German Studies - GERSA13417
Stream Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Arts&Social Science
School: School of Humanities and Languages
Contact: hal@unsw.edu.au
Program: 3417 - Language Studies
Award(s):
Diploma of Language Studies (Major)
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Stream Outline
Aims of the program
- To develop informed understanding of human experience, human culture and human society in relation to German Studies.
- To teach the tools and methods of understanding associated with German Studies, and to encourage students to perceive the relationship between German Studies and other Humanities and Social Science disciplines.
- To encourage the breadth of vision and critical thinking associated with interdisciplinary scholarship and research related to German Studies.
- To enable students to place contemporary German language, society and culture in a historical and comparative context.
- To engage critically with fundamental questions about value in German Studies in both ethical and aesthetical contexts.
- To develop the skills of critical, creative and imaginative thinking about German language, society, culture and the arts.
- To promote the techniques and value of reasoned and open-minded discussion and debate.
- To foster understanding of the experiences and world-views of other times, other places, and other cultures from a German perspective.
Stream Structure
For a major stream in German Studies students must complete 48 units of credit in German courses.
Note: A student who has achieved a higher level of study in a language course is not permitted to study a lower level language course.
Note: A student who has achieved a higher level of study in a language course is not permitted to study a lower level language course.
Introductory Level
Level 1
- ARTS1510 Introductory German A (6 UOC)
- ARTS1511 Introductory German B (6 UOC)
Level 2
- ARTS2510 Intermediate German A (6 UOC)
- ARTS2511 Intermediate German B (6 UOC)
Level 3
- ARTS3510 Advanced German A (6 UOC)
- ARTS3511 Advanced German B (6 UOC)
Contextual Courses
- 12 UOC taken from the appropriate European Studies offerings.
- For example:
- ARTS2285 The Holocaust (6 UOC)
ARTS2785 Europe between the Wars (6 UOC)
ARTS2788 Religion and Secularism (6 UOC)
ARTS3295 Understanding Nazi Germany (6 UOC)
ARTS3780 Contemporary Germany (6 UOC)
ARTS3786 Confronting the Past (6 UOC)
Intermediate Level
Level 1
- ARTS2510 Intermediate German A (6 UOC)
- ARTS2511 Intermediate German B (6 UOC)
Level 2
- ARTS3510 Advanced German A (6 UOC)
- ARTS3511 Advanced German B (6 UOC)
- 6 UOC from the appropriate upper-level European Studies offerings.
- For example:
- ARTS2285 The Holocaust (6 UOC)
ARTS2785 Europe between the Wars (6 UOC)
ARTS2788 Religion and Secularism (6 UOC)
Level 3
- ARTS3780 Contemporary Germany (6 UOC)
- 12 UOC from any of the following:
- Appropriate upper-level German Studies courses via cross-institutional study
- Appropriate upper-level European Studies offerings.
- For example:
- ARTS3295 Understanding Nazi Germany (6 UOC)
ARTS3786 Confronting the Past (6 UOC)
Advanced Level
Level 1
- ARTS3510 Advanced German A (6 UOC)
- ARTS3511 Advanced German B (6 UOC)
Level 2
- 12 UOC from appropriate upper-level German Studies courses via cross-institutional study
- 6 UOC from the appropriate second-year European Studies offerings.
- For example:
- ARTS2285 The Holocaust (6 UOC)
ARTS2785 Europe between the Wars (6 UOC)
ARTS2788 Religion and Secularism (6 UOC)
Level 3
- ARTS3780 Contemporary Germany (6 UOC)
- 12 UOC from any of the following:
- Appropriate upper-level German Studies courses via cross-institutional study
- Appropriate upper-level European Studies offerings.
- For example:
- ARTS3295 Understanding Nazi Germany (6 UOC)
ARTS3786 Confronting the Past (6 UOC)
Study Levels
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