Credit by Exam in Spanish

Irvine Valley College

The IVC Spanish Department does not grant credit by examination.*  Our department believes that language classes do not lend themselves to credit by examination.  Taking a test is not the same as actually attending a class and doing all the assignments, which include participation, written essays, and cultural activities. 

Of course, you may challenge Spanish 2 in order to take Spanish 3 or challenge Spanish 3 in order to take Spanish 4.  See Challenging a Course.

There are no courses here at IVC that are truly appropriate for native speakers.  State mandate does not allow us to offer upper division courses, so even our most advanced class, Spanish 4, is below the level of educated native speakers.

If you have a language requirement, we encourage you to study another language here at IVC: Chinese, French, Japanese, or Sign Language.  The UC does not allow students to receive credit for anything below second year in their native language.  Instead, they encourage native speakers of Spanish to take Spanish for Heritage Speakers.

* IVC policy leaves credit by exam up to the department.  Refer to the section under Credit by Exam in the IVC catalogue:  "The course should be one whose content, in the opinion of the department and the instructor assigned, lends itself to testing by examination."