Spanish and Portuguese Studies - University of Washington
  Registration Policies and Procedures



100/200-LEVEL COURSES


General Policies
  • All undergraduate students who qualify for 100 or 200-level Spanish courses are eligible to register via MyUW during Period One, whether currently in the Spanish sequence or not.

  • There are absolutely NO OVERLOADS in any of our classes.

  • If classes are full, students should keep trying online until the start of the quarter for possible openings.

  • During the first week of the quarter, students trying to get into 100 or 200-level course must attend the first three days of class and sign the 3-day attendance sheet provided by the instructor to be considered for any openings. After class on the third day, this list will be used by the Advising Office to fill any openings in the classes.

    ***For more detailed information regarding this process, please click here.***

  • Students are not added to our courses after the first week of the quarter.

  • Audits are not allowed in our language courses.

  • EOP sections are for EOP students only. All EOP sections are marked as such in the online time schedule, and have an enrollment limit of 15 students.

  • Repeats in language courses are not allowed. A maximum of one repeat in 103, 123 and 134 may be considered if resulting from unforseen circumstances.

  • Students may only enroll in one Spanish or Portuguese grammar course at a time.



SPAN 110

Students with at least two years of high school Spanish AND a placement test score of 10-44 are eligible for this class.



SPAN 121-122-123

This is a beginning Spanish series offered in the Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters, respectively. This "immersion" series parallels 101-102-103, and therefore, credit is not allowed for both sequences. More specifically, students who already have credit for SPAN 101 will not receive credit for SPAN 121, students who already have credit for SPAN 102/110 will not receive credit for SPAN 121 or 122, and students who already have credit for SPAN 103 will not receive credit for SPAN 121, 122, or 123. In addition, students who completed at least two years of Spanish in high school are not able to receive credit for the 121 portion of this sequence.

The policy above applies to students who took the SPAN 121-122-123 sequence Autumn 2003 or later.



SPAN 134 (summer intensive course)

The 15-credit intensive SPAN 134 course, offered in the summer, has a similar credit policy as the 121-122-123 series. This course utlilizes the same methods as 121-122-123, and is equivalent to completing SPAN 101, 102 and 103 in one intensive summer course. Students who already have credit for SPAN 101 (or 121) will receive only 10 credits for SPAN 134, students who already have credit for SPAN 102/110 (or 122) will receive only 5 credits for SPAN 134, and students who already have credit for SPAN 103 (or 123) will not receive any credit for SPAN 134. In addition, students who completed at least two years of Spanish in high school receive only 10 credits for SPAN 134.

The policy above applies to students who took SPAN 134 Summer 2003 or later.



300/400-LEVEL COURSES


General Policies
  • Starting from SPAN 302, MAJORS ONLY have priority registration during Period One. Non-majors, including minors, are eligible to register during Period Two.

  • If classes are full, students should keep trying online until the start of the quarter for possible openings.

  • During the first week of the quarter, students trying to get into SPAN 301, 302, 303, 310, 321, 322, or 323 must attend the first three days of a M-F class, or the first two days of a MW or TTh class; and sign the attendance sheet provided by the instructor to be considered for any openings. After class on the second or third day, depending on the class schedule, this list will be used by the Advising Office to fill any openings in the classes.

    ***For more detailed information regarding this process, please click here.***

  • For entrance into all other 300 and 400-level courses during the first week of the quarter, instructors will consider students who have attended their classes daily, and may give out add codes at their discretion if there are spaces available.

  • Students may not add a course after the first week of the quarter.

  • Students may enroll in only one Spanish grammar course at a time.



SPAN 301 and 310

SPAN 301 and SPAN 310 are open during Period One to students currently registered in SPAN 203. Students who took SPAN 203 in a previous quarter, have transfer credit, or have a placement test score are eligible to register in either SPAN 301 or 310 during Period Two.



SPAN 314-315-316

Contact Marķa Gillman (mgill@u.washington.edu) for eligibility in these courses. Admission is by entry code only.



  See also…
100 & 200-Level FAQs
300 & 400-Level FAQs
Opportunities for Students
Career Advising
Placement Testing
Writing Workshop
Credit by Exam
Contact Information