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Learning Outcomes

1.
Collaborate effectively with others
  • Professionals
  • Leaders
2.
Exhibit initiative and self-direction
  • Professionals
  • Leaders
3.
Act ethically, respectfully and responsibly
  • Professionals
  • Scholars
  • Global Citizens
4.
Articulate a broad understanding of German-speaking society and culture, past and present
  • Scholars
5.
Recognise linguistic and cultural diversity in order to examine and comprehend one's own language and culture.
  • Global Citizens
  • Scholars
6.
Undertake rigorous and engaged scholarly enquiry and analysis
  • Professionals
  • Scholars
7.
Communicate and debate complex ideas in a range of different contexts using a variety of suitable media
  • Leaders
  • Scholars
  • Professionals
8.
Critically and creatively employ disciplinary bodies of knowledge and appraise disciplinary perspectives in professional practice and/or scholarship
  • Scholars
  • Professionals
9.
Justify a position in relation to foundational aspects of society, culture and/or the arts
  • Scholars
  • Global Citizens
  • Professionals
10.
Engage proactively with complex problems in professional practice and/or scholarship.
  • Scholars
  • Professionals
11.
Continuously acquire knowledge and skills and reflect on existing knowledge and skills for personal and career fulfilment
  • Professionals
  • Scholars
  • Leaders
12.
Use the German 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

Only students commencing at Introductory Level take 12 UOC of the following courses.

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

Intermediate Language Core Courses

You must take 12 UOC of the following courses.

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

Advanced Language Core Courses

You must take 12 UOC of the following courses.

ARTS3510
6 UOC
Advanced German A
ARTS3511
6 UOC
Advanced German 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

Upper Level Core Course

You must take 6 UOC of the following courses.

ARTS3780
6 UOC
Contemporary Germany: History, Politics, Society

Upper Level European Studies Electives

You must take at least 12 UOC, up to a maximum of 24 UOC of the following courses.

ARTS2285
6 UOC
The Holocaust: Origins, Implementation, Aftermath
ARTS2785
6 UOC
Europe's Age of Catastrophe, 1914-1945
ARTS3786
6 UOC
Confronting the Past in Contemporary Europe
ARTS3787
6 UOC
European Modernity: Religion, Politics, Culture
ARTS3295
6 UOC
Understanding Nazi Germany: Origins, Structures, Explanation
ARTS2788
6 UOC
Religion and Secularism in Modern Europe

Cross-Institutional Prescribed Electives

If you commence at Intermediate Level you can take up to 12 UOC of approved upper-level German Studies prescribed electives via cross-institutional study.If you commence at Advanced Level you must take at least 12 UOC, up to a maximum of 24 UOC of approved upper-level German Studies prescribed electives via … For more content click the Read More button below.

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You are responsible for ensuring that you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and by following the advice of your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program requirements.

Additional Information

Language Studies for Commencing Mid-Year Students

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

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