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English Language Studies minor // Structure

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Structure

75 credit points

This minor requires the completion of:

  • 25 credit points of Level 1 electives

    or

    25 credit points of Level 1 electives and Arts Discovery subjects including:

    • A minimum of 12.5 credit points of Level 1 electives
    or

    12.5 credit points of Academic English subjects and 12.5 credit points of Arts Discovery

    or

    12.5 credit points of Academic English subjects and 12.5 credit points of Level 1 electives

  • 12.5 credit points of Level 2 Core Subject
  • 12.5 credit points of Level 2 electives
  • 25 credit points of Level 3 electives

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

Academic English subjects

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ESLA10003 Academic English 1
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Level 2 Core Subject

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

Level 2 electives

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

Level 3 electives

Code Name Study period Credit Points
LING30007 Semantics
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
LING30003 First Language Acquisition Not available in 2025 12.5
LING30013 Morphology
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
LING30004 Discourse & Pragmatics Not available in 2025 12.5
LING30002 Phonology
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Notes

Please note: Students cannot undertake this minor and the Linguistics and Applied Linguistics major or minor due to the "Diversity of Study" course rule.

Links

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

 

Last updated: 6 May 2025