is it too late for BSN-spanish?

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applied to St pete college (Tweety always plugged them), for BSN - have been accepted for online BSN program, however, they say I need 8 credits of foreign language - does anyone know if this can be done online, how easy is it to learn a 2nd language? help!!

For a foreign language, you might find it better to try and attend a local college, especially if it's just going to be one class for two semesters. However, more and more courses are offered in online/distance formats these days, so what you propose is probably quite possible.

Foreign language is best learned in the classroom setting with a good teacher. That said, if you want to just pass the prereques without really caring if you actually learn a foreign language, then maybe you could find an on-line program.

I have a degree in a foreign language, and my dh teaches a couple of different languages. His school district tried to get him to teach an online class, and he refused--he really feels that learning a language for 99% of the population involved face to face, classroom communication. In my experience, I agree. If you want to make the most of your time and money and actually learn a language, go for the classroom. If you just want to fulfll the requirements, you can try online; but if you've never learned a language before, and have no one to practice with or to whom you can go with questions, it might be pretty difficult.

Just my humble opinion.

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If you need beginner level foreign language courses, the University of Iowa (http://www.uiowa.edu) has beginner through 4th semester Latin courses through Guided Independent Study. You have 9 months to finish the individual courses. (Federal financial aid is available for these courses.)

They also offer Spanish and German in this format as well, but I think those are 3rd and 4th semester classes, not beginner, but I could be off my rocker.

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