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Spanish Minor

Understand Spanish, enrich your life and enhance your professional opportunities.

Learn and understand the second most widely spoken language in the world with a Spanish minor.

Program type:
Minor
Format:
On Campus
Est. time to complete:
1-2 years
Credit hours:
28

Why minor in Spanish?

With more than 450 million native Spanish speakers worldwide, Spanish language and cultures play a pivotal role in the global economy. Hispanic arts, architecture, literature, cinema, cuisine and popular culture are increasingly influential around the world.

Studying Spanish enriches your life and enhances your professional opportunities. Whether you choose to major or minor in Spanish, your coursework will combine language and culture to prepare you to communicate with Spanish speakers in the United States or abroad.

Many Spanish students at UND combine their Spanish studies with another area of study. For example:

  • Health care professions
  • Social sciences
  • Criminal justice
  • Business
  • Political science
  • International studies
  • Engineering

We also offer a Spanish teaching track that meets the requirements for licensure set by the State of North Dakota.

Spanish Minor Courses

SPAN 101. First Year Spanish I. 4 Credits.

Pronunciation and fundamental grammatical principles introduced through the development of skill and listening comprehension and speaking, followed by practice in reading and writing. F,S,SS.

SPAN 201. Second Year Spanish I. 4 Credits.

Review of the structure of the language, readings in Spanish, practice in oral and written expression. Prerequisite: SPAN 102 or an equivalent approved by the department. F,S.

SPAN 308. Spanish Conversation. 3 Credits.

Practice in a variety of forms of oral Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 202 or an equivalent approved by the department. F,S.

SPAN 309. Spanish Composition. 3 Credits.

Practice in a variety of forms of written Spanish. Prerequisite: SPAN 202 or an equivalent approved by the department. F,S.

SPAN 421. Modern & Contemporary Spanish Literature & Culture. 3 Credits.

Lectures, readings, analysis and discussion of representative Modern & Contemporary Spanish literary & cultural texts. Students will be expected to engage the texts by examining intellectual histories, cultural contexts and complexities of social power and difference as an artistic expression of the human experience. Repeatable when topics vary. Prerequisite: SPAN 308 or SPAN 309, with preference for SPAN 309. Repeatable to 6.00 credits. On demand.

SPAN 450. Advanced Spanish Grammar. 3 Credits.

An in-depth examination of the grammar of the Spanish language. Emphasis will be placed on those elements of Spanish which present the greatest difficulties for native speakers of English. Prerequisite: SPAN 309 or permission of instructor. S.

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