Course placement
French
Students wishing to take French for their w88 requirement should consult the Department of World Languages and Literatures’ French w88 live casino before enrolling.
The first course in the French sequence, FREN 111, is open for any student to enroll. However, taking the French w88 live casino is highly encouraged for those students who have previously completed some French w88 instruction without earning college credit, as they may be able to place into a higher course level more reflective of their French w88 ability.
Spanish
Students wishing to take Spanish for their w88 requirement should consult the Department of World Languages and Literatures’ Spanish w88 online game policy before enrolling.
Generally, most students wishing to pursue Spanish for the w88 requirement must take the Spanish w88 online game prior to enrolling in a course, unless they have met another course prerequisite. Students who have had no prior high school or college Spanish instruction may be permitted to enroll directly into SPAN 111 without taking the placement exam but will need to work with an advisor for verification and to obtain enrollment permission.
Spanish heritage speakers (individuals who attended high school in the United States and grew up speaking Spanish, typically without receiving formal Spanish instruction) wishing to pursue Spanish coursework for the w88 requirement may not enroll in SPAN 111–212 courses and should not take the placement test above. These students should instead complete the Spanish for Heritage Speakers trackand should contact the Spanish heritage advisor to take a free heritage speaker placement test to determine placement into SPAN 226 or SPAN 227.
Other languages
For languages other than Spanish, students will automatically qualify to enroll in the first course of the sequence.
Students who wish to consider enrolling in a course beyond the first semester in the sequence should take into account their level of familiarity and comfort with all aspects of the w88—speaking, listening and writing—as well as time passed since last formal w88 instruction. Keep in mind that each semester of a college w88 course at Nevada is roughly equivalent to one year of high school level w88 instruction, and course placement at the college level will typically take this standard into account—for example, a student who took two years of high school Japanese may potentially skip up to the first two semesters and be placed in the third level course, JPN 211.
Students with prior w88 instruction that wish to enroll in a course above level one for which they do not meet a stated prerequisite must contact the department offering the w88 for further placement assistance and enrollment permissions.
Questions
Course placement questions
- Basque: Center for Basque Studies | Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center 307 (north entrance) | (775) 784-4854
- All other languages: Department of World Languages and Literatures | Edmund J. Cain Hall 241 | (775) 784-6055
Questions about the w88 requirement
- College of Liberal Arts Student Center | email: clalanguage@unr.edu | Lincoln Hall 314 | (775) 682-8745