Language Centre's curriculum in Spanish

By selecting a degree programme you are able to see the general content as well as the possible degree programme-specific content. You do not have to select a degree programme to see the Open University's instructions.

Below you can find the Language Centre’s curriculum in Spanish for the curriculum period 2023-2026. By clicking the course name, you can find the course description and implementations in the Courses section. Curricula for other languages can be found on the page Languages and courses at the Language Centre.

Suitable courses and tests for degrees

These courses and tests completely / partially fulfil the foreign language (4 cr) requirement in the bachelor's degree. NB! Foreign language studies must include both written and oral skills of the language.  

CEFR B2

KK-ESP405 Proyecto individual de nivel avanzado - Independent project in advanced Spanish (CEFR B2) (2 cr)

KK-ESP404 Curso sobre el Lenguaje Académico - Aspects of Academic Language (CEFR B2) (3 cr)

KK-ESP403 Curso oral - Oral Skills in Spanish (CEFR B2) (4 cr)

KK-ESP401 Curso de Redacción - Spanish Advanced Writing Course (CEFR B2) (3 cr)

CEFR B1

KK-ESP313 Curso de gramática 3 - Spanish grammar 3 (CEFR B1) (2 cr)

KK-ESP312 Curso de continuación 4 - Intermediate Spanish 4 (CEFR B1) (4 cr)

KK-ESP310 Habilidades para la vida laboral - Professional Spanish (CEFR B1) (4 cr) (the course will not be organized in academic year 2025–2026)

KK-ESP309 Curso oral sobre cultura y actualidad de los países latinoamericanos - Culture and Current Issues in Latin American Countries (CEFR B1) (4 cr)

KK-ESP305 Curso español sobre el medio ambiente - Environmental Spanish (CEFR B1) (3 cr)

KK-ESP304 Curso de comprensión de textos - Spanish Reading Comprehension (CEFR B1) (2 cr) (the course will not be organized in academic year 2025–2026)

KK-ESP302 Curso de escritura - Written skills in Spanish 1 (CEFR B1) (2 cr)

KK-ESP301 Política y sociedad - Politics and Society (CEFR B1) (3 cr)

Exemption test

KK-ESP4OP Foreign language studies: Spanish (CEFR B1) (4 cr)

Intermediate courses

CEFR A2

KK-ESP212 Independent project in intermediate Spanish (CEFR A2) (2 cr)

KK-ESP211 KiVANET: Spanish 4 - Spanish Course for Ongoing Exchange Students (CEFR A2) (3 cr)

KK-ESP210 ALICE - Academic Language and Intercultural Exchange (Spanish - Finnish/Swedish) (CEFR A2) (2 cr)

KK-ESP209 Understanding Spoken Spanish (CFR A2) (2 cr)

KK-ESP208 Spanish grammar 2 (CEFR A2) (3 cr) (the course will not be organized in academic year 2025–2026)

KK-ESP207 Speaking and Writing Spanish 3 (CEFR A2) (4 cr) (the course will not be organized in academic year 2025–2026)

KK-ESP206 Intermediate Spanish 3 (CEFR A2) (3 cr)

KK-ESP205 Practical Spanish with a focus on culture - Speaking Spanish 2 (CEFR A2) (2 cr)

KK-ESP204 Speaking and Writing Spanish 2 (CEFR A2) (2 cr) (the course will not be organized in academic year 2025–2026)

KK-ESP203 Intermediate Spanish 2 (CEFR A2) (3 cr)

KK-ESP201 Intermediate Spanish 1 (CEFR A2) (3 cr)

Beginners' courses

Language Centre programmes in Spanish language

The minimum requirement to complete a programme is 15 or 25 credits. First check the Language Centre’s language-specific requirements for Programmes, and contact the programme coordinator. If you have already begun studies in a language and wish to complete an entire programme in that language, contact the coordinator of the language in question. You should also contact the coordinator if your study plan changes during your studies and whenever you need advice on choosing language courses.

More information about programmes and coordinators can be found on page Language centre programmes in Languages as optional studies.

KK-ESOK15 Estudios de la lengua española - Language Centre Programme in Spanish language, 15 cr

KK-ESOK25 Estudios de la lengua española - Language Centre Programme in Spanish language, 25 cr