Spanish

SPAN 1010-2020

It is your responsibility to familiarize yourself with College of Arts & Sciences Degree Requirements, the World Language Requirement, and Departmental policies on placement and enrollment in language courses.

In keeping with the College of Arts & Sciences Area Requirements, courses taken to fulfill the World Language Requirement:

• Must be taken for credit and a letter grade.
• Must be fulfilled only at UVA or at a UVA-approved study abroad program. (The College will NOT allow courses to transfer from other U.S. colleges/universities to fulfill the World Language Requirement.)

Spanish Course Sequence

• Two courses, SPAN 1010 and 1020, are reserved exclusively for students who have never studied Spanish in high school or another college/university.
• Students who have studied Spanish in high school or another college, who wish to continue in Spanish, will be placed according to the score obtained on the SAT II Exam, the AP Exam, the IB (High Level) Exam, or the PLACE Placement Diagnostic.
• The sequence of courses, depending on the level at which the student begins, is as follows: SPAN 1010-1020-2010-2020; or SPAN 1060-2010-2020; or SPAN 2010-2020; or SPAN 2020. All courses in the sequence must be completed to fulfill the World Language Requirement. No course can be skipped once the student has begun the sequence of courses. Courses must be taken one after the other, not at the same time.

Course Offerings

• Please note that SPAN 1010 is offered only in the Fall semester and SPAN 1020 is offered only in the Spring semester. These courses must be taken in sequence. SPAN 1010 and 1020 are also offered during Summer.
• SPAN 1060, SPAN 2010, and SPAN 2020 are offered in Fall, Spring, and Summer Session.
• SPAN 2010 is frequently offered during J-Term.

For more information on placement in Spanish, please click here, to visit.

For questions about SPAN 1010-2020 courses, please contact Kate Neff.

Course Descriptions 

Students considering courses in Spanish, should consult the departmental Course Descriptions. In addition to the information provided by the department, students are encouraged to consult the Student Information System (SIS) and the Undergraduate Record.

Course Objectives

• SPAN 1010
• SPAN 1020
• SPAN 1060
• SPAN 2010
• SPAN 2020

Course Enrollment

Please note: Course enrollment in SPAN 1010-2020 closes earlier than the College of Arts & Sciences 

ADD Deadline for SPAN 1010, 1060, 2010 and 2020 Classes: Wednesday, September 2, 2026.

All course enrollment is handled through the Student Information System (SIS).

Course Permissions & Waitlist

The Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese uses wait lists and permission lists, through the Student Information System (SIS), for course enrollment. For guidance with getting on a wait list or permission list, please visit the SIS Help Center.

If a course is full, please use the wait list or permission list through SIS. Please do not contact the professor.

Course Policies (3010-3020)

Placement

• Students must provide written proof of placement no later than the second class meeting in all SPAN 3010/3020 sections. Failure to do so will result in a final grade of F for the course.
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Attendance

Students enrolled in SPAN 3010 or SPAN 3020 who fail to attend the first day of classes will be dropped from the course.

• In SPAN 3010/3020, attendance is mandatory.
  • For M,W,F sections, students who have more than three (3) unexcused absences will receive a final course grade of F.
  • For T,R and M,W sections, students who have more than two (2) unexcused absences will receive a final course grade of F.
• Tardiness, defined as being 10 minutes—or beyond—late for class, counts as half an absence.

Honor

• The work submitted by students must be of personal authorship. Ideas that are not the student's own must be properly cited. Plagiarism will result in a final grade of F for the course and possible referral to UVA's Honor Council.
• Students are allowed to translate isolated words using paper or online dictionaries. However, translating whole sentences, paragraphs, or essays (from whatever language to Spanish) using online dictionaries or online translators will be considered a serious Honor Code violation. This other type of plagiarism will result in a final grade of F for the course and possible referral to UVA’s Honor Council.
• Students cannot write papers using the help of native Spanish speakers.
• Unless otherwise indicated by the Instructor (i.e., for essays’ 2nd version peer-reviews), students must write papers on an individual basis (i.e., without the help of a classmate).
• Turning in the same paper multiple times either in the same or in different courses is considered a serious Honor Code violation.