Language Studies Honours Specialisation

Total units 48 Units

Specialisation code LANG-HSPC

Academic career Undergraduate

The Language Studies Honours Specialisation gives you high-level preparation for professional life or a higher degree by research through the development of an advanced knowledge of the research principles, methods and theoretical concepts of language studies, and through the design and implementation of a research project, typically a thesis of up to 20,000 words, that develops new understandings or that provides solutions to complex problems.

Students undertaking honours in the following languages will take the Asia Pacific Studies Honours Specialisation: Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Sanskrit, Thai, Urdu, or Vietnamese.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

pose a significant research question relating to language studies;
investigate this question creatively, critically, ethically, and independently, including through sophisticated use of appropriate theory and methodology as appropriate to language studies, and place these investigations in the context of the relevant intellectual tradition; and
communicate their research and its findings through an appropriate medium.

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Admission Requirements

Either:

A major or equivalent from the following list, with at least eight 2000- or 3000-level courses or equivalent:

French

German

Or:

A major or equivalent from the following list:

Ancient Greek

Arabic

International Communication

Italian

Latin

Linguistics

Persian

Spanish

Or:

A minor, specialisation or equivalent from the following list:

Advanced Ancient Greek

Advanced French Studies

Advanced German Studies

Advanced Hispanic Culture

Advanced Hispanic Linguistics

Advanced Hispanic Studies

Advanced Italian Studies

Advanced Latin

Advanced Spanish Studies

With the written approval of an identified supervisor for the thesis.

Requirements

This Honours specialisation requires the completion of 48 units, which must consist of:

A minimum of 12 units must come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
CLAS4006	Classics Methods and Evidence	12
COMP4630	Overview of Logic and Computation	6
COMP4650	Document Analysis	6
COMP4670	Introduction to Statistical Machine Learning	6
ENGL4020	Researching and Writing the Thesis: A Workshop	6
ENGL4021	Creative Reading: Topics in Theory, Methodology and Interpretation	6
HUMN4001	Writing for the Research Process	6
LANG4004	Research Tools in Advanced Language Studies	6
LING4009	Selected Topics in Methodologies for Researching Language	12
LING4010	Selected Topics in Empirical Approaches to Linguistics	6
STAT4040	Statistical Learning	6

A maximum of 12 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
CLAS4008	Readings in Classics	6
LANG4002	Topics in Advanced Language Studies 1	6
LANG4003	Topics in Advanced Language Studies 2	6
LING4011	Selected Topics in Theory and Analysis in Linguistics	12
LING4012	Selected Topics in Analysis of a Subsystem of Language	6

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

Code	Title	Units
THES4105	Thesis	6-24

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