<p>The General Education Foundations require you to take through "level 4 of a language". So, does this equate the course number. That is, if you're taking SPAN 204, is this "level 4 of spanish" so it will complete your foreign language requirements?</p>
<p>It’s actually through level three, unless you’re placed into level four (204) because of the placement test. Once you complete 204, you get credit for 203 as well and you’re done. If you place into 203 or any level below that, you only have to complete 203.</p>
<p>So if you place into a level higher than 203, then you don’t have to take the foreign language at all, right?</p>
<p>No, if you place into 204 then you must take 204 to fulfill your requirement. Once you complete 204, you get credit for 203. If you place higher than 204, I think you’re exempt. (edit: but they do double check the results of everyone who places into a level higher than 204, so you have to go in for another test/meeting before you’re officially done… I think)</p>
<p>Ah excellent. I placed into 305 and my advisor wasn’t sure if I was exempt. Thank you.</p>
<p>You could also receive credit by exam to be exempt from some. I got credit for 203 and 204.</p>
<p>Sorry to bump an old thread but I’m slightly confused. I took four years of high school Spanish but I have not taken it since sophomore year. Obviously at this point I have forgotten most of the specific stuff and would bomb an SATII, AP Test, or placement test for spanish. Well, I may do decent on a placement test but I’m not sure (are there practice placement tests?). Anyways, I was looking at UNC’s general requirements and it says I need all of this to satisfy the language requirement:</p>
<p>SPAN 101, 102, 105, 111, 203, 204, 212</p>
<p>So if I place into SPAN 101, I have to take 7 semesters of spanish? Or am I missing something?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>If you can understand Dora the Explorer, you’ll be placed in 105. People who have never taken Spanish before take 101 and 102, in all seriousness, if you can conjugate a verb in the present you’ll be fine. After that, you just have to take 203. 111 and 212 are not used for the requirement at all. 204 is only required if you place into 204, which you probably won’t since you haven’t taken spanish in a while.</p>
<p>Thanks ArtemisDea. That was very helpful and relieving! 'Preciate it! :)</p>
<p>Just to add to this … once you are admitted, you take an on-line placement test - it will place you into a class. My son “tested” into 203 on the UNC test. His AP placement score put him in 204. So he is in 204, and doing just fine.</p>