Department website: https://www.cerritos.edu/fl/spanish.htm

ASSOCIATE IN ARTS FOR TRANSFER (AA-T)

The Associate in Arts Degree in Spanish for Transfer (AA-T) is to prepare students with high quality education that will lead them to communicate successfully in an increasingly complex global society. Our classes empower the college’s diverse student population to appreciate the Hispanic world and have better cultural understanding. The Spanish program offers courses that will satisfy the preparation requirement courses for Spanish majors seamless transfer to the California State University (CSU).

Program Student Learning Outcomes

• Students comprehend philosophical, historical, and fictional works in Spanish
• Students construct essays in fluent Spanish.
• Students identify the important writers of the literary and philosophical Hispanic tradition.
• Students recognize the various elements of Hispanic culture.
• Students speak fluent Spanish in professional, educational, and informal settings.

Program Requirements

Course List

Code Number	Course Title	Units
Required Core
SPAN 101	Elementary Spanish	5.0
or SPAN 111	Elementary Spanish for Spanish Speakers
SPAN 102	Elementary Spanish	5.0
or SPAN 112	Elementary Spanish for Spanish Speakers
SPAN 201	Intermediate Spanish	5.0
SPAN 202	Intermediate Spanish	4.0
List A
Select one of the following:		3.0
SPAN 245	Introduction to Chicano/Mexican American Culture (3)
SPAN 260	Frida Kahlo And Mexican Muralists (3)
SPAN 210	Highlights of Hispanic Culture (3)
Total Units		22

ASSOCIATE IN ARTS FOR TRANSFER DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

• Completion of 60 semester units or 90 quarter units of degree-applicable courses,
• Minimum overall grade point average of 2.0,
• Minimum grade of “C” (or “P”) for each course in the major, and
• Completion of IGETC and/or CSU GE-Breadth.