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Inactive: Study Abroad in Venezuela (VENZ) Courses

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VENZ 1001 - Beginning Spanish
(5 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Essential Spanish for real-life, everyday situations. Stresses communicative competency. Simultaneous work on reading, speaking, listening, and writing.
VENZ 1002 - Beginning Spanish
(5 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Reading, speaking, listening, writing.
VENZ 1003 - Intermediate Spanish
(5 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Spanish grammar, conversation.
VENZ 1004 - Intermediate Spanish
(5 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Spanish grammar, conversation.
VENZ 3015 - Spanish Conversation and Composition
(4 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Development of communication skills. Comprehending written/spoken texts. Speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish, beyond intermediate level.
VENZ 3016 - Advanced Spanish Conversation and Composition
(4 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Reading, listening, writing.
VENZ 3021 - Advanced Communication Skills
(4 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Challenging points of grammar. Written communication of various styles and in various fields.
VENZ 3022 - Business Spanish
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Challenging points of grammar. Written communication of various styles and in various fields of business.
VENZ 3030 - Cross-Cultural Comm in English
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Helps students understand cultural differences and develop sensitivity/curiosity about issues related to cultural diversity and cross-cultural understanding. Taught in English.
VENZ 3031 - Geography of Venezuela in English
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Geographical placement of Venezuela in its international context. Outstanding physical features. Relationship between territory of Venezuela and its significant socioeconomic features.
VENZ 3032 - Latin American Folklore in English
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Folklore of countries of Spanish America. Relation between original elements and later influences. Development of folklore as historical process. Music/oral tradition. Taught in English.
VENZ 3033 - International Business in English
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Problems faced by firms engaging in international activities. Patterns in contemporary international business. History, culture, commerce, exchange, markets, corporate strategies. Taught in English.
VENZ 3034 - International Economics in English
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Theory of international trade, commercial policy, balance of payments, international monetary issues. Comparative advantage, exchange rates, protectionism, open-economy, fiscal/monetary policies, common markets, free-trade areas.
VENZ 3035 - International Finance in English
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
International financial environment. Tools/techniques for international monetary issues. Functioning of foreign exchange, capital and money markets. Portfolio diversification, multinational capital budgeting, import-export financing, direct investment, banking.
VENZ 3036 - Tropical Ecology in English
(4 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 8 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Function of tropical ecosystems. Different biological/environmental dynamics of area between Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of Cancer. American/Venezuelan tropical ecosystems. Field assignments.
VENZ 3037 - Field Botany in the Andes in English
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Flora of Venezuelan Andes, its diversity, ecology, and geographical distribution. Morphology, identification of plant characteristics, ethno-botany, natural history of Andean vegetation. Fieldwork assignments.
VENZ 3040 - Cross-Cultural Communication in Spanish
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Cultural differences when dealing with people from different cultures. Issues related to cultural diversity and cross-cultural understanding.
VENZ 3041 - International Economics in Spanish
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Theories of international trade, commercial policy, balance of payments, and international monetary issues. Comparative advantage, exchange rates, protectionism, open-economy, fiscal/monetary policies, common markets, free-trade areas.
VENZ 3104 - The Art of Reading Literary Texts
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was VENZ 3104W until 18-JAN-22
Major current theoretical approaches to literary texts. Contemporary categories of analysis/methodology. Literary sociology, psychological critique, semiology, comparative literature.
VENZ 3106 - Latin American Art
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Panoramic view of Latin American art from pre-historic times to the present day. Emphasizes Venezuelan art production in its historical, political, and social context and relating it to other Latin American countries.
VENZ 3107 - Introduction to Linguistics
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was VENZ 3107W until 18-JAN-22
Concepts and operative terms of linguistics, nature/organization of language. Emphasizes phonological/grammatical analysis. Origin/nature of linguistic transformation.
VENZ 3108 - The Spain of Cervantes' Don Quixote: History and Fiction
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Analysis of Don Quixote as crossroad of literary eras/genres, visions of the world, and attitudes towards life, and as synthesis of styles and an encounter of two centuries.
VENZ 3200 - Field Botany in the Andes in Spanish
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Introduction to flora of Venezuelan Andes, its diversity, ecology, and geographical distribution. Morphology, identification of plant characteristics, ethno-botany. Natural history of Andean vegetation. Fieldwork assignments.
VENZ 3251 - Spanish-American Literature: Aspects of Prose and Fiction [LIT IP]
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Several writers whose work has become essential for contemporary Spanish American literature. Critical reading of various works. Background knowledge of authors, and of their work and historical context.
VENZ 3261 - Natural Resource Economics
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Basic economic concepts most relevant to natural resources, factors affecting them. Property rights, conservation, regulations, government policy, and evaluation of resources.
VENZ 3262 - Natural Resource Development
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Organization/development of agriculture/mining in Latin America, from colonial era to present. Socio-political/economic ramifications of natural resources, their exploitation covering several countries.
VENZ 3263 - Sustainable Tropical Agriculture
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Economics of tropical agriculture development. Potential for developing world trade and for improving standards of living in areas dependent on production of tropical agricultural products.
VENZ 3401 - History of Venezuela
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Survey of Venezuela's historical processes, fundamental historical problems. Conquest, colonization, independence, 19th/20th centuries.
