Santiago Language Prerequisite

Most courses offered in Santiago are conducted in Spanish, and students continue their language studies while participating in the program. The grading basis for Spanish language classes is Letter Grade Only.

Santiago Prerequisites

• There is no Spanish prerequisite for the Santiago program. 

Stanford Language Center

• Students who have already begun SPANLANG coursework at Stanford will be placed according to the last SPANLANG class completed and should not take a placement test.
• Students who have taken language coursework at another institution or are native speakers will require a valid language placement test, taken within the last 10 months, in order to be placed appropriately.
  • If students have no Spanish experience, but do have experience with another romance language, the Language Center would want to see a recent placement (or Stanford coursework) in that other language, so they can determine if the accelerated Spanish (1A) would be appropriate.
• Students with ZERO Spanish language experience are not required to take a Spanish Language placement test with the Language Center, as you will be placed in 1S.

Please click here for the updated testing schedule. Please complete the written exam before the time of your oral interview. For any questions, please contact the Language Center (languagecenter@stanford.edu) with "BOSP" specified in the subject line.

In addition to formal language classes, students have the option to enroll in a 2-unit language tutorial and may work individually with a language tutor.