SPAX - Spanish Education Abroad
SPAX100 Intensive Elementary Spanish I A1 (6 Credits)
This intensive introductory course offers significant exposure to the Spanish language and creates many opportunities to practice language skills. The course covers an introduction to the Spanish alphabet and fundamental skills including reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Students will be able to introduce themselves and be familiar with everyday expressions and basic phrases.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Maryland-in-Barcelona study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at ter.ps/UMBarcelona. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX101 Elementary Spanish I A1 (3 Credits)
This introductory course covers an introduction to the Spanish alphabet and fundamental skills including reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Students will be able to introduce themselves and be familiar with everyday expressions and basic phrases.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Maryland-in-Barcelona study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at ter.ps/UMBarcelona. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX102 Intensive Elementary Spanish II A2 (6 Credits)
This intensive elementary course offers significant exposure to the Spanish language and creates many opportunities to practice language skills. The course covers Spanish language intonations, reading, writing, listening, and conversational Spanish. Students will be able to understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Maryland-in-Barcelona study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at ter.ps/UMBarcelona. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX103 Elementary Spanish II A2 (3 Credits)
This course covers Spanish language intonations, reading, writing, listening, and conversational Spanish. Students will be able to understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Maryland-in-Barcelona study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at ter.ps/UMBarcelona. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX104 Beginner Spanish (6 Credits)
Beginner level course, corresponding to level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages which aims, from a communicative perspective, to develop fundamental linguistic skills in an integrated and significant way (listening, reading, speaking and writing). Moreover, the course has a strong focus on lexical and grammatical content whilst always seeking to respond effectively to the communicative and academic needs of the students.
Credit Only Granted for: SPAX104 or SPAN169O.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Maryland-in-Barcelona study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at ter.ps/UMBarcelona. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX200 Intensive Intermediate Spanish I B1.1 (6 Credits)
This intensive intermediate course offers significant exposure to the Spanish language and creates many opportunities to practice language skills. The course covers pronunciation, expression, reading comprehension, writing, and culture of the Spanish-speaking world. Students will be able to deal with most situations likely to arise while travelling in a Spanish-speaking region and produce simple connected text on topics that are familiar or of personal interest.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Maryland-in-Barcelona study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at ter.ps/UMBarcelona. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX201 Intermediate Spanish I B1.1 (3 Credits)
This intermediate course covers pronunciation, expression, reading comprehension, writing, and culture of the Spanish-speaking world. Students will be able to deal with most situations likely to arise while travelling in a Spanish-speaking region and produce simple connected text on topics that are familiar or of personal interest.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Maryland-in-Barcelona study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at ter.ps/UMBarcelona. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX202 Intensive Intermediate Spanish II B1.2 (6 Credits)
This intensive intermediate course offers significant exposure to the Spanish language and creates many opportunities to practice language skills. The course covers communicating with confidence, understanding and writing short texts, and various grammatical structures. Students will be able to describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Maryland-in-Barcelona study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at ter.ps/UMBarcelona. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX203 Intermediate Spanish II B1.2 (3 Credits)
This intermediate course covers communicating with confidence, understanding and writing short texts, and various grammatical structures. Students will be able to describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Maryland-in-Barcelona study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at ter.ps/UMBarcelona. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX300 Intensive Upper Intermediate Spanish I B2.1 (6 Credits)
This intensive upper intermediate course offers significant exposure to the Spanish language and creates many opportunities to practice language skills. The course covers more advanced reading and listening comprehension, with a focus on Spanish and Latin American authors; covers more advanced speaking, such as discussions and debates, as well as writing letters, reports, and essays. Students will be able to produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Maryland-in-Barcelona study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at ter.ps/UMBarcelona. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX301 Upper Intermediate Spanish I B2.1 (3 Credits)
This upper intermediate course covers more advanced reading and listening comprehension, with a focus on Spanish and Latin American authors; covers more advanced speaking, such as discussions and debates, as well as writing letters, reports, and essays. Students will be able to produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Maryland-in-Barcelona study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at ter.ps/UMBarcelona. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX302 Intensive Upper Intermediate Spanish II B2.2 (6 Credits)
This intensive upper intermediate course offers significant exposure to the Spanish language and creates many opportunities to practice language skills. Students will be able to take part in conversations with native speakers with little or no difficulty and no grammatical errors and using acceptable pronunciation. Students achieving this level are able to handle literary texts and documents on any subject in their field of interest, and write complex texts with very few errors.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Maryland-in-Barcelona study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at ter.ps/UMBarcelona. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX303 Upper Intermediate Spanish II B2.2 (3 Credits)
This upper intermediate course will allow students to be able to take part in conversations with native speakers with little or no difficulty and no grammatical errors and using acceptable pronunciation. Students achieving this level are able to handle literary texts and documents on any subject in their field of interest, and write complex texts with very few errors.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Maryland-in-Barcelona study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at ter.ps/UMBarcelona. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX306 Intensive Advanced Spanish I C1.1 (6 Credits)
This intensive advanced course offers significant exposure to the Spanish language and creates many opportunities to practice language skills. Students will be able to understand a wide range of demanding, longer clauses, and recognize implicit meaning as well as express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Maryland-in-Barcelona study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at ter.ps/UMBarcelona. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX307 Intensive Advanced Spanish II C1.2 (6 Credits)
