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Prerequisite: SPAN 110 with a grade of ?C? or better or equivalent. The student must be able to speak and read English. The student can be successful in SPAN 200 only after having achieved all of the minimal performance objectives specified for both SPAN 100 and SPAN 110. Either a recent course in SPAN 110 or a recent 3 year high school Spanish course with good retention should enable the student to succeed in SPAN 200. A continuation of SPAN 110 covering the uses of all Spanish tenses with special emphasis on the subjunctive and imperative modes. This course requires the use of increasingly complex language structures and vocabulary to develop the functional competence required to communicate beyond survival needs and to discuss and express opinions on abstract topics related to the arts, lifestyle, linguistics, and literature at the intermediate level. (CSU) (UC credit limited. See a counselor.)

An intensive course in oral Spanish for students who have learned Spanish as a native language. It is intended for students who may read well and have good grammar but need more practice in oral structures. This course will include a brief grammar review and discussion of relevant everyday topics of social concern. Concurrent enrollment in SPAN 221 is recommended, but not required. (CSU, UC)

Prerequisite: SPAN 100 with a grade of ?C? or better or equivalent. A continuation of SPAN 100 with the main emphasis on the imperfect, preterit, and the present perfect forms for both regular and irregular verbs. The course continues teaching language acquisition in a cultural context through the four basic language skills: hearing, speaking, reading, and writing. Not open to students with native fluency in Spanish and to those students who have studied in a Spanish Speaking country. Course is conducted in Spanish. (See SPAN 220) (CSU, UC)

Prerequisite: SPAN 110 with a grade of ?C? or better or equivalent. The student must be able to speak and read English. The student can be successful in SPAN 200 only after having achieved all of the minimal performance objectives specified for both SPAN 100 and SPAN 110. Either a recent course in SPAN 110 or a recent 3 year high school Spanish course with good retention should enable the student to succeed in SPAN 200. A continuation of SPAN 110 covering the uses of all Spanish tenses with special emphasis on the subjunctive and imperative modes. This course requires the use of increasingly complex language structures and vocabulary to develop the functional competence required to communicate beyond survival needs and to discuss and express opinions on abstract topics related to the arts, lifestyle, linguistics, and literature at the intermediate level. (CSU) (UC credit limited. See a counselor.)