Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: THE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE

Department: Center for Study of Languages

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 302 OR SPAN 303 OR SPAN 304 OR SPAN 305 OR SPAN 306 OR SPAN 313 OR SPAN 314 OR SPAN 315 OR SPAN 316 or placement test or permission of instructor

Description: Students will study major organ systems of the human body and learn terminology in Spanish in order to discuss these systems and the diseases that affect them. Students will also explore the differences between Anglo-American and Latin-American cultures of medicine and certain disease states.