Undergraduate Catalog 2018-2019

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SPAN 4003 Spanish Health Professions II

Prerequisites: SPAN 3010 and SPAN 3020. A continuation course, Spanish for the Health Professions II introduces more complex and advanced Spanish vocabulary and structures as they apply to the medical field such as alternative models for physical examinations, emergencies, and common diseases within the Latino population. Additionally, this course aims to expand the student's cultural knowledge and to develop their confidence when discussing hypothetical situations including diagnosis and prognosis.

3

SPAN 4110 Adv Structure & Composition

Prerequisites: SPAN 3010 and SPAN 3020. Detailed, analytical study of grammatical and oral structures with ample opportunity for practical application in composition and conversation.

3

SPAN 4150 Business Spanish

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 and SPAN 3020. This course focuses on analyzing and producing business practices and discourses in Spanish. Successful business practices involve advanced linguistic skills, but also deep knowledge of the cultural conditions and rules that make possible and shape communication. Being argumentation is at the heart of the business mindset and legal discourse, this course intends to provide the necessary rhetorical and argumentative skills that the professional, globalized world of our present demands.

3

SPAN 4450 Spanish Civilization

Prerequisites: SPAN 3010, SPAN 3020. Significant examples of Spanish achievements set against the social, political and especially the literary background.

3

SPAN 4500 Seminar in Contemp Lat/Am Cult

Prerequisites: SPAN 3010, SPAN 3020. Study of the culture of the Latin-American peoples in the light of various ethnic, economic and social factors that influence the cultural development of each people and Inter-American relations. This course is repeatable for credit.

3

SPAN 4950 Special Topics

Prerequisites: SPAN 3010, SPAN 3020, and one of the following: SPAN 3210, SPAN 3220, SPAN 3230, SPAN 3240, or SPAN 4500. Consideration of topics in which courses are not otherwise offered but for which there is a current need. Subject matter varies. This course is repeatable for credit.

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SPAN 4960 Internship and/or Cooperative

Prerequisites: SPAN 3010, SPAN 3020, and Chairperson's approval. Individually designed learning experience involving off-campus field experience and study in the private or public sector. This course is repeatable for credit.

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SPAN 4980 Study Abroad

Prerequisites: SPAN 3010, SPAN 3020, and Chairperson's approval. See the International Studies Section of the Catalog for details.

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