Healthcare professional and adult patient in a wheelchair. They are smiling at each other.

Do you want to improve your beginner Spanish skills to speak with patients? Take the Advanced-Beginner Spanish elective!

Spanish for Healthcare Professionals: Advanced Beginner Level
NELC 450 (undergrad) and NELC 631 (graduate level)
Online, Synchronous via Zoom

Spring 2026: Tuesdays, 1 - 4 p.m.

This is a fun and interactive Spanish conversational skills class!

Prerequisite: One college or high school Spanish course within the past 10 years and/or permission of the instructor (for other qualifying Spanish level 1 language experience)

Permission to register is required.

Learn more, take a Spanish self-assessment, and request permission to register.

Other questions? Please email Dr. Laura Koo at lkoo@umaryland.edu

Course requirements include:

  • listening comprehension quizzes
  • oral demonstration exams
  • weekly homework
  • in-class participation
  • final oral presentation

See SURFS for course descriptions.

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