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Spanish (español) is a Romance language named for its origins as the native tongue of a large proportion of the inhabitants of Spain. It is also named Castilian (castellano  listen (help·info)) after the Spanish region of Castile where it originated. Spanish is the second most natively spoken language in the world, after Mandarin Chinese.

In 1999 there were, according to Ethnologue, 358 million people speaking Spanish as a native language and a total of 417 million speakers worldwide. Currently these figures are between 400 and 500 million people respectively. Mexico contains the largest population of Spanish speakers. Spanish is one of the six official languages of the United Nations, and is used as an official language by the European Union and Mercosur.

Spanish is a part of the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of spoken Latin in central-northern Iberia around the ninth century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile (present northern Spain) into central and southern Iberia during the later Middle Ages. Early in its history, the Spanish vocabulary was enriched by its contact with Basque and Arabic, and the language continues to adopt foreign words from a variety of other languages, as well as developing new words. Spanish was taken most notably to the Americas as well as to Africa and Asia-Pacific with the expansion of the Spanish Empire between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries, where it became the most important language for government and trade.

Due to its increasing presence in the demographics and popular culture of the United States, particularly in the fast-growing states of the Sun Belt, Spanish is the most popular second language learned by native speakers of American English. The increasing political stability and economies of many larger Hispanophone nations, the language's immense geographic extent in Latin America and Europe for tourism, and the growing popularity of warmer, more affordable, and culturally vibrant retirement destinations found in the Hispanic world have contributed significantly to the growth of learning Spanish as a foreign language across the globe.

Spanish is the third most commonly used language on the Internet after English and Mandarin. It is also the third most studied language and third language in international communication, after English and French, in the world.


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Current Course Offerings:

