Foreign Language: Elementary Level Certificate
PROGRAM CODE: 1C41528
The Foreign Language: Elementary Level Certificate is designed for students seeking to learn a foreign language and expand their communicative abilities. Learning a foreign language enables students to make connections between cultures and language, and thereby gain an understanding of the importance of nuance in all types of communication. Such knowledge is acquired by putting into practice the linguistic and sociocultural competence they would gain from our program's courses. Students completing our program are better equipped to navigate the challenges of our multilingual and multicultural society. Completion of this certificate additionally provides the academic basis for further study at the intermediate level and is an initial milestone along the student's pathway to certificates, degrees, or transfer. All courses in this program meet transfer and degree requirements for Cypress College, CSU, and UC. To earn a certificate, complete the required courses as listed with a minimum grade of C or better. At least 50% of all course work must be completed at Cypress College. This certificate requires a total of 16 units.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core: Courses to be taken as a discipline group in the suggested sequence listed (10 units). | 10 | |
| Elementary Chinese-Mandarin I and Elementary Chinese-Mandarin II | 10 | |
| OR | ||
| Elementary French I and Elementary French II | 10 | |
| OR | ||
| Elementary Japanese I and Elementary Japanese II | 10 | |
| OR | ||
| Elementary Spanish I and Elementary Spanish II | 10 | |
| Electives: Select 6 units from the following courses. | 6 | |
| Beginning Spoken Chinese | 3 | |
| Spoken Japanese for Beginners | 3 | |
| Cultural Anthropology | 3 | |
| Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology | 3 | |
| Latin American Art | 3 | |
| Intercultural Communication | 3 | |
| World Literature to 1650 | 3 | |
| Intro to Chicana-o-x Studies | 3 | |
| Intro to Asian Pac Am Studies | 3 | |
| Western Civilizations I | 3 | |
| World Civilizations I | 3 | |
| History of Latin America I | 3 | |
| Asian Civilizations I | 3 | |
| Animation History Technology | 3 | |
| Introduction to Language | 3 | |
| Total Units | 16 | |
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