The Spanish minor is designed to provide you with the language skills needed to be successful in a bilingual environment.
Highlights
- Gain a career advantage in the multicultural context of the Central Valley.
- Take courses about the cultures of the Hispanic world.
Career opportunities
The ability to understand and communicate in the Spanish language is a highly desired skill in the workplace, so much so that professionals with this ability are often preferred, and promoted, in positions that interact with a diverse audience.
Prerequisites
- Spanish language placement test (password: sunbirds1)
For more information, you may contact the program director Graciela Pérez at graciela.perez@fresno.edu or (559) 453-7177.
Course listing
Prerequisites (8 Units)
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| SPAN 100 | Elementary Spanish I * | 4 |
| SPAN 105 | Elementary Spanish II * | 4 |
*or demonstrated proficiency
Required Courses
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| SPAN 200 | Intermediate Spanish | 4 |
| SPAN 300 | Advanced Spanish I | 3 |
Select three of the following
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ICS 320 | Introduction to Holistic Mission in Costa Rica ** | 3 |
| SOC 338 | People and Cultures of Costa Rica ** | 3 |
| SOC 481 | International Internship ** | 3 |
| SPAN 286 | Spanish in Costa Rica ** | 3-6 |
| SPAN 304 | Advanced Spanish II | 3 |
| SPAN 327 | Spain: Civilization and Culture | 3 |
| SPAN 328 | Latin America: Civilization and Culture | 3 |
| SPAN 370 | Issues in Spanish Language Teaching and Learning | 3 |
| SPAN 374 | Education Across Borders: Mexico and the United States | 3 |
| SPAN 440 | Peninsular Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 445 | Latin American Literature | 3 |
**These courses are taken as part of the Costa Rica Study Abroad program. Students should attend in a fall semester when the coursework is offered entirely in Spanish.
Program director
Graciela Pérez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Program Director, Spanish