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Plan Outline
Plan Structure
Placement Information

Plan Summary

 
Faculty: ARTSC - Faculty of Arts&Social Science
 
 
School: School of Languages and Linguistics
 
 
Contact: languages@unsw.edu.au
 
 
Program: 3970 - Science
 
 
Award(s):
 
 
Bachelor of Science (Minor)
 
 

Plan Outline

This plan is only available to students commencing from 2009


From 2009 German is offered as a minor to students commencing at Introductory and Intermediate levels.

Students are advised to consult the German Studies staff to plan their entry point in the language sequence.

Aims of the minor
  • To develop informed understanding of human experience, human culture and human society in relation to German Studies.
  • To teach the tools and methods of understanding associated with German Studies, and to encourage students to perceive the relationship between German Studies and other Humanities and Social Science disciplines.
  • To encourage the breadth of vision and critical thinking associated with interdisciplinary scholarship and research related to German Studies.
  • To enable students to place contemporary German language, society and culture in a historical and comparative context.
  • To engage critically with fundamental questions about value in German Studies in both ethical and aesthetical contexts.
  • To develop the skills of critical, creative and imaginative thinking about German language, society, culture and the arts.
  • To promote the techniques and value of reasoned and open-minded discussion and debate.
  • To foster understanding of the experiences and world-views of other times, other places, and other cultures from a German perspective.

Plan Structure

For a minor sequence in German Studies students must complete 36 units of credit in an approved sequence of courses commencing at Introductory or Intermediate levels.

Introductory Level
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3

Intermediate Level
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
12UOC taken from the appropriate European Studies offerings, e.g.

Placement Information

Students who wish to enrol in a language course without completing the necessary prerequisites are required to complete an online placement application form before the commencement of the semester.

For more information, please see the School Website.

For students admitted in their first year of study to ARTS2510 or higher on the grounds of ability and/or previous study, such courses will be counted as Level 1 courses in terms of degree requirements.

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