SPA 01 — Beginning Spanish: Part I
Quarter: Summer
Instructor(s): Maria Cristina Urruela
Date(s): Jun 24—Aug 26
Class Recording Available: Yes
Class Meeting Day: Tuesdays
Class Meeting Time: 5:30—7:20 pm (PT)
Tuition: $560
Refund Deadline: Jun 26
Unit(s): 2
Enrollment Limit: 30
Status: Open
Quarter: Summer
Day: Tuesdays
Duration: 10 weeks
Time: 5:30—7:20 pm (PT)
Date(s): Jun 24—Aug 26
Unit(s): 2
Tuition: $560
Refund Deadline: Jun 26
Instructor(s): Maria Cristina Urruela
Enrollment Limit: 30
Recording Available: Yes
Status: Open
¡Es hora de aprender español! Whether for business or pleasure, travel abroad, or a trip to the local market, millions of Americans have found Spanish so useful that it has become the nation’s most popularly studied second language. This course is designed to help build oral proficiency and comprehension and to foster an understanding of the Spanish-speaking world and its language and cultures, focusing on practical communication in a high-energy yet reassuring environment. By the end of the course, students will be able to converse on a basic level, talk about themselves and their likes and dislikes, and ask others about themselves.
This is the first course in a three-course sequence. Part II will be offered in Winter 2026, and Part III will be offered in Summer 2026. Students may enroll in this course without intending to take all three courses in the sequence.
MARIA CRISTINA URRUELA
Former Lecturer in Spanish, Stanford
María Cristina Urruela specializes in 19th-century Iberian Peninsula literature and has taught at various institutions, most recently in her long career as a lecturer in Spanish at Stanford. Her translations of short stories by Emilia Pardo Bazán and María del Pilar Sinués de Marco have been published by the Modern Language Association, and Cultural Legacies of Slavery in Modern Spain contains several essays translated by Urruela. She is a certified bilingual museum engagement guide for the Stanford Cantor Arts Center and the Anderson Collection. She received a PhD from the University of Texas. Textbooks for this course:
(Required) Jose Blanco, Adelante! 1, 3rd edition (w/ code for Supersite Plus and WebSAM workbook) (ISBN 978-1543321036)