Requirements consist of 18 SH of courses in areas of Hispanic Culture culture and Societysociety, Conversationconversation, CriticalThinking criticalthinking and Compositioncomposition, Hispanic Studiesstudies, or Spanish for theProfessions professions.
Students who place above the Intermediate intermediate level may not take Intermediate intermediate level courses. Other students may count SPAN 210 and 220 Intermediate I and II toward the minor. Minors should begin with courseslisted under Hispanic Culture culture and Society society (SPAN 301, 302, 303) or Spanish for the Professions professions (SPAN 330, 335, 340, 360) and then take at least one of the prerequisites in Critical Thinking critical thinking and Composition composition (SPAN 320, 325) before enrolling in 400-level courses. At minimum, students must complete a one-semester cross-cultural experience, a six week summer cross-cultural term, or a study abroad or other experience in the host culture as approved by the Spanish faculty.