Texas State Technical College

At Harlingen, Texas

Course Information Sheet Fall 2009

COURSE NUMBER AND TITLE

SPAN - 1311 Beginning Spanish i (3-0-3)

COURSE (CATALOG) DESCRIPTION

This course focuses on the listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Spanish; included in this is the basic vacabulary, grammatical structures and culture.

REQUIRED TEXT AND MATERIALS:

VISTAS: INTRODUCCION A LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA. Hardback Text. Blanco José A & Donley, Philip Redwine. Third Edition Hardback Text and you can buy them at the TSTC Bookstore or buy them directly from the publisher at www.vhldirect.com ISBN 1-60007-125-6.

*Supersite Passcode

*Please note:  No other editions of this book can be used for this course. Students should have their own textbook in class each day.  Absolutely NO SHARING!

Spanish 1311 is enhanced through the use of Moodle. You will use your Web Advisor login and password. http://mycourses.tstc.edu

*Students must have internet access. A high speed connection, either DSL, T1, LAN or Cable, is recommended for optimal use.

*A Java enabled browser, either internet Explorer 5.5 or Netscape Communicator 7.0 or higher.

NOTE: There is no extra credit work; your final grade will be based solely on your quiz and exam scores, homework, laboratory, On line activities and class participation.

“If you have a documented disability which will make it difficult for you to carry out the work as the instructor has outlined and/or if you need special accommodations due to a disability, please contact (956) 364-4520 or visit Support Services Office located in the Auxiliary Building as soon as possible to make appropriate arrangements.”

Assignments from this course are subject to being archived for general education assessment. Procedures will follow protocols are prescribed by the research guidelines of the Association for Institutional Research.

COURSE REGULATIONS:

ATTENDANCE POLICY:

Students are responsible for their own class attendance and participation. Faculty members may establish requirements for student participation in specific learning activities both in and out of the classroom and may consider these requirements when determining final grades. 

CLASSROOM CONDUCT:

TSTC expects all students to engage in scholastic pursuits in a manner that is beyond reproach. Students are expected to maintain complete honesty and integrity. Any student found guilty of scholastic dishonesty is subject to disciplinary action. Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating on academic work, plagiarism, and collusion.

Cheating on academic work includes, bit is not limited to:

• Copying from, another student’s test paper or other academic work, using materials during a test that have not been authorized by the individual giving the test, collaborating with another student, without authorization, during an examination or in preparing academic work; bribing another person to obtain an unadministered test, knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, or soliciting, in whole or in part, the contents of an un-administered test; and substituting for another student, or permitting another student to substitute for oneself, to take a test or prepare other academic work.
• Plagiarism means claiming another’s work as one’s own without acknowledging its origin and doing so for credit.
• Collusion means unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing a written work offered for credit.

All students are expected to help to maintain a classroom environment that is conducive to learning. To ensure that all students have the opportunity to gain from time spent in class, students are prohibited from engaging in any form of disruptive behavior (cellular phones, eating or drinking in the classroom, arriving late to class, leaving the lecture early, making offensive remarks, missing deadlines, prolonged chattering, reading newspapers or doing other work in class, sleeping, talking out of turn, shuffling notebooks, overt inattentiveness, ect.) inappropriate behavior in the classroom may result, minimally, in a request to leave class. 

Students must do more than simply attend class. They must actively participate in the learning process. Keep in mind that to learn a language is to communicate and to interact with others. Students are expected to be present at all class meetings and come prepared by reading the textbook material. If you are late or you leave early from class, points will be deducted on your participation grade. Exceptions must be approved by the instructor at the beginning of the semester. If you are an athlete or participate in any school sponsored activity, please inform the instructor.