In collaboration with the Office of Admissions and the Office of the Registrar, the School has established a process of awarding advanced placement credits for prior knowledge of a foreign language.
For example, students who place in a higher level course such as Spanish 203 in their first course at WSU, and receive a grade of B or better, can earn credits for Spanish 101 and Spanish 102.
Credits earned through AP and/or CLEP are subject to the lower division credit limitations (e.g., a maximum of 8 credits).
Earning departmental advanced placement credits
Students may earn up to 8 Advanced Placement Credits by placing into their first foreign language course at WSU above 101 and getting a “B” or better. The initial course must be the first course taken in that language at WSU.
Advanced placement courses earned through the School are not assigned a letter grade. Instead, they are assigned an “S” grade for satisfactory, and do not configure into the student’s GPA.
For example:
- Take SPAN 102 (Second Semester Spanish) and get a B or better
- Earn 4 credits for 102 PLUS 4 AP credits for SPAN 101
- Take SPAN 203 (Third Semester Spanish) and get a B or better
- Earn 4 credits for 203 PLUS 4 AP credits for SPAN 102 PLUS 4 AP credits for SPAN 101
- Take SPAN 204 (Fourth Semester Spanish) and get a B or better
- Earn 4 credits for 204 PLUS 4 AP credits for SPAN 203 PLUS 4 AP credits for SPAN 102
- Take SPAN 308 (Fourth Semester Spanish) and get a B or better
- Earn 3 credits for 308 PLUS 4 AP credit for SPAN 203 PLUS 4 AP credits for SPAN 204
*Spanish 307 is not open to native or heritage speakers without departmental permission
*AP Credits for Spanish 101 and 102 do not count towards the 17 credits required for the Spanish language minor