Undergraduate Studies 2008
- General information
- Sequences
- Units that can be counted towards discipline
- Option units generally offered
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General information
Welcome to the Spanish and Latin American Studies Program at Monash University. At Monash you can learn Spanish as a foreign language from beginners to advanced. We offer a unique undergraduate program that incorporates language acquisition and cultural competence, as well as a variety of specialised units in film, linguistics and literary studies. You can also go on to explore your own interests via the Honours program.
We also offer MA and PhD programs by 100% research.
Sequences
First year, minor and major sequences
Pathways at first year
Beginners: Students with no knowledge of Spanish should enrol in SPN1010 Spanish Studies 1 and SPN1020 Spanish Studies 2
Intermediate: Students who have some knowledge of Spanish (i.e. year 11, a VCE score of 30 or below, IB Spanish ab initio should enrol in SPN1030 Spanish Studies 3 and SPN1040 Spanish Studies 4. Students will be required to take a placement test before being allowed to enrol in the intermediate stream.
Advanced: Students who have achieved VCE (or equivalent) with a score above 31 (or equivalent) should enrol in SPN1050 Spanish Studies 5 and Spanish Studies SPN1060 Spanish Studies 6. Students will be required to take a placement test before being allowed to enrol in the advanced stream.
Minor sequence
A minor in Spanish may be achieved by successfully completing either 24 or 30 credit points at first and second year language levels.
To complete a minor, students from the:
- beginners stream will have to take SPN1010 , SPN1020 , SPN2030 and SPN2040
- intermediate stream will have to take SPN1030 , SPN1040 , SPN2050 and SPN2060
- advanced stream must complete SPN1050, SPN1060 , SPN2070 , SPN2080.
Additionally, all students may undertake an additional 6-point second-year unit as part of their minor.
Major sequence
All students wishing to pursue a major sequence in Spanish will have to complete a 24-point minor first.
- Beginner-stream students take SPN3050 Spanish Studies 5 and SPN3060 Spanish Studies 6, plus 12 points of third-year options.
- Intermediate students must complete SPN3070 Spanish Studies 7 and SPN3080 Spanish Studies 8 together with 12 points of third-year options.
- Advanced students take any 24 points of third-year options.
The minimum number of credit points needed to complete a major sequence is 48.
Students are strongly encouraged to take additional units in Spanish at either second or third-year language level. Some units may not be offered if there are insufficient enrolments.
| Discipline | 1st Year | 2nd Year | 3rd Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Beginners | SPN units to the value
of | SPN units to the value
of | |
| Spanish Intermediate | SPN units to the value
of | ||
| Spanish Advanced | SPN units to the value
of | SPN units to the value
of |
Units that can be counted towards a minor or a major in Spanish and Latin American Studies
First-year units
- SPN1010 /SPN1020 Spanish Studies 1 + 2
- SPN1030 /SPN1040 Spanish Studies 3 + 4
- SPN1050 /SPN1060 Spanish Studies 5 + 6
- SPN1308 Study Abroad Program 1A
- SPN1309 Study Abroad Program 1B
Second-year units
- SPN2010 /SPN2020 Spanish Studies 1 + 2
- SPN2030 /SPN2040 Spanish Studies 3 + 4
- SPN2050 /SPN2060 Spanish Studies 5 + 6
- SPN2070 /SPN2080 Spanish Studies 7 + 8
- SPN2190 Individual Option
- SPN2280 Hispanic Film
- SPN2290Spanish Communication in a Global World
- SPN2310 Study Abroad Program
- SPN2950 History of the Spanish language
Third-year units
- SPN3050 /SPN3060 Spanish Studies 5 + 6
- SPN3070 /SPN3080 Spanish Studies 7 + 8
- SPN3280 Hispanic Culture Through Film
- SPN3290Spanish Communication in a Global World
- SPN3311 Study Abroad Program 3A
- SPN3312 Study Abroad Program 3B
- SPN3310 Study Abroad Program
- SPN3560 Culture and identity in Latin America
- SPN3730 Dictatorship and Democracy in Contemporary Spanish Fiction
- SPN3770 Contesting Cultures and Identities in Modern Spain
- SPN3910 Discourse and Power in the Media and Politics of the Hispanic
- SPN3930 Individual Option
Option units generally offered
A full range of options offered by the Spanish and Latin American Studies program in other years are listed below:
- SPN2290/SPN3290 Spanish Communication in a Global World
- SPN2950 History of the Spanish language
- SPN3250 Revolutions and literature in Spanish America
- SPN3630 Romanticism and Realism in Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature
- SPN3750 Civilisation and Barbarism in Spanish American Literature
- SPN3770 Contesting Cultures and Identities in Modern Spain
- SPN3850 The Spanish American 'Boom' of Literature
- SPN3910 Discourse and Power in the media and politics of the Hispanic world