Latino Center Adelante Program

The Latino Center Adelante Program is a success-oriented program focusing on academic achievement, transfer, cultural awareness, and personal growth. Adelante classes are offered each semester and emphasize verbal, written, and critical thinking skills essential to college success. The classes accentuate the Latino experience within the context of a course’s subject, and most classes offer credits that are transferable to the UC and CSU systems.

Students who join Adelante:

•   Receive priority for enrolling in Adelante classes;

•   Participate in classes with a large Latino enrollment;

•   Join a network of Latino students and faculty;

•   Become eligible for specially designated Latino Center scholarships; and

•   Take classes with professors who have a special interest in promoting Latino student success.

The Adelante Program helps participants stay on track as they work toward meeting their educational goals. The support network offered by Adelante includes one-on-one bilingual counseling, peer mentoring, and the opportunity to develop supportive relationships with students, faculty, and staff.

For more information about the Adelante Program, please contact counselor Maria Martinez, or visit the Latino Center located in Counseling Complex next to Counseling. You may also visit the Latino Center webpage www.smc.edu/latino. The following courses are recommended for students in the Adelante Program:

CHEM 10, Introductory General Chemistry   5 units   UC, CSU

1322   8:00a-10:15a TTh   SCI 155   Walker Waugh M V

   11:00a-1:15p F   SCI 322   Walker Waugh M V

ENGL 1, Reading and Composition 1    3 units   UC, CSU

1649   9:30a-10:50a MW   DRSCHR 211   Padilla M R

ENGL 2, Critical Analysis and Interm. Composition    3 units   UC, CSU

1719   11:15a-12:35p MW   LV 7   Padilla E

ENGL 21B, English Fundamentals 2   3 units   UC, CSU

1786   9:30a-10:50a MW   AIR 14   Cardenas T P

MATH 20, Intermediate Algebra    5 units

2259   12:45p-2:15p TThF   LV 10   Murray D B

PSYCH 1, General Psychology   3 units   UC, CSU

2732   9:30a-10:50a TTh   LS 110   Gunn K S

SOCIOL 1, Introduction to Sociology   3 units   UC, CSU

2807   11:15a-12:35p MW   LA 115   Preciado C

SPEECH 1, Elements of Public Speaking   3 units   UC, CSU

2874   2:15p-3:35p TTh   LS 117   Cummings R V

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