As a component of the common curriculum, Mercy College requires its students to achieve a level of proficiency in a second language equivalent to one year of college courses. At other universities, such as Columbia University, students must achieve a level of proficiency equivalent to two years of college courses. Do you think these requirements are appropriate? Is it an outdated system or does it have value within the intellectual, cultural, social and economic sphere of the contemporary world? Do you think a course like this (SPAN 121) should satisfy this curricular requirement? Explain.