SPA 141H - Elementary Spanish for Health Care 2 - Honors

3 credit hours - Three hours lecture weekly; one term.
This is an honors course.

This course meets the Arts and Humanities General Education Requirement.

Build upon knowledge learned in SPA 140  or SPA 111  with emphasis on speaking, reading and writing in a healthcare environment.

Prerequisite(s): Eligibility for Honors courses and SPA 111  or SPA 140  or one year of high school Spanish or permission of the department chair.

Crosslisted: Also offered as SPA 141 ; credit is not given for both SPA 141H and SPA 141 .

Note: Credit is not given for both SPA 141H and SPA 112  and also SPA 112H . Not for native speakers. Typically offered at MC, AM, and OL; fall, spring, and summer terms.

Course Outcomes:
1. Identify the main idea and some pieces of information within written and spoken conversations about familiar topics and short informational or fictional texts with an emphasis on medical topics.

2. Communicate in spontaneous spoken conversations on both familiar, every day and medical topics, using a variety of practiced, memorized, or original phrases, simple sentences, and questions.

3. Present information on familiar, medical, and cultural topics using simple sentences and a variety of practiced, memorized, and some original phrases through spoken and written language.

4. Combine a variety of grammar structures and vocabulary to respond to a range of high novice-level writing and speaking prompts related to health care interactions.

5. Formulate comparisons between the cultural products, practices, and perspectives of Spanish-speaking cultures and those of my own.