German Honours Language

Subject GERM40010 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Credit Points:

12.50

Level:

4 (Undergraduate)

Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010:

Semester 2, Parkville - Taught on campus.

Pre-teaching Period Start	not applicable
Teaching Period	not applicable
Assessment Period End	not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol	not applicable
Census Date	not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail	not applicable

Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here.

Time Commitment:

Contact Hours: A 2.5-hour seminar per week
Total Time Commitment: 2.5 contact hours/week, 7.5 additional hours/week. Total of 10 hours per week.

Prerequisites:

Admission to the postgraduate diploma, postgraduate certificate or fourth-year honours in German. European studies students wishing to enrol in this subject would normally have completed 37.5 points of European studies at second/third year and the language prerequisite for this subject.

Corequisites:

none

Recommended Background Knowledge:

none

Non Allowed Subjects:

Formerly available as 126-034. Students who have completed 126-034 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements for this entry.

The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

Coordinator

Prof Alison Lewis

Contact

lewisa@unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview:	This subject consists of intensive language instruction which is particularly directed towards developing students' skills in writing academic German. Problems of German grammar occurring at a superior level of the language will be explored alongside a discussion of the technical aspects of scholarly writing in German. This subject is particularly useful for students who are preparing theses or longer essays in German.
Objectives:	gain an understanding of writing conventions when preparing scholarly work in German. gain superior level language skills in the German language and the capacity to apply them accurately when writing academic German.
Assessment:	A 1000-word class paper 30% (due during the semester), and an essay of 4000 words 70% (due at the end of the semester).
Prescribed Texts:	none
Breadth Options:	This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information:	Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:	have acquired skills in research, critical thinking and contextualising information. also have developed skills in communicating knowledge intelligibly through oral presentations and essays in German.
Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations:	German German German

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