{
  "college": "college-of-the-desert",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "English as a Second Language",
  "id": "english-as-a-second-language--esl-credit-certificate-of-proficiency",
  "name": "English As A Second Language Advanced Academic Credit",
  "award": "Certificate of Proficiency",
  "department": "english-as-a-second-language",
  "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.collegeofthedesert.edu/programs/esl/esl-credit-certificate-of-proficiency/",
  "blocks": [
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "The **Certificate in Advanced Academic ESL** provides students, prospective employers, and others with documented evidence of persistence and academic accomplishment in English as a Second Language. The certificate demonstrates satisfactory completion of the ESL program designed to enable non-native English language students to develop college-level oral, aural, reading, and written fluency. _This certificate is locally approved and is NOT notated on the student's academic transcript in accordance with State regulations._"
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "### Learning Outcomes\n\n#### Learning Outcomes\n\nUpon satisfactory completion of this program students will be able to:\n\n1.  Demonstrate ability to write college essays using various grammatical structures to establish sequence and coherence.\n2.  Speak with increasing confidence and fluency of vocabulary and pronunciation in formal and informal oral communication."
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "### Program Requirements\n\n#### Program Requirements"
    },
    {
      "kind": "courselist",
      "rows": [
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Required Courses",
          "units": "Units"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ESL 052",
          "title": "Pronunciation",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ESL 053",
          "title": "Speech Pronunciation & Listening",
          "indent": false,
          "connector": "or"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ESL 071",
          "title": "ESL/Academic English II",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ESL 071A",
          "title": "Advanced Grammar & Editing",
          "units": "2",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "CERTIFICATE TOTAL",
          "units": "9"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "Does not qualify for Title IV federal funding."
    }
  ]
}