Undergraduate Certificate in Spanish for Animal Health and Care:

The Undergraduate certificate in Spanish for Animal Health and Care is designed for students who are preparing for a career in large and small animal production and care, as well as for practicing professionals in these and related fields. It is intended to develop intermediate-level, field-specific communication skills in Spanish. It provides students the skills necessary for successful communication among a culturally and linguistically diverse workforce and clientele. Special attention is given to developing an understanding and awareness of the multiple cultural perspectives and constructed patterns of behavior present in the inherently diverse work environments of the animal health and care fields. The certificate adopts a practical, task-based approach to language learning and instruction.

Certificate Course Map

LSPA340: Spanish for Animal Health and Care Fields

Course Description: Develop intermediate-mid level communication skills in Spanish for students in animal care fields. Specific terminology and the basic linguistic skills necessary to communicate about veterinary care and proper handling of livestock. All targeted linguistic forms, communicative activities and assessments are task-based and practical in nature.

Course Learning Objectives:

1. Identify, describe and compare common livestock breeds, body-parts and different areas of livestock facilities, using appropriate Spanish terminology and sentence-length, here-and-now discourse.
2. Deliver and follow basic instructions in Spanish for livestock daily care and handling.
3. Identify and describe livestock health status and irregular behavior using sentence-length discourse.
4. Issue and follow basic instructions in Spanish about preventative care, vaccination, drug administration and dosages.

LSPA342: Spanish for Animal Health and Care Fields II

Course Description: Continuing development of intermediate-level communication skills in Spanish for students in large and small animal care fields. Development of specific terminology and linguistic skills necessary to communicate about animal health and care. All targeted linguistic forms, communicative activities and assessments are task-based and practical in nature.

Course Learning Objectives:

1. Based on audio input in Spanish and visual images, identify and describe common animal health conditions and related symptoms.
2. Describe treatment procedures and proper care recommendations, using appropriate Spanish terminology and sentence-length discourse.
3. Issue and explain basic instructions in Spanish for the preventive care of animals.
4. Explain the justification behind animal care best practices.
5. Use sentence-length discourse, describe/narrate the evolving condition of particular animal ailments.
6. Issue and follow instructions in Spanish about safety guidelines in animal handling and care.
7. Record animal health-history.
8. Explain animal physical exam procedures and results.

LSPA343: Spanish Terminology-Animal Health/Agriculture

Course Description: Spanish lexicon specific to animal health and plant-based agricultural practices and sciences. Focuses on enhancing vocabulary breadth and depth by developing awareness of both meaning relations among words and morphological composition applied to the production and interpretation of the complex word types found in this field. All course materials are in the target language.

Course Learning Objectives:

1. Locate unfamiliar key terms in a Spanish corpus of representative animal health and agricultural language.
2. Creatively infer meanings of key terms using a variety of strategies (e.g., prior knowledge, context clues, morphological decomposition).
3. Use media sources, demonstrate the ability to research the origin, meaning and contextual uses of unfamiliar Spanish terms specific to animal health and agriculture.
4. Use media sources, identify synonyms, antonyms, meronyms/holonyms, hyponyms/hyperonyms for unfamiliar animal health and agricultural terms in particular contexts.
5. Use video technology, creatively demonstrate the meaning of new words through a combination of words, images and gestures/body movements.
6. Determine the substitutability of synonyms for targeted words found in specific contexts.
7. Given a morphologically complex word, extract the base word and identify other words that share the same base.
8. Given a base word, explain the meaning of complex words that share the same base.
9. Demonstrate proficient oral use of at least 150 new words specific to agriculture.
10. Explain complex meaning relations involving the150 targeted animal health and agriculture-related words.

LSPA444.The Intercultural Workplace

Course Description: In an increasingly interconnected world, the ability to navigate and thrive in multicultural professional environments is a crucial skill. In this course students will develop their Spanish language proficiency along with cultural competency and intercultural communication skills, specifically tailored for U.S. workplace contexts that include Spanish speakers.

Course Learning Objectives:

1. Analyze, describe and reflect on the socially and culturally constructed values and behavior patterns prevalent in U.S. workplace contexts.
2. Investigate, explain and reflect on the unique profiles of U.S. workplace perspectives and practices involving Spanish-speakers.
3. Examine and explore intercultural differences with self-awareness and openness, recognizing bias and avoiding stereotypical characterizations.
4. Present information and ideas to explain, persuade, and narrate on intercultural topics related to U.S. workplaces that include Spanish-speakers.
5. Demonstrate intercultural communication skills, such as building rapport and trust, and acting with patience, adaptability, empathy, and self-awareness.