• 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 2023
    Second Semester 2023
    See Future Offerings

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)

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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.

Fees

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

Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you 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). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees

Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 units

If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found 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
2023 $3960
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2023 $5100
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
2535 20 Feb 2023 27 Feb 2023 31 Mar 2023 26 May 2023 In Person N/A
Arabic Studies
2607 20 Feb 2023 27 Feb 2023 31 Mar 2023 26 May 2023 In Person N/A
Persian Studies
2608 20 Feb 2023 27 Feb 2023 31 Mar 2023 26 May 2023 In Person N/A
Ancient Greek lang & culture
2599 20 Feb 2023 27 Feb 2023 31 Mar 2023 26 May 2023 In Person N/A
Aust Indigenous lang & culture
2600 20 Feb 2023 27 Feb 2023 31 Mar 2023 26 May 2023 In Person N/A
French language & culture
2601 20 Feb 2023 27 Feb 2023 31 Mar 2023 26 May 2023 In Person N/A
German language & culture
2602 20 Feb 2023 27 Feb 2023 31 Mar 2023 26 May 2023 In Person N/A
Italian language & culture
2603 20 Feb 2023 27 Feb 2023 31 Mar 2023 26 May 2023 In Person N/A
Latin language & culture
2604 20 Feb 2023 27 Feb 2023 31 Mar 2023 26 May 2023 In Person N/A
Spanish Studies
2605 20 Feb 2023 27 Feb 2023 31 Mar 2023 26 May 2023 In Person N/A
Language Studies
2606 20 Feb 2023 27 Feb 2023 31 Mar 2023 26 May 2023 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
5518 24 Jul 2023 31 Jul 2023 31 Aug 2023 27 Oct 2023 In Person N/A
Arabic Studies
5593 24 Jul 2023 31 Jul 2023 31 Aug 2023 27 Oct 2023 In Person N/A
Persian Studies
5594 24 Jul 2023 31 Jul 2023 31 Aug 2023 27 Oct 2023 In Person N/A
Ancient Greek lang & culture
5585 24 Jul 2023 31 Jul 2023 31 Aug 2023 27 Oct 2023 In Person N/A
Aust Indigenous lang & culture
5586 24 Jul 2023 31 Jul 2023 31 Aug 2023 27 Oct 2023 In Person N/A
French language & culture
5587 24 Jul 2023 31 Jul 2023 31 Aug 2023 27 Oct 2023 In Person N/A
German language & culture
5588 24 Jul 2023 31 Jul 2023 31 Aug 2023 27 Oct 2023 In Person N/A
Italian language & culture
5589 24 Jul 2023 31 Jul 2023 31 Aug 2023 27 Oct 2023 In Person N/A
Latin language & culture
5590 24 Jul 2023 31 Jul 2023 31 Aug 2023 27 Oct 2023 In Person N/A
Spanish Studies
5591 24 Jul 2023 31 Jul 2023 31 Aug 2023 27 Oct 2023 In Person N/A
Language Studies
5592 24 Jul 2023 31 Jul 2023 31 Aug 2023 27 Oct 2023 In Person N/A

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