{"id":3784,"date":"2025-09-02T12:57:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T17:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/?page_id=3784"},"modified":"2025-09-02T12:57:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T17:57:40","slug":"spanish-for-the-professional","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/spanish-for-the-professional\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish for the Professional"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/div>
\"Businesswomen<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Spanish for the Professional Certificate Program<\/h1><\/div>
<\/div>

Program Overview<\/h2><\/div>

The Spanish for the Professional Certificate is a focused, skill-based program designed to develop proficiency and competency in reading, writing, listening to, and speaking Spanish. Available for both degree and non-degree seeking students, the Spanish for the Professional Certificate provides valuable skills and a competitive edge in a variety of occupations, preparation for international opportunities, personal enrichment, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Program Requirements<\/h2><\/div>

Students who\u00a0choose this certificate program will have no more than 3 years from admission or subsequent declaration to meet the requirements listed below. If certification, accreditation or statutory requirements change and additional requirements become effective during this time, the new requirements take precedence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

Required Coursework<\/h3><\/div>

\u25cb SPA 100<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Elementary Spanish I 3
\n\u25cb SPA 101<\/strong><\/a> Elementary Spanish II 3
\n\u25cb SPA 200<\/strong><\/a> Intermediate Spanish I 3
\n\u25cb SPA 201<\/strong><\/a> Intermediate Spanish II 3<\/p>\n

Total Credit Hours<\/strong> – 12<\/p>\n<\/div>

Program Graduation Requirements<\/h3><\/div>

\u25cb\u00a0 <\/strong>Students must successfully complete an exit exam after completing the required coursework.
\n\u25cb\u00a0 Earn an overall GPA of at least 2.0 and a major GPA of at least 2.0<\/p>\n<\/div>

University Graduation Requirements<\/h3><\/div>

\u25cb\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Earn a minimum of 12 credit hours (100 level and higher, maximum of 6 CED credit hours available).
\n\u25cb\u00a0 Earn half of the requirements at MoWest.
\n\u25cb\u00a0 Earn 9 of the last 12 credit hours at MoWest in institutional coursework (exclusive of credit by examination).
\n\u25cb\u00a0 Participate in required departmental and campus wide assessments.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3784","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3784"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3792,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3784\/revisions\/3792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/communication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}