Diploma in Modern Languages (Chinese)

The Diploma in Modern Languages (DML) enables students to gain a diploma in language study while completing an undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne. The diploma consists of a three-year sequence of first-, second- and third-year language study and adds one year to the duration of your degree course. You take language subjects alongside your degree subjects in an integrated sequence. The diploma will only be awarded on the completion of your degree course. Students who do not commence the Diploma concurrently with the first year of their degree studies may not be able to complete the Diploma at the same time as the degree. This means that graduation from one of the courses may be delayed until the other course is completed.

The DML is not equivalent to a BA language major for students in the beginners stream.

The DML does not qualify you to enter programs for which a BA language major is required. However, high-achieving DML students wishing to complete the equivalent of a BA language major (those with honours entry standard marks) may, with Faculty and School approval, complete an additional subject. The additional subject may be completed within your degree course if sufficient space is available and if your home Faculty approves the enrolment. Otherwise, it must be taken as an over-enrolment in the DML.

Students wishing to undertake an honours or postgraduate diploma program on completion of the DML (100 points) should note that they are required to complete the equivalent of a BA language major (112.5 points) before being eligible for entry to a fourth year level program.

Diploma graduates with the equivalent of a BA language major must have completed a BA degree to be eligible to apply for the BA (Honours), otherwise they may apply to enter the postgraduate diploma.

At the completion of the Diploma, students should:

• have acquired a mastery of both oral/aural and writing/reading skills comparable to that of a student majoring in a language discipline;

• have gained a basic understanding of selected aspects of the culture (or cultures) and of the society (or societies) associated with the language.

The Diploma consists of a three-year sequence of study in one language (totalling 100 points). The language subjects will be taken concurrently with an undergraduate degree in an integrated sequence and will normally add one year to the duration of a student's degree course.

It is the student's responsibility to ensure that s/he meets the requirements of the Diploma by enrolling in the correct number of subjects at the appropriate year level and within the rules outlined for the relevant language stream of the DML.

Students need to keep in mind that the points requirement for the DML (100 points) is not equivalent to a language major for the beginners stream (125 points).

The Diploma in Modern Languages (DML) enables students to gain a diploma in language study while completing an undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne.

The DML involves a three-year sequence of language study, totalling a minimum of 100 points. It adds one year to the duration of an ordinary degree course.

The DML (Chinese) is offered in the beginners, post-VCE, and Chinese background streams. Chinese subjects are taken alongside degree subjects in an integrated sequence of study. This must be approved by the home faculty course adviser. All students are required to attend an interview and/or placement test to determine subject enrolment (see above).

Students wishing to undertake Chinese language study as part of an exchange program may credit their studies towards the DML. However, such students should contact the Chinese Language Program Coordinator in their first year of study to ensure that their study plan can accommodate exchange study in their DML.

Beginners Stream

The beginners stream is for students who have little or no knowledge of Chinese. It is available to students at both first and second year, although students intending to complete a major will need to commence their language study in their first year.

Beginners Stream - First Year

Beginners Stream - Second Year

Beginners stream - Third Year

Post-VCE

The post-VCE stream is usually only available to students with no background in Chinese who have obtained a pass in VCE Chinese or its equivalent.

Post-VCE stream - First Year

Post-VCE stream - Second Year

Post-VCE stream - Third Year

Students with a Chinese-speaking background

• minimal literacy
• limited literacy

First Year

Second Year

110-041 Chinese 5A

110-042 Chinese 5B

and one of

110-190 Chinese Cinema

110-048 Modern Chinese Literature

110-133 Great Chinese Classics

Third Year

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

The Diploma in Modern Languages (DML) is only available to students who are currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree course at the University of Melbourne. The DML must be completed alongside your degree studies and can only be awarded on the completion of your degree.

For continuing students, selection into the Diploma is based upon the weighted average of subjects across your entire course. For first-year students, eligibility is based on your ENTER score. The entry cut-off fluctuates from year-to-year. It is determined by the number of places available and the number of applications received.

For combined degree students and students from faculties other than arts, entry to the Diploma requires the approval of both the Faculty of Arts and the other faculty.