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.
Program director
Gina Ponce de León, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish
Prerequisites
- Spanish language placement test (password: sunbirds1)
For more information, you may contact the program director Gina Ponce de Leon at gina.poncedeleon@fresno.edu or 559-453-7183.
Course listing
Prerequisites (16 Units)
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| SPAN-100* | Elementary Spanish I | 4 |
| SPAN-105* | Elementary Spanish II | 4 |
| SPAN-200* | Intermediate Spanish I | 4 |
| SPAN-205* | Intermediate Spanish II | 4 |
* or demonstrated proficiency
Required Courses (15 Units)
Select five courses from the following:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| SPAN-300 | Advanced Spanish I | 3 |
| SPAN-304 | Advanced Spanish II (Translation Laboratory) | 3 |
| SPAN-305 | Composition and Conversation in Spanish | 3 |
| SPAN-309 | Hispanic Film | 3 |
| SPAN-310 | Hispanic Prose | 3 |
| SPAN-315 | Hispanic Poetry | 3 |
| SPAN-320 | History of Spanish Language | 3 |
| SPAN-325 | Formal Spanish Oral Communication | 3 |
| SPAN-327 | Spain: Civilization and Culture | 3 |
| SPAN-328 | Latin American Civilization and Culture | 3 |
| SPAN-330 | Latin American Thought: Readings in Spanish | 3 |