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

Intermediate

This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of two semesters (or three 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.

1. The work environment: a) the labor market: ways of looking for employment, b) analysis of job opportunities compared to Europe and other countries, c) professional skills.
2. The business world: a) functions and departments: different models of businesses, b) business, professional, and union associations.
3. Banking: a) the Spanish bank model, b) characteristics, relationships, and functions of private and public banks, c) the oligarchy of the big banks: banking groups.
4. The stock market: a) internal and external financing, b) the market economy: capital, income, and investments, c) market values: types and characteristics.
5. Commercial and industrial world: 1) industry: location and main industrial sectors, b) national and multinational industry, c) problems of the Spanish industry.
6. Marketing: a) marketing, b) the big marketing companies.
7. Tourism: a) Spanish tourist sector, b) new technologies.