SPA 360 - Spanish for the Health Professions

3 credits
The United States routinely constitutes one of the world’s largest Spanish-speaking communities. With this in mind, it is increasingly important that our health professionals become aware of the barriers between them and their Spanish-speaking patients and develop methods to bridge those gaps. This course seeks to increase students’ proficiency of Spanish in the medical sphere, but also their handle of the language as a whole. Materials in this course will cover the biology of the human body, how it works, what are some of the problems associated with the different systems of the body, mental health issues, nutrition, basic pharmacy, and other topics.
Term Offered: Even spring semesters