Term A = Spring

Term B = Summer

Term C = Fall


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SPAN 115-680 SPAN115 - SPAN FOR MED PROF ELEM 1 2021C MW 0515PM-0715PM
SPAN 125-680 SPAN125 - SPAN FOR MED PROF ELEM 2 2021C MW 0700PM-0900PM
SPAN 135-680 SPAN135 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT I 2021C MW 0515PM-0645PM
SPAN 145-680 SPAN145 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT 2 2021C TR 0700PM-0830PM
SPAN 145-681 SPAN145 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT 2 2021C TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 208-680 SPAN208 - BUSINESS SPANISH I 2021C TR 0515PM-0645PM
SPAN 115-680 SPAN115 - SPAN FOR MED PROF ELEM 1 2021A MW 0600PM-0830PM
SPAN 125-680 SPAN125 - SPAN FOR MED PROF ELEM 2 2021A MW 0600PM-0830PM
SPAN 135-680 SPAN135 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT I 2021A TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 145-680 SPAN145 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT 2 2021A TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 208-680 SPAN208 - BUSINESS SPANISH I 2021A TR 0600PM-0700PM
SPAN 115-680 SPAN115 - SPAN FOR MED PROF ELEM 1 2020C MW 0600PM-0830PM
SPAN 125-680 SPAN125 - SPAN FOR MED PROF ELEM 2 2020C TR 0600PM-0830PM
SPAN 135-680 SPAN135 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT I 2020C TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 145-680 SPAN145 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT 2 2020C TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 145-681 SPAN145 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT 2 2020C TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 208-680 SPAN208 - BUSINESS SPANISH I 2020C TR 0600PM-0730PM
SPAN 115-680 SPAN115 - SPAN FOR MED PROF ELEM 1 2020A MW 0600PM-0830PM
SPAN 125-680 SPAN125 - SPAN FOR MED PROF ELEM 2 2020A MW 0600PM-0830PM
SPAN 135-680 SPAN135 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT I 2020A TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 145-680 SPAN145 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT 2 2020A TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 208-680 SPAN208 - BUSINESS SPANISH I 2020A TR 0600PM-0730PM
SPAN 125-680 SPAN125 - SPAN FOR MED PROF ELEM 2 2019A MW 0600PM-0830PM
SPAN 145-680 SPAN145 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT 2 2019A TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 208-680 SPAN208 - BUSINESS SPANISH I 2019A TR 0600PM-0730PM
SPAN 115-680 SPAN115 - SPAN FOR MED PROF ELEM 1 2018C MW 0600PM-0830PM
SPAN 135-680 SPAN135 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT I 2018C TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 145-680 SPAN145 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT 2 2018C TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 208-680 SPAN208 - BUSINESS SPANISH I 2018C TR 0600PM-0730PM
SPAN 125-680 SPAN125 - SPAN FOR MED PROF ELEM 2 2018A MW 0600PM-0830PM
SPAN 145-680 SPAN145 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT 2 2018A TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 208-680 SPAN208 - BUSINESS SPANISH I 2018A TR 0600PM-0730PM
SPAN 115-680 SPAN115 - SPAN FOR MED PROF ELEM 1 2017C MW 0600PM-0830PM
SPAN 135-680 SPAN135 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT I 2017C TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 145-680 SPAN145 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT 2 2017C TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 208-680 SPAN208 - BUSINESS SPANISH I 2017C TR 0600PM-0730PM
SPAN 125-680 SPAN125 - SPAN FOR MED PROF ELEM 2 2017A MW 0600PM-0830PM
SPAN 145-680 SPAN145 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT 2 2017A TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 208-680 SPAN208 - BUSINESS SPANISH I 2017A TR 0600PM-0730PM
SPAN 115-680 SPAN115 - SPAN FOR MED PROF ELEM 1 2016C MW 0600PM-0830PM
SPAN 135-680 SPAN135 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT I 2016C TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 145-680 SPAN145 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT 2 2016C TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 208-680 SPAN208 - BUSINESS SPANISH I 2016C TR 0600PM-0730PM
SPAN 125-680 SPAN125 - SPAN FOR MED PROF ELEM 2 2016A MW 0600PM-0830PM
SPAN 145-680 SPAN145 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT 2 2016A TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 208-680 SPAN208 - BUSINESS SPANISH I 2016A TR 0600PM-0730PM
SPAN 115-680 SPAN115 - SPAN FOR MED PROF ELEM 1 2015C MW 0600PM-0830PM
SPAN 135-680 SPAN135 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT I 2015C TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 145-680 SPAN145 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT 2 2015C TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 208-680 SPAN208 - BUSINESS SPANISH I 2015C TR 0600PM-0730PM
SPAN 125-680 SPAN125 - SPAN FOR MED PROF ELEM 2 2015A MW 0600PM-0830PM
SPAN 145-680 SPAN145 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT 2 2015A TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 208-680 SPAN208 - BUSINESS SPANISH I 2015A TR 0600PM-0730PM
SPAN 115-680 SPAN115 - SPAN FOR MED PROF ELEM 1 2014C MW 0600PM-0830PM
SPAN 135-680 SPAN135 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT I 2014C TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 145-680 SPAN145 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT 2 2014C TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 208-680 SPAN208 - BUSINESS SPANISH I 2014C TR 0600PM-0730PM
SPAN 125-680 SPAN125 - SPAN FOR MED PROF ELEM 2 2014A MW 0600PM-0830PM
SPAN 145-680 SPAN145 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT 2 2014A TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 208-680 SPAN208 - BUSINESS SPANISH I 2014A TR 0600PM-0730PM
SPAN 115-680 SPAN115 - SPAN FOR MED PROF ELEM 1 2013C MW 0600PM-0830PM
SPAN 135-680 SPAN135 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT I 2013C TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 145-680 SPAN145 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT 2 2013C TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 208-680 SPAN208 - BUSINESS SPANISH I 2013C TR 0600PM-0730PM
SPAN 125-680 SPAN125 - SPAN FOR MED PROF ELEM 2 2013A MW 0600PM-0830PM
SPAN 145-680 SPAN145 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT 2 2013A TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 208-680 SPAN208 - BUSINESS SPANISH I 2013A TR 0600PM-0730PM
SPAN 115-680 SPAN115 - SPAN FOR MED PROF ELEM 1 2012C MW 0600PM-0830PM
SPAN 135-680 SPAN135 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT I 2012C TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 145-680 SPAN145 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT 2 2012C TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 208-680 SPAN208 - BUSINESS SPANISH I 2012C TR 0600PM-0730PM
SPAN 125-680 SPAN125 - SPAN FOR MED PROF ELEM 2 2012A MW 0600PM-0830PM
SPAN 145-680 SPAN145 - SPAN FOR MED PROF INT 2 2012A TR 0600PM-0800PM
SPAN 208-680 SPAN208 - BUSINESS SPANISH I 2012A TR 0600PM-0730PM