Course Syllabus - Spanish 103

1st YEAR SPANISH III (SPAN 103)

 PREREQUISITES:  Spanish 102, Two years of high school Spanish, placement test score of 226-280, or instructor's approval

CREDIT HOURS:  4

 MATERIALS:

        Required: Dos Mundos (6th Edition) or  Dos Mundos: En breve (3rd Edition)
                                •  Text
                                •  OnLine Student Activities Manual (Click here for ENROLLMENT Instructions)
                                •  Interactive CD-ROM (1 disc - included with book)
                                •  Free ONLINE Destinos Video Series - (Click here for FREE series / registration)

         Optional:    American Heritage Spanish Dictionary
                           (Barron's) Spanish Verbs

                           
 INSTRUCTOR: (Carlos) Hutchings
                        see Contact on this web site.

 OFFICE HOURS:  see Schedule on this site.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

SPANISH 103 is designed to continue where Spanish 102 left off.  The main focus of the class is on listening and speaking with more emphasis on speaking than before.  Your participation in all activities is crucial to your success.  The class will be conducted mostly in Spanish. 

ABSOLUTELY NO CELL PHONE TEXT MESSAGING in class (reading or writing).  If you are waiting for an urgent call, put the phone on vibrate and take the call outside of the classroom.

Please do NOT open your laptop computers in class.

For a more complete explanation of the expected outcomes for this class, see the Outcomes page of the COCC Foreign Languages web site.

EVALUATION:

Evaluation will be based on homework and tests (see below).  Online workbook (Quia) activities will be assigned regularly and reviewed in class occasionally. 

Class time will be used to practice listening to and speaking Spanish.  Consequently, you will be expected to read the grammar (language structure) on your own at the back of each chapter.  You will be responsible for knowing ALL the material in the book and workbook EVEN IF IT IS NOT covered in class. This will prepare you to do well on your chapter tests.

GRADES (subject to adjustments): 

300 On-Line (Quia) Workbook: 3 chapters @ 100 points per chapter
300 Chapter Tests: 3 @ 100 points each
300 Oral Quizzes: 3 @ 100 points each
300 Vocabulary Quizzes:  3 @ 100 points each
100 Final (comprehensive) 
1,300 TOTAL

A = 92 - 100%       A- = 90 - 91%
B = 82 - 87%         B+ = 88 - 89%       B- = 80 - 81%
C = 70 - 77%         C+ = 78 - 79%      
D = 60 - 69%
F = 0 - 59%

There will be NO MAKEUP TESTS!  However, to accommodate an emergency, the lowest score will be substituted with your Attendance/Participation score.

ANY CELL PHONE TEXT MESSAGING (either reading or writing) during a class will result in an Attendance/Participation score of 0 for that day.  If you are waiting for an urgent call, put the phone on vibrate and take the call outside of the classroom.

FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE:  http://current.cocc.edu/Degrees_Classes/calendar/default.aspx

OTHER INFORMATION:

Students with documented disabilities who may need accommodations, who have any emergency medical information the instructor should know of, or who need special arrangements in the event of evacuation, should make an appointment with the instructor as early as possible, no later than the first week of the term. Students may also wish to contact the COCC Disabilities Services Office in Boyle Education Center, 383-7583.

COCC is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.