COURSE SYLLABUS: INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS SPANISH

Location: Granada, Spain

Partner Institution: University of Granada

Course Title (English): Introduction to Business Spanish

Course Title (Spanish): Introducción al español de los negocios

Sessions Offered: Fall Semester, Spring Semester

Instructional In: Spanish

Classroom Contact Hours: 45 contact hours

College Credit (Semester Credit Hours): 3 credit hours

College Credit (Quarter Units): 4 quarter units

Prerequisites:  Intermediate II Spanish Level

Local Department: Language & Culture (CLCE)

Course Code: CLCE 322

Course Description

This course is directed to students with an intermediate language level. The student will learn about the world of business, commerce, and economy from a theoretical and practical standpoint. The basis of this course consists of three different areas: the world of business, business correspondence, and business lexicon. This course is oriented towards those students who desire to possess a general vision of the topics that encompass the business world, and to those students that want to acquire the necessary knowledge to face the working world. The programmed activities will assist the student in the necessary formation to prepare for the exam needed to successfully complete the Spanish Exam for Business by the Official Board of Business and Industry in Madrid.

Program Schedule

Unit 1: Business. Definition, classification, and organization of the businesses. The departments and the organizational chart of a business. The profile of the professional. Types of work contracts. The Curriculum Vitae (CV). The work interview. Classification of companies. Commerce in the business. Human resources. The public and private offer for employment. Types of contracts. Profile of potential candidates. Unemployment.

Unit 2: Vacations. Business trips. Conferences. Tourism.

Unit 3: Public reporting. Letter to the client.

Unit 4: Work quality. Business culture. Security norms.

Unit 5: Banks. Banking activity. Home banking. Mortgages. The personal loan.

Unit 6: Trade shows. The stand. The report. Different types of reports. International agreements.

Unit 7: Business correspondence.

Unit 8: Publicity strategies. Types of public companies. The meeting.

Unit 9: Insurance. Types of insurance.

Unit 10: Marketing. Definition and objectives of marketing. Characteristics of marketing language.

Unit 11: Commerce. Rights and obligations of the merchant. Necessary elements of merchant establishments. Methods of sales and forms of payment.

Activities

Activities are focused and aimed toward reinforcing the acquisition of the course content from a practical perspective.

Course Evaluation

Mandatory 80% class attendance.

Each student is responsible for turning in a final project based on creating a business. In this project the students should present, in a practical form, the theoretical content studied in class.

75% - Final exam

25% - Final project

Bibliography (Text and Materials)

- SABATER, M.L. 2002. Socios 2. Editorial Difusión. Barcelona

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