SPAN 5

About this course

Further expansion of the reading and discussion of texts dealing with the literature, arts, geography, history and culture of the Spanish-speaking world. Review and further development of the grammatical structures of first-year Spanish with emphasis on building communicative competence and expanding concrete vocabulary about new topics, and idiomatic usage. Emphasis on past tenses and past subjunctive. Writing and reading assignments based upon topics discussed in class.

No section is scheduled at Foothill College for Fall 2026. The course can still be offered in a later quarter.

Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.

Prerequisites

• SPAN 4INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I
• or

Catalog wording: “SPAN 4 or equivalent.”

What this course unlocks

Foothill courses that list SPAN 5 as a prerequisite.

• SPAN 6INTERMEDIATE SPANISH III

Transfer pathways that use SPAN 5

ASSIST maps SPAN 5 to a requirement in 53 published pathways from Foothill College — 24 shown.

• PUBLIC HEALTHFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• SPANISHFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• ENGLISHFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• ANTHROPOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHYFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• WINE AND VITICULTUREFoothill → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• Anthropology B.S. - Linguistic Anthropology ConcentrationFoothill → Humboldt State
• Leadership StudiesFoothill → Humboldt State
• SpanishFoothill → Humboldt State
• SpanishFoothill → San Francisco State
• International StudiesFoothill → UC Irvine
• SpanishFoothill → UC Irvine
• SpanishFoothill → CSU Fullerton
• Latin American Studies, B.A.**Foothill → CSU Fullerton
• SpanishFoothill → CSU Chico
• Humanities B.A. Online Degree CompletionFoothill → CSU Chico
• Liberal Studies B.A. - Bilingual/Cross-Cultural OptionFoothill → CSU Chico
• Latin American StudiesFoothill → CSU Chico
• HumanitiesFoothill → CSU Chico
• SpanishFoothill → CSU Channel Islands
• Global StudiesFoothill → CSU Channel Islands
• Early Childhood Studies, B.A. Integrated Teacher Education Program (ITEP): PK-3 Early Childhood Specialist Instruction Credential - Pending California Commission on Teaching Credentialing (CTC) ApprovalFoothill → CSU Channel Islands
• Early Childhood StudiesFoothill → CSU Channel Islands
• Spanish-English Translation and Interpretation, B.A. (Applications open for Fall 2026)Foothill → CSU Channel Islands
• Chicana/o StudiesFoothill → CSU Channel Islands