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Modern Languages Department

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​MISSION​​​​​​​​​​
​​​At Santiago Canyon College, the Modern Language's mission is to offer quality language experiences to expand awareness and understanding of cultural diversity and other worldviews through languages learning. In addition to providing timely university transfer courses, the department offers an Associate in Arts in Modern Languages, an Associate in Arts in Spanish for Transfer, an American Sign Language Certificate of Achievement as well as community services learning activities.​


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Associate of Arts for Transfer: Spanish (32045)

 ​Learning Outcome(s) 

Upon successful completion of the major requirements for this degree, students will be able to

  • Demonstrate understanding of the cultural perspectives and mores of Spanish speakers through the analysis and proper application of grammatical structures, appropriate vocabulary, idiomatic expressions to communicate orally and in writing in the target language.
  • Demonstrate understanding of the Spanish language through the synthesis, analysis and evaluation of the target language to derive meaning of implicit and explicit written material and spoken messages in authentic cultural context.

​​​GENERAL EDUCATION PLANS A, B AND C  CLICK HERE​

Spanish Program Courses

Major Requirements (23)Units
*Student will need to take additional courses from LIST A to fulfill the unit requirement.

SPAN 101 or 101H: Elementary Spanish I (5)
or
SPAN 101A: Elementary Spanish IA (2.5)
and
SPAN 101B: Elementary Spanish IB (2.5)

 

5

SPAN 102: Elementary Spanish II  
5
SPAN 201: Intermediate Spanish I or SPAN 110
5
SPAN 202: Intermediate Spanish II or SPAN 111
5

 

SELECT ONE COURSE FROM LIST AUnits​
SPAN 194:  Beginning Conversational spanish
3
SPAN 195A: Advanced Conversational Spanish
​3
SPAN 195B: Advanced Conversational Spanish
​3
SPA​N 213: College Spanish Composition
​3

If student places out of any elementary level core course(s) and is not awarded units for that course, student must select course(s) from substitution list below
 
ANTH 100/100H: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology3
COMM 120/120H: Introduction to Intercultural Communication3
ETHN​ 130: Introduction to Chicano Studies
3
 FREN 101: Elementary French 1
5
GEOG 100/100H: World Regional Geography
​3
HIST 124: Mexican-American History in the United States
3
ITAL 101: Elementary Italian I
5
SOC 100/100H: Introduction to Sociology3
SOC 220: Introduction to Gender and Sexualities3
TOTAL23-25



Please contact any of our department faculty for more information about the department.​

Lourdes Fajardo 

(714) 628-4938
Office Location: H-214
fajardo_lourdes@sccollege.edu​​​