Certificate Program
The department offers a Certificate in Spanish for the Professions. The program is available to regularly matriculated students and to Open University students from the community at large.
Regularly matriculated students register for the courses through the usual channels. Persons from the community at large may do so by obtaining a Concurrent Enrollment Form at SDSU Global Campus, taking it to the class for the professor to sign, returning it to Global Campus, and paying the fees there. Open University students pay fees per credit hour. For current rate, please contact SDSU Global Campus at (619) 594-5152.
This certificate enhances the language skills and cultural competencies for a broad array of professions to include business, education, health, law and criminal justice, and translation and interpretation.
Requirements
Prerequisites
The admission requirement for the certificate is completion of SPAN 301 and 302, or
381, and SPAN 350.
Required Classes
After meeting the basic requirements for admission, the student must complete 15 units
to include:
- SPAN 307 - Introduction to Business Spanish
- SPAN 391 - Spanish Enhancement for Translation and Interpretations
- SPAN 408 - Spanish for Educators
- SPAN 409 - Spanish for Health Professions
- SPAN 410 - Spanish for Legal and Criminal Justice Professionals
All courses in the certificate program must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or better. Up to nine unit in the certificate program may be counted toward the major in Spanish and six units may be counted toward the minor in Spanish.
General inquiries
Non-SDSU students should direct their inquiries to the Open University program of the Global Campus.
Department Administrative Assistant
Nancy Gutiérrez:
Office: AL-134 | Phone: (619) 594-6588 | Email: [email protected]
Program Director and Advising
Ricardo Vasconcelos
Office: AL-117 | Phone: (619) 594-5156 | Email: [email protected]
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