5 courses with the subject SPA, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
SPA 101Introductory Spanish I3
An introduction to Spanish, appropriate for beginners. Students develop basic listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in the classroom and at home, with the use of online learning materials for study, practice and assessment. Conducted mostly in Spanish, the class uses contextualized interactive activities as well as short reading and writing assignments to teach vocabulary, elementary grammatical structures, and Hispanic cultures.
A course for those who expect to interact with Spanish speakers in the workplace. Designed to enable students to communicate in job-related situations, this course covers basic Spanish language skills and strategies as well as issues involved in cross-cultural communication.
This course builds on student's language skills acquired in the Introductory Spanish sequence. Students gain spoken and written fluency and improved oral comprehension through their study of more complex vocabulary, grammar, readings and practice listening to native speakers. Online learning materials students use for study, practice and assessment include written and oral activities, flashcards, audio and video. This class, conducted in Spanish, meets four hours a week. One additional hour of laboratory is required.
A continuation of SPA-201. Class activities are designed to develop mastery of listening, speaking reading, and writing in Spanish. Students work with audio, video and written materials of increasing difficulty to promote fluency and accuracy. In addition to reading short texts from Spain and Latin America, students follow contemporary news from all over the Spanish-speaking world and produce a capstone paper and a news video on one issue of particular interest. This class, conducted in Spanish, meets four hours a week. One additional hour of laboratory is required.
Independent study for students with a foundation in Spanish. Student and instructor determine a project and the number of credits to be earned. Regularly scheduled meetings between the student and instructor are required. Previous coursework in Spanish and permission of the instructor required.
