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Dr. Gretchen Skivington
Romance Languages/Humanities Professor
"Get over it!" — My Mom
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Contact Information | Office Location: | MCML 127, Elko Campus | | Phone: | 775.753.2283 | | Email: | gretchen.skivington(a)gbcnv.edu
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Office Hours - Monday: 7:30-8:30 am
- Tuesday: 7:30-9:00 am
- Wednesday: 7:30-8:30 am
- Thursday: 7:30-9:00 am
- Friday: by appointment any time
Education
- Phd Philosophy/Comparative LIterature, UC-Davis, 2000
- MA, Spanish, French literature; Basque Studies, minor, UNR, 1984
- BA, English PBK, UC-Berkeley, 1978
Recommended Reading
- I and Thou, Martin Buber
- The Wisdom of Uncertainty, Allan Watts
- (anything by....), Shakespeare & George Herbert
- Emerson's Essays, Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Zen in the Art of Archery, Eugen Herrige
- Remembering Heraclitus, Richard Geldard
- (everything by. . .), Marilyn Robinson
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| COM 101 |
| My Comments: | Intensive live/IAV interactive class. "Must be present to win" |
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| FREN 112 |
| Title: | First Year French II |
| Catalog Description: | A continuation of FREN 111. Language practice required. [H*] |
| My Comments: | Beginning French FREN 111-112 follows the same syllabus, format, and online program (vhlcentral.com "Promenades" |
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| PHIL 102 |
| Title: | Critical Thinking and Reasoning |
| Catalog Description: | Covers nonsymbolic introduction to logical thinking in everyday life, law, politics, science, advertising; common fallacies; and the uses of language, including techniques of persuasion. [H*] |
| My Comments: | Intensive live/IAV interactive class. "Must be present to win" |
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| SPAN 111 |
| Title: | First Year Spanish I |
| Catalog Description: | Development of language skills through practice in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and structural analysis. Language practice required. [H*] |
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| SPAN 112 |
| Title: | First Year Spanish II |
| Catalog Description: | A continuation of SPAN 111. Language practice required. [H*] |
| My Comments: | Beginning Spanish SPAN 111-112 and
Intermediate Spanish SPAN 211-212 follow the same syllabus, format and online program (vhlcentral.com "Vistas")
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| SPAN 211 |
| Title: | Second Year Spanish I |
| Catalog Description: | Considers structural review, conversation and writing, and readings in modern literature. [H*] |
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| SPAN 212 |
| Title: | Second Year Spanish II |
| Catalog Description: | A continuation of SPAN 211. [H*] |
| My Comments: | Intermediate Spanish SPAN 211-212 follows the same syllabus, format and online program (vhlcentral.com "Vistas") |
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| SPAN 305 |
| Title: | Spanish Composition |
| Catalog Description: | The advanced student of Spanish will be exposed to a free-writing approach in the composition of essays in Spanish. Auxiliary activities will include vocabulary development and grammatical refinement as well as a grounding in and further review of Spanish grammar and the use of idiomatic speech. [H] |
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