Why study Spanish for Business?

A global economy requires global capabilities from all individuals involved not only in business and international trade, but in practically any profession or career either in the private or public sector.

Because of the increasing demand for human resources to serve both Service and Manufacturing Industries locally, nationally, and internationally in the Southeast area, the Department of Foreign Languages at Georgia Southern is pleased to announce the Spanish for Business Minor.

The Department is offering you the opportunity to combine classroom, applied, and practical training in language and culture in Spanish to help you better prepare for success in any region within the United States or even abroad as our country increasingly grows more multicultural, multi-ethnic, and multi-linguistic.

What classes do I need to take?  

What can I do with a Minor in Spanish for Business?

The Spanish for Business Minor can help you enhance a career in Business and International Trade in areas such    as:

• International Business and Technical Management, Marketing, and Finance

• Advertising and Promotion

• International Sales

• Human Resources

• Import-Export and Transportation

• Consulting

• The Hospitality Industry (Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism)

• Government (U.S. Customs, INS, State Department, Agriculture, etc.)

• For more information, please, check these  links.

• Students in all baccalaureate programs who wish to do so may add a minor to their programs.  The Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree requires a minor.

• The courses to make up the minor should be planned with the major advisor, unless otherwise noted, and must be approved by the time the student applies for graduation.

• Second minors may be chosen and approved by the advisor before the student applies for graduation, and both minors may be listed on the transcript.

• Within the fifteen (15) hours of course work presented for the required minor in the B.A. programs or the optional minor in any bachelor's degree program, the student must have a minimum total institution grade point average of 2.0, with no more than three (3) hours of "D" work.  A minimum of nine (9) of the fifteen (15) hours must be earned at Georgia Southern University.

• A maximum of three (3) hours may be taken under the S/U grading system within any minor.

(Source: GSU Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog)
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• SPAN 3530.  Introduction to Spanish for Business


Provides a basic foundation in vocabulary and discourse related to functional business areas, practice in carrying out typical business transactions in Spanish, and practice in writing commercial documents in Spanish, including translation and interpreting activities. 3 semester hours. (Taught in Spanish)

• SPAN 3531: Technology for Business


Study of basic foundation in vocabulary and discourse related to functional technology in business, and industry in today's global society.  Researching, creating and applying technologies used in the business world. 3 semester hours. (Taught in Spanish)

• SPAN 4530.  Spanish for Business: Advanced I


An advanced level of commercial Spanish vocabulary and discourse related to functional business areas and situational practice for success in the Spanish speaking business world. 3 semester hours. (Taught in Spanish)

• SPAN 4531: Spanish for Business: Advanced II


A continuation of the study of basic foundation in vocabulary and discourse related to functional business areas and situational practice for success in the Spanish speaking business world. 3 semester hours. (Taught in Spanish)

• SPAN 4532: Translation and Interpretation


Introduction to comparative stylistics through translations.  Comparative study of characteristic modes of expressions, introduction to the theoretical aspects and techniques of translation, using a variety of commercial documents in business and industry. 3 semester hours. (Taught in Spanish)

• SPAN 4533: Business Through Literature


Reading in the social, economic and political changes of the Hispanic world through essays, novels, plays, short stories and poems. 3 semester hours. (Taught in Spanish)

• SPAN 4534.  The Manufacturing Enterprise


This course is designed to provide a uniquely hands-on experience which entails student creation of a company and subsequent product development, marketing and production for a profit. 3 semester hours. (Taught in English)

 Links:

• What you can do with a Major/Minor in Foreign Languages

• Employment opportunities in FOREIGN LANGUAGES

• The Agora Employment Listings

• Careers in Foreign Languages

• Manufacturing/Industrial Management Program at GSU