Liberal Arts (LAT) Spanish Language Pathway
2020-2021
Associates of Arts, Liberal Studies Division
Recommneded Course Selection Sequence
| SPN101 | Elementary Spanish 1 | 3 |
| CMP101 | Composition 1 | 3 |
| HIS131 | World History 1 | 3 |
MAT-ELECTIVE
| MAT 140 level or higher | 3 |
| SPE102 | Speech | 3 |
| SPN102 | Elementary Spanish 2 | 3 |
| CMP102 | Composition 2 | 3 |
| HIS132 | World History 2 | 3 |
| PSY102 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
SCI-ELECTIVE
| Science Elective | 3 |
| SPN201 | Intermediate Spanish 1 | 3 |
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| FRE101 | Elementary French 1 | 3 |
| OR | |
| ASL101 | Elementary American Sign Language 1 | 3 |
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LS-Elective
| Laboratory Science Elective | 4 |
| SPE202 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
LA-ELECTIVE
| Liberal Arts Elective | 4 |
| SPN202 | Intermediate Spanish 2 | 3 |
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| FRE102 | Elementary French 2 | 3 |
| OR | |
| ASL102 | Elementary American Sign Language 2 | 3 |
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| PSY204 | Human Growth and Development | 3 |
LA-ELECTIVE
| Liberal Arts Elective | 4 |
Total Credit Hours: 60
Program Notes
Campus Information
Additional Graduation Requirements
- Cumulative CLGPA at or above 2.0
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Advising Notes
The recommended courses listed are designed upon degree completion for a student to be eligible to transfer to a public state university or UMASS system institution with junior status in the major of Spanish.
Students master Spanish at an intermediate level and a second language at an elementary 2 level.
This program helps students to develop language proficiency, a global perspective and makes emphasis on cross-cultural competence. These skills help students understand how to become a global citizen living in a global society.
For more information contact us at: Language@northshore.edu or call (781)-477-2160
Program Student Learner Outcomes
- Demonstrate ability to use foreign language skills and/or knowledge of other cultures to extend access to information, experiences, and cultural understanding.
- Critical Thinking and Information Literacy: demonstrate analytical reasoning and interpret evidence by identifying, locating, evaluating, and synthesizing information as well as effectively use evidence from various print and electronic sources across disciplines to support a claim.
- Communication: read, write, listen and speak effectively, using multiple modes of communication.
- Quantitative and Scientific Reasoning: use the scientific reasoning process, quantitative and qualitative reasoning, and data to solve problems.
- Intercultural Competency: identify their own cultural norms within a framework of other cultural perspectives. Graduates will be able to articulate their individual, social and civic responsibilities as members of a global community.
Occupational Skills Required
- Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible.
- Listen to speakers' statements to determine meanings and to prepare translations, using electronic listening systems as necessary.
- Use cultural knowledge, diverse cultural frames of reference, and alternate cultural perspectives to think critically and solve problems.
- Fluency in one or more non-English languages.
- Demonstrate ability to communicate and connect with people in other language communities in a range of settings for a variety of purposes, developing skills in each of the four modalities: speaking, listening , reading, and writing.