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  5. Structure

Spanish and Latin American Studies // Structure

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Structure

75 credit points

A 100-point major and 75-point minor sequence is available. The sequence is as follows for the three most common entry points for the Major and Minor:

  • 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 major 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. Students completing a minor will usually undertake 25 points at level one, 25 points at level two and 25 points at level three.

Subject Options

SPANISH 1 ENTRY POINT:

Spanish 1 entry point - Level 1

Students completing a Spanish major or minor 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 major with a Spanish 1 entry point are required to complete the following subjects (37.5 points). Students completing the Spanish minor are only required to complete Spanish 3 and Spanish 4 (25 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 major are required to complete the following subjects and one elective (37.5 points). Students completing the Spanish minor are only required to complete Spanish 5 and 6 (25 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 major or minor 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 major with a Spanish 3 entry point are required to complete the following subjects and one elective (37.5 points). Students completing the Spanish minor are only required to complete Spanish 5 and Spanish 6 (25 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 major are required to complete the following subject and two electives (37.5 points). Students completing the Spanish minor are to complete the following subject (12.5 points) and one elective (12.5 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 major or minor 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 major are required to complete the following subject (12.5points) and two electives (25 points). Students completing the Spanish minor are only required to complete the following subject and one elective.

 

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 major are required to complete 3 electives (37.5 points). Students completing the Spanish minor are to complete 2 electives (25 points).

 

ELECTIVES:

NOTE:

*Students in the Spanish 1 Entry Point major are required to take one Level 3 elective subject (12.5 points). This has to be a Spanish elective. Minor students do not take an elective.

*Students in the Spanish 3 Entry Point major are required to take 3 Spanish elective subjects (one at Level 2 and two at Level 3 - 37.5 points). Minor students are only required to take one Level 3 elective (12.5 points). This has to be a Spanish elective subject.

*Students in the Spanish 5 Entry Point major are required to take 5 elective subjects (two at Level 2 and three at Level 3 - 62.5 points). They can take one European Studies / Other elective subjects (12.5 points). Minor students are only required to take 3 Spanish elective subjects (one at Level 2 and two at Level 3 - 37.5 points).

Spanish Electives

Code Name Study period Credit Points
SPAN20016 Rock, Pop & Resistance Not available in 2018 12.5
SPAN30012 Rock, Pop & Resistance Not available in 2018 12.5
SPAN30021 Exploring Latin America
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
SPAN20017 Don Quijote Against the Universe Not available in 2018 12.5
SPAN30013 Don Quijote Against the Universe Not available in 2018 12.5
SPAN30001 Gender in Hispanic Cultures
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
SPAN20024 Cooking up the Nation
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
SPAN30019 Cooking up the Nation
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
SPAN30017 Hispanic Film Today Not available in 2018 12.5
SPAN20025 Realities and Fictions in Argentina Not available in 2018 12.5
SPAN30020 Realities and Fictions in Argentina Not available in 2018 12.5
SPAN20001 Hispanic Cultural Studies
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
 
Code Name Study period Credit Points
ARTS30002 Introduction to Language Translation
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 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 Not available in 2018 12.5
EURO30005 Europe: Making and Breaking of Nations Not available in 2018 12.5
EURO20002 European Modernism Not available in 2018 12.5
EURO30003 European Modernism Not available in 2018 12.5
EURO20003 Memory & Memoirs of 20th Century Europe Not available in 2018 12.5
EURO30002 Memory & Memoirs of 20th Century Europe Not available in 2018 12.5
EURO20005 Screening Europe: Image and Identity
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
EURO30004 Screening Europe: Image and Identity
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
EURO20001 Language and Society in Europe
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
EURO30001 Language and Society in Europe
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
 
Code Name Study period Credit Points
EURO20008 Experiencing Foodscapes: Italy & Spain
Winter Term (Off Campus)
 12.5
 
Code Name Study period Credit Points
EURO30007 Experiencing Foodscapes: Italy & Spain
Winter Term (Off Campus)
 12.5

Links

http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/

Last updated: 18 December 2020