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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : German
Germanic Studies covers the study of the language, literature, history and culture of the German-speaking peoples. This department also offers courses in Swedish language and Scandinavian civilisation as a further aspect of Germanic Studies (see Swedish).
Graduates of the Bachelor of Arts who have majored in German have found employment in the following areas:
teaching;
media;
public service;
overseas representation;
German firms represented in Australia.
The prerequisite requirements for each German subject are given under the individual subjects. As a general rule, students must achieve a satisfactory standard in both the language and non-language components of the German courses in order to pass a subject, and appropriately higher standards in both areas to receive honours grades.
A major in German requires the completion of 83.3 points in German language subjects at second and third-year level (or a combination of both levels) which must include Advanced German Third Year A and B as well as one of the following subjects: 126-361 to 126-367 or German Third Year A and B (Intermediate) plus one of 126-361 to 126-367 if proceeding from Beginners German.
Admission to the honours course in the School of German is conditional upon completion of a major in German and completion of all the requirements for the pass degree. Candidates must normally have gained at least second class honours over their major. Students must be approved by the Faculty and the Department. Students undertaking Combined Honours must also meet the prerequisites for honours in the combining department.
Pure Honours: Students enrol in three fourth-year level subjects from among 126-461 to 126-486 (worth 16.7 points each), complete Fourth Year Honours (Language) (16.7 points) and 126-400 German Honours Thesis (33.3 points).
Combined Honours: Students should arrange a program in consultation with the Head of the German Section and the Head of the other Department concerned which provides for their making up approximately half their total points from the course work components available to students doing pure Honours in German, if they choose to complete their thesis component in the other Department.
MA in German;
PhD in German;
Postgraduate Diploma in German;
Overseas Exchange;
Goethe Institute courses in Germany or similar in Austria.
Contact:
The Department of Germanic Studies and Russian
The University of Melbourne
Telephone: (03) 9344 5204
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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : German
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