Spanish for Health Professions
and Social Work
Spring/Fall Electives - Distance Learning
  • Improve your Spanish language skills and awareness of Latino culture
  • Learn through engaging DVD "soap opera" with interactive exercises
  • Complete most assignments ANYTIME, ANYWHERE

Two electives will be offered Spring and Fall 2007 - limited enrollment. These online courses use the specially designed ¡A su salud! Spanish for Health Professionals course materials that were developed at UNC and published by Yale University Press.

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Intermediate Spanish for Health Care 1 (for low to moderate intermediates) MEDI/SOWO/NURS/DENT/PHCY/PUBH/AHSC 613
Prerequisites: College-level Spanish 2 or 2X or equivalent and approval of course instructor

Advanced Spanish for Health Care (for high intermediates)
MEDI/SOWO/NURS/DENT/PHCY/PUBH/AHSC 615
Prerequisites: College-level Spanish 3 or equivalent and approval of course instructor

Credit:

3 hours

Grading:

Pass/Fail

Methods:
  • DVD delivers an engaging, video-based "soap opera" depicting real-life situations in health care settings, as well as interactive exercises.
  • The textbook/workbook provides additional practice exercises and grammar review.
  • The web provides a "virtual" classroom consisting of additional content, practice exercises and tools that allow students to interact with one another and with the instructor.
  • Weekly practice sessions include student conversation partners, telephone sessions with the instructor, and optional campus conversation hours. Focus is on oral communication skills.

Course materials:

Students are required to purchase:

  • ¡A su salud! Spanish for Health Professionals hard copy course materials, which include an Install disc (CD), two DVD-ROMs, and the Cuaderno (textbook/workbook), or
  • buy the new online version.

Note: You should not purchase the course materials until you are notified that you have been accepted into the course.

Language Skills Assessment Check:

Students interested in being considered for the course are required to complete the Language Skills Assessment Check. Instructor approval will be based on this assessment.

Technical requirements:

Students are required to have a computer with DVD capability that meet minimum technical specifications unless they choose to purchase the new online version.

Orientation session:

Students are required to attend an on-site, two-hour orientation session prior to the course start date.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and enrollment info:

 Students are required to complete several steps and submit information at various points in the enrollment process. For more information, review the Frequently Asked Questions.