VENZ 3402 - Curriculum and Material Development
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Applications of theories, principles, and current research related to second language acquisition, instructional techniques, and materials relevant to development of TESOL curriculum. Emphasizes teaching students whose English proficiency is limited.
VENZ 3403 - Applied Linguistics
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Applications of theories, principles, and current research related to second language acquisition. Instructional techniques/materials relevant to development of TESOL curriculum. Emphasizes teaching students whose English proficiency is limited.
VENZ 3404 - Testing and Evaluation of TESL
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Discussion, review, and critique of instruments of evaluation for English language acquisition. Selection/development of assessment instruments valid for (a) placing students at appropriate levels, (b) evaluating progress toward goals, and (c) grading promoting students.
VENZ 3405 - Methods of Teaching English Proficiency
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Identifying/applying major TESL methodologies to needs of students with various cultural/language backgrounds, ages, and learning styles. Emphasizes differentiating teaching English to native speakers and to speakers of other languages.
VENZ 3407 - Tropical Ecology in Spanish
(4 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Function of tropical ecosystems as related to natural vegetation. Different biological/environmental dynamics of area between Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of Cancer. Emphasizes American/Venezuelan tropical ecosystems.
VENZ 3410 - Cultural Anthropology
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Diversity/universality of culture from anthropological point of view. Concepts of culture. Representative cases that demonstrate human adaptation in its diverse variations. Diversity of values/lifestyles. Aspects of pre-Hispanic and contemporary Venezuelan Andean culture.
VENZ 3480 - Caribbean Literature
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Aspects of Caribbean culture related to development of literature of the region. Caribbean literature within context of Latin American literature. Analytical strategies for studying texts.
VENZ 3500 - History of the Spanish Language
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Evolution of the Spanish language starting from vulagate Latin and viewing its major synchronic states. Languages that influenced the formation of Spanish. Popular vocabulary items, educated/semi-educated language features.
VENZ 3510 - Latin American Politics and Civilizations
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Panoramic study of Latin American culture. Elements of global politics. Latin America from cultural point of view. Development of Latin American civilization beginning with conquest/colonization. Formation of Latin American political systems.
VENZ 3511 - Film Criticism and Appreciation in Latin America
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Latin American culture through eyes of outstanding Latin American filmmakers. Aesthetics/language of cinema. Emphasizes four most important Latin American film industries: Mexico, Cuba, Argentina and Venezuela. Overview of other productions.
VENZ 3512 - Spanish-American Civilization: Modern Latin America
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was VENZ 3512W until 17-JAN-23
Summary of history of countries of Latin America. Pre-Hispanic indigenous cultures, principal features of colonial society. Analysis of socio-cultural situation of Latin American countries in 20th century. Emphasizes artistic developments.
VENZ 3513 - Latin America and Cultural Discourse
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Essential Latin American texts on culture with relation to important works on universal culture. How to distinguish between various historic/cultural currents. Contributions of major Latin American thinkers, diverse sources of principal/cultural systems of Latin America.
VENZ 3520 - Geography of Venezuela in Spanish
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Venezuelan geography in its international context. Outstanding physical features. Socioeconomic patterns.
VENZ 3521 - Education in Venezuela
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Nature/problems of education in Venezuela. Historical precedents, evolution of the system. Philosophical, cultural, and pedagogical assumptions of national education in Venezuela. The system in its current form.
VENZ 3530 - Critical Writing
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Critical Writing course offered in Merida, Venezuela.
VENZ 3540 - Folklore in Latin America in Spanish
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Principal manifestations of folklore of various countries of Spanish America. Emphasizes process of syncretism. Original elements related to later influences. Development of folklore as historical process. Music, oral tradition.
VENZ 3590 - Children's Literature
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Critical analysis of children's literature. Theoretical aspects from different points of view. Set of criteria for evaluating a variety of authors and their work.
VENZ 3600 - Spanish Linguistics
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Present state of theory, research, and application of linguistics to Spanish speaking world. Variation and linguistical changes. Analysis of Spanish speech/writing modes.
VENZ 3604 - International Finance in Spanish
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
International financial environment. Tools/techniques for international monetary issues. Functioning of foreign exchange. Capital/money markets, portfolio diversification, multinational capital budgeting, import-export financing, direct investment, banking.
VENZ 3650 - Cross-Cultural Management
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Strategies for overcoming cultural differences in business environment, from perspective of management. Issues of cultural diversity.
VENZ 3661 - International Business in Spanish
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Problems faced by firms engaging in international activities. Major currents/patterns in contemporary international business. History, culture, commerce, exchange, markets, corporate strategies.
VENZ 3662 - Comparative Constitutional Law
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Course offered in Merida, Venezuela.
VENZ 3703 - Psycholinguistics
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Psycholinguistics as a science. Contemporary theoretical models explaining development/acquisition of language. Concepts of language pathology.
VENZ 3704 - Sociolinguistics
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Introduction to study of linguistic phenomena that are related to social factors. Language-society relationship in the Venezuelan environment. Builds on studies by linguists of Venezuela.
VENZ 3705 - Spanish Phonetics
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Theoretical background in phonetics. Practice in oral articulation. Differences between Spanish spoken in Spain and in Hispanic America. Emphasizes Spanish spoken in Venezuela.
VENZ 3920 - Venezuelan Literature
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Venezuelan literature, from 1950 to present. Different styles of literary expression. Principal authors, works, and literary groups.

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