{"id":11521,"date":"2023-06-29T10:47:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T14:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/?page_id=11521"},"modified":"2026-06-01T08:26:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:26:33","slug":"medical-spanish","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/medical-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content-block content-block--has-menu wp-block-butler-content-block\">\n\t<div class=\"content-block-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block-layout\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-menu-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"content-block-menu-nav\" aria-label=\"Site menu\" id=\"page-nav\"><div class=\"content-block-menu-wrapper\"><header class=\"content-block-menu-header\"><span class=\"content-block-menu-header-label\">Modern Languages, Literatures &amp; Cultures Menu<\/span><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-mobile-toggle\" title=\"Toggle menu\" aria-label=\"Toggle menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/button><\/header><ul class=\"content-block-menu-list\"><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/language-center\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Modern Language Center<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/departmental-honors\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Departmental Honors<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/internships\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Language Internships<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/language-requirement\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Language Requirement<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/placement\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Placement<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/study-abroad\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Study Abroad<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/faculty-staff\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Faculty &amp; Staff<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/transfer-credits\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Transferring Language Credits from Another University<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-hidden-overflow\"><a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/honor-society\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Phi Sigma Iota<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-hidden-overflow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/student-awards\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Student Awards<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-desktop-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" data-content-block-toggle-more-label=\"More links\" data-content-block-toggle-less-label=\"Hide links\">More links<\/button><\/nav>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-content-container is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-medical-spanish\">Medical Spanish<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Medical Spanish minor equips students interested in pursuing a career in healthcare with the language skills needed to work in Spanish-speaking countries and communities. Each course is taught fully in Spanish, which allows students to be completely immersed in the Spanish language, gaining confidence in their ability to communicate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Study abroad experiences, internships, and Spanish-speaking rotations will give students additional opportunities to improve their skills first hand. Upon graduation, students will be prepared to find meaningful employment in Spanish speaking countries, better serve their community, and understand\u2014linguistically and culturally\u2014a large sub-section of the American population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-curriculum\">Curriculum<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-container wp-block-butler-accordion-container\" data-allow-multiple=\"false\" style=\"--butler-accordion-title-bg-hover: ;\">\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-item wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-header\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"butler-accordion-title wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"butler-accordion-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\tMedical Spanish Minor Requirements \t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-item-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2025\/08\/26101338\/Medical-Spanish-Requirements-effective-Fall-2025.pdf\">Medical Spanish Requirements effective Fall 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Medical Spanish minor is a total of 21 credit hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Spanish\u20139 credit hours<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One course of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/spanish\/\">Skills<\/a> (3 credit hours)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Prerequisite: SP 204 or a placement score of 5<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One course of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/spanish\/\">Literature\/Culture<\/a> (3 credit hours)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Prerequisite: One Skills course SP 300-315 or a placement score of 6<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One course of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/spanish\/\">Linguistics<\/a> (3 credit hours)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Prerequisite: One Skills course SP 300-315 or a placement score of 6<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>College of Health Professions\u20139 credit hours <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>BSHS\/RX 481, Introduction to Medical Spanish (3 credit hours)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Prerequisite: SP 204 or a placement score of 5<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BSHS\/RX 482, Advanced Medical Spanish (3 credit hours)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Prerequisite: BSHS\/RX 481 or permission of the instructor&nbsp;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BSHS\/RX 489, Spanish\/English Medical Interpretation (3 credit hours)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Prerequisite: BSHS\/RX 482 or permission of the instructor&nbsp;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Elective<\/strong><br>One elective from either Spanish (300-level or above) or another BSHS\/RX Medical Spanish course.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"parent":386,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11521","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"revision_note":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Medical Spanish | Butler University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Butler University&#039;s Medical Spanish minor equips students interested in pursuing a career in healthcare with the language skills needed to work in Spanish-speaking countries and communities.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/medical-spanish\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Medical Spanish | Butler University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Butler University&#039;s Medical Spanish minor equips students interested in pursuing a career in healthcare with the language skills needed to work in Spanish-speaking countries and communities.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/modern-languages-literatures-cultures\/medical-spanish\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"College of Liberal Arts &amp; 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