Read the following if you plan to challenge any Spanish course.

General Information

Students interested in challenging Spanish courses (200, 201, 300, and 301) must follow these steps:

1. You must receive permission to challenge an exam from the Course Coordinator. Contact cecilian@athabascau.ca or email examunit@athabascau.ca for coordinator information.
2. The Athabasca University Calendar, online at http://www.athabascau.ca/calendar/page06_04.html has full instructions for Challenge for Credit option and you should read this before proceeding.
3. If you have not already done so, complete and submit the Undergraduate General Application Form available from the Registrar’s Office or online at https://tux.athabascau.ca/oros/servlet/DispatcherServlet.
4. Contact the Athabasca University Registrar’s Office to register for the challenge exam or complete and submit the Challenge for Credit Form online at https://secure.athabascau.ca/inter/challenge.htm.
5. If you wish to review the course materials for the course to be challenged you may order the student package by contacting the Registrar’s Office or selecting this option on the Challenge for Credit Form. You will be required to pay an extra fee for this material. This fee is refundable after you have completed your exams if the material is returned unmarked within a period of 30 days.
6. You will have a 3 month time period to complete the exams.
7. NOTE: For the Spanish courses there will be both an oral and a written exam. The student must take an oral exam (about 20 to 30 minutes) and it is the student’s responsibility to contact the Course Coordinator to take the oral examination over the telephone. Once you feel you are prepared, contact the Course Coordinator to set a date for the oral exam.
8. The written examination is 3 ½ hours long. See the Athabasca University Calendar for information on writing invigilated examinations.

Contents of the exams

The following is an outline of the contents you will be tested on in both the oral and the written examinations:

Spanish 200

1. Grammar
   1. Verbs: Indicative Mood (all tenses: present, present and past progressive, preterit, imperfect, future and conditional tenses) of about 400 regular and irregular verbs. Some common reflexive verbs
   2. Genre and Number of nouns and adjectives
   3. Adjectives: Comparison of adjectives.
   4. Prepositions
   5. Direct and Indirect Objects
   6. Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns
2. Vocabulary from Destinos program and textbook (first 26 chapters)
3. Cultural Topics (Society, Geography, Arts, Music, Literature) related to Spain, Argentina, and Mexico.

Note: In the written examination, instructions are given in English.

Spanish 201

1. Grammar—Besides the grammar contents for Spanish 200, you are expected to know the following:
   1. Verbs
      1. Subjunctive Mood (present tense, imperfect)
      2. Imperative Mood
      3. Perfect Tenses (present perfect, past perfect, preterit perfect, future perfect, conditional perfect)
      4. Perfect Tenses of the Subjunctive Mood (present and past perfect)
      5. Stem-changing and Spelling—changing verbs.
      6. Passive Voice
      7. Special idiomatic structures (gustar, fascinar, interesar, entretener)
2. Vocabulary related to the second part of Destinos program and textbook (Chapters 27–52) or similar.
3. Cultural Topics about Argentina, Puerto Rico and Mexico as dealt with in Destinos.

Note: Instructions in both, the written and the oral examinations are given in Spanish.

Spanish 300

1. Grammar—Besides the grammar topics corresponding to previous Spanish levels, you are expected to have a good command of the following:
   1. Verbs
      1. The complete Indicative Mood of about 600 regular, irregular, reflexive, and stem-changing verbs.
      2. The Subjunctive Mood (simple present & imperfect—perfect present & past)
      3. The Imperative Mood
      4. The Passive Voice
      5. “Se” as sign of impersonality as well as passivity.
   2. Adjectives
   3. Adverbs
   4. Prepositions
   5. Conjunctions
   6. Direct and Indirect Objects and Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns
2. Vocabulary related to diversiones y fiestas, vejez y juventud, presencia latina (en sociedades de origen no latino), hombres y mujeres, vivir y aprender, de viaje (all of them in the 300 textbooks). Or vocabulary equivalent to the first six lessons in both the Spanish 300 Grammar Textbook and the first six lessons in the literary textbook.
3. Culture Topics equivalent to the Hispanic culture (both, Peninsular and Latin-American) including aspects and traditions in society, education, recreation, politics, economy, health, sports, history, and arts.

Spanish 301

1. Grammar
   1. Verbs
      1. Indicative Mood—Simple and Perfect Tenses—All tenses and form
      2. Subjunctive Mood—Simple and Perfect Tenses—All tenses and forms
      3. Imperative—All tenses
      4. Passive Voice—All tenses
      5. Regular, irregular, and stem-changing verbs
      6. Reflexive verbs
   2. Adjectives (comparison—superlatives)
   3. Adverbs
   4. Direct & Indirect Objects & Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns
   5. Idiomatic expressions (se me perdió, hace—que, and others)
2. Vocabulary related to the second six chapters in the Spanish  301 Grammar Textbook, and the literary text.
3. Culture Topics related to those issues and Hispanic countries dealt with in the second six chapters in the literary text. Peninsular and Latin-American cultures, their history, geography, sports, politics, society, and traditions.

In order to receive credit, a student challenging any course in Spanish must achieve a 50% in the written examination.

For all other information regarding fees, refunds or any issue related to administrative matters see the AU online calendar at http://www.athabascau.ca/calendar/or contact the Registrar Office.