Spanish Graddip

University of Dundee

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with attendance24 months

Course duration

8/31/2025

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US$3474

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This graduate-level diploma course builds your Spanish language skills. It is suitable if you who wish to teach Spanish, or if you already have a school qualification in Spanish (such as a Higher or A-level) and are looking to further your skills for work or personal interest. Using a combination of online tools, including web conferencing, and online immersion days, you will increase your skills in the Spanish language, including grammar and communication skills. You will also gain a wider knowledge of Spanish culture and society, as well as themes such as Spanish literature, history, education, environment, and cinema. The course is organised into multiple modules of approximately ten weeks duration. The choice of assessments and the project allow you to focus on your own specific interest areas. There is no requirement for you to already have an undergraduate degree to study this course, as the modules you study and the credits you gain are not at Masters/Postgraduate level. For secondary teachers of a Modern Foreign Language (MFL), this course provides an additional teaching qualification in Spanish, as it is accredited by the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) and carries a credit rating of 120 SCOTCAT points at SCQF levels 9-10. Residence abroad is normally a pre-requisite for GTCS registration in Secondary Spanish. This period of residence has to be arranged by course participants themselves. This course is officially supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education which collaborates with the delivery of the immersion days and also provides valuable materials. Professional accreditation Accredited by the General Teaching Council for Scotland Careers Studying Spanish can improve your career prospects whatever industry you work in. It is also useful for those of you who simply want advanced language skills for personal interests. This course is popular with secondary school language teachers, who are looking to add an additional language to their teaching abilities. It is also useful for teachers in primary schools, further and adult education settings, who wish to teach the language.

For international students

Applicants will normally have a pass in Higher Spanish (or equivalent, such as the Dundee Intensive Spanish course by distance-learning). If you are a Secondary MFL teacher seeking an additional qualification in German, your undergraduate degree should normally be in another Modern Foreign Language, and you should hold a current Secondary MFL teaching qualification. IELTS Overall 6.5 - Listening 6.0, Reading 6.0, Writing 6.5, Speaking 6.5. The TOEFL score would be Overall:88; writing:23, Listening:21, Reading:20 and Speaking:20.

with attendance24 months - Online

Fee

£2,690.00 (US$ 3,474) per yearThe mentioned fee is for 2024/25 year entry. There might be a sight increase in 2025/26 year entry. This is a fixed fee Please check with institution

Start Date

8/31/2025

Address

Dundee City Campus 1, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Students can be sure that the University of Dundee will provide them with an internationally-recognised degree from a prestigious institution.
With 17,000 students from over 140 different countries and 3,000 staff, Dundee is a truly global institution. It welcomes cultural diversity and does as much as possible to make international students feel at home. Support services include buddy programmes and a free ten-week programme which helps students to improve their English levels.
Dundee also provides Olympic-standard sports facilities that have been utilised as training venues for top athletes. Ranging from an impressive gym to a swimming pool equipped with a sauna, students can enjoy it all. Specialised pitches and playing fields mean that the university also has 40 different Sports Union clubs available.
Tutors and lecturers at Dundee are academic and industry experts who are leaders in their field and the institution was given a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework 2017.
76% of the research conducted at the University of Dundee was described as ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally renowned’ in the most recent Research Excellence Framework (2014). This means that the university offers invaluable opportunities for those who are keen to pursue further study.
Dundee’s dedicated Career Service does all it can to help students secure a graduate job once they leave the university. It was ranked 4th in the UK by the 2017 International Student Barometer. Students are regularly given the chance to participate in relevant volunteering or work experience as part of their course, and an astonishing 96.4% of students enter into professional employment or pursue further study within six months of graduation (Destination of Leavers from Higher Education, UK 2016/17).

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