German Studies minor // Structure

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:

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The entry points for this minor are:

• 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

This minor requires the completion of either:

Entry Point 1

• 25 credit points of EP1 Level 1 Core subjects
• 25 credit points of EP1 Level 2 Core subjects
• 25 credit points of EP1 Level 3 Core subjects

OR

Entry Point 3

• 25 credit points of EP3 Level 1 Core subjects
• 25 credit points of EP3 Level 2 Core subjects
• 25 credit points of EP3 Level 3 Core subjects

OR

Entry Point 5

• 25 credit points of EP5 Level 1 Core subjects
• 25 credit points of EP5 Level 2 Core subjects
• 25 credit points of EP5 Level 3 Core subjects

OR

Entry Point 7

• 25 credit points of EP7 Level 1 Core subjects
• 25 credit points of EP7 Level 2 Core subjects

• 12.5 credit points of EP7 Level 3 Core subjects and 12.5 credit points of Level 3 Electives

Subject Options

German Studies Entry Point 1

Level 1 Core subjects - Entry Point 1

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

Level 2 Core subjects - Entry Point 1

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

Level 3 Core subjects - Entry Point 1

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

German Studies Entry Point 3

Level 1 Core subjects - Entry Point 3

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

Level 2 Core subjects - Entry Point 3

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

Level 3 Core subjects - Entry Point 3

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 Entry Point 5

Level 1 Core subjects - Entry Point 5

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

Level 2 Core subjects - Entry Point 5

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

Level 3 Core subjects - Entry Point 5

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
GERM30003	German 9	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
GERM30004	German 10	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

German Studies Entry Point 7

Level 1 Core subjects - Entry Point 7

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

Level 2 Core subjects - Entry Point 7

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

Level 3 Core subjects - Entry Point 7

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
GERM30002	German Cultural Studies C	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Level 3 Electives

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
		Please select Not available in 2025 Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) Apply
GERM30024	Berlin and Beyond	Not available in 2025	12.5
LANG30001	Languages at Work	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
EURO30001	Language and Society in Europe	Not available in 2025	12.5
EURO30002	Memory & Memoirs of 20th Century Europe	Not available in 2025	12.5
EURO30004	Screening Europe: Image and Identity	Not available in 2025	12.5
EURO30005	Europe and its Others	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ARTS30002	Introduction to Language Translation	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
EURO30009	Queering Europe	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5