<p>How heavy is the courseload for a language course like Spanish? We're in there 5 days/week, so I'm assuming we have a lot of homework assignments?</p>
<p>For my language class, we had homework assignments due every day. But they were pretty easy. We also had weekly quizzes and two oral exams throughout the semester.</p>
<p>I’d say it’s worth 5 units in terms of time commitment, no more and no less.</p>
<p>If you already know the language and have some experience, it isn’t that difficult. It gets harder every level you higher though. Spanish I think they teach in a giant lecture hall and then you go to discussions or something like that? I know for the less popular languages, its usually 5 days a week. </p>
<p>I think that its less than 5 units of work if you are alright learning languages. Language classes are definitely way easier and fun compared to engineering/science classes though.</p>
<p>Languages are easy (in terms of difficulty). The 5 units are for how tedious they can get though. Depending on your language you might have exercises due every day.</p>
<p>I took French… I found it more like a 3-unit class, whereas Chem 3A should’ve been the 5-unit class.</p>
<p>Most language courses have a quiz/test every week and assignments due every day (or a large packet of assignments due every test day, that you “should” have been working on every day).</p>
<p>They’re really easy grade-wise, but they definitely deserve to be 5 units. Attending class every day gets a little bit tiresome, and every test is cumulative to a certain extent, so you have to constantly be caught up.</p>
<p>It also depends on how you are with second language acquisition. Some people have a knack for it, others really don’t. You may be putting a lot of time into the class. But I think most people would agree in that it’s not too difficult to earn A’s if you really do put forth the effort.</p>