If you are a student in nursing, public health, health services administration, exercise science, 教育, 营养, 生物学, 化学, the Physicians Assistant Program, or the pre-professional health sciences (such as medicine, 验光, 牙科, 药店, physical therapy, occupational therapy, or clinical psychology) consider adding a medical 西班牙语 minor or a 西班牙语 major with a specialization in medical 西班牙语. 的 Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures offers both programs.

的 medical 西班牙语 minor requires 18 credit hours, which includes the following specific courses: SPAN 211, 212, 312, 325, 350, and another 300 or 400 level 西班牙语 course. 的 西班牙语 major with a specialization in medical 西班牙语 requires SPAN 211, 212, 15 hours at the 300 level; 12 hours at the 400 level (SPAN 312, 321, 325, and 350 and a linguistics course must be taken at UE); 6 hours of study abroad (to include either SPAN 335 or SPAN 435); A 改变maker course coached by FLC faculty and related to the medical field can count as one of the electives of the 西班牙语 major with medical specialization;
FLC 401 is required as Outcome 11 for all 西班牙语 majors, regardless of second major; one of the following courses: COMM 410, 建造于385年, 保险公司405, PH 190, PH 195, or SOC 337 Please note that FLC 420 (internship related to medical field) may be substituted by one of the aforementioned courses.

Both the medical 西班牙语 minor and the major specialization cover medical sciences terminology and concepts, cultural content of Hispanics in the US and of 西班牙语 speaking countries, as well as an introduction to interpreting. Consequently, students are better prepared for careers in medical fields in the US and abroad.