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    The Merritt College Spanish Language Department provides students with the foundation for language study. In Spanish, students can earn an Associate of Arts degree or take individual courses that can transfer to a four-year institution. Among the courses are Elementary Spanish, Spanish for Bilingual Speakers, and Beginning Conversational Spanish (Chinese language is also offered at Merritt).

    Department Overview

    The Language Program at Merritt College provides students with the foundation for language study. In Spanish, students can earn an Associate of Arts degree or take individual courses that can transfer to a four-year institution. Among the courses are Elementary Spanish, Spanish for Bilingual Speakers, and Beginning Conversational Spanish (Chinese language is also offered at Merritt).

    Career options include advertising, broadcasting, consulting, translating, counseling, education, film, foreign service, fundraising, human resources, journalism, international relations, law, management, ministry, politics, public relations, sales, social work, and various other related fields.

    Faculty

    Julieta ZúñigaJulieta Zúñiga
    Email: jzuniga@peralta.edu

    Julieta Zúñiga has been teaching the Spanish Language, Culture, and Literature in the community colleges and universities throughout the Bay Area. Her philosophy is eclectic. She believes in an inclusive approach, one that embraces literature, poetry, music, dance, fine arts, history, and politics of the Spanish-speaking countries. She also employs methods of critical thinking to shape the world views of her students. She desires to convey in her classes the importance of acquiring a second language as a survival skill in today’s modern international world.

    Contact Information

    Department Co-Chair
    Neal Skapura
    nskapura@peralta.edu


    Todd Johnson

    Department Co-Chair
    Todd Johnson
    Building F-208
    tjohnson@peralta.edu
    (510) 436-2657

    Chriss Warren Foster

    Dean of Division
    I-Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
    Dr. Chriss Warren Foster
    Building L-123
    cfoster@peralta.edu
    (510) 434-3897

    Denise Woodward

    Assistant to the Dean
    Denise Woodward
    Building D-216
    dwoodward@peralta.edu
    (510) 436-2425

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