Certificate in Spanish for the Clinical Encounter Online

Spanish for the Clinical Encounter is designed for healthcare workers with no formal background or with little knowledge of Spanish who would like to apply new Spanish skills in the clinical setting. This course is intentionally targeted towards premed students, nursing students and practitioners, Exercise Sports Science students, as well as physicians, doctors, physical therapists, any other health-care professionals with an interest in communication in Spanish through healthcare terminology. Emphasis is on basic communication skills associated with real-life situations with Spanish-speakers, medical terminology, common clinical expressions, formulation of questions and answers, and role play dialogue. Students will explore clinical vocabulary, numbers, the alphabet, gender and number agreement, and the uses of present tenses as they pertain to daily social interactions in the clinical environment. Through immersive and communicative activities, participants will develop proficiency in speaking, understanding, reading, and writing in Spanish at the novice-level (or above) as established by the American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)

(Prereq: Grade of C or better in SPAN A101, SPAN A112, SPAN A113, SPAN A114, SPAN A115, or by placement.) Continuation of Beginning Spanish with more intense practice in reading, writing, understanding, and analyzing spoken Spanish at the ACTFLrecommended novice high level. Knowledge of culture, traditions, and customs of the regions where Spanish is spoken will also be included.

This course will enable pre-med students, nurses, doctors, and other health-care professionals to communicate effectively with the Latino patient, in and out of the United States, in the course of their daily work. The course will prioritize communicative skills in Spanish through the use of diverse and contemporary second-language acquisition pedagogy, including personalized questions/answers, focused role-play, translation and interpretation exercises, and technology-based activities. May be taught as a ten-to-twelve-day immersion course during the regular semester, including Maymester, or during the summer or spring breaks. Cannot be used to fulfill second-language requirements. (Prereq: SPAN A102 or SPAN A130)

(Prereq: Departmental permission) Supervised professional experience in Spanish language, translation, and/or interpretation. (May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours).

(Prereq: Grade of C or better in SPAN A102 or SPAN A130, or by placement) Students will develop proficiency in Spanish at the Intermediate High level or above through the use and intense practice of multiple linguistic skills. Among these skills are sustaining and concluding a conversation in Spanish on controversial topics, debating opinions, writing analytical paragraphs based on a movie and/or a newspaper article, and understanding native speech articulated at the normal pace. Emphasis will also be placed on knowledge of the cultural constructs in which Spanish is spoken as well as on the geographic regions in which this language is spoken.

(Prereq: SPAN A316 or A317, or by departmental permission) Study of the religious, historical, political, social, and economic organizations of the three important pre-Colombian tribes and an analysis of the impact that these cultural entities have had on contemporary Latin American Culture and Civilization. Study of the cultural changes caused in Latin America by the conquest. Study of the impact of western capital investments on Latin America and, finally, an analysis of current Latin American-USA relationships, emphasizing historical and contemporary US military interventions in Latin America. Satisfies the Non-Western world studies and the General Education Humanities requirements.)

(Prereq: SPAN A102 or SPAN A130) This course develops oral and aural proficiency in public service-related interactions where Spanish is the principal means of communication through practical situations and roleplaying. The course studies multicultural awareness and understanding of Latino attitudes. May be taught as a ten-to-twelve-day immersion course during the regular semester, including Maymester, or during the summer or spring breaks. Cannot be used to fulfill second-language requirements

(Prereq: SPAN A210 or by placement) Intensive oral-aural practice in conversational Spanish with emphasis on spontaneous discourse in Spanish, on pronunciation and fluidity, on critical analysis and interpretation of short monographic texts in Spanish, and on the techniques of writing basic compositions, utilizing diverse tenses and advanced vocabulary

(Prereq: SPAN A210 or by placement) Intensive study of conversation and written Spanish using the multi-skills approach and the techniques of writing extemporaneous, anecdotal, humorous, descriptive, and controversial compositions using expanded vocabulary and advanced tenses and moods in Spanish.

Taught in English. This course explores the development of contemporary Latin American worldviews and identity by focusing on the various contributions of indigenous, European, and African peoples to the sense of identities and cultural traditions in the Americas. This course does not apply towards a Spanish minor. Cannot be used to satisfy the language requirement. No previous knowledge of Spanish necessary (Satisfies the NonWestern world studies and the General Education Humanities requirements.)

Theoretical grounding and practical problems of professional translation (Spanish/English; English/Spanish). Translation of short legal, medical, and commercial texts in their linguistic and cultural context and an overview of the translator profession in the United States are studied.

General understanding of the problems for facilitating oral communication between monolingual speakers of Spanish and English. Develop basic skills for professional interpreting in its cultural context with practical exercises through role-playing and the use of audio and audio/visual material.