Courses are designed to enable students to acquire a functional competence of French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Since the acquisition of a foreign language is closely linked with the culture of a given country, the instructors offer opportunities for students to appreciate, experience and learn to respect cultural differences through classroom discussions and/or presentation of a variety of material.
Requirements/Placement:
Students are required to complete 6 credits, in sequence, in any one foreign language offered in the Alvernia curriculum. Placement of the student in the appropriate course level is determined by testing and/or the decision of the foreign language department staff.
Placement Guidelines for Spanish Courses
Students should complete the following course sequence based on their prior years of foreign language study in high school.
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Years of Instruction
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Course Sequence
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0-2 years of high school Spanish
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Spanish 101 & Spanish 102
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3-4 years of high school Spanish
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Spanish 102 & Spanish 201
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Heritage speakers of Spanish
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Spanish 115 & Spanish 116
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Spanish for Native or Heritage Speakers
Students who are native or heritage speakers of Spanish will be placed in a Heritage speaker course (SPA 115) or another course above the SPA 101 level as approved by a language faculty member.
A Heritage speaker is defined as someone who has been exposed to a language other than English at home. Heritage speakers may not be bilingual, but they may have some proficiency and/or a cultural connection to the language spoken at home.
A Native speaker is someone who was raised in an environment using a language other than English both in and outside of the home.
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