German Studies - GERSA13417
Stream Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Arts&Social Science
School: School of Humanities and Languages
Contact: hal@unsw.edu.au
Program: 3417 - Language Studies
Award(s):
Diploma of Language Studies (Major)
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Stream Outline
Aims of the program
- 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.
Stream Structure
For a major stream in German Studies students must complete 48 units of credit in German courses.
Note: A student who has achieved a higher level of study in a language course is not permitted to study a lower level language course.
Note: A student who has achieved a higher level of study in a language course is not permitted to study a lower level language course.
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)
Level 3
- ARTS3510 Advanced German A (6 UOC)
- ARTS3511 Advanced German B (6 UOC)
Contextual Courses
- 12 UOC taken from the appropriate European Studies offerings.
- For example:
- ARTS2785 Europe between the Wars (6 UOC)
ARTS3295 Understanding Nazi Germany (6 UOC)
ARTS3780 Germany since 1945 (6 UOC)
ARTS3786 Confronting the Past (6 UOC)
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)
- 6 UOC from the appropriate upper-level European Studies offerings.
- For example:
- ARTS2785 Europe between the Wars (6 UOC)
Level 3
- ARTS3780 Germany since 1945 (6 UOC)
- 12 UOC from any of the following:
- Appropriate upper-level German Studies courses via cross-institutional study
- Appropriate upper-level European Studies offerings.
- For example:
- ARTS3295 Understanding Nazi Germany (6 UOC)
ARTS3786 Confronting the Past (6 UOC)
Advanced Level
Level 1
- ARTS3510 Advanced German A (6 UOC)
- ARTS3511 Advanced German B (6 UOC)
Level 2
- 12 UOC from appropriate upper-level German Studies courses via cross-institutional study
- 6 UOC from the appropriate second-year European Studies offerings.
- For example:
- ARTS2785 Europe between the Wars (6 UOC)
Level 3
- ARTS3780 Germany since 1945 (6 UOC)
- 12 UOC from any of the following:
- Appropriate upper-level German Studies courses via cross-institutional study
- Appropriate upper-level European Studies offerings.
- For example:
- ARTS3295 Understanding Nazi Germany (6 UOC)
ARTS3786 Confronting the Past (6 UOC)
Study Levels
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