MS Spanish for the Professions

The MS Spanish for the Professions degree serves students who are pursuing an advanced degree in Spanish for work in a variety of professions. Required coursework in Spanish emphasizes the development of student skills in audience analysis and cultural awareness of appropriate practices, language usage for specific purposes, and cultural problem solving through improved communication for the workplace. It is a flexible program and has both synchronous and asynchronous distance learning courses that prepare students who are seeking additional expertise in oral and written Spanish for business, government, health fields, education or other professional areas or for those who are retooling to meet higher demands for language and culture competency in their current job or as a means to launch a new career.