Admission

The program is open to all undergraduates in all departments. Students wishing to complete a minor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese must complete the Minor Application Form. 

Applications may be submitted as soon as the major has been declared. We highly recommend students apply before the end of their junior year to ensure course plans can be built accordingly. Late enrollments will require the permission of the department and Dean of the college.

A separate application needs to be completed for each language in which a minor will be pursued. Please email the Undergraduate Administrator with general questions or to let us know your interest in the minor and contact the Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) regarding pre-approval for study abroad courses other than those offered by Princeton. 

Students who want to minor in both Spanish or Portuguese and the Program in Latin American Studies can do so with the permission of both program directors, which includes a conversation about course plans. In agreement with the Program in Latin American Studies (PLAS), one course can be used towards both a minor in SPA or POR and a minor in PLAS. 

Plan of Study

The minor is available in Spanish or Portuguese and involves satisfactory completion of the following course requirements:

Minor in Spanish

1 - Five SPA or cross-listed courses (two at the 200-level and three at the 300-level or higher), and a 1500-word capstone assignment in Spanish

• At the 200-level, students are expected to progress by taking one advanced language course (SPA 204-209) and one “topics course” above SPA 209. 
• In agreement with the Program in Latin American Studies (PLAS), one course can be simultaneously used towards both a minor in SPA and a minor in PLAS.
• Up to one cross-listed course taken in English can count towards the minor, provided that all written work is completed in Spanish.
• Note that all Princeton summer courses in Spain and Argentina offered by SPO count towards the requirement.
• Up to one course per semester taken abroad at another institution can count towards the minor with the pre-approval of the DUS. Students intending to study abroad must contact the DUS with the description and syllabus of the Spanish course they intend to have counted towards the minor to make sure that such course is equivalent to a course offered at Princeton.

2 - A capstone assignment in Spanish consisting of a 1500-word reflection on how the student’s work in the minor has informed their learning in their major coursework and potentially their independent work. 

• The assignment should be independently carried out during the student’s senior year. It must be submitted to the Undergraduate Administrator and the Director of Undergraduate Studies no later than one week after the Senior Thesis submission deadline.

Minor in Portuguese

1 - Five POR or cross-listed courses at the 200-level or higher (with at least one at the 300-level or higher)

• For students who start the Portuguese track at the language-level classes, one intermediate language-level class (107-109) can count towards the minor. 
• Princeton summer abroad courses in Portugal/Cape Verde or Brazil offered by SPO count towards the requirement.
• Up to one course per semester taken abroad at another institution can count towards the minor with the pre-approval of the DUS. Students intending to study abroad must contact the DUS with the description and syllabus of the Portuguese course they intend to have counted towards the minor to make sure that such course is equivalent to a course offered at Princeton.
• Up to one cross-listed course taken in English can count towards the minor, provided that all written work is completed in Portuguese.
• In agreement with the Program in Latin American Studies (PLAS), one course can be used towards both a minor in POR and a minor in PLAS.

2 - A capstone assignment in Portuguese consisting of a 1500-word reflection on how the student’s work in the minor has informed their learning in their major coursework and potentially their independent work. 

• The assignment should be independently carried out during the student’s senior year. It must be submitted to the Undergraduate Administrator and the Director of Undergraduate Studies no later than one week after the Senior Thesis submission deadline.