Graduate Diploma in Arts (European Studies)

Course 069-EU (2008)

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Year and Campus:	2008
Fees Information:	Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Level:	Graduate/Postgraduate

 ContactGraduate Enquiries, Arts & Music Student Centre Rm 104 (Ground Floor) Old Arts Building Tel: +61 3 8344 5321/+61 3 8344 6395 Fax: +61 3 9347 0424 Email: arts-gradstudies@unimelb.edu.au 

Course Overview:	The graduate diploma is similar to an undergraduate major and offers a comprehensive program of study in European studies. The course is suitable for general interest or professional development purposes and does not require a research project or thesis. Graduates are provided with a pathway to higher degree study and may qualify for entry to a Postgraduate Diploma in history, political science or a European language (French, Italian, German, Swedish) with a specialisation in European studies. The program assumes intermediate level language training in French, German, Italian or Swedish. Students with other European language experience are advised to consult the course coordinator. Course coordinator: Assoc Prof Alison Lewis School of Languages and Linguistics Email: lewisa@unimelb.edu.au
Objectives:	Students who complete the graduate diploma should: demonstrate a knowledge of several significant areas of European studies; understand the main theories and concepts relating to these areas; appreciate the significance of these ideas and issues in the context of European studies as an area; develop skills of analysis in relation to specific areas of European studies.
Course Structure & Available Subjects:	one compulsory subject a minimum of two elective subjects with a trans-national perspective (25 points) a maximum of five elective subjects with a national perspective (62.5 points) Total 100 points - subjects are 12.5 points each, unless indicated otherwise.
Subject Options:	One compulsory subject Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 131-123 Europe: Ideas and Nations 1600-2000 Not Offered Minimum of two elective subjects with a trans-national perspective Cinema studies Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 107-084 Surrealism and the Cinema Not Offered English Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 106-060 Decadent Literature Semester 1 12.50 French Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 116-028 Screening Europe: Image and Identity 2 12.500 Political science Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 166-017 West European Politics Not Offered 166-020 Contemporary Political Theory Semester 1 12.50 166-030 Transitions in Central & Eastern EuropeNot offered in 2008 Not offered in 2008 12.500 166-033 European Integration: Politics of the EU Not offered in 2008 12.500 Philosophy Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 161-020 Phenomenology Semester 2 12.50 161-021 From Hermeneutics to Derrida Semester 1 12.50 161-029 Philosophy and Literature Not offered in 2008 12.500 161-237 Analytic Philosophy Semester 1 12.50 History Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 131-052 The Holocaust & Genocide Semester 1 12.50 Maximum of five elective subjects with a national perspective French Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 116-018 French Fictions I 1 12.500 116-020 Poetics and Poetry Not Offered 116-027 French and Francophone Societies I 1 12.500 116-030 Paris: Ville Lumiere (on site in Paris) 2 12.500 116-033 Classical and Enlightenment France Not Offered 116-019 French Non-Fiction I Not offered in 2008 12.50 116-024 French and Francophone Societies II Not offered in 2008 12.500 116-432 French Cinema and SocietyNot offered in 2008 Not offered in 2008 12.500 116-032 French Fictions II Not offered in 2008 12.500 Italian Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 116-416 Italian Fictions Not offered in 2008 12.500 116-419 Italian Language in Focus Advanced Not offered in 2008 12.500 116-467 Italian Fictions Advanced 1 12.500 116-462 Italian Past and Present Not offered in 2008 12.500 116-066 Research Project Not Offered 116-418 To Hell with Dante 1 12.500 116-468 Imaging Italy 2 12.500 Art history Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 107-402 Attribution, Expertise, Connoisseurship Not offered in 2008 12.500 107-063 Eighteenth-Century Art Not Offered Cinema studies Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 107-078 Italian National Cinemas 2 12.500 History Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 131-028 Industry & Revolution? Britain 1780-1850 Not Offered 131-048 Hitler's Germany 1 12.500 131-050 The Russian Revolution 1890-1924 1 12.500 131-058 The Rise & Fall of the German Empire Not offered in 2008 12.500 131-081 The Century of Two Napoleons Not Offered 131-082 Age of Stalin 1924 - 1953 Not offered in 2008 12.500 German Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 126-211 Memory & Memoirs of 20th Century Europe Not Offered 126-409 Mastering the Past: Legacy of the Stasi Not offered in 2008 12.500 126-417 Yiddish and German: The Uneasy Relatives 2 12.500 126-461 Historical Grammar of German Not offered in 2008 12.500 126-462 Introduction to Reading Nietzsche Not Offered 126-463 Literary Controversies Not Offered 126-464 German Humour Semester 1 12.50 126-466 German Fairy Tales Not Offered 126-467 German Poetry Today: Serious to Slam Not offered in 2008 12.500 126-469 In the Shadow of the Holocaust Not offered in 2008 12.500 126-471 East meets West since Unification 1 12.500 126-472 Modernity and the Metropolis 2 12.500 126-473 Heinrich von Kleist's Prose Fiction Not offered in 2008 12.500 126-474 The Bible, the Devil & Martin Luther Not Offered 126-476 German as a Foreign Language Not Offered 126-477 A Tale of Three Generations Semester 1 12.50 126-479 German in Academic Communication Not Offered 126-481 Intercultural Communication and German Not Offered 126-487 Contemporary Popular Culture in Germany Not offered in 2008 12.500 126-488 Jews in German Culture 1 12.500 Philosophy Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 161-236 Nietzsche and Hegel 1 12.500 Political science Swedish Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 126-068 Viking Studies A: Culture and Conflict Not Offered 126-069 Viking Studies B: Sagas and Society Not Offered 126-073 Modern Swedish Culture and Society Not Offered 126-086 The Nordic Languages in Society Not Offered Note: Students are advised to check subject entries to ensure that they have the necessary language prerequisites. Students may elect to undertake two semesters of language study in place of two elective subjects.
Entry Requirements:	The minimum entry requirement is:
Core Participation Requirements:	For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry. It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability
Graduate Attributes:	None
Links to further information:	http://www.german-swedish.unimelb.edu.au/

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