French, Italian, and Spanish Placement Tests
If you are planning to take an elementary French, Italian, or Spanish class and you are a new student, freshman or transfer student, or you have not yet begun the elementary language sequence on the Ann Arbor campus, you must take the placement test in order to register for the correct course. You must register for the class into which you have been placed.
If you have registered for a class prior to taking the test, you will still be required to take the test in order to verify that you are in the appropriate level class.
If you have already taken French, Italian, or Spanish 101-232 on the Ann Arbor campus, or if you have already taken the placement test once, you are not eligible to take the test again. For questions regarding the LS&A language requirement, please see a general academic advisor or call POINT-10 (764-6810).
Please Note: With the reduction in the number of classrooms throughout LS&A, departments must limit the number of classes offered between 10 am and 4 pm. There will be more classes open before 10 am and after 4 pm. Please take advantage of the opportunity to register for these classes and avoid the "Lottery" (see 2b below).
Instructions for students requesting overrides for French or Spanish 101, 103, 231, or 232.
1. Try to find a section that will fit into your schedule, since the Department cannot guarantee every student a space in a section of his/her own choice.
However, do not register for a class that you cannot attend. You will not be eligible to override into the section of your choice if you are registered for any section of 101-232, even if you cannot attend that section.
2. As it states in the Time Schedule any registered student who misses one of the first four class meetings will be dropped from the course, thereby leaving some open spaces for those students who have been closed out.
If there is absolutely no section open which will fit your schedule, you should follow this procedure:
(a) Start attending the section you would like to get into on the first day of class. You will receive a Proof of Attendance form which must be signed by your instructor every day. You must attend a class every day, but it does not need to be the same section. All students must take action through T-T Registration to make sure their official schedule of courses matches the courses they are taking.
(b) On Tuesday, September 10 at 7:00 p.m., there will be a meeting in the basement of the MLB, rooms to be announced later, for each of the above courses. At these meetings, students will be assigned to remaining vacated spaces in the most fair and equitable manner possible, using a lottery system. At no time, however, will any class be allowed to exceed 25 students. Students must bring their printout of classes and the Proof of Attendance form to the meeting!
3. Please note that you will not be allowed to change sections at these meetings. Beginning Wednesday, September 11, Elementary French Language Supervisors will hear requests for section changes and fill those requests to whatever degree is possible.
4. Please ensure when adding with the override that you also add modifiers for pass/fail, etc.
102. Elementary Portuguese. Portuguese 101. (4). (LR).
A continuation of Portuguese
101. Composition and reading skills given more practice. Grade
based on departmental exams, oral exams, quizzes, written assignments, and daily oral work. (Fedrigo)
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232. Second-Year Portuguese. Portuguese 231. (4). (LR).
This course is designed
to develop fluency in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing
Portuguese and to provide a deeper understanding of the literature, history, culture, outlooks, and habits of Portuguese-speaking
peoples. Course grade is based on exams, designed to assess ability
to speak, understand, read and write Portuguese, plus periodic
written work (including compositions) and oral class participation.
(Fedrigo)
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350. Independent Study. Portuguese 232. (1-3). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT).
May be elected for a total of six credits.
This course exists to
enable students who have begun work on some author or topic to
carry their study further under a professor's guidance. The work
to be done should not be the same as that done in a regular course
offering. A description of the project and the required exercises
to be completed, as well as a list of pertinent bibliography must
be submitted to the instructor no later than the second week of the term, for the approval of the Spanish Undergraduate Curriculum
Committee. (Proposal forms are available in the Department Office.)
The Committee is to receive a copy of any lengthy paper submitted
in the course.
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450. Independent Study. Permission of department. (1-3). (Excl).
(INDEPENDENT). May be elected for a total of six credits.
The work to be done
should not be the same as that offered in a regular course. A
written description of the project together with an appropriate
bibliography must be submitted for initial approval to the proposed
instructor of the course and then to the Concentration Advisor
for final approval prior to the beginning of the term during which the independent study is to be undertaken.
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489. Directed Readings in Portuguese.
Permission of
department. (2-3). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for
credit.
This course exists to
enable students who have begun work on some author or topic to
carry their study further under a professor's guidance. The work
to be done should not be the same as that done in a regular course
offering. A description of the project and the required exercises
to be completed, as well as a list of pertinent bibliography must
be submitted to the concentration advisor no later than the second
week of the term, for the approval of the Undergraduate Curriculum
Committee. (Proposal forms are available in the Department Office.)
The Committee is to receive a copy of any lengthy paper submitted
in the course.
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Times, Location, and Availability
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