This intensive advanced course offers significant exposure to the Spanish language and creates many opportunities to practice language skills. Students will be able to use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes as well as produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Maryland-in-Barcelona study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at ter.ps/UMBarcelona. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX312 Spanish Conversation and Oral Skills I (3 Credits)
Augments student linguistic competence with a special focus on oral skills and linguistic functions. Students will develop the oral abilities and strategies needed to accomplish meaningful interactions with people from the local community with ease and confidence.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the USAC Chile study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at https://globalmaryland.umd.edu/offices/education-abroad/program/10009. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX315 Advanced Spanish II (3 Credits)
Designed for students who may manage in daily tasks and interactions, but still need to improve their control over different oral and written registers. In addition, offers the opportunity to enhance vocabulary in specific and technical areas, and to improve grammatical accuracy in their oral and written expression.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the USAC Chile study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX317 International Business and the European Union (3 Credits)
Analyzes the division between EU and non EU parts of Europe. Explores that this division exists because the Europe of the 15 has the buying power, while the Europe of the 10 is the ideal place for direct foreign investments, principally from North America. Examines into the involvement of the European Union in international business and global competition as fundamental to the functioning of the global economy.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Maryland-in-Sevilla study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at ter.ps/UMSevilla. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX325 Advanced Present-Day Spanish Usage (3 Credits)
This course is active and communicative in nature, with activities requiring use of the language learned. Follows a process based on communicative and pedagogical activities integrating skills of interaction and oral and written expression, oriented toward obtaining a greater lexical and semantic competency. Works mainly with authentic texts from various sources, including newspaper articles, literary passages, audios, movies, videos, publicity, webpages and emails. Skills of language reception and emission taught in an integrated manner (written and oral interaction, listening and reading comprehension, spoken and written expression).
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Maryland-in-Sevilla study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX361 Spain and The Americas: From the Pre-Columbian Period to the Present (3 Credits)
Aims to introduce historical, political, social, anthropological and cultural aspects of Spanish-speaking countries in America. Begins with the great civilizations that flourished in America before the Spaniards' arrival. Studies different periods from the initial encounter, conquest, colonization and independence to current times.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Maryland-in-Sevilla study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at ter.ps/UMSevilla. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX366 Advanced Reading Skills in Spanish (1 Credit)
Analyze the knowledge and strategies of reading abilities, keeping in mind the following points: previous social-cultural knowledge and experiences; reading and learning personal strategies; discursive competence in gender and type of writing, recognizing the structure, capacity to discover the sense upon advancing in reading, and analysis of linguistic elements in speech.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Maryland-in-Sevilla study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at ter.ps/UMSevilla. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX367 Advanced Academic Writing in Spanish (1 Credit)
Focuses on the written expression. Work on real, contextualized texts that will be used as guides for students to create their own. Skills with a greater implication for daily or professional context are improved, allowing performance in real communication situations. Work with different types of texts. Different activities will be proposed to motivate and implicate production including: printed materials, questionnaires, presentation letters, advertisements, recipes, instructions, invitation and direction letters. Includes aspects of adaption, coherence, cohesion, grammatical correction, variety and style.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Maryland-in-Sevilla study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at ter.ps/UMSevilla. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX370 Spanish for the Health Professional (3 Credits)
Focuses on the practical and communicative, with a focus on both written and spoken Spanish. Activities are based on situations in work life and related materials. Includes presentation of written and auditory material to immerse students in situations and contextualize vocabulary, activities aimed at increasing and reinforcing specific vocabulary, controlled conversation activities in pairs or small groups, and review of basic grammatical usage.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Maryland-in-Sevilla study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at ter.ps/UMSevilla. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX403 Mosaic: Jews, Muslims, Christians and the Spanish Experience (3 Credits)
Explains the presence of these cultures in Spain and studies the influences of Jews and Muslims in the country's political, intellectual and artistic life starting at the earliest stages and continuing through the establishment of the Spanish nation as an identity to the present-day.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Maryland-in-Sevilla study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at ter.ps/UMSevilla. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX404 Women Writers of Spain (3 Credits)
Aims to analyze the role of women in Spanish literature from its origins to our time. See how views of women have changed over time in different works and authors, and how women changed from mere objects of reference to protagonists in authorship. Observe how these characters develop in regard to their setting, noting for example the differences between post-war Catalonian woman who appears in Carmen Laforet's "Nada" and the provincial woman featured in Carmen Martin Gaite's "Entre visillos". The contrasts and evolution of female characters and authors throughout Spanish Literature will form the content of this course. In the process, acquire a broader perspective of Spanish culture from both a social and literary standpoint.
Credit Only Granted for: SPAN425 or SPAX404.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Maryland-in-Sevilla study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at ter.ps/UMSevilla. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.
SPAX405 Advanced Studies in Spanish (3 Credits)
Work with different vocabulary and grammatical aspects of the language, both oral and written, that emerge from different activities. Principal aspects of the class will be complemented with other activities such as: dialogues based on different situations; conversations about current events related to Spanish culture; discussions and debates to encourage communication and engage analytical and critical abilities; oral presentations on themes related to Spanish life and culture; lectures on different types of texts pertaining to different linguistic aspects; listening to songs to develop auditory comprehension.
Additional Information: This course is offered as part of the Maryland-in-Sevilla study abroad program. Students must apply for this program through Education Abroad: More information at ter.ps/UMSevilla. Education Abroad processes registrations for this course on behalf of students.