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Spanish and Latin American Studies
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Lara Anderson
Email: laraba@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
100 credit points
The Diploma consists of a three-year sequence of first, second and third year language study and may add up to one year to the duration of the student’s degree course. See the Diploma course structure for details.
Spanish and Latin American Studies
A 100-point diploma sequence is available. The sequence is as follows for the three most common entry points:
- Spanish 1 entry point: for students who have very little or no knowledge of Spanish.
- Spanish 3 entry point: for students who have undertaken two or three years of secondary school Spanish or who have been admitted to the program after proving adequate knowledge of Spanish, adequate placement test results or equivalent.
- Spanish 5 entry point: for students who have obtained VCE Spanish, adequate placement test results, or approved equivalent.
Students will have their appropriate entry point determined by the Spanish and Latin American Program, based on evidence of prior learning and/or results of a placement test as required. Please refer to the following link for further information: http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/soll/resources/language-placement-testing
Students completing a diploma in Spanish and Latin American Studies will usually undertake 25 points at level one, 37.5 points at level two and 37.5 points at level three.
For an example of a typical Spanish and Latin American Studies structure for each of the three entry points, please visit: http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/lcr/
Subject Options
SPANISH 1 ENTRY POINT:
Spanish 1 entry point - Level 1
Students completing the Spanish diploma with a Spanish 1 entry point are required to complete the following subjects (25 points).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SPAN10001 | Spanish 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN10002 | Spanish 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Spanish 1 entry point - Level 2
Students completing the Spanish diploma with a Spanish 1 entry point are required to complete the following subjects (37.5 points).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SPAN20002 | Spanish 3 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN20003 | Spanish 4 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN20001 | Hispanic Cultural Studies | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Spanish 1 entry point - Level 3
Students completing the Spanish diploma with a Spanish 1 entry point are required to complete the following subjects and one elective (37.5 points).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SPAN30014 | Spanish 5 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN30015 | Spanish 6 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPANISH 3 ENTRY POINT:
Spanish 3 entry point - Level 1
Students completing the Spanish diploma with a Spanish 3 entry point are required to complete the following subjects (25 points).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SPAN10003 | Spanish 3 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN10004 | Spanish 4 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Spanish 3 entry point - Level 2
Students completing the Spanish diploma with a Spanish 3 entry point are required to complete the following subjects and one elective (37.5 points).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SPAN20018 | Spanish 5 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN20019 | Spanish 6 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Spanish 3 entry point - Level 3
Students completing the Spanish diploma are required to complete the following subject and two electives (37.5 points).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SPAN30016 | Spanish 7 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPANISH 5 ENTRY POINT:
Spanish 5 entry point - Level 1
Students completing the Spanish diploma are required to complete the following subjects (25 points).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SPAN10007 | Spanish 5 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN10008 | Spanish 6 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Spanish 5 entry point - Level 2
Students completing the Spanish diploma are required to complete the following subject (12.5 points) and two electives (25 points).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SPAN20022 | Spanish 7 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Spanish 5 entry point - Level 3
Students completing the Spanish diploma are required to complete 3 electives (37.5 points).
ELECTIVES:
NOTE:
*Students in the Spanish 1 Entry Point are required to take one Level 3 elective subject (12.5 points). This has to be a Spanish elective.
*Students in the Spanish 3 Entry Point are required to take 3 elective subjects (one at Level 2 and two at Level 3 - 37.5 points). These have to be Spanish Electives
*Students in the Spanish 5 Entry Point are required to take 5 elective subjects (two at Level 2 and three at Level 3 - 62.5 points). They can take 1 European Studies/Other elective subjects (12.5 points).
Spanish Electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SPAN20016 | Rock, Pop & Resistance | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN30012 | Rock, Pop & Resistance | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN30021 | Exploring Latin America | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN20017 | Don Quijote Against the Universe | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN30013 | Don Quijote Against the Universe | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN30001 | Gender in Hispanic Cultures | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
SPAN20024 | Cooking up the Nation | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
SPAN30019 | Cooking up the Nation | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
SPAN30017 | Hispanic Film Today | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
SPAN20025 | Realities and Fictions in Argentina | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
SPAN30020 | Realities and Fictions in Argentina | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
European Studies and other electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
EURO20007 | A Taste of Europe: Melbourne Intensive | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EURO30006 | A Taste of Europe: Melbourne Intensive | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EURO20006 | Europe: Making and Breaking of Nations | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EURO30005 | Europe: Making and Breaking of Nations | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EURO20002 | European Modernism | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EURO30003 | European Modernism | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EURO20003 | Memory & Memoirs of 20th Century Europe | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
EURO30002 | Memory & Memoirs of 20th Century Europe | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
EURO20005 | Screening Europe: Image and Identity | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
EURO30004 | Screening Europe: Image and Identity | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
EURO20001 | Language and Society in Europe | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
EURO30001 | Language and Society in Europe | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
Links
http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/Last updated: 30 January 2024