prerequisite: 
                    SPAN 320.  Every other year.

     Delete:   on page 204 the title and course description
                    for SPAN 405 "Medieval and Renaissance
                    Literature" and SPAN 420 "Golden Age
                    Literature" 
     
     Add:           to replace the deleted material, the following:
     
               415  Spanish Medieval, Renaissance, and
                         Golden Age Classics (3)
     
                    The literature of Spain from the time of El Cid
                    to the Golden Age.  Prerequisite: SPAN 320. 
                    See chair.
     
     
     
     Delete:   on page 205 in the course description for 425
                    Cervantes Seminar the following 
     
               "Prerequisites: SPAN 320, 415, or permission
                    of instructor. Every other year."
     
     Add:           to replace the deleted material, the following: 
     
               Prerequisites: SPAN 330.  See chair.
     
     
     
     
     Add:           435  Peninsular Spanish Literature of the
                              19th Century (3)
     
                    Poetry, theater and prose writings from the
                    Romantics through the novels of P‚rez
                    GaldĒs.  Prerequisite: SPAN 320.  See chair."
     
     
     
     Delete:   on page 205, the title and course description
                    for SPAN 440
     
     
     
     Add:      to replace the deleted material, the following:
     
               440  Advanced Spanish Language and
                         Composition (3)
     
                    Intensive practice in written and spoken
                    Spanish with close attention to style, syntax
                    and idioms.  Systematic development of
                    vocabulary and review of grammar. 
                    Prerequisite: SPAN 320.  Every year."
     
     
     
     Add:           445  Peninsular Spanish Literature of the
                              20th Century (3)
     
                    From the "Generation of '98" to the present. 
                    The novel, essay, poetry and theater. 
                    Prerequisite: SPAN 320.  See chair.
     
     
     
     Delete:   on page 205 the number, title, and course
                    description for SPAN 450
     
     Delete:   on page 205 the number, title, and course
                    description for SPAN 460 
     
     Delete:   on page 205 the number, title, and course
                    description for SPAN 465
     
     Add:      470  Spanish-American Literatures
                         through 19th-Century Romanticism
                         (3)
     
                    Topics in prose, poetry, and drama from 
                    Pre-Columbian indigenous works through the late
                    19th century.  Prerequisite: SPAN 320.  See
                    chair.
     
     
     Add:      480  Spanish-American Literatures from
                         Modernism through the 20th Century
                         (3)
     
                    Topics from all the Americas in prose, poetry,
                    and drama from Modernism through the
                    present.  Prerequisite: SPAN 320.  See chair.
     
     
     
     
     Delete    on page 205, the course description for Span
                    485 
     
     Add:      to replace the deleted description, the
                    following:
     
                    Oral and written presentations on topics of
                    Spanish language, literature and culture. 
                    Every year.
     
     
      
     Impact Statement:   These changes should not affect
     major, minor, and University requirements.  The major
     impact will be that students will have a clearer statement of
     both what courses are actually offered when and what is
     involved in the course.
     
     Rationale:   The increase in Spanish majors necessitates
     more frequent offerings of individual courses, and current
     staffing allows for more courses in Spanish-American
     literature than indicated by the catalogue.  In reference to
     325, both students and faculty have repeatedly expressed
     the need for an upper level course devoted primarily to
     conversation.