SPAN 107 Spanish for Health Care I

This is the first course of a two-semester sequence of Spanish for Health Care. Students are introduced to basic principles of Medical Spanish necessary for working in the field of medicine and health care. Emphasis on developing conversational and written skills needed to deal with medical situations through lectures, role-playing, dialogues, and cultural immersion activities. Also required is a community based service-learning project. Designed for nursing, psychology, biology, biomedical engineering, social work students; previous experience with Spanish is required. Students must earn a grade of a B- or higher to matriculate into SPAN 108. Native or heritage speaker should enroll in SPAN 207. Satisfies Free Elective requirement. Prerequisite: Language placement exam. Offered: Fall, Summer-online. Students with less than 2 years of high school Spanish must take SPAN 101 before SPAN 107. If a student takes the MLL Language Placement exam or SAT II and is placed in SPAN 102; they can register for SPAN 107. Language placement required for proper placement.

Credits

3