International Entrepreneur – Spanish

Effective: Spring 2020
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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.

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  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 certificate will combine Spanish language proficiency, business culture, and entrepreneurship to prepare students to seize opportunities in the global market. You will develop an extensive cultural and business knowledge of the Spanish-speaking world which represents over 420 million Spanish speakers in the world. The US Hispanic population is 58.9 million or 18.1% of its total population.

What can I do with this major?

With this certificate, you will be able to:

  1. Communicate effectively in both oral and written in Spanish in the United States or abroad
  2. Identify and evaluate new business opportunities
  3. Prepare marketing and business plans for a new venture in Spanish
  4. Effectively “pitch” their new business idea to potential investors and partners from Spanish-speaking countries
  5. Demonstrate practical writing skills in Spanish to communicate with accuracy in professional and personal situations
  6. Gain important insights of the Spanish-speaking world on multiple levels such as social dynamics, cultures, economies, and politics
  7. Develop critical thinking skills to understand Spanish-speaking world events to question, analyze, and draw connections on socio-economic and political issues
  8. Show competitive credentials and confidence as a Spanish graduate in the workplace

Learning and Career Pathway
  • Business, Economics & Information Technology

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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

5 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

    Semester 2

    8 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

    BUS 40
    International Business

    3 units
    Exploration of major factors involved in developing international trade. An overview of globalization, its impact on both Western and non-Western societies, theories of global trade, monetary environment, foreign market analysis, sociocultural forces, global ethics, global political and economic institutions, and international operations. Emphasis on current events in the global business environment.
    Course Details:

    Semester 3

    7 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

    ENTR 1
    Introduction to Entrepreneurship

    3 units
    Introduction to the key concepts and skill requirements for new business creation. Evaluation of personal entrepreneurship skills. Emphasis on identifying business opportunities, and process of planning for new venture start-up.
    Course Details:

    Other (specify)

    Substitutions for advanced language students that pass the prerequisite challenge/override must complete a minimum of 20 units to earn the certificate. Advanced students may use courses from the list below to meet the total units required. 

    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

    ENTR 20
    Marketing for Entrepreneurs

    3 units
    Marketing strategy and techniques for start-up and small businesses. Focus on low-cost, flexible, innovative marketing tools including social media and Internet marketing.
    Course Details:

    BUS 12
    Introduction to Business

    3 units
    Survey of the private enterprise system and basic business concepts, business economics, types of business ownership, ethics, globalization, and organizational functions (management, marketing, accounting, human resources, and finance). Provides a multidisciplinary examination of how culture, society, economic systems, legal, international, political, financial institutions, and human behavior interact to influence an organization's policies and practices within the U.S. and a global environments.
    Course Details:
    Total Units: 20 units
    This program map is not a guarantee of course availability or financial aid applicability.