Hi!
I am a dual enrollment student trying to complete my general ed classes. At the moment I have 20 units and two 5s on my AP Spanish tests. Those credits are from English (4), Psych (3), CS(4), interdisciplinary (5), Marine Bio(4). I enrolled myself at another psych class this semester which is three units, and I am still deciding between a third Psych class or Poli Sci (I’m taking AP gov this year) but I really want to take a language to get a head start and be able to use my skills faster. A language would be 5 units and the cc only alows me to take 6, and I don’t know if a language would be a waste of time for me since I want to reduce the classes I take at college to save a little bit of time and money. Overall my question is which one is more convenient in relationship to money and graduating early, thank you!
Have you taken a language in high school, or in some other way able to satisfy an undergrad language requirement? Lots of colleges want 2-3 years of a language in high school for evaluating apps and then require language proficiency either with a high AP score or taking it as an undergrad. This one 5-unit class isn’t going to fulfill that requirement. Or do you know you’ll be going somewhere with no such requirement?
@Oregon2016 My native language is Spanish, so when I came to the U.S. I was placed in AP Spanish Lang and then the following year I took AP Spanish Lit, which I both passed with a 5. However English and Spanish aren’t the only two languages I want to know, I plan on taking more classes while in college, which is also one reason to why I’m not sure if I should take a language class at the cc.
Well I don’t know how exactly you want to “save time and money” with regards to language study. You could just get Rosetta Stone or other language course and self-study.