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Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Jonathon Lum
Email: jonathon.lum@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
100 credit points
This major requires the completion of:
- 25 credit points of Level 1 electives and Arts Discovery subjects including:
- A minimum of 12.5 credit points of Level 1 electives
- 25 credit points of Level 2 Core Subjects
- 12.5 credit points of Level 2 electives
- 12.5 credit points of Level 3 Capstone Subjects
- 25 credit points of Level 3 electives
*Note:
Please note: Students must undertake an Arts Discovery subject as part of the course requirements and the Arts Discovery subject can be counted in one major only. For this major, you will need to complete two Level 1 subjects.
If you are completing a double major the correct enrolment for this major at level 1 is: An Arts Discovery subject and one Level 1 Elective subject for the first major and two Level 1 Elective subjects for the second major.
LING10001 is the recommended background knowledge for most level 2 and level 3 subjects. Students are recommended to undertake LING10001 prior to higher level subjects.
Level 1 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LING10001 | The Secret Life of Language |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LING10002 | Intercultural Communication |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Level 2 Core Subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LING20005 | Phonetics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LING20006 | Syntax | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 2 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LING20009 | Language in Aboriginal Australia | Semester 1 (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 |
LING20011 | Grammar of English | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 Capstone Subject
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LING30001 | Exploring Linguistic Diversity | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
EURO30001 | Language and Society in Europe | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
LING30002 | Phonology | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LING30003 | First Language Acquisition | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
LING30004 | Discourse & Pragmatics | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
LING30007 | Semantics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LING30013 | Morphology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LING30014 | Australian Indigenous Languages | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
LING30015 | Corpus Linguistics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Notes
Please note: Students cannot undertake this major and the English Language Studies minor due to the "Diversity of study" course rule.
Links
http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/
Last updated: 9 April 2025