Monash University Handbook 2010 Undergraduate - Unit

Synopsis

Students undertaking a Study Abroad Program in a Hispanic nation will spend a minimum of a month in an overseas institution studying an intensive language-culture course.

Objectives

Upon completion students should have improved their four skills of the language (speaking, listening, writing and reading) and they should be able to interact in Spanish using a wider variety of registers. Students should be more aware of the social-cultural norms and values that modulate the Spanish speaking world, in particular the region/province they have visited.

Assessment

Students are required to enrol in a semester-length unit, fulfil attendance and assessment requirements as specified by the host institution for the study of a unit equivalent to a Monash University 6 credit points.

Chief examiner(s)

Marisa Cordella Masini

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Spanish and Latin American studies

Prerequisites

Students should have high marks in Spanish units (high D or HD average)

Co-requisites

SPN2010

Prohibitions

May not be counted as part of a minor sequence in Spanish. Not available to Post VCE stream students.