Enhance Your Degree Experience
Pursuing a minor in a world language during your undergraduate career enhances your academic experience and makes you more marketable to potential employers in a variety of careers. World language minors help you discover new passions and networks with peers and faculty outside your major, ultimately enriching your personal and professional development. Overall, a world language minor is an asset that complements your major and prepares you for a more interconnected world; it fosters an ability to think critically across different domains and deepens your understanding of different cultures and perspectives, making you more competitive in a global job market.
Course Descriptions and Pre-Requisites
Complete course descriptions and pre-requisites are listed in the official OSU Course Catalog. Students may also search specific term Spanish offerings through the Registrar's Schedule of Classes.
Minimum C- for a course to be counted on the minor.
Minimum 2.00 cumulative GPA for all minor course work.
Course work graded Pass/Non-Pass cannot count on the minor.
No more than 3 credit hours of course work graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory may count toward the minor.
GE World Language Sequence
To complete the required minor coursework at the 3000 level and above, students must first demonstrate intermediate proficiency.
Spanish 1101 > 1102 > 1103 or 1113 > 2202 or 2213 -OR- Spanish 1155 > 1103 or 1113 > 2202 or 2213
Portuguese 1101 > 1102 > 1103 -OR- Portuguese for Spanish Speakers 5501 > 5502
This proficiency can be demonstrated by:
• The Seal of Biliteracy • Placement testing • Credit by examination (AP/IB etc.) • Course enrollment/completion • A combination of testing and coursework
Minor Rules
Credit hours required: A minimum of 12 credit hours. 1000 level courses shall not count in the minor. At least 6 credit hrs must be upper-level courses as defined by the College of Arts and Sciences.
Transfer and EM credit hours allowed: A student is permitted to count up to 6 total hours of transfer credit and/or credit by examination toward the minor.
Overlap with the GE: A student is permitted to overlap up to 6 credit hours between the GE and the minor.
Overlap with the major and additional minor(s): The minor must be in a different subject than the major. The minor must contain a minimum of 12 hours distinct from the major and/or additional minor(s).
Course Descriptions and Pre-Requisites
Complete course descriptions and pre-requisites are listed in the official OSU Course Catalog. Students may also search specific term Spanish offerings through the Registrar's Schedule of Classes.
Minimum C- for a course to be counted on the minor.
Minimum 2.00 cumulative GPA for all minor course work.
Course work graded Pass/Non-Pass cannot count on the minor.
No more than 3 credit hours of course work graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory may count toward the minor.
GE World Language Sequence
To complete the required minor coursework at the 3000 level and above, students must first demonstrate intermediate proficiency.
Spanish 1101 > 1102 > 1103 or 1113 > 2202 or 2213 -OR- Spanish 1155 > 1103 or 1113 > 2202 or 2213
Portuguese 1101 > 1102 > 1103 -OR- Portuguese for Spanish Speakers 5501 > 5502
This proficiency can be demonstrated by:
• The Seal of Biliteracy • Placement testing • Credit by examination (AP/IB etc.) • Course enrollment/completion • A combination of testing and coursework
Minor Rules
Credit hours required: A minimum of 12 credit hours. 1000 level courses shall not count in the minor. At least 6 credit hrs must be upper-level courses as defined by the College of Arts and Sciences.
Transfer and EM credit hours allowed: A student is permitted to count up to 6 total hours of transfer credit and/or credit by examination toward the minor.
Overlap with the GE: A student is permitted to overlap up to 6 credit hours between the GE and the minor.
Overlap with the major and additional minor(s): The minor must be in a different subject than the major. The minor must contain a minimum of 12 hours distinct from the major and/or additional minor(s).
