Spanish - California State University - Bakersfield

Spanish from California State University - Bakersfield is a Campus Master Language degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. The Master of Arts in Spanish program is designed to enable students to perfect all their communications skills: listening, reading, speaking and writing. The curriculum is carefully planned and integrated to ensure a foundation of professional skills, and a uniform degree of coverage in the areas of Spanish and Spanish-American literature and culture, linguistics and second-language acquisition pedagogy, and the business-related fields of interpretation and translation. Students gain an excellent preparation to become far more effective teachers of Spanish or professionals who are able to interact expertly with Spanish-speaking persons throughout their careers. To meet these objectives, the program provides: (1) balance for those who wish to terminate their studies at the Master's level and whose primary aim is to teach in a community college; (2) advanced training for teachers who wish to improve their professional skills and status; (3) a variety of courses for students who plan to continue toward the Ph.D. degree at another institution; and (4) continuing education for those who wish to extend their knowledge as an end in itself through an interesting and stimulating series of classes in literature, criticism, language and culture. View more details on California State University - Bakersfield, CA . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Language courses.