What can I study in Education, Social Sciences & Humanities?
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Become a teacher. Specialize in early childhood. Share the joy of learning a foreign language. Get the essential skills for a career as a counselor. Earn credits toward becoming a psychologist. Study American Sign Language Interpreting. Whatever field you choose, SFCC gives you the resources and tools for success. If you can dream it, you can do it at SFCC!
Spanish & World Languages
SFCC’s Spanish Language Program, which offers courses in introductory, beginning and intermediate Spanish. Spanish Lab allows you to practice the language in engaging conversation. In addition to Spanish, you can take classes in Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, and more.
American Sign Language Interpreting
Bridge the gap between the deaf and hearing worlds in the American Sign Language Interpreting Program.
Become an interpreter for the deaf and people with hearing loss. Acquire skills in cross-cultural communication and quick decision making during instant translation. Courses cover grammar and linguistics, an introduction to deaf culture, psychology and sociology, and composition and rhetoric.
History
Expand your knowledge of Western Civilization. Brush up on U.S. history or the history of New Mexico. Explore the Humanities. Best of all, you can study history in the most inspiring environments — at the New Mexico Museum of History and on the Plaza in downtown Santa Fe.
Creative Writing
SFCC’s Creative Writing Program focuses on three genres: fiction, poetry and literary nonfiction, including the memoir and personal essay. You’ll study with award-winning authors, draft a manuscript in the portfolio class and can apply to apprentice with SFCC’s acclaimed literary magazine, the Santa Fe Literary Review.
Human Services
Learn to help those who most need assistance. The Human Services Program is a career-oriented path that gives you a solid grounding in group counseling, conflict resolution, the psychology of addictive behavior, and the effects of drug abuse and substance abuse in families. Study post-traumatic stress disorder, coping strategies in crisis intervention and counseling ethics. Develop interpersonal skills and multicultural understanding. All students do an internship, providing work in the community while receiving academic credit.
Psychology
To try to better understand yourself and others, or to prepare yourself for a professional career, SFCC’s Psychology Program courses will introduce you to the foundations of psychology as well as abnormal, cognitive, social and developmental psychology. Study the brain and behavior, learning and memory, human sexuality, and the practice of effective communication and counseling skills. Intended for those who plan to transfer to earn a bachelor’s degree.
Education
Do you have a passion for sharing knowledge with others? Are you supportive and nurturing? There is always a need for good teachers. Build your abilities in communication, computers, problem solving and organization. Learn about the teaching profession and under-stand diversity. Be on the forefront for applying best practices. Get a start on your teaching career with a certificate or degree from SFCC.
Early Childhood Education
Make an impact on the future. Enroll in the Early Childhood Education Program. Study child development, the foundations of early childhood education, curriculum development through play, assessment and practicum, and programs evaluation — essential for becoming an early childhood teacher or specialist, a day care or pre-school nursery center director or other positions that help children grow and learn. Acquire real-life experience at the college’s Kids Campus early childhood development center located on the SFCC campus.
Teacher Education
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Teacher Certification and Alternative Licensure
Do you have a bachelor’s degree and want to fast-track your certification? SFCC offers an alternative pathway to getting your credentials in Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary, Special Education and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Or, you can earn endorsements in Bilingual Education and/or TESOL.
No matter your aspirations in Education, Social Sciences and Humanities, SFCC can help you achieve them. Choose your career pathway, and you’re on your way!
- Associate in Arts– Transfer to a four-year college or university.
- Associate in Applied Arts– Land a great job.
- Associate in Applied Science– For a successful career.
- Certificates- Earn more and get a better job — in one year or less.
Santa Fe Higher Education Center
Continue your studies at the Santa Fe Higher Education Center to earn a bachelor’s and/or graduate degree without leaving Santa Fe.
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