• Over 400 million people speak Spanish worldwide, which makes Spanish the second most spoken language in the world.
  
  
• According to the 2000 U.S. Census Bureau, 35,305,818 people out of the total U.S. population of 281,421,906 are Hispanic/Latino.
  
  
• Communicate things and ideas to the fastest-growing minority community in the United States.
  
  
• Businesses are more likely to hire those who are bilingual.
  
  
• Gain a greater appreciation of the Hispanic culture.
  
  
• Enhance fluency, skills, and vocabulary.
  
  
• Continue inside learning of different Hispanic cultures.
  
  
• Biola's upper division courses in Spanish offer a more personal experience with language, as professors assist in applying Spanish to your future goals in your life and are of study.
  
  

The Spanish major consists of 39 units, 24 of which must be upper division Spanish courses.

Additionally, a minimum of 9 units of major elective units are required as well as Oral Interpertation (Comm 280) and History of Latin America (Hist 312).

Two program-related service-learning projects must be completed prior to graduation. All Spanish courses are taught in Spanish.

Students desiring to enroll in the Spanish program are strongly advised to do so during their freshman or sophomore years. Placement in Spanish classes will be based on a mandatory department assessment. Students entering the program with less than two years of high school Spanish or one semester of college Spanish will automatically be placed in the first course. Students who do not maintain continuous enrollment must be retested and placed accordingly.

A sample course schedule is available online.

Note: Advancement from one course in the lower division sequence to the next will require demonstration of proficiency.

• General education Spanish coursework up through HUFS201 Intermediate Spanish (or equivalent) and completing either HUFS210 or 220 with a grade of B or higher, or a satisfactory score on a normed placement exam given by the department.
  
  
• A completed application with an essay in Spanish and follow-up interview with a designated faculty member.
  
  
• Required general education courses: General Cultural Anthropology (Anth 200), Introduction to Drama (Comm 160) , Introduction to Communication (Comm 100). It is possible to substitute these courses for equivalents.
  
  
• Competency Requirement: In following the general education sequence of courses in foreign languages the student must have a minimum grade of "C" (not "C-") to enroll in subsequent courses.