Students who enroll in two levels of Spanish or two sections of the same level will be dropped from both. You should enter at the level that follows the college course you have already completed. Enter at the level that follows the college course you have already completed. Students who have taken Latin in High School but not in College should take the Summer Orientation placement exam. All languages are taught with a heavy emphasis on proficiency in speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing.
All languages introduce the script in the first year course.
Advanced courses are offered in reading, conversation, composition, and literature, with continued emphasis on culture. Culture courses and literature in translation courses are also offered. Sanskrit courses cannot count toward the foreign language requirement. Enrollment is limited to students with a working knowledge of another modern foreign language or with some previous knowledge of Portuguese. Upon enrolling in the appropriate level of a foreign language, a few students may discover that a gap exists between the material they covered at their former school and the material that they are expected to know in their present course.