Subject: Preventive & Restorative Dental Sciences
Course Number: 181
Course Title: Dental Spanish and Latino Health
Units: 1
School: Dentistry
Department: Preventive And Restorative Dental Sciences

Course Description: This beginners course will familiarize students with the Spanish language as it pertains to the patient-dentist interaction. Students will receive didactic and case-based instruction in combination with group exercises to stimulate group practice of the language. The course will also feature guest speaker presentations on topics such as oral health disparities and providing culturally-sensitive care to Hispanic and Latinx populations.
Prerequisites: None
Restrictions: First-, Second-, Third-, and Fourth-Year DDS and IDP students
Activities: Direct - Lecture, Direct - Independent Study, Direct - Discussion, Student - Lecture

Instructor of Record: D. Mendoza
May the student choose the instructor for this course? No
Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? No

Quarter(s) Offered: Spring
Course Grading Convention: P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Graduate Division course: No
Is this a web-based online course? Yes
Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? No
May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? No
Repeat course for credit? No