Note: A placement exam will be required when you arrive on site.

High Intermediate

This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of three semesters (or five quarters) of college-level Spanish. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

Advanced

This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of four semesters (or six quarters) of college-level Spanish. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

Superior

This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of 2 upper-division college-level Spanish courses. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

Objective:

- Gain understanding of communication in the professional context.

- Structures and functions of the language.

- Practice techniques and encourage the development of comprehension and expression (oral and written)

- Become familiar with business operations and documents

- Acquire specific business terminology

Specific Topics:

Commercial Activity
1.1 Types of businesses

1.2 Organization of the business

The Working World
2.1 Recruitment, selection, and incorporation into the business

2.2 Cover letters, curriculum vitae, and interviews

General Commerce
3.1 Terminology of exterior commerce

3.2 Business documents

Business Communication
4.1 Commercial correspondence (types of letters)

4.2 By telephone

Financial Systems
5.1 Banking services: operations and documents