SAFE 221 - Oral Communication in Spanish for Safety and Health

Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3

Prerequisite: SPAN 201 or the equivalent as established by Foreign Languages departmental placement exam and SAFE 101 or SAFE 111 (may be taken concurrently).
Description: Focuses on the day-to-day, oral Spanish skills needed by safety professionals. Intensive work in Spanish on vocabulary and pronunciation, and on using discourse strategies in spontaneous interpersonal speaking to negotiate meaning and respond in Spanish to specific work-related health and safety situations. These situations may include supervisor-employee, worker-worker, and safety personnel-employee interactions. Required for the Certificate in Spanish for Safety Sciences. Interdisciplinary as it is co-taught by faculty in the Departments of Foreign Languages and Safety Sciences. The Safety Sciences content is delivered in English. (Also offered as SPAN 221; may not be taken for duplicate credit.)
Cross-Listed: May be cross-listed with SPAN 221