Spanish Minor | Cal Poly Academic Catalog

Offered at: San Luis Obispo Campus

The Spanish minor is a valuable complement to any Cal Poly major, from agriculture, engineering, and architecture to psychology, business, and political science. With an estimated 450 million Spanish speakers worldwide and growing Latinx populations in every state, advanced Spanish language skills and cultural competence are assets for employment and community involvement. This minor enhances students’ career options and makes them highly competitive for admission to graduate and professional schools. The Spanish minor offers students a diverse array of exciting intercultural experiences and opportunities to work with under-served communities. The Spanish minor is not open to BS Liberal Studies majors with a concentration in Spanish.

Minor Requirements and Curriculum

The minor must be completed prior to, or at the same time as, the requirements for the bachelor's degree. A major and a minor may not be taken in the same degree program, and a minor is not required for a degree. Requirements for the minor include:

At least half of the units must be from upper-division courses (3000-4000 level).
At least half of the units must be taken at Cal Poly (in residence). For the Chinese, French, German, Italian Studies, Japanese, and Spanish minors, the requirement for students studying abroad is that at least one-third of the units must be taken at Cal Poly.
No more than one-third of the units will be taken with credit-no credit grading (CR/NC), not counting courses with mandatory CR/NC. Departments may further limit CR/NC grading if desired.
A minimum 2.0 GPA is required in all units counted for completion of the minor.

Course List
Code	Title	Units
REQUIRED COURSES
SPAN 2202	Intermediate Spanish II	4
or SPAN 2206	Spanish for Heritage Speakers
SPAN 2207	Introduction to Spanish Linguistics	3
or SPAN 2233	Introduction to Hispanic Literature
Approved Electives
Select from the following:		9
COMS 3351	Speech and Debate Team
SPAN 3301	Advanced Writing in Spanish
SPAN 3302	Spanish Conversation, Composition, and Advocacy
SPAN 3303	Introduction to English-Spanish Translation
SPAN 3305	Literary Works in Spanish ^1,2
SPAN 3307	Spanish and Latin American Film ^1,2
SPAN 3340	Chicanx/Latinx Works in Spanish ^1,2
SPAN 3350	Hispanic Literature in English Translation ^1,2
SPAN 3351	Chicanx/Latinx Works in English ^1,2
SPAN 3380	Spanish for the Professions ^1,2
SPAN 4402	Advanced Spanish Applied Linguistics ^1,2
SPAN 4410	Advanced Literary Studies in Spanish ^1,2
SPAN 4416	Don Quijote
SPAN 4470	Special Advanced Topics ^1,2
WLC 3310	Humanities in World Cultures ^1,2
WLC 3312	Humanities in Chicanx/Latinx Cultures
WLC 3370	Language, Technology and Society
WLC 4400	Special Problems for Advanced Undergraduates ³
WLC 4470	Special Advanced Topics ^1,2
Total Units		16

¹: Applicable to the minor when course subtitle content is relevant to Spanish.
²: Repeatable up to 6 units. Credit may be earned more than once when course is taken with different subtitles or topics.
³: Enrollment in this course requires approval of the instructor and department chair.