Spanish Studies
The Spanish Studies Department founded in 2004 from a Spanish Division has been the University’s new department, aiming to meet a demand for learning the Spanish Language and Culture in Vietnam. The Department strives hard to provide quality Spanish education for its students.
TRAINING STRUCTURE
LECTURERS
– The Department has 11 contracted and guest lecturers, among whom one is a native lecturer;
– The Faculty staff are young, dynamic, and committed to their pedagogical career;
– The majority of the local lecturers received education in Spain or Mexico.
STUDENTS AND ACTIVITIES
– The Department has 190 full time students;
– Students are active in outdoor activities such as Latin Music Night, New Year welcoming, talks on Spanish speaking countries and people, drama courses in Spanish, Language Festival Day, etc.
– Through the Cervantes Office, students have chances to enhance their language and cultural proficiency, as long as they seek scholarship opportunities;
– Students can seek for under or post-graduate scholarship chances in Spain or Spanish speaking countries.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
The Department has partnerships with:
– Embassies of Spanish speaking countries in Vietnam, such as Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Panama, Spain, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela;
– Tourist companies, NGOs (CODESPA, AIDA Pazy Desarrollo), Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID);
– Student Exchange programs with the University of Alcalá, the University of Santiago de Compostela, etc.
EMPLOYMENT
– Graduate students can work as interpreters, translators, secretaries, assistants, tour guides, tour managers, lecturers/teachers of Spanish, International Officer, etc.
– Jobs can be employed by the followings:
+ Embassies of Spanish speaking countries in Vietnam, or Vietnamese Embassy to Spanish speaking countries;
+ International Relations Department of the Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Science, Technology, and Environment, Ministry of Commerce, etc.
+ NGOs, foreign projects or companies relating to Spanish speaking countries;
+ Voice of Vietnam, Vietnam News Agency, Vietnam Television, others;
+ Tourist companies such as Aurora, Vietnam Tourism, Buffalo, etc.
Training duration: 4 years
CONTACT
Office 506 – Building C, Hanoi University
Km9 Nguyen Trai Road, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Tel: +84-4-3554-1794
Email: khoatbn@hanu.edu.vn
Website: http://web.hanu.vn/es/
COURSE TENTATIVENESS
|
Code |
Subject |
Compulsory |
Optional |
Credits |
Period |
| Semester 1 |
|
|
|||
| SPA101 | Language skills 1 |
x |
|
12 |
240 |
| SPA114 | Method for Scientific Study and Research |
x |
|
2 |
30 |
| VIE107 | Basic Vietnamese Culture |
|
x |
3 |
45 |
| VIE108 | Vietnamese Studies |
|
x |
3 |
45 |
| VIE101 | Fundamentals of Marxist/Leninsm |
|
x |
7.5 |
112 |
| VIE212 | Basic Computer skills |
|
x |
4 |
60 |
| Semester 2 |
|
|
|||
| SPA102 | Language skills 2 |
x |
|
20 |
400 |
| VIE212 | Basic Computer skills |
|
x |
4 |
60 |
| VIE107 | Basic Vietnamese Culture |
|
x |
3 |
45 |
| VIE108 | Vietnamese Studies |
|
x |
3 |
45 |
| VIE101 | Fundamentals of Marxist/Leninsm |
|
x |
7.5 |
112 |
| Semester 3 |
|
|
|||
| SPA203 | Language skills 3 |
x |
|
20 |
400 |
| VIE215 | Ho Chi Minh’s Ideology |
|
x |
3 |
45 |
| VIE210 | Linguistic Introduction |
|
x |
3 |
45 |
| Semester 4 |
|
|
|||
| ITA204 | Language skills 4 (Technical language) |
x |
|
20 |
400 |
| VIE215 | Ho Chi Minh’s Ideology |
|
x |
3 |
45 |
| VIE210 | Linguistic Introduction |
|
x |
3 |
45 |
| VIE213 | Linguistic Comparison and Contrast |
|
x |
2 |
30 |
| Semester 5 |
|
|
|||
| SPA312 | Interpreting and Translation Theory |
x |
2 |
30 |
|
| SPA306 | Phonetics |
x |
3 |
45 |
|
| SPA307 | Lexicology |
x |
|
3 |
45 |
| SPA416 | Technical Spanish |
x |
|
5 |
75 |
| SPA310 | Spanish Civilization |
x |
3 |
45 |
|
| SFL317 | Foreign language |
x |
10 |
150 |
|
| VIE303 | Revolution Approaches of the Vietnamese Communist Party |
|
x |
4.5 |
65 |
| VIE213 | Linguistic Comparison and Contrast |
|
x |
2 |
30 |
| Semester 6 |
|
|
|||
| SPA313 | Interpreting-Translation Practice 1 |
x |
|
10 |
150 |
| SPA411 | Literature of Spanish-speaking countries |
x |
|
6 |
90 |
| SLF418 | Foreign Language |
x |
|
10 |
150 |
| VIE213 | Linguistic Comparison and Contrast |
|
x |
2 |
30 |
| VIE303 | Revolution Approaches of the Vietnamese Communist Party |
|
x |
4.5 |
65 |
| Semester 7 |
|
|
|||
| SPA414 | Interpreting-Translation Practice 2 |
x |
|
10 |
150 |
| SPA408 | Grammar 1 |
x |
|
3 |
45 |
| SPA422 | Vocational subject |
|
x |
5 |
75 |
| Semester 8 |
|
|
|||
| SPA415 | Interpreting-Translation Practice 3 |
x |
|
10 |
150 |
| SPA409 | Grammar 2 |
x |
|
3 |
45 |
| ITA417 | Interpreting-Translation Internship |
x |
|
2 |
30 |
| SPA422 | Vocational subject |
|
x |
5 |
75 |
| GRA999 | Thesis / Graduation Test |
x |
|
10 |
|
|
TOTAL |
195 |
|
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