Spanish for Professionals Certificate study in Cuernavaca, Mexico or Granada, Spain

2 weeks in country                                                                          4 weeks in country     

Please visit our website http://www.uhv.edu/studyabroad/default.asp for information

Non-need based scholarship monies are available on a first come basis

University of Houston –Victoria

 Spanish for Professionals Certificate

The “University of Houston –Victoria, Spanish for Professionals” certificate is designed to accommodate busy professionals.  Courses are offered face to face, and are available on the internet, as well as via an intensive immersion experience of study abroad in Mexico or Spain, a proven way to accomplish the required proficiency.

Professionals throughout the United States consistently report the need for Spanish communication with their clients. The program is designed to measure proficiency, and provide participants with field specific professional vocabulary and cultural orientation which is appropriate to their career.  The outcome will include the ability to communicate with Spanish speaking clients at an intermediate level based on an oral proficiency interview scale.

 After an initial assessment of your current level of Spanish, assistance will be provided to determine a program of study to meet individual needs, which will include twelve to fifteen semester hours from the courses listed below, followed by a proficiency interview or simulated proficiency interview.

SPA 3313 - Oral & Written Communication I

                     (may be waived by exam or consent of instructor)

SPA 3323 - Oral & Written Communication II

SPA 4313 - Advanced Oral & Written Communication I

SPA 4320 - Professional Applications of Spanish

HUM 4325 - Hispanic Heritage, Culture & Civilization to 1848

                      OR

HUM 4326 - Hispanic Heritage, Culture & Civilization from 1848