17 courses with the subject SPAN, 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.
SPAN 1000Spanish for Beginners I3
Credit(s) Offered: every semester The objective of Spanish for Beginners I is to emphasize pronunciation, reading ability, and fundamentals of grammar and syntax of the target language. In the course, students will work with four skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The cultural inputs addressed in the course are integrated within these skills and enhance the student’s awareness and understanding of the Spanish-speaking world.
Subject
SPAN
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester Spanish for Beginners II enhances students’ Spanish communication skills by expanding vocabulary, grammar, and cultural awareness. It includes listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises in the classroom and in the online language lab.
Subject
SPAN
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester The course focuses on a discussion of more advanced grammar points and readings dealing with Spanish life. Emphasis is on developing conversational fluency.
Subject
SPAN
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every two years This course offers Spanish-speaking students opportunities to study Spanish formally in an academic setting in the same way native English-speaking students study English language arts. The course allows students to reactivate the Spanish they have learned previously and develop it further, to learn more about their language and cultural heritage, to acquire Spanish literacy skills, to develop or augment Spanish academic language skills. Students develop strategic Spanish academic vocabulary, learn to critically analyze a text, write poetry, and acquire new information in different academic content areas.
Subject
SPAN
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: Fall In SPAN 2300, students will develop Spanish skills to communicate in medical emergencies. The course is designed for healthcare providers or individuals needing medical terminology skills and intercultural communication for medical purposes in Spanish. The course focus on listening, speaking, and writing practices set around different medical settings.
Subject
SPAN
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: once every two years Hispanic Culture (SPAN 2600) is a course designed to provide students with a historical and cultural understanding of the Hispanic world. Emphasis is placed on contemporary issues and social customs of the different Hispanic populations in Latin America and the U.S., particularly on the cultural behaviors that impact Latino health, education, and other social aspects.
Subject
SPAN
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: once every two years The course focuses on selected works reflecting the Hispanic heritage in contemporary Spanish and Latin American literature.
Subject
SPAN
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: annually The objective of this course is to help the student to understand the different aspects of Hispanic Culture. Films will present Spanish and Latin American people, their values, the way they live and behave. Daily life, geography, history and political systems will be topics for conversation and discussion. Analysis of social and aesthetic phenomena will be also implemented. The student will write reviews, critical analyses, creative works, and comparative studies, which will permit the development of the student’s communicative skills and his or her ability to synthesize.
Subject
SPAN
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every other year This course will review Spanish grammar covered up to, and including Intermediate Spanish II, and will do an in-depth study of advanced topics in Spanish grammar.
Subject
SPAN
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every other year This course (taught in English) surveys the interdisciplinary areas and approaches that shape Latino/a/x Studies. It introduces students to the narrative construction of the Latino experience in the United States from a contemporary and historical perspective. We’ll analyze cultural forces interrelating Latino communities with U.S. society as expressed in literary and other texts. Students will, therefore, evaluate how identity politics correlates to the complexities of literary/artistic production and analysis, Latino racial and ethnic hybridity, the history of Latinidad, diasporic/migratory processes, and the representation of Latinos in the media (digital magazines, social media, etc.).
Subject
SPAN
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: once every two years This course is designed to teach skills that increase the student’s overall ability to read, speak, comprehend and write the language. Students are expected to write compositions on topics developed in class.
Subject
SPAN
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
SPAN 4000Practical Spanish for the Public Services Professional I3
Credit(s) Offered: less than once every two years The course teaches practical Spanish to enable people in public services, human services, nursing, medical technology, criminal justice and special education to communicate with their clients. Special emphasis is placed on the cultural and psychological characteristics of Spanish speaking peoples.
Subject
SPAN
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) The Independent Study is open to students in the language with the permission of the supervising instructor and the department chairman. Meeting times and credit are arranged upon approval.
Subject
SPAN
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) The Independent Study is open to students in the language with the permission of the supervising instructor and the department chairman. Meeting times and credit are arranged upon approval.
Subject
SPAN
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) The Independent Study is open to students in the language with the permission of the supervising instructor and the department chairperson. Meeting times and credit are arranged upon approval.
Subject
SPAN
Credits (min)
6
Credits (max)
6
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
