SPANISH FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Certificate Program
Communicate with care. Lead with confidence.
A 15-credit interdisciplinary certificate for UCF degree-seeking students
5 COURSES
CAREER-READY
Turn language skills into a professional advantage
Connect advanced Spanish communication with health-science concepts. Build culturally responsive skills for multilingual healthcare settings through two UCF colleges: Arts and Humanities and Health Professions and Sciences.
YOUR 5-COURSE PATHWAY
3 REQUIRED COURSES | 9 HOURS
HSC 3110
Medical Self Assessment
Clinical health concepts and participation in personal healthcare.
SPN 4410
Advanced Spanish Conversation
Advanced communication across professional and academic topics.
SPT 3809
Medical Spanish Translation
Medical terminology, interpretation techniques, and ethics.
2 RESTRICTED ELECTIVES | 6 HOURS
1. Choose one Advanced Grammar course
SPN 3344
Advanced Grammar Native Fluency I
SPN 3345
Advanced Grammar Native Fluency II
2. Choose one Health Sciences course
HSA 3111
U.S. Health Care Systems
HSC 4201
Community Health
HSA 3211
Preventive Health Care
HSC 4555
Pathophysiology I
HSA 4109
Principles of Health Care
HSC 4558
Pathophysiology II
BEFORE YOU DECLARE
Meet with the program director and officially declare the certificate.
Be a degree-seeking UCF student.
Earn a minimum 2.0 GPA in certificate courses.
Complete all 15 hours at UCF in participating departments.
Credit by exam, including TSD or military credit, cannot apply.
READY TO LEARN MORE?
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Mónica Montalvo
Maria.Montalvo@ucf.edu
PROGRAM COLLABORATOR
Francisco J. Fernández-Rubiera, Ph.D.
Rubiera@ucf.edu
DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES & LITERATURES
(407) 823-2472
SPANISH FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
cah.ucf.edu/languages/
Our Spanish for Health Professionals Certificate strives for providing its students with a strong and solid academic foundation through a series of high-quality courses, These courses provide a range of various knowledge areas with an interdisciplinary focus in collaboration with two different colleges, the College of Arts and Humanities and the College of Health and Public Affairs.
The courses offered in our program prepare our students to bridge their knowledge across the different areas of Spanish and the key concepts of health sciences, thus facilitating an easy transition from our academic program to the workforce once this certificate is successfully completed.
¡Bienvenido a nuestro programa, y gracias por su interés!
Nuestro Certificado de español para el ámbito de la salud busca proveer a sus estudiantes una formación académica fuerte y sólida a través de cursos de máxima calidad, los cuales abarcan diversos conocimientos con un enfoque multidisciplinar a través de la colaboración de dos Facultades, como son la Facultad de Artes y Humanidades y la Facultad de Salud y Asuntos Públicos.
Los diversos cursos ofrecidos en nuestro programa permiten que nuestros estudiantes establezcan una relación entre sus conocimientos en diversas áreas del idioma español y aspectos clave del mundo de las ciencias de la salud, permitiendo así una fácil transición desde nuestro programa académico a la plantilla laboral con este certificado.
Spanish Placement Test
Interested in learning Spanish or improving your skills in this language? Do you have any prior experience with the language, but you don’t know where to start?
As of March 30, 2026, you must take the Spanish Placement Test if you plan to enroll in Spanish at UCF and you have prior experience with the language but have not earned college-level Spanish credit. To enroll in the placement test, or if you are unsure whether you need the exam, please visit the Spanish Placement Test page on the University Testing Center website. The page includes the Spanish Placement Pre-Test Survey and complete details about testing requirements. The results of the survey and your test score will help guide you to the appropriate course level.
Note–You do not need the exam if you have already earned college-level Spanish credit or you have no prior experience and plan to begin in the first-level course.
