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Description

German Studies at UNSW places special emphasis on integrating the study of the social, historical and cultural developments in German society with the teaching of practical language skills and German literature. This approach aims to enable to students to achieve a high level of communicative competence in German while offering them a critical understanding of this fascinating modern European society.

There is a special emphasis on the social and cultural history of Germany, Austria and Switzerland during the last 200 years and, in particular, on the social structure and the intellectual life of the contemporary German-speaking societies as they have developed over the last two centuries.

At UNSW, German language studies is offered at a Beginners level for undergraduate students with negligible prior experience, an Intermediate level for students with HSC or equivalent experience, and an Advanced level for those with Native Speaker or equivalent experience.

Studying German Studies at UNSW

German Studies is offered as an undergraduate major in many degree programs in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and degree programs in other faculties, such as the Faculty of Business and the Faculty of Science. Please refer to the table below. The discipline may also be studied at a postgraduate level with PhD (Research) and Masters (Research and Coursework) degrees offered by the University.



Advanced German Studies can be studied in the following Programs
 
Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
3400 Arts Major GERSB13400
3402 Media and Communications Major GERSB13402
3427 Music/Arts Major GERSB13427
4035 Social Work/Arts Major GERSB14035
4055 Arts/Education Major GERSB14055
   

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German Studies can be studied in the following Programs
 
Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
3262 Architecture/Arts Major GERSA13262
3400 Arts Major
Combined Honours
Honours
GERSA13400
GERSAC3400
GERSAH3400
3402 Media and Communications Major GERSA13402
3408 Arts (Dance) Education Major GERSA13408
3417 Languages Major GERSA13417
3427 Music/Arts Major GERSA13427
3502 Commerce Double Major GERSAD3502
3521 Commerce/Economics Double Major GERSAD3521
3525 Commerce/Arts Major
Double Major
Honours
GERSA13525
GERSAD3525
GERSAH3525
3526 Economics/Arts Major
Double Major
GERSA13526
GERSAD3526
3527 Commerce/Social Science Double Major GERSAD3527
3528 Economics/Social Science Double Major GERSAD3528
3543 Economics Double Major GERSAD3543
3571 Services Marketing Major GERSA13571
3621 Civil Engineering/Arts Major GERSA13621
3626 Environmental Engineering/Arts Major GERSA13626
3712 Mechanical & Manf Eng/Arts Major GERSA13712
3720 Electrical Engineering/Arts Major GERSA13720
3840 Arts/Medicine Major GERSA13840
3930 Science/Arts Major GERSA13930
3931 Advanced Science/Arts Major GERSA13931
3932 Environmental Science/Arts Major GERSA13932
3970 Science Minor GERSA23970
4035 Social Work/Arts Major GERSA14035
4055 Arts/Education Major GERSA14055
4760 Arts/Law Major
Honours
Major
GERSA14760
GERSAH4760
GERSB14760
4806 Art Theory/Arts Major GERSA14806
4812 Fine Arts/Arts Major GERSA14812
   

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