The Spanish program is a strong and vibrant area of studies at Berkeley City College. The program offers a complete range of lower division courses and an Associate of Arts Degree and Certificate of Completion. It consistently offers not only introductory courses, such as Spanish 1a and 1b, but also intermediate level courses such as Spanish 2a and 2b, Spanish 15 (Composition) Spanish 38 and 39 (Literature) and 40 (Culture). Furthermore, the program offers six conversation courses, 30a and 30b (Beginning Conversational Spanish), 31a and 31b (Intermediate Conversational Spanish) and Spanish 10a and 10b (Advanced Conversational Spanish).<br><br>Students who complete the program will be able to:<br>Demonstrate oral competence in the Spanish Language: use grammar and vocabulary to demonstrate oral competence in the Spanish language.<br>Demonstrate written competence in the Spanish language: use grammar and vocabulary to demonstrate written competence in the Spanish language.<br>Describe the culture(s) of the Spanish'speaking world.<br>Interpret Spanish-language texts according to their cultural, literary and/or linguistic content.