Medical Spanish and Clinical Observership Summer

Choosing Your Courses 

Students must have four semesters of college-level Spanish as a prerequisite to apply.  Upon acceptance, you’ll participate in an interview with CGEE staff and instructors, conducted partially in Spanish, to establish expectations for your Clinical Observership and explain about the program in more detail. 

Course Enrollment Process

Completing Your Academic Preferences Form

  • Log in to your Arcadia application portal and go to the Checklist Items tab. Click on Start Form Now under the Academic Preferences Form section.
  • This program has a set curriculum. You will be able to make any comments that need to be reviewed by your Program Advisor. 

Enrollment Procedures

  • Each course in the set curriculum is four US credits.
  • Program courses are as follows:
    • CGEE SPANISH 218 Spanish for Healthcare Professionals (4 credits)
    • CGEE SPANISH 399 Interdisciplinary Studies: Clinical Observership (4 credits)

Course and Internship Grading

All courses must be taken for a letter grade (A-F). The only exception is for Spanish classes, which may also be taken for a P/NC grade, with the following definitions:

  • Pass: C- or higher
  • Low Pass: D+, D or D-
  • No Credit: F

Please make sure you have confirmed with your advisor or Registrar that a P/NC grade is permitted.

Explanation of Grades

Augsburg University uses a letter grading system using the following definitions: 

Grade

G.P.

Percentage

Description

A

4.00

93-100%

Excellent. Highest standard of excellence; Goes above and beyond stated expectations; Deep integration of discussions,  lections, readings and/or service learning in assignments.

A-

3.67

90-92%

 

B+

3.33

88-89%

 

B

3.00

83-87%

Good. Above basic course requirements.  Some integration of class discussion, lecture, theory and/or service learning in assignments.

B-

2.67

80-82%

 

C+

2.33

78-79%

 

C

2.00

73-77%

Satisfactory. Basic standards and expectations for course met; minimum integration of class discussion, lecture, theory and/or service learning in assignments.  Course grades falling below 2.0 will not be accepted toward licensure into Augsburg licensure programs.

C-

1.67

70-72%

 

D+

1.33

68-69%

 

D

1.00

63-67%

Poor. Below basic standards and expectations.

D-

0.67

60-62%

 

F

0.00

<60%

Failure

P

0.00

 

Pass*

LP

0.00

 

Low Pass*

N

0.00

 

No Pass

 *The letter grade equivalent of a P grade is a C- or higher.

**The letter grade equivalent of an LP grade is a D-, D, or D+.