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German Studies
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Andreas Dorrer
Email: andreas.dorrer@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
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.
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.
To obtain a specialisation in German Studies students will need to complete:
Entry Point 1
- 25 credit points of Entry Point 1 Level 1 core subjects
- 37.5 credit points of Entry Point 1 Level 2 core subjects
- 37.5 credit points of Entry Point 1 Level 3 core subjects
OR
Entry Point 3
- 25 credit points of Entry Point 3 Level 1 core subjects
- 37.5 credit points of Entry Point 3 Level 2 core subjects
- 25 credit points of Entry Point 3 Level 3 core subjects
- 12.5 credit points of Level 3 Electives
OR
Entry Point 5
- 25 credit points of Entry Point 5 Level 1 core subjects
- 37.5 credit points of Entry Point 5 Level 2 core subjects
- 25 credit points of Entry Point 5 Level 3 core subjects
- 12.5 credit points of Level 3 electives
OR
Entry Point 7
- 25 credit points of Entry Point 7 Level 1 core subjects
- 37.5 credit points of Entry Point 7 Level 2 core subjects
- 12.5 credit points of Entry Point 7 Level 3 core subjects
- 25 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 |
GERM20006 | German Cultural Studies A | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 core subjects - Entry Point 1
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GERM30001 | German Cultural Studies B | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|
GERM20003 | German Cultural Studies B | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
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 |
GERM20003 | German Cultural Studies B | Semester 1 (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 |
---|---|---|---|
GERM20003 | German Cultural Studies B | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
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 |
ELECTIVES
Level 3 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
GERM30002 | German Cultural Studies C | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GERM30024 | Berlin and Beyond | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
LANG30001 | Languages at Work | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ARTS30002 | Introduction to Language Translation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GERM30025 | Staging German | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EURO30009 | Queering Europe | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/
Last updated: 6 December 2024