Bachelor of Arts (Languages)

Course Structure

The Bachelor of Arts (Languages) may be undertaken full-time over four years or part-time over eight years. Full-time students enrol in junior units of study with a maximum 48 credit points (cp) during first year. A typical unit of study has a value of 6cp. All students complete two majors from arts and social sciences subject areas including at least one major in a modern language. Each major comprises 36cp of senior units of study, taken over second and third year. The fourth year allows students the choice of continuing their study of senior units and provides room in the degree for a third major from an arts and social sciences subject area or from other faculties within the University (subject to permission from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences).

Alternatively students can choose to complete an honours year specialising in the language subject area of their major or combined honours in the language subject area and the second major subject area. Honours is both a preparation for postgraduate study and a capstone to an undergraduate degree. Honours extends your intellectual range, hones your research abilities and analytical techniques, and helps you to develop the personal and professional skills needed to see a research project though to completion. The Honours fourth year comprises seminar classes and work toward a short thesis on an independent research project under the supervision of an academic staff member who is an expert in the field of your research.