<p>What's the difference between Spanish 102 and Spanish 104?</p>
<p>102 is like spanish 2 while 104 is like spanish 3</p>
<p>Ohhh okay. For the language requirement for A&S, do I basically have to take one semester of 104 or two semesters of 102 to partially fulfill it? I haven't taken the departmental test yet, so my adviser said I should just guess on which class to take now and then find out which one I place into in August. I've taken 3 years of Spanish in high school, and I want to take the Spanish class that will be the easiest! However, one full year of Spanish seems like a lot..</p>
<p>you can't take two semesters of 102 - it's a one-semester-long class. if you want the easiest, then you should go for span 102. </p>
<p>the website puts it best:
"All students have to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language at a basic level. Basic level = 1 year of study at the university level. One year at university level = completion of or proficiency in second semester of foreign language instruction by some means: AP credit; SAT II; VU departmental test; or appropriate Vanderbilt course," which, in your case, would be 102.</p>
<p>and: not to be mean or anything, but you'll have to get used to taking some classes you don't necessarily want to take. that's the joy of a liberal arts education.</p>
<p>Great! Thanks!</p>
<p>I took Spanish in high school and didn't really like it... placed into 102 at vu and then took 102 and 104. I didn't have a problem with either class and those were actually 2 of my best grades freshman year... i hear 203 is a whole different story tho only take that if you plan to maj/min in spanish.</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm defffinitely not majoring in Spanish. I heard that the department and teachers are amazing though. Is that why you took a full year of Spanish freshman year?</p>
<h1>1 spanish program in the country!</h1>
<p>i'm confused... shouldn't one year of spanish mean spanish 100 and 101 ?</p>
<p>yes... thats why i took a full year texas, because i really enjoyed the coursework and excelled at it.</p>
<p>alex, 1 full year of spanish is any 2 courses in it... if you have never taken spanish, then yes 100 and 101 would be a full year. but if u have taken it in hs, you have to take a placement exam and depending on how you do depends on which class you place into.</p>
<p>Spanish 100 and 101 are both first year spanish, so you wouldn't take both of those (one is for true beginners, the other is for people who've had it before, but forget most of it).</p>
<p>And you DON'T have to take a full year. the quote i included above:</p>
<p>"One year at university level = completion of or proficiency in second semester of foreign language instruction by some means: AP credit; SAT II; VU departmental test; or appropriate Vanderbilt course"</p>
<p>so the highest i would have to take is 102?</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me the book for Spanish 101</p>
<p>i placed into 201. is this course hard? what is it like? what topics are covered?</p>
<p>Now i m just confused as hell.... If you placed into 201, doesnt that mean you don't have to take spanish?</p>
<p>alex, you are right i don't have to take spanish. but i figured i'd take it anyways. it fulfills a writing requirement for axel (200 level writing course) and i think learning a language is beneficial. also, i wanted to try out taking a language in college, maybe it will be different than what it was like in high school.</p>
<p>i took 201 spring freshman year. i would say that, compared to the other spanish classes i've taken on the 200 level (just 203 and 211 so far), it is the class that most reminded me of high school spanish. </p>
<p>a lot of the difficulty depends on your teacher since a big part of your grade comes from your writing (obviously). the tests, though, are uniform across the different sections (except 50% of the test is an essay, graded by your instructor), and they're not bad at all. </p>
<p>this class was kind of the final gateway into "real" spanish classes, in that it was the last class where there is scheduled time devoted to learning grammatical rules or how to conjugate in some tenses. the topics covered are pretty much how to write an essay. the class is basically split up into three sections, with one being focused on narrative writing, the second on expository writing, and the third on persuasive writing (or so i remember). along the way, you cover grammatical rules (like not capitalizing all the words in titles of essays...) and just random bits that the class seems to be having difficulty mastering. while the class isn't hard, you have to make sure that you are writing how your instructor wants, so this was actually the class where I went to office hours most frequently out of all the classes i've taken at vandy. While your instructor won't flat-out edit your essay before you turn it in, she'll be more than happy to clear up questions you have about just how to convey something in the best and most powerful way.</p>
<p>if you can get through 201, I would definitely suggest going on to 203 to get a taste of higher-level spanish classes here at vanderbilt!</p>
<p>thanks so much!</p>
<p>which teachers do you recommend and which teachers should we stay clear of?</p>