Spanish Language, AA

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The Spanish Language Associate in Arts Degree provides a base of knowledge and skills that will serve as a foundation for further study and/or pursuit of a career. The major prepares students to pursue an undergraduate major in Spanish. Majors will develop proficiency in the four skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. They will comprehend authentic written materials at the intermediate or advanced level, and they will be able to compose short texts with appropriate use of grammar, syntax and vocabulary. Majors will also show cultural awareness, including an understanding of the regional, national and ethnic diversity of the areas in which the language is spoken.

Program Learning Outcomes

Program completers will demonstrate clear and precise reading skills in Spanish language with appropriate grammatical accuracy and cultural awareness.
Program completers will demonstrate clear and precise written expression in the Spanish language with appropriate grammatical accuracy and cultural awareness.
Program completers will demonstrate clear and precise oral expression in Spanish language with appropriate grammatical accuracy and cultural awareness.

General Education

Complete one of the following general education patterns:

San Joaquin Delta College Associate Degree General Education Requirements (AA-GE) Pattern Units: 24
California State University General Education Requirements (CSU-GE), Certificate of Achievement Pattern Units: 40
Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum - CSU Version (IGETC-CSU), Certificate of Achievement Pattern Units: 37

Students are advised to double-count courses in the major or area of emphasis to also satisfy general education when possible. Course subject credit will be awarded in satisfaction of both major/area of emphasis and lower division general education requirements, but the units will only be counted once in computing the total number of units for the degree.

Major Requirements - Restricted Electives

Complete 18 units selected from:

HIST 031 Mexican-American History Units: 3
HUM 004 Introduction to Linguistics Units: 3
or
ANTHR 004 Introduction to Linguistics Units: 3
SPAN 001 Elementary Spanish I Units: 5
SPAN 002 Elementary Spanish II Units: 5
SPAN 003 Intermediate Spanish I Units: 5
SPAN 003A Spanish for Spanish Speakers I Units: 5
SPAN 004 Intermediate Spanish II Units: 5
SPAN 004A Spanish for Spanish Speakers II Units: 5
SPAN 005 Advanced Spanish Introduction to Literature I Units: 5
SPAN 006 Advanced Spanish Introduction to Literature II Units: 5

Minimum Major Units Required: 18

Complete all courses with a grade of “C” or better.

Minimum Degree Units Required: 60

Related Program

Spanish, AA-T

For more information:

Contact the Languages, Library, and Learning Resources Division