Spanish SPAN

SPAN-1 Elementary Spanish I

Units

4

Hours

72 lecture hours

Advisory

Eligibility for college-level composition course

Transfers to

CSU, UC

C-ID

SPAN 100

Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass

Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 3

Introduction to the language and culture of the Spanish-speaking world. It includes the development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish with an emphasis on the communicative skills, as well as the fundamentals of Spanish grammar. The course is equivalent to one year of high school Spanish.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

SPAN-2 Elementary Spanish II

Units

4

Hours

72 lecture hours

Prerequisite

Satisfactory completion of SPAN1

Advisory

Eligibility for college-level composition course

Transfers to

CSU, UC

C-ID

SPAN 110

Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass

Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 3

A continuation of Spanish I. Provides further basic communication skills through listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This course introduces the preterite, the conditional, the future, and the subjective verb cases. It includes practice at the intermediate level and review of the fundamentals of Spanish Grammar.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.

SPAN-20A Spanish for Spanish Speakers I

Units

4

Hours

72 lecture hours

Prerequisite

Fluency in Spanish

Advisory

Eligibility for college-level composition course

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass

Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 3

Cal-GETC: 3B

Reading and writing Spanish, targeted to Spanish speakers. Readings pertinent to the life and culture of Hispanics in the United States, compositions, exploring personal, political and cultural issues, exams, advanced grammar. Instruction in Spanish.

Offered: Fall 2026 (1 section)

SPAN-20B Spanish for Spanish Speakers II

Units

4

Hours

72 lecture hours

Prerequisite

Satisfactory completion of SPAN20A

Advisory

Eligibility for college-level composition course

Transfers to

CSU, UC

Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass

Counts toward WCC Graduation Area 3

Cal-GETC: 3B

This course, which is conducted in Spanish, is the second of a two-semester sequence designed for fluent speakers of Spanish who are proficient in the language, but who have had little or no formal language training.

Not on the Fall 2026 schedule.