SPANISH LANGUAGE COURSES FOR FALL 2015
The following Spanish language courses are open to incoming freshmen this fall. Please feel
free to contact Dr. Amy R. Barber (arbarber@gcc.edu) if you have any questions!
Students who did not meet the Grove City College foreign language requirement with their high
school studies may do so through successful completion of the 201-202, Intermediate-level
language sequence at Grove City College in Chinese, French, German, or Spanish.
SPANISH: General Guidelines for Placement
PLACEMENT and FALL 2015 COURSES:
0-1 year of high school Spanish: SPAN 101, ELEMENTARY SPANISH I
Spanish 101 is designed for people who have not had much, if any, Spanish before, or for those who
are not ready for the Intermediate level. This course begins with the alphabet, subject pronouns, and
other true-beginner topics! Spanish 101 (fall only) is a prerequisite for Spanish 102 (spring only)!
If a student needs to start with the Elementary 101 level, it must be followed by 102, 102 by 201, and 201 by
202; in other words, a course may not be skipped, and study must be sequential.
2 years of high school Spanish, grades of "B" or better: SPAN 201, INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I
Spanish 201 assumes that the language learner has studied the topics typically covered in 2 years of
high school Spanish. This includes the general topics listed for our 101-102 sequence (see page 2).
Spanish 201 (fall only) is a prerequisite for Spanish 202 (spring only)!
*If you have not yet studied all of the preterit (past) tense or some other major grammatical item
listed in our 101-102 sequence and/or have not used Spanish for a couple of years and feel that you
need to review your elementary-level skills, you are welcome to register for Spanish 101.
If a student needs to start with the Elementary 101 level, it must be followed by 102, 102 by 201, and 201 by
202; in other words, a course may not be skipped, and study must be sequential.
3-4 years of high school Spanish, grades of "B" or better: SPAN 295, TRANSITIONAL SPANISH
Spanish 295 is designed to help prepare students for advanced-level Spanish courses and assumes
that the language learner has studied the basic grammar items listed for all of our 101-202 sequence
(see page 2). Transitional Spanish is not just a review course! Span 295 will review, broaden and
solidify Spanish language proficiency, communication skills and cultural awareness via increasingly more
complex listening, speaking, reading and writing tasks.
*If you have not yet studied the subjunctive (ex. "Quiero que estudies."), it is a good sign that you will
either need to make a very special commitment to working on the language outside of class or will need
to start with the 201-202 or 101-102 sequence, as appropriate (please see above).
A minimum of 4*-5 years of high school Spanish, grades of "B" or better:
This course assumes the prior completion of a strong 4 or 5-year program with little or no time away
from the language, including practice in writing essays, some reading of articles and/or short stories
(or more), conversation, and listening practice -- all in Spanish, of course! In addition, the advancedlevel learner has studied the grammar items for all of our 101-102 sequence (see page 2).
SPAN 322, LATIN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE I
Latin American Civilization and Culture will require extensive reading, analysis and discussion of texts,
essay tests, oral presentations, and a semester research paper.
**If you have taken the AP exam, be sure to look at GCC’s AP credit score guidelines. You cannot get
credit for a course twice!
Elementary Spanish I Text: Vistas 5th*ed.
Fall Semester 101 – Lessons 1-5
General Topic Outline: 2015-2016
Elementary Spanish II Text: Vistas 5th*ed.
Spring Semester 102 – Lessons 6-9
Vocabulary Concepts:
Greetings and farewells
Classroom and academic subjects
Numbers, Days of the week, Months
Family and Occupations
Sports and pastimes
Places in the city
Weather Expressions
Travel and vacation
Months and seasons
Structure/Grammar:
Telling Time
Nouns and Adjectives
Present Tense of verbs
Stem-changing and irregular verbs
Possessive Adjectives
Present progressive verb tense
Ser and estar
Direct object nouns and pronouns
Vocabulary Concepts:
Clothing and shopping
Colors and more adjectives
Daily routine/Personal hygiene
Food and Meals
Celebrations
Personal relationships
Stages of life
Structure/Grammar:
Saber and conocer
Indirect object pronouns
Preterit (past) verb tense
Demonstrative adjectives &
pronouns
Reflexive verbs (present & preterit)
Indefinite and negative words
Gustar verbs (present & preterit)
Double object pronouns
Comparatives & Superlatives
Intermediate Spanish I Text: Vistas 4th*ed.
Fall Semester 201 – Lessons 10-13
Intermediate Spanish II Text:Vistas 4th* ed.
Spring Semester 202 – Lessons 14-18
Vocabulary Concepts:
Parts of the body
Health/Medical Terms
Car and accessories
Computers and electronics
Parts of the house/household chores
Nature and the environment
Structure/Grammar:
Review of present and preterit tenses
Imperfect verb tense
When to use preterit and imperfect
Constructions with se
Adverbs
Reciprocal reflexives
Stressed possessives
Relative pronouns
Por and para
Formal and familiar commands
Present subjunctive
Vocabulary Concepts:
City life/Daily chores
Health, well-being, nutrition
Money and Banking
The Post Office
Professions/Workplace
The arts; television and movies
Structure/Grammar:
Present subjunctive continued
Nosotros commands
Present perfect verb tense
Past perfect verb tense
Future verb tense
Future perfect verb tense
Conditional verb tense
Conditional perfect verb tense
Present perfect subjunctive
Past subjunctive
Past perfect subjunctive
GCC SPAN 101-102, 201-202 Sequences
 If a student needs to start with the Elementary 101 level, it must be followed by 102, 102 by 201,
and 201 by 202; in other words, a course may not be skipped, and study must be sequential. 
* Please note that we are phasing in a new edition of the textbook.