Course placement
Spanish
Students wishing to take Spanish for their language requirement should consult the Department of World Languages and Literatures’ Spanish placement policy before enrolling.
Generally, most students wishing to pursue Spanish for the language requirement must take the Spanish Placement Exam prior to enrolling in a course, unless they have met another course prerequisite. Students who have had no prior high school or college Spanish instruction may be permitted to enroll directly into SPAN 111 without taking the placement exam but will need to work with an advisor for verification and to obtain enrollment permission.
Spanish heritage speakers (individuals who attended high school in the United States and grew up speaking Spanish, typically without receiving formal Spanish instruction) wishing to pursue Spanish coursework for the language requirement may not enroll in SPAN 111–212 courses. These students should instead complete the Spanish for Heritage Speakers track by enrolling directly into SPAN 227 — the placement exam is not required, and no permissions are needed.
Other languages
For languages other than Spanish, students will automatically qualify to enroll in the first course of the sequence.
Students who wish to consider enrolling in a course beyond the first semester in the sequence should take into account their level of familiarity and comfort with all aspects of the language—speaking, listening and writing—as well as time passed since last formal language instruction. Keep in mind that each semester of a college language course at Nevada is roughly equivalent to one year of high school level language instruction, and course placement at the college level will typically take this standard into account—for example, a student who took two years of high school Japanese may potentially skip up to the first two semesters and be placed in the third level course, JPN 211.
Students with prior language instruction that wish to enroll in a course above level one for which they do not meet a stated prerequisite must contact the department offering the language for further placement assistance and enrollment permissions.
Questions
Course placement questions
- American Sign Language: Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology | Nell J. Redfield Building 103 | (775) 784-4887
- Basque: Center for Basque Studies | Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center 307 (north entrance) | (775) 784-4854
- All other languages: Department of World Languages and Literatures | Edmund J. Cain Hall 241 | (775) 784-6055
Questions about the language requirement
- College of Liberal Arts Student Center | Thompson Building 101 | (775) 682-8745