Spanish Minor

Admission and Grade Requirements:

Declare the Minor with your general academic advisor, then get in touch with your Spanish Advisor.

Students interested in a Minor in Spanish must maintain a minimum overall GPA of 2.3, and a GPA of 2.5 in Spanish. The minimum grade acceptable in courses applied to the Minor is C- (1.7). No course taken on a pass/fail basis may be credited toward the Minor in Spanish.

It is important that students enrolled in the Minor in Spanish have their transcripts reviewed by their departmental advisor (based on student’s last name) before enrolling in their final 30 credit hours at CU Denver, to avoid a delay in graduation.

Heritage Speakers, students who grew up speaking Spanish, and students presenting four years of high school Spanish (Level IV) for admission to the Minor must see a Spanish Advisor before enrolling in courses for the Minor.

Students with Advanced Placement credits from high school should see a Spanish advisor about course equivalencies.

Residency Requirement:

Students must take at least 9 hours toward the minor from CU Denver faculty.

Required Courses:

5 Courses (15 credit hours): Must include at least one Culture and Civilization course, numbered SPAN 32xx (3 credit hours). The other courses can be any course numbered 3000 and above (12 credit hours).

Please note the following pre-requisites:

SPAN 2120 (or equivalent proficiency) is a pre-requisite for all courses numbered 3xxx. SPAN 2120 (or 2110) do not count towards the minor.

SPAN 3101 (3252) is a pre-requisite for all literary courses numbered 41xx through 49xx 

 Academic Catalog