Majors, Minors and Specialisations

MinorYear:2024

Italian is one of the world’s most important languages strongly influencing languages and cultures around the world. A knowledge of Italian opens up access to a wide range of areas, including history, art, music, as well as to other languages, such as French and Spanish. The overall objective of ...

Specialisation (formal)Year:2024

The Masters degree is designed for students to develop advanced skills in carrying out independent and sustained research in Japanese. The thesis should demonstrate a critical application of specialist knowledge and make an independent contribution to existing scholarship in the area of research....

MinorYear:2024

This minor offers the opportunity for students to develop ‘Japan/Asia Literacy’ by gaining cultural knowledge of Japanese society. The subjects offered in the Japanese Societies Minor allow students, who have been unable to pursue further Japanese language studies, to learn about Japanese society...

Specialisation (formal)Year:2024

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Specialisation (formal)Year:2024

Japanese language subjects are organised in a progressive sequence (of units). Entry and exit points are determined by the student’s background in the language, placement testing, prerequisites, or at the discretion of the language program. Students normally progress through the subjects in conse...

Specialisation (formal)Year:2024

The minimum entry requirement for Japanese Studies honours is completion of all the requirements for the BA, with a major in Japanese and an average of at least H2A (75%) in second and third-year subjects within the major, or equivalent.

MajorYear:2024

The undergraduate program in Japanese Studies comprises coursework designed to build students’ knowledge and skills in understanding and analysing Japanese language and society. Japanese subjects are organised in a progressive sequence (of units) from Japanese 1 through to Japanese 8 with severa...

Specialisation (formal)Year:2024

The Japanese Studies program at the Asia Institute is one of the largest Japanese programs in Australia. The language subjects (taught at a range of levels, from beginner to advanced) are designed to maximize acquisition of the language and to develop communication skills in various types of text...

MinorYear:2024

The undergraduate program in Japanese Studies comprises coursework designed to build students’ knowledge and skills in understanding and analysing Japanese language and society. Japanese subjects are organised in a progressive sequence (of units) from Japanese 1 through to Japanese 8 with severa...

MajorYear:2024

Jazz & Improvisation is a program that balances skills with creativity to encourage the development of the personal voice and advanced technical skills through contemporary performance practice and creation of original compositions. Jazz & Improvisation students learn performance skills ...

Informal specialisationYear:2024

The Bachelor of Music (Honours) specialising in Jazz & Improvisation, aims to provide an opportunity for candidates under the guidance of their supervisor to engage in independent research in their chosen field of artistic practice. The degree will introduce students to practice-led research ...

Specialisation (formal)Year:2024

The Masters degree is designed for students to develop advanced skills in carrying out independent and sustained research in Jewish studies. The thesis should demonstrate a critical application of specialist knowledge and make an independent contribution to existing scholarship in the area of res...

Specialisation (formal)Year:2024

The Master of Arts by Research (Thesis Only) is a graduate research degree desgined for students to develop advanced skills in carrying out independent and sustained research in an area of specialisation in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The program is conducted in a research environment nor...

MinorYear:2024

A Knowledge and Learning minor offers students the opportunity to examine the ways in which differing forms of knowledge are constructed, produced, managed, and disseminated – and the learning processes which support this in a range of social, historical and political contexts. A key focus of the...

MajorYear:2024

The Korean Studies major is designed to build students’ knowledge and skills in understanding and analysing the Korean language, contemporary Korean history, politics, and society as well as two Koreas in a global context. Korean language subjects are organised in a progressive sequence from Kore...

Specialisation (formal)Year:2024

The Diploma in Languages provides students with the opportunity to gain a specialisation in Korean Studies while completing an undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne. The Diploma is a three-year sequence of first, second- and third-year language study plus electives and may add up to...

MinorYear:2024

The Korean Studies minor is designed to build students’ knowledge and skills in understanding and analysing Korean language, contemporary Korean history, politics, and society as well as two Koreas in a global context. Korean language subjects are organised in a progressive sequence from Korean 1...

Specialisation (formal)Year:2024

MajorYear:2024

Landscape Architecture is a design profession which provides a unique bridge between design and the environmental sciences. This major explores the practice, theory, history, and long-standing ecological sensibilities of the discipline. Landscape Architecture ranges across all scales of design en...

MajorYear:2024

THE COURSE STRUCTURE BELOW ONLY APPLIES TO RE-ENROLLING STUDENTS WHO COMMENCED THEIR STUDIES PRIOR TO 2016 Landscape Architecture is a design profession which provides a unique bridge between design and the environmental sciences. This major explores the practice, theory, history, and long-stand...