• Offered by School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Course subject Language Studies
  • Areas of interest Classics and Ancient History, European Languages, Australian Indigenous Studies, Latin American Languages, Language Studies
  • Academic career UGRD
  • Course convener
    • Catherine Travis
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in First Semester 2020
    Second Semester 2020
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This course is for students who have an advanced knowledge of the target language and its associated culture(s), i.e. who have completed a major in the language or possess an equivalent proficiency (B2/C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). It aims to further enhance students' language proficiency by focusing on a special area of interest in the language and/or the societies, cultures and/or contemporary affairs of its speakers. Students will develop their proficiency in, and understanding of, the structures and uses of the language at an appropriate lexical, grammatical and stylistic level. They will develop the capacity to understand and evaluate specialist and technical language use, and to carry out research using sources in the language and  following the conventions of academic writing.

Learning Outcomes

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

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

  1. Demonstrate advanced linguistic skills in the target language at the C1 level or higher of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages or equivalent;
  2. Read, analyse and discuss in the target language complex texts related to their research area;
  3. Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of culture and/or contemporary affairs in the target societies or of linguistic topics and an ability to critique them;
  4. Conduct research using sources in the target language;
  5. Deliver analytical and well-structured essays and presentations based on their own research in a scholarly manner.

Indicative Assessment

Written assignment 1: 1500 words 30% (LO 1-5)

Written assignment 2: 1500 words 30% (LO 1-5)

Research project: 1200 words 25% (LO 1-5)

Presentation: 15 minutes 15% (LO 1-5)

In response to COVID-19: Please note that Semester 2 Class Summary information (available under the classes tab) is as up to date as possible. Changes to Class Summaries not captured by this publication will be available to enrolled students via Wattle. 

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Workload

130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks: 24 hours of lectures and 12 hours of tutorials; b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must be studying a Bachelor of Arts Honours (HARTS or HART2), Bachelor of Languages Honours (HLANG) or Bachelor of Asian Studies Honours (HASIA), or completion of 144 units towards the Bachelor of Philosophy (Arts) (APHAR or APNAR).

Prescribed Texts

Available from the course Wattle site

Assumed Knowledge

Completion of a cognate major or advanced knowledge of a language.

Specialisations

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2020 $3120
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2020 $4800
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.

The list of offerings for future years is indicative only.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
2890 24 Feb 2020 02 Mar 2020 08 May 2020 05 Jun 2020 In Person N/A
Arabic Studies
2982 24 Feb 2020 02 Mar 2020 08 May 2020 05 Jun 2020 In Person N/A
Persian Studies
2983 24 Feb 2020 02 Mar 2020 08 May 2020 05 Jun 2020 In Person N/A
Ancient Greek lang & culture
2974 24 Feb 2020 02 Mar 2020 08 May 2020 05 Jun 2020 In Person N/A
Aust Indigenous lang & culture
2975 24 Feb 2020 02 Mar 2020 08 May 2020 05 Jun 2020 In Person N/A
French language & culture
2976 24 Feb 2020 02 Mar 2020 08 May 2020 05 Jun 2020 In Person N/A
German language & culture
2977 24 Feb 2020 02 Mar 2020 08 May 2020 05 Jun 2020 In Person N/A
Italian language & culture
2978 24 Feb 2020 02 Mar 2020 08 May 2020 05 Jun 2020 In Person N/A
Latin language & culture
2979 24 Feb 2020 02 Mar 2020 08 May 2020 05 Jun 2020 In Person N/A
Spanish Studies
2980 24 Feb 2020 02 Mar 2020 08 May 2020 05 Jun 2020 In Person N/A
Language Studies
2981 24 Feb 2020 02 Mar 2020 08 May 2020 05 Jun 2020 In Person N/A

Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
Italian language & culture
7959 27 Jul 2020 03 Aug 2020 31 Aug 2020 30 Oct 2020 In Person N/A
Latin language & culture
7960 27 Jul 2020 03 Aug 2020 31 Aug 2020 30 Oct 2020 In Person N/A
Spanish Studies
7961 27 Jul 2020 03 Aug 2020 31 Aug 2020 30 Oct 2020 In Person N/A
Language Studies
7962 27 Jul 2020 03 Aug 2020 31 Aug 2020 30 Oct 2020 In Person N/A
Arabic Studies
7963 27 Jul 2020 03 Aug 2020 31 Aug 2020 30 Oct 2020 In Person N/A
Persian Studies
7964 27 Jul 2020 03 Aug 2020 31 Aug 2020 30 Oct 2020 In Person N/A
Ancient Greek lang & culture
7955 27 Jul 2020 03 Aug 2020 31 Aug 2020 30 Oct 2020 In Person N/A
Aust Indigenous lang & culture
7956 27 Jul 2020 03 Aug 2020 31 Aug 2020 30 Oct 2020 In Person N/A
French language & culture
7957 27 Jul 2020 03 Aug 2020 31 Aug 2020 30 Oct 2020 In Person N/A
German language & culture
7958 27 Jul 2020 03 Aug 2020 31 Aug 2020 30 Oct 2020 In Person N/A
7867 27 Jul 2020 03 Aug 2020 31 Aug 2020 30 Oct 2020 In Person N/A

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