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    • SPAN 1001Elementary Spanish I
    • SPAN 1002Elementary Spanish II
    • SPAN 2001Intermediate Spanish I
    • SPAN 2002Intermediate Spanish II

    Class

    SPAN 1001: Elementary Spanish I

    4 credit hours

    Description

    • This class is for true beginners and those who have had minimal exposure to Spanish.  
    • Not suitable for native or heritage speakers.
    • Not open to those with credit of SPAN 1002 or higher.  
    • Upon completion of this course, students can describe themselves, others, and family members; tell time; express numbers and the weather; and describe their favorite activities in the present and present progressive tenses.  

    Experience Required

    • 0-1 year of high school Spanish (equivalent of Spanish I) within the last 2-3 years

    Class

    SPAN 1002: Elementary Spanish II

    4 credit hours

    Description

    • Continued listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish and to the cultures of Spanish-speaking regions.  
    • Not suitable to native or heritage speakers.
    • Not open to those with credit in SPAN 2001 or higher.  
    • Upon completion of this course, students can express their daily routines; elaborate on medical situations; and talk about holidays, their favorite foods, and completing errands in both the present and the past.  

    Experience Required

    • 1-2 years of high school Spanish (equivalent of Spanish II) within the last 2-3 years

    Class

    SPAN 2001: Intermediate Spanish I

    3 credit hours

    Description

    • An elevated approach to listening, speaking, reading, and writing about the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.  
    • Not suitable to native or heritage speakers.
    • Not open to those with credit in SPAN 2002 or higher.  
    • Upon completion of this course, students can talk about personal relationships; favorite pastimes; common chores; health-related matters; and traveling and nature in the present, past, future, and conditional tenses. Students can also give formal and informal commands and use the subjunctive when necessary. Students can write in full paragraphs.  

    Experience Required

    • 2-3 years of high school Spanish (equivalent of Spanish III) within the last 2-3 years

    Class

    SPAN 2002: Intermediate Spanish II

    3 credit hours

    Description

    • Continued listening, speaking, reading and writing about the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world at the intermediate level.  
    • Not open to those with credit above SPAN 2002.
    • Upon completion of this course, students can talk about technology; the economy; media; literature and art; and religion and politics in the present, past, future and conditional tenses, as well as all forms of the subjunctive and all compound tenses. Students can write short essays.  

    Experience Required

    • 3-4 years of high school Spanish (equivalent of Spanish IV) within the last 2-3 years

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