Spanish

Prerequisite: This course is intended for students with no prior Spanish language experience.

Course Summary: This introductory level course focuses primarily on the present tense and basic vocabulary.

Topics:

• vocabulary: greetings, numbers,  telling time, classroom items, family, colors, clothing, days and months, house vocabulary and weather
• verb tense(s): all regular and irregular present tense (including reflexive verbs) and the present progressive

Puntos de Partida textbook: Chapter 1 through Chapter 6

Prerequisite: This course is intended for students who have successfully completed SPAN 1100 (Beginning Spanish 1) or have completed 1 – 2 years of high school Spanish within the last two years.

Course Summary: This beginning level course emphasizes the two past tenses, the preterite and the imperfect, and the contrast in use between the two.

Topics:

• vocabulary: food and restaurants, travel, holidays, pastimes and chores, health and well-being
• verb tense(s): all regular and irregular preterite and imperfect, formal commands

Puntos de Partida textbook: Chapter 7 through Chapter 11

Prerequisite: This course is intended for students who have successfully completed SPAN 1200 (Beginning Spanish 2) or have completed 2 – 3 years of high school Spanish within the last two years.

Course Summary: This intermediate level course focuses on the formation and uses of the present subjunctive, as well as the compound tenses. A review of the formation and uses of the preterite and imperfect is another important aspect of the course.

Topics:

• vocabulary: pressures of daily life, housing, the arts, nature and the environment
• verb tense(s) / mood(s): the present subjunctive, the present perfectindicative and subjunctive, informal commands

Puntos de Partida textbook: Chapter 12 through Chapter 15

Prerequisite: This course is intended for students who have successfully completed SPAN 2100 (Intermediate Spanish 1) or have completed 4 – 5 years of high school Spanish within the last two years.

Course Summary: This intermediate level course focuses on more complex compound tenses, as well as the passive voice. Students will review all tenses through selected readings in Spanish.

Topics:

• vocabulary: social life and relationships, the workplace, current events, traveling abroad
• verb tense(s): imperfect subjunctive, future, conditional, future perfect, conditional perfect, past perfect subjunctive

Puntos de Partida textbook: Chapter 16 through Chapter 18

• SPAN 1100 Beginning Spanish 1
• SPAN 1101 Introduction to Interpreting and Translation
• SPAN 1111 Spanish Culture and Civilization
• SPAN 1120 Spanish for Educators 1
• SPAN 1200 Beginning Spanish 2
• SPAN 1220 Spanish for Educators 2
• SPAN 2096 Internship in Spanish
• SPAN 2100 Intermediate Spanish 1
• SPAN 2200 Intermediate Spanish 2
• SPAN 2210 Advanced Communication Skills

• Span 1100 Beginning Spanish 1
• Span 1101 Introduction to Translation and Interpreting
• Span 1111 Culture and Civilization
• Span 1120 Spanish for Educators 1
• Span 1200 Beginning Spanish 2
• Span 1220 Spanish for Educators 2
• Span 2100 Intermediate Spanish 1
• Span 2200 Intermediate Spanish 2
• Span 2210 Conversation & Composition

You can complete an Associate of Arts degree in Spanish with course credits that directly transfer to designated Spanish bachelor’s degree programs at several Minnesota State universities. Learn more.

Spanish Transfer Pathway (AA)