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  • SPAN 4120R: Spanish for the Professions

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): (SPAN 3050 or departmental approval) and University Advanced Standing. Offers Medical Spanish, Legal Spanish, or Spanish for Tourism according to student demand. Focuses on the practical needs of students who seek careers in the applicable areas. Addresses the specialized vocabulary and communicative ability necessary for a professional in a bilingual English-Spanish or monolingual Spanish environment. Introduces interpretation in professional situations. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits toward graduation with different topics.
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  • SPAN 4130: English-Spanish Interpreting

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4110 and University Advanced Standing. Teaches skills for interpreting (oral translation) in Spanish and English with an emphasis on the mode of dialogue or bilateral interpreting, while also teaching skills for simultaneous interpreting. Deepens understanding of key concepts related to interpreting and the profession of interpreter. Teaches more advanced skills for interpreting like discourse analysis and oratory skills, general interpreting strategies like synthesis and anticipation, and specific strategies for dialogue or bilateral interpreting. Emphasizes professional standards and self-monitoring. Includes class discussion, readings, interpreting practice, observation and analysis of practice, oral presentations, a research project, and engaged learning projects.Lab access fee of $12 applies.
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  • SPAN 4200: Advanced Business Spanish

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 3200 and University Advanced Standing. Focuses on Spanish business terminology, documentation, case studies and transactions. Explores grammar in different genres, emphasizing composition in different writing styles. Prepares students to take the Advanced Business Certification test offered by the Chamber of Commerce of Madrid, Spain.
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  • SPAN 4310: Healthcare Interpreting English-Spanish

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 3310 and University Advanced Standing. Teaches Spanish language structures and terminology specific to healthcare. Explores an inclusive range of essential knowledge and skills for a healthcare interpreter: interpreter ethics, standards of practice, and protocols; modes of interpreting; cultural competence with Spanish-speaking patients and the role of the healthcare interpreter; and government regulations relating to the US healthcare system. Fulfills requirements to work as a qualified medical interpreter in the state of Utah. Fulfills a pre-requisite for either of the two national certification exams for medical interpreters.Lab access fee of $12 applies.
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  • SPAN 4410: Spanish Linguistics

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): [(SPAN 3030 and SPAN 3040) or SPAN 3050] and University Advanced Standing. Provides a comprehensive introduction and overview of the different areas of Spanish Linguistics. Supports students with a focus in Pedagogy, Business Spanish, Translation, Spanish for the Professions or Literature and Culture. Focuses on the core concepts of the various sub-fields of linguistics applied to Spanish: Phonetics and Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Sociolinguistics, the History of the Language, Dialectology and Pragmatics.
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  • SPAN 4600R: Topics in Hispanic Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN 3620 or SPAN 3640 and University Advanced Standing. Addresses key texts representative of the development of genres, themes, or individual authors' works. Engages students in critical textual analysis. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits toward graduation with different topics.
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  • SPAN 4840R: Special Topics in Hispanic Studies

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): (SPAN 3050 or departmental approval) and University Advanced Standing. Presents selected topics in Hispanic Studies. Reflects the interdisciplinary nature of the Hispanic Studies field. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits toward graduation with different topics.
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  • SPAN 4900: Capstone Seminar

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): (Spanish 4050 and 15 credits of upper-division Spanish courses) or instructor approval; University Advanced Standing. Engages students in independent, directed research and writing. Encourages further exploration of topics covered during courses in the major program through advanced research methods and peer review of others' work. Requires public exposition of research findings in Spanish.
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  • STAT 1040: Introduction to Statistics

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): One of the following: MAT 1010 or MAT 1015 with a grade of C or better within the past two years; an ACT mathematics score of 23 (assuming the test has been taken within the last two years); appropriate placement by the Accuplacer test score. A quantitative literacy course with a statistical theme. Includes descriptive statistics, sampling, and inferential methods. Emphasizes problem solving and critical thinking.
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  • STAT 1045: Introduction to Statistics with Algebra

    5.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): One of the following: MAT 1010 or MAT 1015 with a grade of C or better within the past two years; an ACT mathematics score of 23 (assuming the test has been taken within the last two years); appropriate placement by the Accuplacer test score. A quantitative literacy course with a statistical theme. Includes descriptive statistics, sampling, and inferential methods. Emphasizes problem solving and critical thinking.
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