Spanish and PortugueseCourse Description
Spanish 0305 is a first-semester intermediate-level language course that emphasizes the development of the four basic skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) and the acquisition of medical terminology. Students will be expected to participate in classroom activities such as role-plays based on everyday situations that they may encounter at work settings such as doctors’ offices, clinics, hospitals, and emergency rooms in order to develop meaningful and accurate communication skills in the target language. Students will also review and acquire other essential tools of communication in the target language applicable both within and outside the medical field. Major course goals include: the acquisition of intermediate-level vocabulary, the controlled use of the past tense, and the development of writing skills at a paragraph level with transitions.
Students who have already taken Spanish 0300 will not receive credit for Spanish 0305. Although these courses have different numbers, they are at the same level. Students who have already fulfilled the language requirement (AP, SAT II, etc.) or have taken courses at the 1000-, 2000-, or 3000-level may not take basic level language courses (courses at the level below 1000) in the same language. They will not receive credit for this course (Spanish 0305). The class will be conducted entirely in Spanish.
Prerequisite(s)
- the successful completion of SPAN 0120, SPAN 0200, SPAN 0210, or SPAN 0205 at Penn, or
- a score on the SAT II exam between 450-540, or
- a score on the online placement exam between 384-453 (this does not apply to Wharton students), or
- a score on the paper-and-pencil departmental exam between 450-540 (for Wharton students; for transfer students seeking transfer credit for previous courses), or
- moving up a level from a score between 380-440 on the SAT II exam, or
- moving up a level from a score between 285-383 on the online placement exam (this does not apply to Wharton students), or
- moving up a level from a score between 380-440 on the paper-and-pencil departmental exam (for Wharton students; for transfer students seeking transfer credit for previous courses), or
- permission from the Director of the Spanish Language Program