Language Requirement and High School Equivalencies

 

Options for Fulfilling Your Language Requirement

• AP credit from high school automatically clears your language requirement 
• 4 years of high school Spanish fulfills the language requirement
• Completing SPAN 201 with D- or better (ENROLL IN SPAN 201 IF YOU HAVE 3 YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL SPANISH)
• Passing the Spanish Language Proficiency Exam. For questions related to registration and exam dates, please contact the Office of Testing Service.

High School Equivalencies

• 2 years of Spanish in high school is equivalent to SPAN 101 → Enroll in SPAN 102
• 3 years of Spanish in high school is equivalent to SPAN 101 + SPAN 102 → Enroll in SPAN 201
• 4 years of Spanish in high school fulfills the language requirement → Enroll in SPAN 202 or SPAN 282

AP Language and Culture Exam

• A score of 3 on the AP Language and Culture exam → SDSU course equivalent: Span 201→ Enroll in SPAN 211
• A score of 4 on the AP Language and Culture exam → SDSU course equivalents: Span 201 and 211→ Enroll in SPAN 202 and 212
• A score of 5 on the AP Language and Culture exam → SDSU course equivalents: Span 201, 202 and 211→ Enroll in SPAN 212

AP Literature and Culture Exam

• A score of 3 or 4 on the AP Literature and Culture exam → SDSU course equivalents: Span 299 → Satisfies Area 3 Humanities
• A score of 5 on the AP Literature and Culture exam → SDSU course equivalents: Span 299 and 499 → Satisfies Area 3 Humanities

Spanish Proficiency Exam

SDSU Testing Services offers a language proficiency exam that may be taken by any SDSU Liberal Arts and Sciences major to satisfy the foreign language requirement. This exam is graded on a pass/fail basis to clear the language requirement, no units are earned for passing the exam. For questions about registering and fees, please contact the Testing Services office at [email protected].

Please contact the undergraduate adviser to help place you in the correct course.

 

Advising

Paola Martinez

Email: [email protected]
See the advising page for more information.

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