DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND LETTERS

SPANISH 10

Summer Session A

May 23 through July 1, 2000

Summer Session B

July 3 through August 11, 2000

Course Contract

Instructor: Dr. Yoli Ramil

Department: Arts and Letters

Spanish 10

Summer 2000

Office Hours-T: 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Thursday 4:00-5:00 p.m.

Telephone Number: 364-7690

Textbook: Latin America E. Bradford Burns

Objectives: To learn about the culture Art History, Geography, and politics of Latin America. In this course students will be exposed to movies and other types of visual aid to guide them in the understanding of the Latin American Culture.

The student will be expected to attend all class meetings. Do homework, research a term paper and an oral presentation in front of the class and class participation.

PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism is unethical and illegal. It is rewarded with an F for the course.

ASSIGNMENTS

Research one page and a half – Minimum

On the back of the page write the name of the book.

The name of the author and year of publication of that book.

Map May 24, 2000

Spain May 30, 2000

Portugal May 30, 2000

Mexico May 30, 2000

Argentina June 6, 2000

Chile June 6, 2000

Brazil June 6, 2000

Costa Rica June 15, 2000

USA June 15, 2000

England June 15, 2000

Term Paper June 15, 2000

Oral Presentation June 22, 2000

Oral Presentation June 27, 2000

Students are expected to read the textbook chapters before each class.

Final 30

Mid-term 20

Quizzes 15

Term Paper 10

Research 05

Oral Presentation 15

Student Performance

And attendance 05

Student Performance Evaluation

The student shall be graded on the following performance areas:

1. CLASS ATTENDANCE. Attendance is obligatory.

2. HOMEWORK. Homework is obligatory and is due as assigned.

3. CLASS PARTICIPATION. The student is expected to participate in class activities and be ready to answer and to ask questions. Students shall respect other students and be a constructive, rather than disruptive part of the class.

COURSE GRADE

The final grade will be based on a percentage system of the points accumulated during the semester, according to the following scale: In order to complete the course, students must take all the quizzes, the Mid-term and the final Exam. In addition they have to write a term paper regarding one or more of the topics discussed in class and give an oral presentation based on their term paper. Final Exam and Mid-term and quizzes can not be dropped. Every other assignment, class participation and attendance is also part of the grade.

100-94 A 76-73 C

93-90 A- 72-70 C-

89-87 B+ 69-67 D+

86-83 B 66-63 D

82-80 B- 62-60 D-

79-77 C+ 59-0 F

Spring Calendar 2000

Classes Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 23, 2000

Last day of classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 27, 2000

Final examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 29, 2000

CLASS SYLLABUS

SPANISH 10

SUMMER 2000

I. Map Due May 24, 2000

II. Research

The research must be at least one page and a half long. Be sure to include a bibliography on the back of the page (Name of the book, name of the author, and year of publication.)

The countries that you will be doing research on are:

Spain, Portugal, Mexico Due May 30, 2000

Argentina, Chile, Brazil Due June 6, 2000

Costa Rica, USA, England Due June 15, 2000

III. Quizzes

Quiz #1 Chapter 1 June 1, 2000

Quiz #2 Chapter 2 June 8, 2000

Mid-Term Chapters 3&4 June 15, 2000

Final Chapters 5,6,7 June 29, 2000

All students must take both, quizzes, Mid-term and Final.

IV. Oral Presentation June 22, 2000

June 27, 2000

Students will choose a topic about any aspect of a Latin American country, Portugal, Spain, France, England or the USA. The oral presentation should be at least three minutes long.

IV. Term Paper

Students must write a term paper related to the topic of the oral presentation. The term paper will be a total of five pages. The first page should have a title, name of the student, course name, name of the professor, summer 2000 etc. The last page will be the bibliography with a minimum of four sources from books, magazines, articles or newspapers.