Spanish, Minor - COLA, UNH

Undergraduate

Spanish

Enhance your primary field of study — whether business, healthcare, social services or sustainability — with language skills that are increasingly valuable in today's global workplace.
Degree
Minor
Location
Durham, NH
Courses
5
Credit
20 hrs.
Full-time
Varies
Part-time
Varies
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Languages, literatures, and Cultures

The minor in Spanish at UNH offers students from all majors the opportunity to develop fluency in the world's second most spoken language while exploring Spanish and Latin American literature, linguistics and culture. Here you'll be able to enhance your primary field of study — whether business, healthcare, social services or sustainability — with language skills that are increasingly valuable in today's global workplace. 

Through innovative coursework, study abroad opportunities in Spain, Costa Rica or Cuba, and engaging extracurricular activities like conversation hours and cultural events, you'll build practical language skills and cultural competency that complement any career path.

Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Contact Cards

Associate Professor
Murkland Hall, Room G10c, Durham, NH 03824

What is Spanish?

In the Spanish minor, you’ll improve your fluency in Spanish, the second most spoken language in the world and in the United States, while also studying linguistics, Spanish literature, and Spanish or Latin American civilization and culture. Students from a wide variety of majors in social sciences, humanities, fine arts, business, health and human services, and life sciences find that the skills and content knowledge developed through completing a minor in Spanish complements their academic majors and enhances opportunities for their future careers.

Why study Spanish at UNH?

Study abroad opportunities in Granada, Spain, Costa Rica and Cuba are among the many highlights of the Spanish program at UNH. Throughout the academic year, in addition to rich and innovative classes on a variety of topics, you’ll have access to outstanding advising and opportunities to participate in extracurricular activities that complement your studies, from student organizations and Spanish conversation hours to independent research and internships.

Potential career areas

  • Business
  • Communications/public relations
  • Community organizing/advocacy
  • Diplomacy/foreign service
  • Education/language teaching
  • Government and non-governmental organizations
  • Healthcare/public health
  • Journalism/writing
  • Law/international law
  • Social services
  • Sustainability/conservation
  • Tourism

Curriculum & Requirements

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Program Description
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When you minor in Spanish you are expanding upon opportunities and opening doors to careers in your field of interest.  Many other disciplines such as social service, nursing, teaching and business require Spanish as a second language since Spanish is the second most spoken language in the United States. Increasingly, employers in government at municipal, state and federal levels and business as well as related careers, are viewing such experience and language skills favorably.

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Requirements for the Program
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Academic policies related to Minors.

Required Courses

Select five courses in SPAN 503 or above, which must include:20
SPAN 631
Advanced Conversation and Composition I
SPAN 632
Advanced Conversation and Composition II
Total Credits20