Majors, Minors and Specialisations

Specialisation (formal)Year:2024

The honours program in Landscape Architecture gives students the opportunity to complete an advanced course of study, including an independent research project on an area of interest approved by the specialisation coordinator. Students must achieve a minimum of 65% in all subjects in order to qu...

MajorYear:2024

The Landscape Management major explores rural and urban ecosystems and the human activities that shape these systems. Parks and public open space, protected areas, residential environments, forests and agricultural landscape provide important ecological, amenity and social values, affording, for ...

Informal specialisationYear:2024

Students will undertake subjects in research methods, and a major independent research project. They will develop a deep understanding of the area of investigation as well as research training. In addition, students will take an additional subject selected from options dealing with social and bio...

Specialisation (formal)Year:2024

Specialisation (formal)Year:2024

Students with 100 points of advanced standing complete 100 points of study over one year of full time study (or part time equivalent). This program is includes undertaking an Languages Teaching Specialisation (students must meet eligibility criteria* to undertake this program). *Students underta...

Specialisation (formal)Year:2024

The Languages teaching specialisation is for qualified teachers seeking specialist qualifications in Modern Languages Education. The specialisation consists of four subjects including a supervised placement. Applicants must ensure they are available for 22 days of supervised placement at a school...

Informal specialisationYear:2024

The Language Testing specialisation is part of the Master of Applied Linguistics.

Specialisation (formal)Year:2024

The Language Testing specialisation is part of the Master of Applied Linguistics. This specialisation focuses on the theory and practice of language assessment including test construction and validation, specific purposes tests, and alternative assessment practices, including classroom‐based and...

Specialisation (formal)Year:2024

The Language Testing specialisation is part of the Master of Applied Linguistics. This specialisation focuses on the theory and practice of language assessment including test construction and validation, specific purposes tests, and alternative assessment practices, including classroom‐based and...

Informal specialisationYear:2024

The Language Testing specialisation is part of the Master of Applied Linguistics. Please note: the 200-point Master of Applied Linguistics program in all specialisations is only available to on-campus students.

Specialisation (formal)Year:2024

The Language Testing specialisation is part of the Master of Applied Linguistics. This specialisation focuses on the theory and practice of language assessment including test construction and validation, specific purposes tests, and alternative assessment practices, including classroom‐based and...

Specialisation (formal)Year:2024

The Diploma in Languages provides students with the opportunity to gain a Diploma in Latin while completing an undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne. Latin has been taught at the University of Melbourne since its very foundation, and has been a core element of higher education for ...

MinorYear:2024

A Law and Justice minor offers students the opportunity to examine the capacity and power of law to deliver justice in a range of social, historical and political contexts. A key focus of the subjects in this sequence is an engagement with the origins and effects of law’s processes.To complete th...

Specialisation (formal)Year:2024

Enhance your understanding of leadership and management theories and practice across the education sectors and systems. Learn how to integrate practical knowledge, conceptual frameworks and state-of-the-art research with a global perspective. Promotion opportunities If you're seeking speciali...

Specialisation (formal)Year:2024

In this specialisation, you will investigate the areas of learning difficulties, intervention and individual differences in literacy, numeracy and language learning. You will improve your professional knowledge and understanding of the nature and causes of learning difficulties in children and yo...

Specialisation (formal)Year:2024

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

MajorYear:2024

Linguistics is the study of language in all its aspects including its structure, its diversity, how it changes and evolves, how people learn and make use of it to communicate, and how it is implicated in relations of power. It provides students with an insight into the most fundamental of all hum...

Specialisation (formal)Year:2024

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Specialisation (formal)Year:2024

Linguistics is the study of language in all its aspects including its structure, its diversity, how it changes and evolves, how people learn and make use of it to communicate, and how we can preserve and revive endangered languages. Applied Linguistics focuses on areas such as second or foreign l...

Specialisation (formal)Year:2024

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