Vietnamese Language Major

Total units 48 Units

Areas of interest Asian Languages, Asian Studies, Asia Pacific Studies, Language Studies, Asia-Pacific Studies
Major code VIET-MAJ

Academic career Undergraduate

Vietnamese is the national and official language of Vietnam and is spoken world-wide in the Vietnamese diaspora. In fact it is also the sixth most-spoken language in Australia. Knowledge of the Vietnamese language is indispensable for anyone one wishing to understand Vietnamese culture and society—both in Vietnam and in the diaspora. Given Australia’s close ties with Vietnam since re-unification, a knowledge of the language is valued in a wide range of professions, both in Australia and internationally.

Students in this major are encouraged to spend time studying at a tertiary institution in Vietnam through a year of study in the Year in Asia program, or in an in-country intensive course. Competitive scholarships are available to qualified students.

A student may not take a course if that course is a prerequisite for another course which they have already passed.

Students with prior knowledge of the language will be required to take a placement test and may be exempted from the compulsory course.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the Vietnamese language major students should be able to:

express themselves well in a formal or informal register, appropriate to the situation and to the people to whom one is speaking.
read and understand newspapers and other texts in Vietnamese
engage with authentic Vietnamese language media
write in Vietnamese in the appropriate style using the correct grammar and the vocabulary appropriate the genre, contents and audience
Write, perform and record presentations or interviews in Vietnamese either individually or in cooperative groups, and answer questions based on those performances or interviews

Course Lists

The course lists in the "Requirements" section below is a definitive list and includes all courses that can be counted towards the major, whether or not they are offered in the current year. For a list of courses that will be offered in the current year, please see the Summary of Courses page.

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Requirements

This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must include:

6 units from completion of the following course(s):

Code	Title	Units
VIET3003	Vietnamese 3B	6

42 units from completion of the following course(s):

Code	Title	Units
ASIA2103	Language in Asia (L)	6
ASIA3004	Semester In Asia	24
ASIA3006	Practical Assignment in Asia and the Pacific	6-12
BURM1002	Introduction to Burmese	6
CHIN3030	Classical Chinese 1	6
CHIN3031	Classical Chinese 2	6
CHIN3032	Classical Chinese 3	6
CHIN3033	Classical Chinese 4	6
INDN3004	Readings in Southeast Asian Culture	6
INDN3005	Advanced Readings in Southeast Asian Culture	6
THAI1002	Thai 1A	6
THAI1003	Thai 1B	6
THAI1004	Thai 1A: In-Country	6
THAI2002	Thai 2A	6
THAI2003	Thai 2B	6
THAI3002	Thai 3A	6
THAI3006	Modern Thai Prose	6
THAI3008	Advanced Readings in Thai Language and Culture	6
THAI3012	Modern Thai Prose: In-Country	6
VIET1002	Vietnamese 1A	6
VIET1003	Vietnamese 1B	6
VIET1006	Vietnamese 1A: In-Country	6
VIET1007	Vietnamese 1B: In-Country	6
VIET2002	Vietnamese 2A	6
VIET2003	Vietnamese 2B	6
VIET3002	Vietnamese 3A	6
	VIET 3004: Vietnamese for Nationals A
	VIET 3005: Vietnamese for Nationals B
VIET3015	English - Vietnamese Translation	6

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