Spanish and Latin American Studies // Structure

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

The entry points for this major are:

• Entry Point 1: for students who have very little or no knowledge of Spanish.
• Entry Point 3: 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.
• Entry Point 5: for students who have obtained VCE Spanish, adequate placement test results, or approved equivalent.

This major requires the completion of either:

Entry Point 1

• 25 credit points of EP1 Level 1 core subjects

• 25 credit points of EP1 Level 2 - Spanish 3 & 4 and 12.5 credit points of EP1 Level 2 core subject

• 25 credit points of EP1 Level 3 core subjects
• 12.5 credit points of Level 3 Spanish electives

OR

Entry Point 3

• 25 credit points of EP3 Level 1 core subjects
• 25 credit points of EP3 Level 2 core subjects
• 12.5 credit points of Level 2 Spanish electives
• 12.5 credit points of EP3 Level 3 core subject
• 25 credit points of Level 3 Spanish electives

OR

Entry Point 5

• 25 credit points of EP5 Level 1 core subjects
• 12.5 credit points of EP5 Level 2 core subject
• 62.5 credit points of Electives including
  • 25 credit points of Level 2 electives
  • 37.5 credit points of Level 3 electives
  • A maximum of 12.5 credit points of European Studies / Other electives

Level 1 core subjects – Entry Point 1

Level 2 Spanish 3 & 4 subjects - Entry Point 1

Students either take both of SPAN20002 and SPAN20003, or just SPAN20027.

Level 2 core subject – Entry Point 1

Level 3 core subjects – Entry Point 1

Level 1 core subjects – Entry Point 3

Level 2 core subjects – Entry Point 3

Level 3 core subject – Entry Point 3

Level 1 core subjects – Entry Point 5

Level 2 core subject – Entry Point 5

Spanish electives

European Studies and other electives