Department of Spanish and Italian

GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES

Spanish

The Department of Spanish and Italian offers Beginning and Intermediate language courses in Spanish, which satisfy the 6 credit General Education Requirements in foreign language.

SPAN 101 (Elementary Spanish I)
SPAN 102 (Elementary Spanish II) - Review document for SPAN102 students
SPAN 103 (Intermediate Spanish I)
SPAN 104 (Intermediate Spanish II)

Our first year courses help students develop basic communication skills with an emphasis on vocabulary building and functional grammar. In second year we focus on further enhancing the communicative skills acquired in previous coursework, with a particular emphasis on speaking. Students also work with longer written texts and cultural content.

SPAN 135 (Basic Spanish for Heritage Learners)
This intermediate level course is designed for students who, because of their exposure to Spanish at home or in the community, have a general familiarity with the language and understand some spoken Spanish but have had little or no formal instruction. This course emphasizes communication skills and the development of the abilities needed to read, write, and speak Spanish in a variety of contexts.

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Italian

The Department of Spanish and Italian offers four language courses at a beginning and intermediate level:

ITAL 101 Elementary Italian (Italian I)
ITAL 102 Elementary Italian (Italian II)
ITAL 103 Intermediate Italian (Italian III)
ITAL 104 Intermediate Italian (Italian IV)

For current Italian 101-104 syllabi please click here.

These courses satisfy the University General Education Requirements in Foreign Language.

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