Spanish

Effective: Fall 2017
Associate in Arts for Transfer Program Map
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This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.

I'm ready to get started. What do I do next?

  1. Review this program map to get an overview of the required courses
  2. Meet with a counselor to develop your customized student education plan www.chabotcollege.edu/counseling
  3. Use DegreeWorks, an online student education planning tool, to track your progress toward graduation www.chabotcollege.edu / admissions / degreeworks
Program Description

This degree includes four semesters of linguistic and cultural learning of the Spanish-speaking world with contemporary socio-economic and cultural topics relevant to the US Hispanic population of 58.9 million. This program provides you with skills to communicate in oral and written Spanish. 


What can I do with this major?

Graduates with this degree will be prepared to: work in the fields of education, health care, social work, law enforcement, government, interpretation/translation, tourism, banking and finance, sales, customer service, management, human resources, transportation, library services, and other relevant fieleek foreign language proficiency for admissions to programs such as nursing and dental. Use Chabot Spanish language course units for AA in Spanish degree, AA-T in Spanish degree, Certificate of Achievement in Spanish, Certificate of Achievement in Entrepreneurship and UC and CSU transfer requirements.


Learning and Career Pathway
  • Communication, Language & Media

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= Critical Course = Prerequisite for Other Courses = Prerequisite Required = Required for Major GE = General Education
Students who have studied 2 or more years of Spanish in High School may start at SPAN 1B or SPAN 2A level. To request a higher placement, please contact Professor Moon at cmoon@chabotcollege.edu.
If a student places out of any core course(s) and is not awarded units for that course, the student will need to take additional units to compensate for the course/units required to reach 18 total units in the major (Title 5 regulations). Course substitutions are made at the discretion of the local college and may or may not be delineated in the local degree.

 

Semester 1

15-16 units

SPA 1A
Beginning Spanish

5 units
Introduction to the Spanish-speaking cultures of the world featuring the study and practice of the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) of Spanish. Following an immersion instruction format, the class is entirely taught in the target world language of the selected course. May not receive credit credit if SPA 1A1 and/or 1A2 have been completed.
Course Details:
  1. Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1A
  • Transfers to CSU
    • Terms Offered: Spring, Fall, Summer

    English 1- Critical Reading and Composition

    4 units
    GE

    General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

    3-4 units
    GE

    General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

    3 units
    GE

    Semester 2

    15 units

    SPA 1B
    Elementary Spanish 1

    5 units
    Further study of Spanish-speaking cultures of the world featuring the acquisition of the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) of Spanish begun in Spanish 1A. Following an immersion instruction format, the class is entirely taught in the target world language of the selected course. May not receive credit if SPA 1B1 and/or 1B2 have been completed.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: SPA 1A
      2. or
    2. Prerequisite: SPA 1A2
  • Transfers to CSU
    • Terms Offered: Summer, Fall, Spring

    General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

    4 units
    GE
    ENGL 4A or ENGL 7A recommended

    General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

    3 units
    GE

    General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

    3 units
    GE

    Semester 3

    15 units

    SPA 2A
    Intermediate Spanish

    4 units
    Review of grammar; reading of works of modern authors; practice in conversation and composition. Following an immersion instruction format, the class is entirely taught in the target world language of the selected course.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: SPA 1B
      2. or
    2. Prerequisite: SPA 1B2
  • Transfers to CSU
    • Terms Offered: Spring, Fall

    Elective- see a counselor to choose a course that counts for elective units (can be any credit course).

    2 units
    SERV 5A recommended

    General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

    3 units
    GE
    ENGL 22 recommended

    General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

    3 units
    GE

    General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

    3 units
    GE

    Semester 4

    15 units

    SPA 2B
    Advanced Spanish

    4 units
    Reading of Hispanic authors; advanced review of grammar; emphasis on speaking and composition. Following an immersion instruction format, the class is entirely taught in the target world language of the selected course.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: SPA 2A
  • Transfers to CSU
    • Terms Offered: Fall, Spring

    Elective- see a counselor to choose a course that counts for elective units (can be any credit course).

    2 units
    SERV 5B recommended

    General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

    3 units
    GE

    General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

    3 units
    GE

    General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

    3 units
    GE
    Total Units: 60-61 units
    This program map is not a guarantee of course availability or financial aid applicability.