Spanish (SPA) at Virginia Western 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 111 - Conversation in Spanish I
- Emphasizes the spoken language, stressing fluency and correctness of structure, pronunciation, and vocabulary. Part I of II.Lecture 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: SPA 102.3 credits - SPA 112 - Conversation in Spanish II
- Emphasizes the spoken language, stressing fluency and correctness of structure, pronunciation, and vocabulary. Part II of II.Lecture 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: SPA 102.3 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 195 - Topics In
- Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - SPA 199 - Supervised Study
- Assigns problems for independent study incorporating previous instruction and supervised by the instructor.May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 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 203 - Intermediate Spanish I-II
- Continues to develop understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Classes conducted in Spanish. May include oral drill and practice. Part I of II.Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: SPA 102 or equivalent.3-4 credits - SPA 204 - Intermediate Spanish I-II
- Continues to develop understanding, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Classes conducted in Spanish. May include oral drill and practice. Part II of II.Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: SPA 102 or equivalent.3-4 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 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 - SPA 233 - Introduction to Spanish Civilization & Literature I-II
- Introduces the student to Spanish culture and literature. Readings and discussions conducted in Spanish. Part I of II.Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: SPA 202 or equivalent.3-4 credits - SPA 295 - Topics In
- Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - SPA 299 - Supervised Study
- Assigns problems for independent study incorporating previous instruction and supervised by the instructor.May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
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