Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027
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SPA 165 Spanish for Advanced Beginners Credits: (3)
This course is designed for students with some experience in Spanish who feel they need a comprehensive review of the basic grammatical, linguistic and communicative structures covered in elementary-level courses prior to taking an intermediate level course. Upon successful completion of SPA 165, students may enroll in SPA 201 . This course also fulfills the Global Awareness requirement at Onondaga. Students may not receive credit for both SPA 102 and SPA 165. Prerequisite(s): three years of high school Spanish, or equivalent.
SUNY Gen Ed Area(s): World Languages
Designation(s): Liberal Arts
Learning Outcomes
1. Listening comprehension:
a. Follow a class conducted mostly in Spanish.
b. Demonstrate an understanding of a native speaker who speaks slowly
and clearly.
c. Demonstrate an understanding of the main ideas of native tapes of
videos.
2. Speaking:
a. Pronounce well enough to be understood by a native speaker with some difficulty.
b. Express basic ideas and opinions based on concrete life experience issues.
3. Reading:
a. Demonstrate an understanding of the main ideas in linguistically non-complex texts.
4. Writing:
a. Write short compositions on specific topics related to everyday situations.
b. Use basic grammatical, linguistic and idiomatic forms with some degree of control
while developing rudimentary skills in the use of more complex structures.
5. Cultural information:
a. Demonstrate an understanding of the cultural diversity of the Spanish-speaking world
and be able to compare the foreign culture with his/her own in an informal manner.
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