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Spanish and Latin American Studies
Specialisation (formal)Year: 2023
Spanish and Latin American Studies
Contact information
Coordinator
Semester 1:
Professor Alfredo Martinez-Exposito
Semester 2:
Associate Professor Mara Favoretto
Email: mara.f@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Overview
The Spanish and Latin American studies program at The University of Melbourne offers language options at all levels together with a variety of cultural studies subjects in fields as diverse as literature, cinema, popular culture, food studies and gender studies in Spain and Latin America.
The Spanish and Latin American studies program will provide you with a wide range of opportunities to develop your Spanish language skills while increasing your awareness of Spanish and Latin American cultures through authentic written, spoken and audiovisual materials. You will also cultivate your intercultural competency interacting with the Spanish-speaking communities in Australia and abroad.
Our program offers opportunities to undertake independent research projects with innovative scholars working in areas such as Hispanic food studies, Spanish and Latin American cinema, Latin American popular culture studies and translation. Beyond sound disciplinary skills students will be able to develop and enhance critical workplace skills, such as problem-solving, teamwork, clear communication, self-evaluation, mentoring, information literacy, professionalism and digital competency. You will be able to demonstrate your skills through a range of meaningful tasks developed along innovative assessment methods such as object-based learning, curation, process writing and project work in a variety of media (video, podcasts, etc.). A selection of your assessment tasks is housed in an ePortfolio, a valuable platform to showcase workplace skills, language level and intercultural competency achieved during your studies.
The Spanish and Latin American studies program has agreements with universities in Spain and Latin America. They allow students to undertake exchange and study abroad options as part of their Spanish studies.
Spanish language core subjects are organised in a progressive sequence from Spanish 1 to 7. The program also offers a range of Spanish electives in a variety of delivery modes, including our overseas intensives such as Tales of Muslim Spain, and the online winter intensive Realities and Fictions of Argentina. Our innovative elective Languages at Work offers students an additional opportunity to engage with industry collaborators in target-language communities in Australia.
Students may enter at any point, subject to placement testing and/or prerequisites, and normally progress through the sequence in consecutive order. Accelerated progression and mid-year entry are also possible in special cases with the permission of the course convenor. However, mid-year entry is only possible into Spanish 2, 4 and 6. Students also have the opportunity to fast track their studies opting for the summer Intensive Spanish 3 & 4 subject.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who complete this specialisation in Spanish and Latin American Studies will:
- Interpret academic and everyday communication across a number of contexts, situations and genres in the target language;
- Understand the use of Spanish in real-life and be aware of the contributions of Spanish speakers to the economic, intellectual, cultural and social affairs of the Spanish-speaking world and beyond;
- Acquire the intellectual sophistication needed to appreciate historical, cultural and anthropological differences within the Spanish-speaking communities from Spain and Latin America;
- Understand and reflect on the lingo-cultural acquisition process both in English and Spanish, as autonomous, reflective and self-directed learners with academic-level skills;
- Appreciate and respect diversity and background differences by critically evaluating Spanish-speaking cultures, including the viewpoint of the target culture, and based on intercultural competency skills;
- Be able to confidently interact in intellectually sophisticated spoken and written communication with both native and non-native speakers in the target language about historical and contemporary Spanish-speaking communities;
- Be able to speak effectively in public about social, historical and cultural issues in Spain, Latin America and beyond;
- Engage critically and constructively in intercultural dialogue as a bicultural and bilingual person and as a global citizen;
- Develop critical workplace skills such as problem-solving, teamwork, clear communication, self and peer evaluation, mentoring, information literacy, professionalism and digital competency.
Last updated: 3 May 2024
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.
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
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/
To obtain a specialisation in Spanish and Latin American Studies students will need to complete:
Entry Point 1
- 25 credit points of Entry Point 1 Level 1 core subjects
- 37.5 credit points of Entry Point 1 Level 2 core subjects
- 25 credit points of Entry Point 1 Level 3 core subjects
- 12.5 credit points of Level 3 Spanish Electives
OR
Entry Point 3
- 25 credit points of Entry Point 3 Level 1 core subjects
- 25 credit points of Entry Point 3 Level 2 core subjects
- 12.5 credit points of Level 2 Spanish Electives
- 12.5 credit points of Entry Point 3 Level 3 core subjects
- 25 credit points of Level 3 Spanish Electives
OR
Entry Point 5
- 25 credit points of Entry Point 5 Level 1 core subjects
- 12.5 credit points of Entry Point 5 Level 2 core subjects
- 62.5 credit points of Level 2 and 3 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 and other electives
Subject Options
SPANISH ENTRY POINT 1
Level 1 core subjects - Entry Point 1
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SPAN10001 | Spanish 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
SPAN10002 | Spanish 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 2 core subjects - Entry Point 1
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SPAN20001 | Hispanic Cultural Studies | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN20002 | Spanish 3 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN20003 | Spanish 4 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN20027 | Intensive Spanish 3 & 4 | Summer Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
25 |
Students may substitute SPAN20001 Hispanic Cultural Studies for Tales of Muslim Spain (SPAN20026). SPAN20026 is selection based and students will need to be selected into this subject. To substitute SPAN20001 students will need to submit an Enrolment Variation form and attach the outcome email from the Faculty of Arts confirming their selection into either SPAN20026.
Level 3 core subjects - Entry Point 1
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 ENTRY POINT 3
Level 1 core subjects - Entry Point 3
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 |
Level 2 core subjects - Entry Point 3
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 |
Level 3 core subjects - Entry Point 3
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SPAN30016 | Spanish 7 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPANISH ENTRY POINT 5
Level 1 core subjects - Entry Point 5
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 |
Level 2 core subjects - Entry Point 5
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SPAN20022 | Spanish 7 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|
LANG30001 | Languages at Work | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
SPAN30001 | Gender in Hispanic Cultures | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
SPAN30012 | Rock, Pop & Resistance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN30017 | Hispanic Film Today | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN30019 | Cooking up the Nation | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
SPAN30020 | Realities and Fictions of Argentina | Winter Term (Online) |
12.5 |
SPAN30021 | Exploring Latin America | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN30022 | Tales of Muslim Spain | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
SPAN20001 | Hispanic Cultural Studies | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN20016 | Rock, Pop & Resistance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN20024 | Cooking up the Nation | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
SPAN20025 | Realities and Fictions of Argentina | Winter Term (Online) |
12.5 |
SPAN20026 | Tales of Muslim Spain | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
European Studies and other electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
EURO20001 | Language and Society in Europe | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
EURO20002 | European Modernism | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
EURO20003 | Memory & Memoirs of 20th Century Europe | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EURO20005 | Screening Europe: Image and Identity | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
EURO20006 | Europe and its Others | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EURO20008 | Experiencing Foodscapes: Italy & Spain | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ARTS30002 | Introduction to Language Translation | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EURO30001 | Language and Society in Europe | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
EURO30002 | Memory & Memoirs of 20th Century Europe | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EURO30003 | European Modernism | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
EURO30004 | Screening Europe: Image and Identity | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
EURO30005 | Europe and its Others | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EURO30007 | Experiencing Foodscapes: Italy & Spain | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
Links
http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/
Last updated: 3 May 2024