Listed below you will find documents that describe how students will be evaluated while taking one of the Spanish Basic Language courses. Students are evaluated based on written and oral expression, as well as class participation. The documents are in PDF format. You will need Adobe Reader in order to view these files. If you do not have this program, you can download it for free by going to the Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Download Page.
Spanish 1
- Evaluation Criteria for Online Discussion Participation
- Evaluation Criteria for Speaking Assignments
Spanish 2, 3 and Spanish 10, 20
- Evaluation Criteria for Oral Expression
- Evaluation Criteria for Participation
- Evaluation Criteria for Written Expression (First Version)
- Evaluation Criteria for Written Expression (Final Version)
Grading Scale
(Based upon department guidelines)
| 95.0-100% | A |
| 90.0-94.9% | A- |
| 87.0-89.9% | B+ |
| 83.3-86.9% | B |
| 80.0-83.2% | B- |
| 75.0-79.9% | C+ |
| 70.0-74.9% | C |
| 60.0-69.9% | D |
| 59.9%-0 | F |
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