Spanish, Sociolinguistics and societal challenges

Education facts

Code: SP2205

Sociolinguistics ultimately aims to describe and explain sociolinguistic changes, that is, how language and society influence each other and contribute to maintaining and changing linguistic and social structures and practices. This course is based on a number of current societal challenges in the Spanish-speaking world such as inequality, climate change, racism, sexism, nationalism, and commercialism, and deals with how these challenges can be studied from the sociolinguistics perspective. The course is designed so that you can choose to specialise in a specific space/context (e.g. the classroom, the public sphere, social media, music or film), which then forms the starting point for the linguistic analyses and interpretation framework applied to the material. The course is taught in English and/or Spanish.

Entry requirements

For admission to the course, a Bachelor's degree is required, and 60 credits in Spanish including at least 30 completed credits from the intermediate course in Spanish or the equivalent qualifications.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Spanish, Sociolinguistics and societal challenges

  University of Gothenburg

  GÖTEBORG

  Start date: 4 November 2026

  End date: 17 January 2027

  Pace of study: 50 %