Spanish for Healthcare Professionals Certificate

Location(s): On-Campus

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The Certificate Program in Spanish for Health Professionals emphasizes cross-cultural communication and Spanish language acquisition for students employed in or pursuing careers in health-related professions. The four courses required for the program will help students develop proficiency in conversational Spanish with an emphasis on practical interactions in health and medical contexts. Students will also develop cultural competencies in relating to people from Hispanic cultures.

Required Courses in the Certificate

The certificate consists of

Note:

Students, who place into higher levels of Spanish and want to pursue the certificate, must take SPAN 262 or SPAN 362 (see flowchart). Students must earn a C or better in SPAN 106 in order to progress to the upper-level courses in the certificate.

Flowchart for Spanish Heritage and Non-Heritage Speakers

In order to be in compliance with IPEDS and Middle States requirements, the certificate program must be at least 3.75 units, and so waiving courses for students or granting retroactive credit to students placing into higher levels of Spanish is not an option for us to award the certificate. Therefore, all students, who plan to pursue the Spanish for Health Professionals Certificate, must complete a total of four courses, as explained in this chart.

When placed into SPAN 106 or higher, eligible courses will be determined by Department to meet the minimum units required.

Effectively a beginner (No Spanish, or 1-3 courses but learned/retained very little)	SPAN 103	SPAN 106	SPAN 111	FORL 235
Non-heritage speaker who has taken 3-4 Spanish courses and has learned/retained some Spanish from high school or has a higher proficiency level (example: honors or advanced placement).	SPAN 106	SPAN 111	FORL 235	SPAN 262 or SPAN 362
Spanish heritage speaker (English dominant Spanish-speaking bilinguals who were born and educated in the United States; English dominant Spanish-speaking bilinguals who were raised in Spanish-speaking countries where they may have attended school for a short time, but who received most of their formal education in the United States; and Spanish dominant monolingual or bilingual English speakers who were educated in a Spanish-speaking country) will start with SPAN 111 . Note: SPAN 125 is offered in fall and SPAN 111 in spring. With instructor’s permission, students will be allowed to take these two courses in any order.	SPAN 111	SPAN 125	FORL 235	SPAN 262 or SPAN 362