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Spanish and Latin American Studies
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Israel Holas
Email: israel.holas@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
100 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 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 Capstone subject
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
- 12.5 credit points of Level 3 Capstone subject
- 12.5 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
- 12.5 credit points of Level 3 Capstone subject
- 50 credit points of Electives including
- 25 credit points of Level 2 electives
- 25 credit points of Level 3 electives
- A maximum of 12.5 credit points of European Studies / Other electives
- Note: European Studies and other elective subjects should only be undertaken when Spanish electives are unavailable
Spanish and Latin American Studies 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 Spanish 3 & 4 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 2 core subject – Entry Point 1
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SPAN20001 | Hispanic Cultural Studies | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
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 3 Capstone subject - Entry Point 1
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SPAN30023 | Spanish and Latin American Cinema | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Spanish and Latin American Studies 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 subject – Entry Point 3
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SPAN30016 | Spanish 7 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 Capstone subject - Entry Point 3
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SPAN30023 | Spanish and Latin American Cinema | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Spanish and Latin American Studies 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 subject – Entry Point 5
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SPAN20022 | Spanish 7 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 Capstone subject - Entry Point 5
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SPAN30023 | Spanish and Latin American Cinema | Semester 2 (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 |
European Studies and other electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
EURO20001 | Language and Society in Europe | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
EURO20003 | Memory & Memoirs of 20th Century Europe | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
EURO20005 | Screening Europe: Image and Identity | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
EURO20006 | Europe and its Others | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EURO20010 | Queering Europe | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ARTS30002 | Introduction to Language Translation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EURO30001 | Language and Society in Europe | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
EURO30002 | Memory & Memoirs of 20th Century Europe | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
EURO30004 | Screening Europe: Image and Identity | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
EURO30005 | Europe and its Others | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EURO30006 | A Taste of Europe: Melbourne Intensive | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EURO30009 | Queering Europe | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/
Last updated: 11 February 2025