Spanish and Latin American Studies

The Diploma in Languages provides students with the opportunity to gain a Diploma in Spanish language study while completing an undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne.

Spanish and Latin American Studies

The Spanish and Latin American studies program at The University of Melbourne offers language options at all levels together with a growing number of cultural studies subjects in areas as diverse as literature (from Don Quixote to contemporary classics), cinema, popular culture, food studies, gender studies, and area studies in both European and Latin American studies.

The Spanish and Latin American Studies program will allow you to acquireand improve on Spanish language skills and increase your awareness of Spanish and Latin American culture through a variety of authentic written and spoken and visual materials. You will also learn to interact with other Spanish speakers at a sophisticated level. The program will also provide opportunities to undertake independent research projects into areas including language, literature, culture, politics, cinema, theatre, music, food and identity. The program has agreements with prestigious universities in Spain and Latin America, which allow students to undertake exchange and study abroad options as part of their Spanish studies.

Spanish language subjects are organised in a progressive sequence (of units) from Spanish 1 to 7 through to the Spanish Electives. 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. Mid-year entry is also possible into subjects with even numbers.

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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.

Spanish and Latin American Studies

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://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/spanish-latin-american/spanish-placement-test

Students completing a diploma in Spanish and Latin American Studies will usually undertake 25 points at level one, 37.5 points at level two and 37.5 points at level three.

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/

SPANISH 1 ENTRY POINT:

Spanish 1 entry point - Level 1

Students completing the Spanish diploma with a Spanish 1 entry point are required to complete the following subjects (25 points).

Spanish 1 entry point - Level 2

Students completing the Spanish diploma with a Spanish 1 entry point are required to complete the following subjects (37.5 points).

Spanish 1 entry point - Level 3

Students completing the Spanish diploma with a Spanish 1 entry point are required to complete the following subjects and one elective (37.5 points).

SPANISH 3 ENTRY POINT:

Spanish 3 entry point - Level 1

Students completing the Spanish diploma with a Spanish 3 entry point are required to complete the following subjects (25 points).

Spanish 3 entry point - Level 2

Students completing the Spanish diploma with a Spanish 3 entry point are required to complete the following subjects and one elective (37.5 points).

Spanish 3 entry point - Level 3

Students completing the Spanish diploma are required to complete the following subject and two electives (37.5 points).

SPANISH 5 ENTRY POINT:

Spanish 5 entry point - Level 1

Students completing the Spanish diploma are required to complete the following subjects (25 points).

Spanish 5 entry point - Level 2

Students completing the Spanish diploma are required to complete the following subject (12.5 points) and two electives (25 points).

Spanish 5 entry point - Level 3

Students completing the Spanish diploma are required to complete 3 electives (37.5 points).

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

European Studies and other electives