Add the skills of speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish over a wide variety of Spanish regionalisms to your professional resume. With our Minor Studies in Spanish, you will be more marketable and more qualified for the next step in your life while you broaden your communication with communities from Spanish-speaking backgrounds. We offer courses at all levels of language proficiency and in several modalities of teaching and learning. The size of our Spanish classes permits personal attention and approachability.
If you have a previous knowledge of the Spanish language (for example: high school, AP or IB student or Spanish-speaking student), you may need to contact the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures to ensure that you register in the course that is right for you.
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.
Requirements
You may refer to the UCF catalog entry for program requirements.
