Advanced Conversation focuses on practicing and improving conversational Spanish while forming and presenting opinions on cultural and social issues affecting Latin America and the US.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.88 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.54 GPA, 82.6% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.92 GPA, 96.0% A/AB (n=50 letter grades).
Sarli Mercado assigned substantial reading homework, which was essential because class sessions focused entirely on discussing those texts. A student noted that she was a very deep professor who required thorough analysis of Spanish literature.