Spanish and Latin American Studies minor // Structure
Spanish and Latin American Studies minor
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Israel Holas
Email: israel.holas@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
75 credit points
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:
The entry points for this minor 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 minor 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
- 25 credit points of EP1 Level 3 core subjects
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 EP3 Level 3 core subject
- 12.5 credit points of Level 3 electives
OR
Entry Point 5
- 25 credit points of EP5 Level 1 core subjects
- 12.5 credit points of EP5 Level 2 core subject
- 12.5 credit points of Level 2 electives
- 25 credit points of Level 3 electives
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 |
---|---|---|---|
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 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
Students either take both of SPAN20002 and SPAN20003, or just SPAN20027.
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 |
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 subject – Entry Point 3
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SPAN30016 | Spanish 7 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
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 subject – Entry Point 5
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SPAN20022 | Spanish 7 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Spanish electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SPAN20016 | Rock, Pop & Resistance | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
SPAN20025 | Realities and Fictions of Argentina | Winter Term (Online) |
12.5 |
SPAN20028 | Chile: The Land at the End of the World | November (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
LANG30001 | Languages at Work | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN30001 | Gender in Hispanic Cultures | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
SPAN30012 | Rock, Pop & Resistance | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
SPAN30020 | Realities and Fictions of Argentina | Winter Term (Online) |
12.5 |
SPAN30021 | Exploring Latin America | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN30024 | Chile: The Land at the End of the World | November (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
Links
http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/
Last updated: 4 March 2025