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ATS3197

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 26 December 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Arts

Organisational Unit

Spanish and Latin American Studies

Coordinator(s)

Dr Carlos Uxo

Offered

Clayton

  • First semester 2016 (Day)

Notes

This unit requires a language entry level testlanguage entry level test (http://www.monash.edu/arts/language-entry-level/).

Synopsis

This unit provides students with an introduction to conducting research in Spanish and Latin American Studies. This unit will enable students to read critically and record responses to readings; to synthesise and evaluate diverse material on a single topic; to search databases for articles and books relevant to their research area; to present and distinguish the ideas of others according to academic conventions.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. interpret and discuss a range of Spanish and Latin American cultural products and political discourses;
  2. have an understanding of contemporary critical theories and their application to Spanish and Latin American contexts;
  3. have a greater understanding of Spanish and Latin American cultures and societies;
  4. develop sophisticated oral and written expression in Spanish.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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Chief examiner(s)

Dr Carlos Uxo

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

Spanish and Latin American studies

Prerequisites

ATS1196 or ATS2196

Prohibitions

ATS2197