Spanish for the Health Professions Minor
Sponsoring department:
Languages and Cultures
Molloy Program of Study Code: SPHMI
The minor in Spanish for Health Professions is designed specifically for healthcare students or those who aim at having a career in health-related fields. The growing presence of Hispanics in the United States has generated a demand for professionals with the linguistic skills to help a Spanish-speaking clientele. This minor is inestimably useful not only for Nursing students, but also for students in other departments, such as Allied Health, Biology, Music Therapy, Psychology, Social Work and Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology. Students are able to complete this minor in its entirety at the Rockville Centre campus. They can also take either up to six or nine credits in Spain by enrolling in the Molloy Summer Study Abroad Program at the University of León to count towards this minor. However, students must take at last nine (9) Spanish for healthcare credits at the Molloy campus for this minor (SPA 3150 and SPA 3240 among them).
Requirements (18 Credits)
Required Courses (6 Credits)
| SPA 3150 | Cultural Competence in the Healthcare Environment | 3 |
| SPA 3240 | Advanced Spanish for the Healthcare Professions | 3 |
Complete four of the following courses (12 Credits)
| SPA 1030 | Beginning Spanish for the Healthcare Professions I | 3 |
| SPA 1040 | Beginning Spanish for the Healthcare Professions II | 3 |
| SPA 3300 | Study Abroad: Spanish Grammar and Composition I | 3 |
| SPA 3310 | Study Abroad: Spanish Conversation and Culture I | 3 |
| SPA 4240 | Culture and Medicine in Latin America | 3 |
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| SPA 4600 | Language Internship I, II | 3 |
| Or | |
| Any 3000/4000 level SPA courses | |
At-least-one-of-these-two-Spanish-for-healthcare-courses-depending-on-students-level
| SPA 2240 | Intermediate Spanish for the Healthcare Professions | 3 |
| SPA 4240 | Culture and Medicine in Latin America | 3 |
Complete-two-or-three-of-the-following-courses
| SPA 1030 | Beginning Spanish for the Healthcare Professions I | 3 |
| SPA 1040 | Beginning Spanish for the Healthcare Professions II | 3 |
| SPA 3300 | Study Abroad: Spanish Grammar and Composition I | 3 |
| SPA 3310 | Study Abroad: Spanish Conversation and Culture I | 3 |
| SPA 4240 | Culture and Medicine in Latin America | 3 |
| SPA 4600 | Language Internship I, II | 3 |
NOTE: Based upon entering level, heritage speakers may take SPA 2090 Spanish for Heritage Students instead of SPA 1030 or SPA 1040.
NOTE: Only six credits earned outside the Molloy programs (high school dual enrolled college credits, CLEP, AP, etc.) will be accepted for the minor.
Total Credit Hours: 18