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2025-2026 Catalog

SPA 111 - Elementary Spanish 1

3 credit hours - Three hours weekly; one term.
This course meets the Arts & Humanities General Education Requirement. 

Develop an understanding of basic pronunciation and grammar necessary for reading, writing and speaking in Spanish. Not for those who have experience with the Spanish language.

Crosslisted: Also offered as SPA 111H ; credit is not given for both SPA 111 and SPA 111H .

Note: Credit is not given for both SPA 111 and SPA 140  and also SPA 140H . This course is not for students who are already proficient in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish.

Location(s) Typically Offered: Arnold Main Campus (MC), Arundel Mills (AM), and Online (OL)

Term(s) Typically Offered: Fall, spring, and summer

Course Outcomes:

Upon sucessful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Identify the main idea and details about familiar topics in novice-mid level written and spoken conversations and texts.
  2. Communicate in spontaneous spoken conversations on both familiar and everyday topics, using a variety of practiced or memorized words, phrases, simple sentences, and questions.
  3. Present information on familiar and cultural topics using a variety of practiced or memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences through spoken and written language.
  4. Combine a variety of grammar structures and vocabulary to respond to a range of novice-mid level writing and speaking prompts.
  5. Formulate comparisons between students’ cultural experiences and the cultural products, practices, and perspectives of Spanish-speaking cultures.