Online Orientation - Spanish 1501 - Spanish for Healthcare Professionals

SPAN 1501-40, Spanish for Healthcare Professionals

Spanish 1501 is an introductory Spanish course where students learn basic conversational skills in Spanish designed to serve those in the medical professions. The final goal of the course is to provide the foundations for oral comprehension and proficiency in using the Spanish language in real communicative situations at the introductory level.

Prerequisite: none

Course Details

Instructor: Martínez

E-Mail: jmartinez@taft.org
Telephone: (661) 763-7702
Address: J. Martinez Taft College 29 Emmons Park Dr. Taft, Ca. 93268

Units: 4

Class Meets: June 8 – July 30, 2009
The class will be available for access on June 8, 2009.

Textbook & Estimated Costs:

Purchase Workbook: Basic Spanish for Medical Personnel Houghton Mifflin Company (2006) workbook with audio CD. Call bookstore for price. Bookstore:(661) 763-7731.

Estimated Time Per Week: Students can expect to spend approximately 6 hours per week reading, studying, completing the workbook/lab manual and taking quizzes and exams.

Special Requirements: The entire course will be conducted on-line. There are 5 on-line quizzes (open book) and a composition for lesson 5 that must be submitted on-line, and a Mid-Term (no books or notes) to be taken in the LRC. Students that can’t take the exams in the LRC are required to send a proctor form.

Assignments & Tests: 5 on-line quizzes, a Mid-Term exam and a small composition for Lesson 5.

Proctored Exams: The Mid-Term exam. See the Proctor Identification Procedures for directions on how to set up a proctor for approval.

Course Syllabus: Syllabus in PDF format, opens in a new window

New to ETUDES: Be sure to check System Requirements before getting started with ETUDES. You need to do this on each computer you use while taking a class through ETUDES.

ETUDES Course: You will log into the Etudes classroom with log-in information provided below:

New Users use the following login instructions:

Login ID

Password

First 2 letters of first name +
First 2 letters of last name +
Last 5 digits of your Student ID

(Type using all lower case letters)

Example:

Jose A. Garcia
ID: A000123456

Username = joga23456

MonthDay of birth in school records

(Type using all lower case letters)

Example:

Birthday is April 11th, 1982 (04/11/82)

Password = 0411

Previous Users use the following login instructions:

Login ID

Password

First 2 letters of first name +
First 2 letters of last name +
Last 5 digits of Student ID

(Type using all lower case letters)

Example:

Jose A. Garcia
ID: A000123456

Username = joga23456

Enter the password YOU set in a previous term

If you cannot remember your password, go to the ETUDES login screen and reset the password. Be sure to use the email address you used in on your application.

Disclaimer: The book prices are an approximation only and are subject to change.