Spanish (SPAN)

A beginner's course designed for students with very little or no knowledge or previous study of the language (students with 2 or more years of high school Spanish should enroll in SPAN 102). The focus is on basic oral expression, listening comprehension and acquiring simple reading and writing skills, so that students can gain confidence in the language and to begin to have conversations. The course will also develop cultural understanding, a key element to language learning, through the analysis of authentic visual media, written materials and cross-cultural interactions.

A beginner's course designed for students who have completed one semester of college-level language or the equivalent (2 years of high school Spanish). The focus is on oral expression, listening comprehension and the acquisition of simple reading and writing skills, so that students can gain confidence in the language and conduct conversations and other social interactions in the language with some level of ease. The course will also develop cultural understanding, a key element to language learning, through the analysis of authentic visual media, written materials and cross-cultural interactions.

Medical Spanish is a second-semester course designed for students to gain conversational competence to communicate effectively at a basic level with Spanish-speaking patients in a medical setting. The course focuses on practical vocabulary, grammar, idiomatic expressions, medical terminology as well as developing students' oral communication skills. A main component of the class is the focus on cultural issues relevant to Spanish-speaking patients and particular health concerns relating to the Hispanic community in the U.S.

An intermediate course designed for students who have completed two semesters of college-level language or the equivalent. The focus is on advancing oral expression, listening comprehension and the development of reading and writing skills, so that students can gain confidence and express themselves fluidly entirely in the target language. The course will also develop cultural understanding, a key element to language learning, through the analysis of authentic visual media, written materials and cross-cultural interactions.

Intermediate Medical Spanish is a third-semester elementary-intermediate Spanish course designed for students to gain conversational competence to communicate effectively with Spanish-speaking patients in a medical setting. The course builds on Spanish 202 and focuses on practical vocabulary, grammar idiomatic expressions, medical terminology as well as developing students' oral communication skills. A main component of the class is the focus on cultural issues relevant to Spanish-speaking patients and particular health concerns relating to the Hispanic community in the U.S.

Spanish for Heritage Speakers is a course for students who speak Spanish at home but have little to no formal instruction in the language. The course focuses on introducing formal, professional Spanish and emphasizes written work as well as reading exercises. Students also receive a targeted overview of grammatical structures to support the expansion and refinement of their language. Confidence in formal oral presentation is achieved through projects and discussion about cultural heritage and Spanish-speaking communities in the U.S.

Advanced Medical Spanish is a fourth-semester intermediate-advanced Spanish course designed for students to expand and refine their conversational competence to communicate effectively with Spanish-speaking patients in a medical setting. The course builds on Spanish 210 and focuses on practical vocabulary, grammar idiomatic expressions, medical terminology as well as consolidating students' oral communication skills and introducing greater linguistic and contextual complexity. A main component of the class is the focus on cultural issues relevant to Spanish-speaking patients and particular health concerns relating to the Hispanic and Latinx communities in the U.S.