Spanish Prerequisites

General Degree Requirements

Area of Instruction

Units

General Education

50

Major Requirements

36-56

General Electives

14-34

Total units needed for graduation

120

 

Basic Prerequisites

These requirements may be substituted partially or completely by two or more years of high school Spanish, a high school advanced placement certificate or college transfer credits. Native speakers of Spanish with a high school degree from their home country will be exempted from these requirements.

Spanish Placement Evaluation

Students are encouraged to have a placement evaluation. Please see a Spanish program advisor for proper course placement.

Lower Division Spanish Courses

The following courses constitute preparation for the Major or Minor when twenty to twenty-four (20-24) units are accrued. Some or all of these courses or the equivalent may have been completed in high school or at a community college. If you have grown up speaking Spanish, you should NOT start with SPAN 101/102. Please contact a Spanish program advisor to determine if you should begin in SPAN 201, SPAN 202 or SPAN 300H.

Required Courses

Course Number

Description

Units

SPAN 101

Basic Spanish, 1st Semester

4

SPAN 102

Basic Spanish, 2nd Semester

4

SPAN 201

Intermediate Spanish, 1st Semester

4

SPAN 202

Intermediate Spanish, 2nd Semester

4