Subject: New Elective: Intermediate Spanish for Health Professionals

Spanish for Health Professions
and Social Work
Spring 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 2005 – limited enrollment. These online courses use the specially designed ¡A su salud! Spanish for Health Professionals course materials, developed at UNC, to be published by Yale University Press, and offered by PBS to their affiliated distance education programs.

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: /

The 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 the ¡A su salud! course materials, which include a CD installation disc, two DVD-ROMs, and a workbook.
Language Skills Assessment Check: / Students interested in being considered for the course are required to complete the Language Skills Assessment Check linked from: (Note: There is no ‘www’ in this URL.) Instructor approval will be based on this assessment.
Technical requirements: / Students are required to have a computer with DVD capability that meets minimum specifications. A list of minimum technical specifications are linked from:
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. FAQs and information about the enrollment process are linked from: