The Spanish major provides students with the skills needed to develop an ability to understand, speak, read and write Spanish. Students are exposed to Spanish as used across the Spanish-speaking world, and a wide variety of sources are drawn on. In this way, different cultural expressions of the Spanish-speaking world are incorporated into the classes to enhance the language-learning experience. Students also have the opportunity to deepen their understanding and strengthen their language skills through specialist courses in Hispanic linguistics and Hispanic literatures. Students with existing knowledge of Spanish can begin at a more advanced level, and the exact sequence of courses depends on the level at which the student begins the major.
Learning Outcomes
- communicate proficiently and confidently in Spanish;
- identify the structure and uses of Spanish;
- demonstrate critical understanding of the cultural and linguistics aspects of Spanish language and societies and their socio-historical context;
- construct a schema of the connections between the Spanish language and its geographical, social and cultural origins; and
- recognise the importance of intercultural communication.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This major requires the completion of 48 units, of which:
a maximum of 18 units may come from the completion of 1000-level courses, and
a minimum of 18 units must come from the completion of 3000-level courses.
The 48 units must consist of:
A minimum of 12 units from the completion of courses from the following list:
SPAN3001 Intermediate Spanish Studies I
SPAN3012 Intermediate Spanish Studies II
SPAN3030 Advanced Spanish Topics in Language and Culture
A maximum of 36 units from the completion of courses from the following list:
SPAN1001 Introductory Spanish Studies I
SPAN1002 Introductory Spanish Studies II
SPAN2001 Continuing Spanish Studies I
SPAN2002 Continuing Spanish Studies II
SPAN2102 Más que palabras: A Journey around the Hispanic World
SPAN2107 Picturing Latin America and Spain
SPAN3100 Spanish World Literature: Reading Latin America and Spain
SPAN3603 History of the Spanish language. A linguistic time travel
A maximum of 12 units from the completion of courses from the following Spanish language and culture course list :
ANIP3003 Australian National Internships Program A (must have a Spanish studies topic)
LANG2104 World Literature in Translation
LANG3007 Romance Linguistics
LING2013 Teaching Languages (must have a Spanish studies topic)
PORT1001 Introductory Portuguese Studies I
PORT1002 Introductory Portuguese Studies II
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