16 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 101(4 credit hours)
Elementary Spanish I Designed to develop basic skills in speaking, writing, listening and reading with particular emphasis on conversation. Introduces the rich and diverse culture of the Spanish-speaking world with the goal of developing students' intercultural knowledge and understanding. Represents the first course in a two-semester sequence designed to introduce students to Spanish. Intended for students with little or no previous Spanish. Lecture: 4 credits (60 contact hours). Attributes: Foreign Language, Course Also Offered in Modules Components: LEC: Lecture
Elementary Spanish II Designed to further develop skills in speaking, writing, listening and reading with particular emphasis on conversation. Emphasizes improved comprehension and fluency and the ability to narrate past events with an expanded Spanish vocabulary and use of more complex grammatical structures. Continues to introduce the rich and diverse culture of the Spanish-speaking world with the goal of further developing students' intercultural knowledge and understanding. Represents the second course in a two-semester sequence designed to introduce students to Spanish. Intended for students with one semester of college Spanish or one to two years of high school Spanish. Lecture: 4 credits (60 contact hours). Pre-requisite: SPA 101, or consent of the department and placement test. Attributes: Foreign Language, Course Also Offered in Modules Components: LEC: Lecture
Spanish for High Beginners This course is designed to review and expand the students' existing knowledge of Spanish at the introductory level in order to prepare them for the intermediate courses. In this course students will build upon their existing skills to further develop abilities in the four basic language and communication skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Lecture: 3 credits (45 contact hours). Pre-requisite: Placement test or permission of instructor. Attributes: University Course (University of Kentucky) Components: LEC: Lecture University Course: University of Kentucky
SPA 111Elementary Spanish I, notes a prerequisite of
ENG-002; or satisfactory reading and writing placement scores. This means that a student must have successfully completed ENG-002 or have reading and writing scores on the College Placement Test that indicate college readiness. Prerequisites must be met for a student to enroll in a course. SPA 111 also notes a corequisite of SPA 181. This means that a student must enroll in SPA 181 during the same term he/she enrolls in SPA 111. Corequisites must be taken together as the learning experiences in each course complement one another. SPA 111 has 3 lecture hours; this means that the course will meet for three hours each week in a typical 16-week semester. If the course is offered in an 8-week session, the course will meet for six hours each week. SPA 111 has no lab hours in addition to the lecture hours nor does it have clinical hours. Upon successful completion of the course, a student will receive three credit hours of credit towards the educational goal. SPA 181 has zero lecture hours and two lab hours. This means the student will be in a lab experience for two hours per week in a 16-week semester, four in an week term and receive one hour of credit towards the educational goal. Note also that this course requires six hours of lab in a week (in a 16-week semester) and the student receives three hours of credit upon successful COLLEGE CATALOG & STUDENT HANDBOOK PAMLICO COMMUNITY COLLEGE | 2026-2027 s completion.
Hispanic Culture: (Country or Region) Introduces the basic cultural patterns of a Spanish-speaking country or region through in-class experience and/or travel. May be taken up to two times with focus on different country or region. Lecture: 3 credits (45 contact hours). Attributes: SB - Social Behavior Science Components: LEC: Lecture
Spanish for Health Professionals The course will teach Spanish terminology and basic grammar related to medical patients, including vocabulary for diagnosis and treatment. Lecture: 3 credits (45 contact hours). Pre-requisite: Prior college or high school Spanish or other experience with the Spanish language roughly equivalent to one semester of college study. Attributes: University Course (University of Kentucky) Components: LEC: Lecture University Course: University of Kentucky
Intermediate Spanish I Expands skills in speaking, writing, listening and reading acquired in earlier courses with particular emphasis on conversation. Develops a deeper understanding of the rich and diverse culture of the Spanish-speaking world. Lecture: 3 credits (45 contact hours). Pre-requisite: SPA 102, or consent of department and placement test. Attributes: Foreign Language Components: LEC: Lecture
Intermediate Spanish II Continues to expand skills in speaking, writing, listening and reading acquired in earlier courses with particular emphasis on conversation and writing. Enhances students' deep understanding of the rich and diverse culture of the Spanish-speaking world. Lecture: 3 credits (45 contact hours). Pre-requisite: SPA 201 or consent of department and placement test. Attributes: Foreign Language Components: LEC: Lecture
High Intermediate Spanish This course is designed to advance students' knowledge of Spanish at the intermediate level by fine-tuning the skills of reading, speaking, listening, and writing. The goal of the course will be to focus on useful vocabulary, to practice functional grammar, to further explore cross-cultural analysis, and to develop students' communicative competence in Spanish. This course is designed for students' transition directly from high school Spanish to second-year college Spanish. Lecture: 3 credits (45 contact hours). Pre-requisite: Placement test or permission of instructor. Attributes: University Course (University of Kentucky) Components: LEC: Lecture University Course: University of Kentucky
Spanish for Bilingual Students This course is the entry level for the `Spanish for Bilingual Students' track. It will cater to the specific academic and communicative needs of two types of students: those described as `heritage speakers/learners' and those who are `advanced non-native speaker of Spanish'. This course is exclusively designed for these students and its purpose is to build on the students' existence competence of the native language and to further develop oral, written, reading, and cultural competence for use in different communicative situations. Lecture: 3 credits (45 contact hours). Pre-requisite: Placement test, oral interview or permission of instructor. Attributes: University Course (University of Kentucky) Components: LEC: Lecture University Course: University of Kentucky
US Latino Culture and Politics This course studies U.S. Latino history and culture, with an emphasis on the evolution of the politics of immigration and the use of Spanish in the United States. These broader issues will be studied with the express intent of determining what they mean for us here in Central Kentucky. Lecture: 3 credits (45 contact hours). Pre-requisite: Placement test or permission of instructor. Attributes: University Course (University of Kentucky) Components: LEC: Lecture University Course: University of Kentucky
Written Spanish for Bilingual Students This course builds upon the pedagogical basis of SPA 205. It is exclusively designed for bilingual speakers and its purpose is to further refine reading, lexical, and grammatical skills through intensive writing practice in contexts that are meaningful to these speakers. This course will be taught entirely in Spanish. SPA 215 is the equivalent of 210 and 211 and fulfills the pre-major course requirements. Students taking 203 should refrain from taking this course. Lecture: 3 credits (45 contact hours). Pre-requisite: SPA 205 with "B" grade or higher, placement test, oral interview or permission of instructor. Attributes: University Course (University of Kentucky) Components: LEC: Lecture University Course: University of Kentucky
