We offer a minor and two combined majors that are designed specifically for students who are preparing to work in healthcare and public health.

The Spanish for Healthcare minor is open to all interested students including those who are on the PreMed or PreHealth track, as well as students in Nursing and other healthcare-related majors.

For more information about eligibility for joining the combined majors, please contact the relevant college’s advising team. See the program page for more information.

All three programs feature the following courses:

SPNS 3401 Spanish for Healthcare 1

Designed to prepare students to interact with Spanish-speaking patients effectively and empathetically by exploring Hispanic cultural perspectives related to health and healthcare throughout the Spanish-speaking world, focusing on the Latino population in the United States. Offers students an opportunity to develop their linguistic skills tailored specifically to healthcare settings. Introduces a broad range of medical vocabulary and reviews the grammatical structures necessary to take a medical history, conduct a physical exam, discuss a diagnosis and treatment with patients, and perform other medical tasks in Spanish.

Prerequisite: SPNS 2102, SPNS 3101 or SPNS 3102

SPNS 3402 Spanish for Healthcare 2

Continues to offer students an opportunity to prepare to interact effectively and empathetically with Spanish-speaking patients through the development of linguistic skills tailored to healthcare settings. Explores Hispanic cultural perspectives related to health and healthcare. Delves deeper into current topics in healthcare such as mental illness and its representation, gender-affirming care, reproductive care, and public health emergencies, among others.

Prerequisite: SPNS 3401