Span Healthcare Professions II

Catalog description

Spanish for Healthcare Professions II is a course designed to help mid-intermediate-level students continue developing Spanish language proficiency and cultural competencies to facilitate future interactions with Spanish-speakers in situations related to health care. Students will continue developing their knowledge of the human body and its afflictions (cardiovascular, endocrine, and nervous systems) as well as reproductive and mental health. In combination with these topics, this course will focus on current issues of public health such as an introduction to the linguistics policies in the US healthcare system and their effects on Latinx communities, access to healthcare for LGBTQ communities, and an overview of the evolutions of stigmas and taboos surrounding mental illnesses. SPA 335 and 336 are two independent courses. Students do not need to complete SPA 335 in order to enroll and succeed in SPA 336 .