{
  "college": "sierra-college",
  "edition": "2025-2026",
  "departmentName": "Spanish",
  "id": "spanish--spanish",
  "name": "Spanish",
  "award": "AA Degree",
  "department": "spanish",
  "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.sierracollege.edu/archive/2025-2026/departments/spanish/#Spanish",
  "blocks": [
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "The Associate of Arts in Spanish degree prepares students for transfer to a baccalaureate program in Spanish and provides a comprehensive foundation in the Spanish language for career fields such as education, international relations, medicine, and social services. The degree ensures the development of listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills; examining important contributions to Spanish language literature; examining new ideas from the Spanish speaking world, and cultivating openness to new ideas and an informed appreciation of Spanish speaking cultures. The major is designed to meet the lower-division requirements for Spanish majors at four-year institutions. In all cases, students should consult with a counselor for more information on university admission and transfer requirements. Students must fulfill the following major requirements with grades of “C” or better, complete a minimum of 60 degree-applicable semester units (12 of which must be completed at Sierra College) with a grade point average of at least 2.0 and complete one of the following three general education patterns:\n\n-   Sierra College Associate Degree Requirements (Local General Education)\n-   California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC)"
    },
    {
      "kind": "courselist",
      "title": "Required Courses",
      "rows": [
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "SPAN 0001",
          "title": "Elementary Spanish - Level I",
          "units": "5",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "SPAN 0002",
          "title": "Elementary Spanish - Level II",
          "units": "5",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "SPAN 0003",
          "title": "Intermediate Spanish - Level I",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "SPAN 0004",
          "title": "Intermediate Spanish - Level II",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Select 3 units from the following:",
          "units": "3"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ANTH 0006",
          "title": "Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "COMM 0007",
          "title": "Intercultural Communication",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ETHN 0030",
          "title": "Introduction to Chicana/o Studies",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIST 0023",
          "title": "Chicano/Mexican American History",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "SOC 0003",
          "title": "Race, Ethnicity and Inequality",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "SPAN 0017",
          "title": "Intermediate Conversational Spanish",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "SPAN 0019",
          "title": "Spanish for Public Safety",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "SPAN 0020",
          "title": "Spanish for the Healthcare Professions",
          "indent": true
        },
        {
          "type": "total",
          "text": "Total Units",
          "units": "21"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "NOTE: Students entering the Spanish program at SPAN 0002 or higher are required to satisfy the specified unit requirements of the degree. Students must consult with the Spanish Department Chair for approval of appropriate course substitutions."
    }
  ]
}