World Languages
World Languages
As a joint venture of the School of Information and the Department of World Languages and Literatures we are happy to offer SPAN 132 Special Topics in Spanish for Careers (Beginning Spanish, 4 units) and SPAN 132X Spanish for Librarians II (Intermediate Spanish, 3 units) in Spring 2026. The classes can only be offered in Special Session. Students wishing to enroll in SPAN 132 must complete the request form below. Students wishing to enroll in SPAN 132X must have taken SPAN 132 first, if they have no prior knowledge. Courses are capped at 30 students.
MLIS Special Session students must have completed INFO 203 in order to be given a permission number to take a language class. Each class is 4 units. The classes are upper division 100 level classes and they count toward your 43-unit MLIS degree.
Requesting a “Seat” in the Language Classes
When you are given a permission number to register for the class, you will also be given the course code. Permission numbers will be distributed when we have received them from the World Languages department.
Counting the Classes Toward Your Degree
List the SJSU World Language classes in the Section A of your candidacy form.
Important: The total number of units that can be transferred into your MLIS degree as electives (from iSchool Open Classes, SJSU World Languages, MARA INFM or pre-approved graduate courses taken outside SJSU) is a maximum of 9 units.