This course is designed to meet the various conversational needs of the particular group of students enrolled in the class. Thus, the course content may be adapted to meet conversational needs for law enforcement, human services, travel, medicine or business on an elementary level. Emphasis is placed on speaking and comprehension skills, while developing the ability to converse in Spanish in a variety of realistic situations that the student may encounter. This course is neither a prerequisite for nor a natural stepping stone to SPA 121, 122. No prerequisite is necessary. Native speakers should not take this course. This course is not open to students who have completed more than two years of high school Spanish, or SPA 122 or higher. Prerequisite: None. 3 cr. 3 lec.