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PLACEMENT GUIDELINES— Elementary Spanish
Effective for Fall 2005 

SPAN 104: Elementary Spanish I

This course is for students who have had no Spanish in high school. For permission to enroll in this course, a student must show his/her high school transcript to Prof. Amy Rossomondo or Prof. Rosalea Postma-Carttar of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.

SPAN 108: Elementary Spanish II

This course is open only to those students who have completed SPAN 104 or SPAN 105 at KU. It assumes familiarity and experience with the particular approach employed in KU's SPAN 104 and SPAN 105.

SPAN 111: Intensive Elementary Spanish

This course is for students who have had some previous study of Spanish, but who do not place into the Intermediate level. This course prepares students for Intermediate level study of Spanish. SPAN 111 will bring students who have had some high school Spanish (approximately 1—3 years) to the point that they can enroll in SPAN 212 for the subsequent semester. (Students entering KU with the equivalent of SPAN 104 from another college or university will enroll in SPAN 111.)

First course beyond the Elementary level:  

SPAN 212: Intermediate Spanish I

This course is for students who have completed SPAN 108 at KU or who place into the Intermediate level through the placement exam and/or the advice of a Spanish placement advisor.

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