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

CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT

This certificate prepares beginning students to acquire an understanding of Hispanic cultures and literature to attain fluency in the Spanish language in all areas: speaking, reading and comprehension, and writing. In addition, students will enhance their critical thinking skills, and will be introduced to a variety of Latinx authors. Likewise, it will prepare students to take on potential employment opportunities that require the Spanish language in the workplace.

This certificate is a steppingstone that brings students closer to transfer to a four-year university as it provides the required core for the AA-T in Spanish. Therefore, students who successfully complete the certificate will be able to communicate competence at a proficient conversational and writing level.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

• Students speak fluent Spanish in professional, educational, and informal settings
• 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 comprehend philosophical, historical, and fictional works in Spanish

Program Requirements

Course List

Code Number	Course Title	Units
Required Courses
SPAN 101	Elementary Spanish	5.0
SPAN 102	Elementary Spanish	5.0
SPAN 201	Intermediate Spanish	5.0
SPAN 202	Intermediate Spanish	4.0
Total Units		19