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:

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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	Summer Term (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	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
SPAN20024	Cooking up the Nation	Not available in 2024	12.5
SPAN20025	Realities and Fictions of Argentina	Winter Term (Online)	12.5
SPAN20026	Tales of Muslim Spain	Not available in 2024	12.5
LANG30001	Languages at Work	Not available in 2024	12.5
SPAN30001	Gender in Hispanic Cultures	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
SPAN30012	Rock, Pop & Resistance	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	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 2024	12.5

European Studies and other electives

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
EURO20001	Language and Society in Europe	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
EURO20002	European Modernism	Not available in 2024	12.5
EURO20003	Memory & Memoirs of 20th Century Europe	Not available in 2024	12.5
EURO20005	Screening Europe: Image and Identity	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
EURO20006	Europe and its Others	Not available in 2024	12.5
EURO20008	Experiencing Italian Foodscapes	Not available in 2024	12.5
ARTS30002	Introduction to Language Translation	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
EURO30001	Language and Society in Europe	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
EURO30002	Memory & Memoirs of 20th Century Europe	Not available in 2024	12.5
EURO30003	European Modernism	Not available in 2024	12.5
EURO30004	Screening Europe: Image and Identity	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
EURO30005	Europe and its Others	Not available in 2024	12.5
EURO30006	A Taste of Europe: Melbourne Intensive	February (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
EURO30007	Experiencing Italian Foodscapes	Not available in 2024	12.5