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Noncredit EMLS: Intermediate English for Academics and Careers Certificate English for Multilingual Students Total Hours: 393.75
Term Effective: Fall 2025

Description:

Students who complete the Noncredit English for Multilingual Students (EMLS, formerly ESL): Intermediate English for Academics and Careers Certificate will be prepared to meet the English language demands for a variety of occupations and for further academic study, including entry into college-level academic courses.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this program, the student will be able to:

  1. Produce writings that demonstrate organization and content, critical thinking, vocabulary and fluency, and grammatical accuracy for a variety of audiences and purposes.
  2. Comprehend reading passages in a range of contexts by identifying organizational strategies, main ideas, and details, as well as writing paraphrases and summaries.
  3. Word-process writings of various types and access information on the Internet.
  4. Demonstrate content knowledge of the vocation(s) introduced in chosen electives.

Program Requirements:

The requirements for the Noncredit EMLS: Intermediate English for Academics and Careers Certificate program are:

  • Complete requirements from
    • Non-Credit Intermediate English for Academics and Careers

Non-Credit Intermediate English for Academics and Careers - complete 393.75 hours
EMLS 771Noncredit Intermediate English for Multilingual Students157.50
AND
EMLS 772Noncredit High-Intermediate English for MultilingualStudents157.50
CourseDescriptionHours
EMLS 771CPNoncredit Intermediate Conversation & Pronunciation52.50
OR
EMLS 772CPNoncredit High-Intermediate English Convers/Pronunciation52.50
At least one of the following:
CourseDescriptionHours
EMLS 732Desktop and Cloud Applications for Multilingual Students26.25
EMLS 734Noncredit Vocational English for Health Sciences52.50
EMLS 735Vocational English for Culinary Arts52.50
EMLS 753Noncredit Vocational Engl for Early Childhood Professionals52.50

Term Effective: Fall 2025

The requirements for this program of study are effective beginning the semester shown above. If you began working on this program before the effective semester, you may not be affected by the changes. Consult with the program contact person or the department chair to determine your eligibility to complete the program under previous requirements.

Previous Versions:

Noncredit EMLS: Intermediate English for Academics and Careers - effective Fall 2024

Course Prerequisites and Advisories:

Courses in a program of study may have prerequisites or advisories; that is, courses that must or should be completed before taking that course. Please check for prerequisites or advisories by clicking on the course numbers in the Program Requirements section.

Contact
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(707) 527-4752
bbookman@santarosa.edu
 English for Multilingual Students