{"id":2325,"date":"2026-04-02T11:55:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/?page_id=2325"},"modified":"2026-04-02T11:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:55:45","slug":"spanish-placement-at-palomar-college","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/spanish-placement-at-palomar-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Placement at Palomar College"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spanish Placement at Palomar College:<br>Which group are you in? Which group best describes your experience with Spanish?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Group 1<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Spanish for Heritage Speakers and Native Speakers<\/strong><br>Do you speak Spanish? Are you a Heritage speaker or a Native speaker of Spanish?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For students who have already learned some Spanish through personal experience (e.g., family, home) and speak <br>conversational Spanish or beyond, but have never taken a class in Spanish. <br>Your placement is:<br><strong>Spanish 211<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For students who have already learned some Spanish through personal experience (e.g., family, home) and <br>speak conversational Spanish; AND have taken 3 years of high school Spanish OR third-semester Spanish in college. <br>Your placement is:<br><strong>Spanish 212 and\/or Spanish 235<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Group 2<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Spanish for Beginners, and Non-Heritage Speakers of Spanish<\/strong><br>Students who are learning Spanish for the first time, Adult learners of Spanish, Second-language learners of Spanish, Nonnative speakers of Spanish. Students who did not speak Spanish in their childhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students who have not taken any college-level course work in Spanish. OR<br>Students who completed one (1) year of high-school Spanish and earned a C or better.<br>Your placement is:<br><strong>Spanish 101<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students who have earned a C or better in first-semester Spanish in college. OR<br>Students who completed two (2) years of high-school Spanish and earned a C or better.<br>Your placement is:<br><strong>Spanish 102<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students who have earned a C or better in second-semester Spanish in college. OR<br>Students who completed three (3) years of high-school Spanish and earned a C or better.<br>Your placement is:<br><strong>Spanish 201<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students who have earned a C or better in third-semester Spanish in college. OR<br>Students who completed four (4) years of high-school Spanish and earned a C or better.<br>Your placement is:<br><strong>Spanish 202 and\/or Spanish 235<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Group 3<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advanced Placement Exams<\/strong><br>Students who have taken the Advanced Placement (AP) Exam in Spanish and received a score of 3 or higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For students who have taken the AP Exam called \u201cSpanish Language and Culture\u201d and earned a score of 3 or higher.<br>Your placement is:<br><strong>Spanish 202 or 212; and\/or Spanish 235<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For students who have taken the AP Exam called \u201cSpanish Literature and Culture\u201d and earned a score of 3 or higher.<br>Your placement is:<br><strong>Spanish 235<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you learned Spanish another way? If a student would like to enroll in a higher-level course than the placement process recommends, the student should contact the department chair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish Placement at Palomar College:Which group are you in? Which group best describes your experience with Spanish? Group 1 Spanish for Heritage Speakers and Native SpeakersDo you speak Spanish? Are you a Heritage speaker or a Native speaker of Spanish? Group 2 Spanish for Beginners, and Non-Heritage Speakers of SpanishStudents who are learning Spanish for&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/spanish-placement-at-palomar-college\/\">Continue Reading<span> Spanish Placement at Palomar College<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10261,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2325","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8NDBl-Bv","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10261"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2325"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2336,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2325\/revisions\/2336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}