World Languages - Big Bend Community College

The World Languages department at Big Bend Community College seek to prepare students for engagement with the wider world through the skill and art of communicating in a foreign language. Students have the option of enrolling in up to three quarter of a single foreign language.

Languages Offered

Some foreign languages are offered on a bi-annual basis (alternating every other year). You may enroll in levels I, II or III any quarter that the language is offered.

French – offered during even numbered years
- Fall 2018 – Spring 2019 and Fall 2020 – Spring 2021
- FRCH& 121, 122 and 123
German – offered during odd numbered years
- Fall 2017 – Spring 2018 and Fall 2019 – Spring 2020
- GERM& 121, 122 and 123
Spanish – offered every year
- SPAN& 121, 122 and 123

Spanish Native Speakers

Students that are native/heritage speakers should contact the department chair, Angela Leavitt, about advanced placement or credit by examination.

Program Outcomes

Career Possibilities

Transfer Options

Industry Connections

Scholarships & Grants

Students will be able to communicate clearly and effectively.
Students will be able to reason mathematically.
Students will be able to demonstrate teamwork, ethics, appropriate safety awareness and/or workplace specific skills.
Students will be able to recognize or articulate personal/interpersonal aspects of, or connections between, diverse cultural, social, or political contexts.
Students will be able to solve problems by gathering, interpreting, combining and/or applying information from multiple sources.

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