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  4. English Language Studies
  5. Structure

English Language Studies // Structure

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Structure

50 credit points

English Language Studies

English Language Studies is available as a minor area of study in the Bachelor of Arts. To complete the minor, students must complete the following:

Level 1

  • Intercultural Communication, or
  • The Secret Life of Language, or
  • 12.5 points of Academic English,

and

  • One
    Code Name Study period Credit Points
    Arts Foundation Subject No longer available
    (12.5 points)

Level 2

  • LING20011 Grammar of English (12.5 points) and
  • 12.5 points study from English Language Studies Level 2 subjects

Level 3

  • 25 points study from English Language Studies Level 3 subjects

Total 75 points

Subject Options

English Language Studies: Level 1

Code Name Study period Credit Points
LING10001 The Secret Life of Language
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
LING10002 Intercultural Communication
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

English Language Studies: Level 2 Core subject

Code Name Study period Credit Points
LING20011 Grammar of English
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

English Language Studies: Level 2

Code Name Study period Credit Points
LING20005 Phonetics
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
LING20006 Syntax
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
LING20003 Second Language Learning and Teaching
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
LING20010 Language, Society and Culture
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

English Language Studies: Level 3

Code Name Study period Credit Points
LING30003 First Language Acquisition
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
LING30007 Semantics
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
LING30013 Morphology
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
LING30004 Discourse & Pragmatics
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
LING30012 Language and Identity Not available in 2017 12.5
LING30002 Phonology Not available in 2017 12.5

English Language Studies: Academic English

Students in the BA recommended to complete Academic English as a result of the DELA can count these towards breadth studies.

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ESLA10003 Academic English 1
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ESLA10004 Academic English 2
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ESLA10005 Academic English: Economics and Business
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Links

http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/

Last updated: 23 November 2025