<p>Plue and others, I believe the Spanish Dept. offers a faster-paced intro for people like you who have had previous exposure to the language but don’t feel confident; you could then, depending on where you place, fulfill your language requirement in a year or a year-and-a-half rather than two.</p>
<p>I didn’t think the Spanish Dept. exam was hard at all, though I took it a while ago and it may have changed since then. It was quick–only about 20-30 mins or so–and didn’t include an oral/aural component. Review grammar (tenses, conjugation, gender, subjunctive, irregular verbs, etc.).</p>