Undergraduate
Minors
Minor in Spanish
The mission of the program in Spanish at IU Indianapolis is to assist students in achieving proficiency in the Spanish language and to lead them to an understanding of and appreciation for the wide range of Hispanic cultural, literary, and linguistic manifestations. To meet this goal, the program in Spanish offers introductory and advanced instruction in language, linguistics, culture and civilization, literature, and translation and applied language studies.
The introductory and intermediate sequences of courses are designed to provide non-majors with an exploration into Spanish language and Hispanic culture as an essential component of a liberal arts education. The sequences aim to develop an interest in the language and the people who speak it, as well as to prepare students for a variety of careers with international dimensions.
The advanced curriculum prepares students to communicate orally and in writing on the different content areas that comprise the study of Spanish, providing them with the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve success in their future careers, to meet their academic and personal goals, and to prepare them for graduate work.
Considering the rapidly growing Spanish-speaking population in the United States, Spanish is becoming increasingly desirable in the workplace. The minor in Spanish can be beneficial to students pursuing careers in such fields as education, social services, international business and finance, government service, international communications and information services, and the travel and hospitality industry.
A minor in Spanish (SPAN) requires satisfactory completion of the following requirements:
- completion of properly distributed credit hour requirements for the baccalaureate degree in effect when the student was admitted to their home school.
- completion of 15 credit hours, with a minimum grade of C in each course.
- 6 credits must be completed on the IU Indianapolis campus.
- to declare the minor, complete the School of Liberal Arts online declaration form here.
- the required distribution of courses may NOT be waived or substituted, but equivalent courses from study abroad programs or transferred from other universities may be accepted with the consent of the lead faculty mentor.
Minor Requirements
Required Courses (9 credits)
- SPAN-S 203: Intermediate Spanish I
- SPAN-S 204: Intermediate Spanish II
- SPAN-S 311: Spanish Grammar
Electives at the 300/400 level (6 credits, from the following)
- SPAN-S 313: Writing Spanish*
- SPAN-S 315: Spanish in the Business World
- SPAN-S 317: Spanish Conversation and Diction*
- SPAN-S 318: Writing Spanish for Heritage Speakers
- SPAN-S 319: Spanish for Health Care Personnel
- SPAN-S 323: Intro to Translating Spanish & English
- SPAN-S 326: Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
- SPAN-S 360: Introduction to Hispanic Literature
- SPAN-S 363: Introduction to Hispanic Culture
- SPAN-S 411: Spanish Culture and Civilization
- SPAN-S 412: Latin American Culture and Civilization
- SPAN-S 426: Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
- SPAN-S 427: The Structure of Spanish
- SPAN-S 428: Applied Spanish Linguistics
- SPAN-S 429: Medical Interpreting
- SPAN-S 430: Legal Spanish
- SPAN-S 440: Hispanic Sociolinguistics
- SPAN-S 450: Cervantes’ Don Quixote I
- SPAN-S 466: Spanish Grammar and Discourse
- SPAN-S 470: Women and Hispanic Literature
- SPAN-S 471: Spanish-American Literature I
- SPAN-S 472: Spanish-American Literature II
- SPAN-S 477: 20th-Century Spanish-American Fiction
- SPAN-S 493: Internship Program in Spanish
- SPAN-S 494: Individual Readings in Hispanic Studies
- SPAN-S 495: Hispanic Colloquium
- SPAN-S 496: Foreign Study in Spanish (3-6 cr.)
*Note for Native and Heritage speakers of Spanish: SPAN-S 313 and SPAN-S 317 are not open to native speakers. SPAN-S 318 is recommend as an elective for Native and Heritage speakers.
All courses are three credits unless noted.
