Developing a Certificate in Advanced Spanish for the Health and Helping Professions: Integrating the Sciences, Social Sciences and Spanish-Language Study

FAIN: AKA-291002-23

St. Edward's University (Austin, TX 78704-6425)
Georgia Seminet (Project Director: August 2022 to present)

A one-year project to create a certificate in advanced Spanish for the health and helping professions

The Spanish faculty, along with our faculty peers in the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences, in particular the BA in Social Work, the Master of Arts in Counseling and Psychology, and the Department of Biology in the School of Natural Sciences, have begun together the interdisciplinary collaboration that is vital to re-envisioning language courses. Our collaboration will lead to the development of practical content grounded in experiential and inquiry-based learning that will cultivate the linguistic skills and cultural knowledge students will need as they encounter Spanish-speakers in their careers as social workers, counselors, doctors, nurses or therapists. We will provide our Hispanic and other underrepresented students with an in-demand credential for the Central Texas region.