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Structure
100 credit points
The Diploma consists of a three-year sequence of first-, second- and third-year language study and may add up to one year to the duration of the student’s degree course. See the Diploma course structure for details.
German
A 100-point diploma sequence is available. The sequence is as follows for the four entry points:
Students will have their appropriate entry point determined by the German Program, based on the results of the online placement test. Please refer to the following link for further information: http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/soll/resources/language-placement-testing
The following description of the entry points below is indicative only:
- German 1 entry point: for students who have very little or no background in the German language.
- German 3 entry point: usually for students who have undertaken four or five years of secondary school German or who have obtained a low VCE German score.
- German 5 entry point: usually for VCE German students.
- German 7 entry point: usually for native speakers or near-native speakers of German, or for candidates who have spent a number of years in a German speaking country.
Students completing a diploma in German will usually undertake 25 points at level one, 37.5 points at level two and 37.5 points at level three.
Subject Options
GERMAN 1 ENTRY POINT:
German 1 entry point - Level 1
Students completing the diploma with a German 1 entry point are required to complete the following Level 1 subjects (25 points).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GERM10004 | German 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GERM10005 | German 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
German 1 entry point - Level 2
Students completing the diploma with a German 1 entry point are required to complete the following Level 2 subjects (37.5 points).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GERM20004 | German 3 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GERM20005 | German 4 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GERM20006 | German Cultural Studies A | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
German 1 entry point - Level 3
Students completing the diploma with a German 1 entry point are required to complete the following Level 3 subjects (37.5 points).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GERM30005 | German 5 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GERM30006 | German 6 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GERM30001 | German Cultural Studies B |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
GERMAN 3 ENTRY POINT:
German 3 entry point - Level 1
Students completing the diploma with a German 3 entry point are required to complete the following Level 1 subjects (25 points).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GERM10001 | German 3 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GERM10002 | German 4 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
German 3 entry point - Level 2
Students completing the diploma with a German 3 entry point are required to complete the following Level 2 subjects (37.5 points).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GERM20007 | German 5 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GERM20008 | German 6 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GERM20003 | German Cultural Studies B |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
German 3 entry point - Level 3
Students completing the diploma with a German 3 entry point are required to complete the following Level 3 subjects (25 points) and one Level 3 elective (12.5 points).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GERM30021 | German 7 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GERM30022 | German 8 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GERMAN 5 ENTRY POINT:
German 5 entry point - Level 1
Students completing the diploma with a German 5 entry point are required to complete the following Level 1 subjects (25 points).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GERM10006 | German 5 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GERM10007 | German 6 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
German 5 entry point - Level 2
Students completing the diploma with a German 5 entry point are required to complete the following Level 2 subjects (37.5 points).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GERM20001 | German 7 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GERM20002 | German 8 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GERM20003 | German Cultural Studies B |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
German 5 entry point - Level 3
Students completing the diploma with a German 5 entry point are required to complete the following Level 3 subject and two Level 3 electives (37.5 points).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GERM30003 | German 9 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GERMAN 7 ENTRY POINT:
German 7 entry point - Level 1
Students completing the diploma with a German 7 entry point are required to complete the following Level 1 subjects (25 points).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GERM10008 | German 7 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GERM10009 | German 8 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
German 7 entry point - Level 2
Students completing the diploma with a German 7 entry point are required to complete the following Level 2 subjects (37.5 points).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GERM20009 | German 9 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GERM20010 | German 10 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GERM20003 | German Cultural Studies B |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
German 7 entry point - Level 3
Students completing the diploma with a German 7 entry point are required to complete the following two Level 3 subjects and one level 3 European Studies subjects (37.5 points).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GERM30002 | German Cultural Studies C | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GERM30023 | German Cultural Studies D | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
German Electives - Level 3
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
EURO30006 | A Taste of Europe: Melbourne Intensive | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EURO30005 | Europe: Making and Breaking of Nations | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EURO30003 | European Modernism | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GERM30004 | German 10 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GERM30023 | German Cultural Studies D | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EURO30002 | Memory & Memoirs of 20th Century Europe | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
EURO30001 | Language and Society in Europe | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
EURO30004 | Screening Europe: Image and Identity | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
Links
http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/Last updated: 30 January 2024