The Bachelor of Languages requires three years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time). The course is offered by the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.
The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.
The course aims to:
On completion of this course students are expected to:
To qualify for the Bachelor of Languages, a student must complete 108 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the following program of study.
Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.
1. One major sequence (36 units) chosen from one of the following target languages including:
French - Beginners or Intermediate
Indonesian - Beginners or Intermediate
Italian - Beginners or Intermediate
Modern Greek - Beginners or Intermediate
Spanish - Beginners or Intermediate
Plus an additional 4.5 units of Culture topic from the following list that belongs to the same language group chosen above1:
FREN2211 The Reading Workshop (4.5 units)
FREN2212 French Cultural Icons (4.5 units)
FREN3211 French Cinema (4.5 units)
FREN3212 Bon appétit! From plate to palate (4.5 units)
INDO2002 Indonesian Musical Cultures (4.5 units)
INDO2004 Indonesian for Special Purposes (4.5 units)
ITAL2213 Italian Theatre (4.5 units)
ITAL3211 Italian Cultural Studies (4.5 units)
ITAL3213 Translation from Italian (4.5 units)
ITAL3214 Italian Cinema (4.5 units)
ITAL3215 The Italian Mafia: Origin and Representations (4.5 units)
ITAL3311 Extended Italian Cultural Studies (4.5 units)
ITAL3403 Italian Migration to Australia (4.5 units)
MGRE2213 Alexandria: The Legacy of a City (4.5 units)
MGRE2214 Greek Mythology: Gods, heroes and mortals (4.5 units)
MGRE3211 Homer's Odyssey: Wanderings and Divine Interventions (4.5 units)
MGRE3312 Images of Greece and Cyprus (4.5 units)
SPAN2211 Keys to the Spanish and Latin American Worlds (4.5 units)
SPAN2212 An Introduction to Spanish and Latin American Cultures (4.5 units)
SPAN3211 Latin American History and Culture Through Film and Literature (4.5 units)
SPAN3311 Contemporary Spanish Cinema and Literature (4.5 units)
2. AND 13.5 units core topics as follows:
LANG3300 Language Research Project (4.5 units)
LING1000 Strategies for Language Learning (4.5 units)
LING1002 World Languages (4.5 units)
3. AND 9 units of First Year option topics chosen from topics offered in the Bachelor of Arts
4. AND either a major (36 units) or a minor (18 units2) in language (the second language must be different from the first language major chosen) or allied discipline from the list below:
French - Beginners or Intermediate
Indonesian - Beginners or Intermediate
Italian - Beginners or Intermediate
Modern Greek - Beginners or Intermediate
Spanish - Beginners or Intermediate
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) - minor only
Applied Linguistics
Creative Writing
English
University of Adelaide Languages2:
5. AND either 9 or 27 units from the option topics listed below to make up a total of 108 units.
ESOL2003 English Linguistics in ESOL (4.5 units)3
ESOL3005 Principles of Teaching and Learning in TESOL (4.5 units)3
ENGL3113 Heroes, Monsters, and Vikings: Early Medieval Language and Literature (4.5 units)3
FREN3211 French Cinema (4.5 units)3
FREN3212 Bon appétit! From plate to palate (4.5 units)3
HIST3001 Destination Australia: Migration since 1900 (4.5 units)
INDG2001 Black Poetics: Indigenous Literary Studies (4.5 units)
INDG2003 Indigenous Australian Languages (4.5 units)
INDO2002 Indonesian Musical Cultures (4.5 units)3
ITAL2213 Italian Theatre (4.5 units)3
ITAL3403 Italian Migration to Australia (4.5 units)3
ITAL3214 Italian Cinema (4.5 units)3
ITAL3215 The Italian Mafia: Origin and Representations (4.5 units)3
LANG2000 Special Topic in Language or Cultural Studies (4.5 units)
LANG2005 Migrant Journeys: Cultures, Identities and Belonging (4.5 units)
LANG3000 Language in Action (4.5 units)
LING2001 Introduction to Second Language Acquisition (4.5 units)
LING2004 Language in Society (4.5 units)3
LING2103 Discourse and Media (4.5 units)3
LING3105 Intercultural Communication (4.5 units)3
LING3107 An Introduction to Translation: Theory and Practice (4.5 units)
MGRE2213 Alexandria: The Legacy of a City (4.5 units)3
MGRE2214 Greek Mythology: Gods, heroes and mortals (4.5 units)3
MGRE3211 Homer's Odyssey: Wanderings and Divine Interventions (4.5 units)3
Course Rule notes
1 4.5 units of Culture topic must be selected from the same language group, i.e. a student undertaking the French major must select a Culture topic with FREN prefix from the list, that is different from the two (9 units) Culture topics taken as part of the major sequence.
2 Chinese, German and Japanese are offered via cross-institutional study at the University of Adelaide through the Languages Outreach Program. Please visit the University of Adelaide webpage for topic information. Students undertaking a minor sequence in Chinese, German or Japanese at the University of Adelaide should undertake the equivalent of 18 units, consisting of 9 units at first level and 9 units at upper level.
3 This topic is available to all Bachelor of Languages students as an option topic. It is also embedded in various major/minor sequences. However, it can only count towards either the major/minor sequence or the option component, but not both.
The Bachelor of Languages may also be studied in a combined degrees program with a:
Every effort has been made to ensure the information published on the Course Rule pages is accurate at the time of publication. Flinders University reserves the right to amend its curriculum without prior notice, and will update the Course Rules to reflect any amendments at the earliest opportunity.
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