MCCCD Program Description

Major: 6237N Catalog Year: 2025-2026 Effective Term: 2025 Fall Last Admit Term: 9999 Award: AC Total Credits: 12-18 CIP Code: 16.0199	Primary College: Initiating College: Mesa Community College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: Shared Program Availability: CG, GC, MC, RS Field of Interest: Culture and Society Instructional Council: Languages GPA: 2.00
SOC Code: Upon completion of this program, students may pursue a career as: 25-1124.00 Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 27-3091.00 Interpreters and Translators

Description: The Academic Certificate (AC) in Language Studies is designed to provide students with a foundation in the study of culture, language, and linguistic structures. The certificate provides students with the essential language skills and vocabulary to communicate in a language other than English.

Learning Outcomes
1. Examine the nature, diversity and variation of language. (SLC201) 2. Describe linguistic concepts and the process of language acquisition. (SLC201) 3. Demonstrate proficiency at the intermediate mid level in accordance with the ACTFL (American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages) benchmarks and performance indicators appropriate to the selected language. (ARB+++, ASL+++, CHI+++, FRE+++, GER+++, GRK+++, HBR+++, ITA+++, IPP+++, JPN+++, LAT+++, NAV+++, PIM+++, POR+++, RUS+++, SPA+++, TRS+++) 4. Apply knowledge of cultural norms, values, beliefs, and regional variations to settings where the target language is used. (AFR/ASB/CCS202, AHU+++, ARB+++, ASL+++, CHI+++, COM163, COM263, FRE+++, GER+++, GRK+++, ITA+++, ITH+++, JPH245, JPN+++, LAT+++, NAV+++, PIM+++, POR+++, PSY132, RUS+++, SPA+++, SPH+++, SOC241)

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 language courses via departmental placement. Students wishing to earn credit for courses in which they placed out of should take the CLEP examination or apply credits earned through Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) exams.

Required Courses

SLC201 Introduction to Linguistics 3
AND
Students must choose 3-5 credits in 202 or higher-level coursework in the language used to satisfy the program prerequisites.

Credits: 6-8

Restricted Electives
Students must choose two (2) courses from the list below. Prerequisites may not be used to satisfy the Restricted Electives: AFR/ASB/CCS202 Ethnic Relations in the United States (3) OR SOC241 Race and Ethnic Relations (3) 3 + COM163 Intercultural Communication in Everyday Life 3 COM263 Elements of Intercultural Communication 3 JPH245 Traditional and Modern Japanese Culture 3 PSY132 Psychology and Culture 3 AHU+++ Any AHU Arabic Humanities course(s) ARB+++ Any ARB Arabic course(s) ASL+++ Any ASL American Sign Language course(s) CHI+++ Any CHI Chinese course(s) FLA+++ Any FLA Foreign Language Acquisition course(s) FRE+++ Any FRE French course(s) GER+++ Any GER German course(s) GRK+++ Any GRK Greek course(s) HBR+++ Any HBR Hebrew course(s) IPP+++ Any IPP Interpreter Preparation Program course(s) ITA+++ Any ITA Italian course(s) ITH+++ Any ITA Italian Humanities course(s) JPN+++ Any JPN Japanese course(s) LAT+++ Any LAT Latin course(s) NAV+++ Any NAV Navajo course(s) NVH+++ Any NVH Navajo Humanities course(s) PIM+++ Any PIM Pima course(s) POR+++ Any POR Portuguese course(s) RUS+++ Any RUS Russian course(s) SLC+++ Any SLC Studies in Language and Culture course(s) SPA+++ Any SPA Spanish course(s) SPH+++ Any SPH Spanish Humanities course(s) TRS+++ Any TRS Translation and Interpretation course(s)	Credits: 6-10

General Electives
	Credits:

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

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: October 29, 2024

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