Spanish (SPA) at Northern Virginia Community College
Distance Learning
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- SPA 101 - Beginning Spanish I
- Introduces cultural awareness, listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, and emphasizes basic sentence structure. Part I of II. This is a UCGS transfer course.Lecture 4 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
4 credits - SPA 102 - Beginning Spanish II
- Introduces cultural awareness, listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills and emphasizes basic sentence structure. Part II of II. This is a UCGS transfer course.Lecture 4 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: SPA 101, or two years of successful completion of high school Spanish, or demonstrated experiential learning, or by placement test, or equivalent.4 credits - SPA 115 - Intensive Beginning Spanish
- Develops cultural awareness, listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills and emphasizes basic sentence structure in Spanish. Covers the material in SPA 101 and 102 in an accelerated one-semester format for students who have had previous Spanish instruction or exposure but who are not ready for SPA 201 (Intermediate Spanish I).Lecture 4 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: Placement test or alternative assessment4 credits - SPA 150 - Spanish for Law Enforcement
- Introduces Spanish to those in the criminal justice field. Emphasizes oral communication and practical first-hand police and justice vocabulary. May include oral drill and practice.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - SPA 163 - Spanish for Health Professionals I
- Introduces Spanish to those in the health sciences. Emphasizes oral communication and practical medical vocabulary. May include oral drill and practice. Part I of II.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - SPA 164 - Spanish for Health Professionals II
- Introduces Spanish to those in the health sciences. Emphasizes oral communication and practical medical vocabulary. May include oral drill and practice. Part II of II.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - SPA 201 - Intermediate Spanish
- Continues to develop cultural awareness, listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, and introduces complex sentence structures. Classes may be conducted in target language. Part I of II. This is a UCGS transfer course.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: SPA 102, or three years of successful completion of high school Spanish, or demonstrated experiential learning, or by placement test, or equivalent.3 credits - SPA 202 - Intermediate Spanish II
- Continues to develop cultural awareness, listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, and emphasizes complex sentence structures. Classes may be conducted in the target language. Part II of II. This is a UCGS transfer course.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: SPA 201, or four years of successful completion of high school Spanish, or demonstrated experiential learning, or by placement test, or equivalent.3 credits - SPA 205 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers
- Enriches the linguistic and cultural competencies of heritage Spanish speakers. Builds upon prior knowledge by offering an engaging exploration of the Spanish language and Hispanic heritage in diverse contexts. Focuses on reading development, orthography, lexical expansion, formal grammar and facility in writing and composition.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
Requisites: Completion of introductory Spanish course(s) or assessment by the instructor to determine proficiency level and readiness for SPA 205 or placement test or equivalent.3 credits - SPA 206 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers
- Fosters appreciation of Hispanic cultural-linguistic heritage. Develops understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills to native or near-native level. Focuses on reading development, orthography, lexical expansion, formal grammar, facility in writing and composition, and an introduction to selected representations of literary texts. Part II of II.Lecture 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: Native or near-native fluency in listening and speaking and little or no formal education in Spanish, and permission and placement by instructor/counselor/ADC.3 credits - SPA 211 - Intermediate Conversation I
- Continues to develop fluency through emphasis on idioms and other complex sentence structures. Part I of II.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: SPA 202 or assessment by instructor.3 credits - SPA 212 - Intermediate Conversation II
- Continues to develop fluency through emphasis on idioms and other complex sentence structures. Part II of II.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: SPA 211 or assessment by instructor.3 credits
