Certificate in Spanish for Professionals

About this field

The Spanish for Professionals Certificate offers instruction through task-based communicative projects. Designed for the intermediate-mid to high-level student, courses in the certificate prepare students for successful communication in the Spanish-speaking professional world. This program builds on students’ grammatical and vocabulary knowledge while emphasizing the application of Spanish within a professional setting.

What You'll Learn

The program is a stand alone certificate program that is offered online. Course work requirements consist of 18 credit hours. Courses must be taken in sequence and will be offered each semester as determined by enrollment. Both currently enrolled students in all majors, and prospective non-degree seeking students are eligible. Majors in the Social Sciences including Law Enforcement, Social Work, Nursing and Business are encouraged to enroll in this certificate program. Majors in the Foreign Languages at VSU, may also take this certificate as an add-on to their degree program, but may not substitute courses within the major. Students currently enrolled as a minor in Foreign Language may also take this certificate or substitute elective courses.