Spanish for Health Professions
Pair your love of medicine and the Spanish language with the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's Spanish for health professions minor.
Develop In-Demand Spanish Skills
Through fascinating coursework, projects and discussions, you'll gain a better understanding of healthcare organizations and medical terminology in Spanish-speaking countries. An exciting and key component of this minor is that all students are required to participate in an international language immersion experience. Over the course of six or more weeks, you'll study in a country where Spanish is spoken, taking what you've learned and putting it into practice.
As health careers and the Spanish language continue to grow, students with a Spanish for health professions minor are in high demand. Many nursing, biology, and social work students choose to minor in Spanish for health professions, quickly finding employment upon graduation.
Program Details
All Spanish for health professions minors are highly encouraged to study abroad for at least one semester. These opportunities are an excellent way to gain a stronger understanding of Spanish culture and improve your Spanish language proficiency.
Our Language Lab and the Roma Hoff Instructional Resource Center are filled with sound and video programs, films, games, and computer software to help you practice what you learn in class.
At UW-Eau Claire, our talented faculty make it a priority to create an impactful learning environment where you come first. Small class sizes allow for the formation of meaningful, lasting connections with others who are just as passionate about Spanish, health, and helping others.
Blugold Stories
Through UWEC, I have been able to pursue many passions including nursing, Spanish, and dance. The support I've received has allowed me to attain my firefighter certification and EMT licensure, and also work as a firefighter/EMT in the area serving the community. This would not have been possible without the help I've been offered along the way, and for that I am so grateful.
Where can the Spanish for health professions program lead me after graduation?
Combining your interests in Spanish and health will broaden your career opportunities after graduation.
Example Careers
- Translation or Interpretation
- Health Professions
- Tourism
- Social Services
- Government
- Education
- Global Higher Education
- Library or Museum Work
- Consulting/Strategic Communication
- International Business
With a minor in Spanish for health professions, you will engage with the Spanish language in various contexts — from having day-to-day interpersonal conversations to presenting information and ideas to translating critical health care information. Through coursework and a required immersion experience, you will learn about health care organizations in Spanish-speaking countries and Latinx health as well as build key skills in translation.
Here are a few courses in Spanish for Health Professions at UW-Eau Claire.
SPAN 420
Spanish for Health Professions
Discussions related to health care organizations in the Spanish speaking countries, and practice of specialized medical terminology. Techniques and problems of interpretation from Spanish to English and vice versa: meaning, use, and theories.
SPAN 325
Phonetics and Pronunciation
Theory of the Spanish sound system and intensive practice of Spanish pronunciation and intonation.
SPAN 409
The Craft of Translation
A practical course designed to show that each language is more than the sum of its words. Intensive practice of translation from and into both Spanish and English. Some reading on translation techniques and practices.
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