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Learning Outcomes

1.
Act ethically, respectfully and responsibly
  • Global Citizens
  • Scholars
  • Professionals
2.
Continuously acquire knowledge and skills and reflect on existing knowledge and skills for personal and career fulfilment
  • Leaders
  • Scholars
  • Professionals
3.
Explain the varied nature of the Francophone world and its diverse cultural practices, and identify political, social and/or artistic perspectives
  • Scholars
  • Global Citizens
4.
Justify a position in relation to foundational aspects of society, culture and/or the arts
  • Global Citizens
  • Scholars
  • Professionals
5.
Undertake rigorous and engaged scholarly enquiry and analysis
  • Professionals
  • Scholars
6.
Collaborate effectively with others
  • Professionals
  • Leaders
7.
Demonstrate intercultural responsiveness
  • Global Citizens
8.
Recognise linguistic and cultural diversity in order to examine and comprehend one's own language and culture
  • Professionals
  • Scholars
  • Global Citizens
9.
Communicate and debate complex ideas in a range of different contexts using a variety of suitable media
  • Scholars
  • Professionals
  • Leaders
10.
Exhibit initiative and self-direction
  • Leaders
  • Professionals
11.
Critically and creatively employ disciplinary bodies of knowledge and appraise disciplinary perspectives in professional practice and/or scholarship
  • Scholars
  • Professionals
12.
Engage proactively with complex problems in professional practice and/or scholarship
  • Scholars
  • Professionals
13.
Use the French language with a level of fluency and understanding equivalent to an independent user as articulated in the Common European Framework
  • Scholars

Graduate Capabilities

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Available in Program(s)
Single degree program(s) in which this specialisation is available:

Bachelor of Arts - BA3409 - Arts
Bachelor of Arts and Business - BArts (Bus)3444 - Arts and Business
Bachelor of Commerce (Co-op) - BCom(Co-op)3554 - Commerce (Co-op)
Bachelor of Commerce (International) - BCom(International)3558 - Commerce (International)

Specialisation Structure
60 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 60 UOC.

Introductory Language Core Courses

If you commence at Introductory Level you must take 12 UOC of the following courses.

ARTS1480
6 UOC
Introductory French A
ARTS1481
6 UOC
Introductory French B

Intermediate Language Core Courses

You must take 12 UOC of the following courses.

ARTS2480
6 UOC
Intermediate French A
ARTS2481
6 UOC
Intermediate French B

Advanced Language Core Courses

You must take 12 UOC of the following courses.

ARTS3480
6 UOC
Advanced French A
ARTS3481
6 UOC
Advanced French B

Capstone Course

You must take 6 UOC of the following courses.

ARTS3330
6 UOC
Languages Capstone: Translation and Interpreting
ARTS3991
6 UOC
Arts and Social Sciences Capstone

French Contextual Studies Electives

You must take at least 18 UOC, up to a maximum of 30 UOC of the following courses.

ARTS2484
6 UOC
The Lives of the Impressionists and Other Artists
ARTS2486
6 UOC
The French Speaking World
ARTS2482
6 UOC
French Cinema and Society
ARTS2485
6 UOC
Exploring French Linguistics
ARTS2487
6 UOC
French Popular Culture
ARTS2785
6 UOC
Europe's Age of Catastrophe, 1914-1945

French Professional Studies Electives

If you commence at Intermediate Level you may take up to 24 UOC of the following courses.

ARTS3482
6 UOC
Professional French A
ARTS3483
6 UOC
Professional French B
ARTS3487
6 UOC
Key French Texts
ARTS3488
6 UOC
French Discourse Studies
ARTS3486
6 UOC
Approaches to Spoken French
ARTS3484
6 UOC
On Love and Friendship in French Texts and Films

Substitutions

If you commence the language studies sequence at Introductory French B, you must go on to complete Advanced French B. In order to have the required 60 UOC for the major you must complete a further 30 UOC including 24 UOC in contextual courses plus the capstone course.If you commence … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Additional Information

Language Studies for Commencing Mid-Year Students

If your language skills are assessed as Level A in Introductory, Advanced or Professional you cannot commence study until Term 1.

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