UNSW Handbook Plan - German Studies

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German Studies - GERSE13526

Placement Information

Plan Summary


	Faculty: ARTSC - Faculty of Arts&Social Science
	School: School of Languages and Linguistics
	Contact: languages@unsw.edu.au
	Program: 3526 - Economics/Arts
	Award(s):
	Bachelor of Arts (Major)

Plan Outline

This plan is only available to students commencing from 2011

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

Aims of the major

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 major sequence in German Studies students must complete 54 units of credit in an approved sequence of courses commencing at Introductory or Intermediate levels.

Introductory Level

Level 1

ARTS1510 Introductory German A (6 UOC)
ARTS1511 Introductory German B (6 UOC)

Level 2

ARTS2510 Intermediate German A (6 UOC)
ARTS2511 Intermediate German B (6 UOC)

6UOC from the appropriate second year European Studies offerings, for example:

ARTS6710 Europe between the Wars (6 UOC)
ARTS6711 Confronting the Past (6 UOC)

Level 3

German Studies Capstone course (Compulsory)

Capstone in German Studies (6 UOC) - available in 2013

Intermediate Level

Level 1

ARTS2510 Intermediate German A (6 UOC)
ARTS2511 Intermediate German B (6 UOC)

Level 2

ARTS3510 Advanced German A (6 UOC)
ARTS3511 Advanced German B (6 UOC)

6UOC from the appropriate second year European Studies offerings, for example:

ARTS6710 Europe between the Wars (6 UOC)
ARTS6711 Confronting the Past (6 UOC)

Level 3

ARTS3780 Germany since 1945 (6 UOC)

12UOC from the appropriate second and third year European Studies offerings, for example:

ARTS6710 Europe between the Wars (6 UOC)

German Studies Capstone course (Compulsory)

Capstone in German Studies (6 UOC) - available in 2013

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.