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German Studies
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Coordinator
Dr Heather Benbow
Email: benbow@unimelb.edu.au
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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 Studies
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 Studies 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 Studies 1 entry point: for students who have very little or no background in the German language.
- German Studies 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 Studies 5 entry point: usually for VCE German students.
- German Studies 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 Studies will usually undertake 25 points at level one, 37.5 points at level two and 37.5 points at level three.
Subject Options
GERMAN STUDIES 1 ENTRY POINT:
German Studies 1 entry point - Level 1
Students completing the diploma with a German Studies 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)
Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
GERM10005 | German 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
German Studies 1 entry point - Level 2
Students completing the diploma with a German Studies 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 Studies 1 entry point - Level 3
Students completing the diploma with a German Studies 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 STUDIES 3 ENTRY POINT:
German Studies 3 entry point - Level 1
Students completing the diploma with a German Studies 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 Studies 3 entry point - Level 2
Students completing the diploma with a German Studies 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 Studies 3 entry point - Level 3
Students completing the diploma with a German Studies 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 STUDIES 5 ENTRY POINT:
German Studies 5 entry point - Level 1
Students completing the diploma with a German Studies 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 Studies 5 entry point - Level 2
Students completing the diploma with a German Studies 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 Studies 5 entry point - Level 3
Students completing the diploma with a German Studies 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 STUDIES 7 ENTRY POINT:
German Studies 7 entry point - Level 1
Students completing the diploma with a German Studies 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 Studies 7 entry point - Level 2
Students completing the diploma with a German Studies 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 Studies 7 entry point - Level 3
Students completing the diploma with a German Studies 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 | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
EURO30003 | European Modernism | Not available in 2018 | 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 2018 | 12.5 |
EURO30001 | Language and Society in Europe | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EURO30004 | Screening Europe: Image and Identity | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EURO30007 | No longer available |
Links
http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/
Last updated: 30 January 2024