MCCCD Program Description

Major: 6243N Catalog Year: 2024-2025 Effective Term: 2024 Fall Last Admit Term: 9999 Award: AC Total Credits: 25 CIP Code: 16.0905	Primary College: Mesa Community College Initiating College: Gateway Community College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: Shared Program Availability: CG, MC, RS Field of Interest: Culture and Society Instructional Council: Languages GPA: 2.0
SOC Code: Upon completion of this program, students may pursue a career as: 25-1124.00 Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 25-2031.00 Secondary Teacher, Spanish 27-3091.00 Interpreters and Translators

Description: The Academic Certificate (AC) in Spanish Language and Culture is designed to provide students with the essential language skills and vocabulary to communicate with confidence in diverse communicative situations. Instruction in the diverse cultural context will help students to understand the complex interdependence of language and culture.

Learning Outcomes
1. Demonstrate comprehension of written and oral passages. (SPA101, SPA102, SPA115, SPA116, SPA117, SPA118, SPA119, SPA120, SPA201, SPA202, SPA217, SPA225, SPA226, SPA235, SPA236, SPA241, SPA242, SPA265, SPA266) 2. Employ the writing process to provide detailed descriptions and narrations in the past, present, and future. (SPA101, SPA102, SPA115, SPA116, SPA117, SPA118, SPA119, SPA120, SPA201, SPA202, SPA217, SPA225, SPA226, SPA241, SPA235, SPA236, SPA241, SPA242, SPA265, SPA266) 3. Ask and answer questions, give instructions and commands, and maintain conversations in the past, present, and future. (SPA101, SPA102, SPA115, SPA116, SPA117, SPA118, SPA119, SPA120, SPA201, SPA202, SPA217, SPA225, SPA226, SPA235, SPA236, SPA241, SPA242, SPA265, SPA266) 4. Demonstrate comprehension of authentic written and oral passages that include detailed descriptions and narrations in the past, present, and future. (SPA101, SPA102, SPA115, SPA116, SPA117, SPA118, SPA119, SPA120, SPA201, SPA202, SPA205, SPA206, SPA217, SPA225, SPA226, SPA235, SPA236, SPA241, SPA242, SPA265, SPA266) 5. Apply knowledge of cultural norms, values, beliefs, and regional variations to settings where the target language is used. (ARH217, FLA240, GCU223, HIS145, MHL156, SLC201, SPA101, SPA102, SPA201, SPA202, SPA205, SPA206, SPA251, SPA282++, SPA298++, SPH245, SPH298++)

Program Notes
This program is not eligible for Title IV Federal Financial Aid. Students must earn a grade of C or better in all courses within the program. Students may qualify to enter higher level Spanish courses by placement or may qualify to exempt out of taking any Spanish courses by assessment. Students wishing to earn credit for any course of which they are exempt by assessment should take the CLEP examination.

Required Courses

SPA101 Elementary Spanish I 4
+ SPA102 Elementary Spanish II 4
+ SPA201 Intermediate Spanish I 4
+ SPA202 Intermediate Spanish II 4

Credits: 16

Restricted Electives
Select six (6) credits taught in Spanish and three (3) credits taught in English. ARH217 Mexican Art History 3 FLA240 Foreign Language Teaching Methods 3 GCU223 Geography of Latin America 3 HIS145 History of Mexico 3 MHL156 Music in Latin America and the Caribbean 3 SLC201 Introduction to Linguistics 3 SPA115 Beginning Spanish Conversation I 3 + SPA116 Beginning Spanish Conversation II 3 SPA117 Health Care Spanish I 3 + SPA118 Health Care Spanish II 3 SPA119 Spanish for Educational Settings I 3 + SPA120 Spanish for Educational Settings II 3 + SPA205 Spanish for Medical Interpretation I 3 + SPA206 Spanish for Medical Interpretation II 3 + SPA217 Spanish for Business Communication 4 + SPA225 Intermediate Spanish Conversation I 3 + SPA226 Intermediate Spanish Conversation II 3 + SPA235 Advanced Spanish Conversation I 3 + SPA236 Advanced Spanish Conversation II 3 + SPA241 Spanish and Spanish-American Film I 3 + SPA242 Spanish and Spanish-American Film II 3 + SPA251 Spanish Civilization 3 + SPA265 Advanced Spanish I 3 + SPA266 Advanced Spanish II 3 + SPA282++ Volunteerism for Spanish: A Service Learning Experience (any suffixed course) 1-3 + SPA298++ Special Projects (any suffixed course) 1-3 SPH245 Hispanic Heritage in the Southwest 3 SPH298++ Special Projects (any suffixed course) 1-3	Credits: 9

General Electives
	Credits:

+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites.
++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected.

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: February 27, 2024

All information published is subject to change without notice. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information presented, but based on the dynamic nature of the curricular process, course and program information is subject to change in order to reflect the most current information available.