Chinese Language

Major/Minor/Specialisation !B-ARTS-MAJ+1008 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Year and Campus: 2011

Coordinator

Dr Du Li Ping
Email: lpd@unimelb.edu.au

Contact

Arts & Music Student Centre
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Overview: see course overview
Objectives: see course objectives
Structure & Available Subjects: Chinese language is available as both a major and minor sequence of study for BA students. Most Chinese majors are a standard 100 points in length, and all minors are 75 points. A major in beginners level Chinese is 125 points.

Chinese is taught across 5 streams of study to suit the language acquisition level of students upon first enrolling. They are:

  • Beginners Stream
  • Post VCE Stream (Non-background Speakers)
  • Background Speakers Stream 1 (Minimal Literacy)
  • Background Speakers Stream 2 (Limited Literacy)
  • Background Speakers Stream 3 (For students who have completed Secondary Education in a Chinese environment)

Students interested in the Background Speakers stream 3 should note : This stream is only available as a 75 point minor specialization and is not available as breadth studies.

Subject Options:

Chinese: Beginners Stream

Level 1

New students may not enrol unless they have attended an interview and/or taken a placement test in the week preceding the first week of semester. Information is available here
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50

Level 2

Students undertaking a major in this stream must complete the following subjects. Students completing a minor only complete Chinese 2A and Chinese 2B.

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50

Level 3

Students undertaking a major in this stream must complete the following subjects. Students completing a minor only complete Chinese 3A and Chinese 3B.

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50

Level 3 Electives

Students undertaking a major in this stream must complete one subject from the following list.

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50

Chinese: Post VCE Stream (Non-background Speakers)

New students may not enrol unless they have attended an interview and/or taken a placement test in the week preceding the first week of semester. Information is available here

Level 1

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50

Level 2

Students undertaking a major in this stream must complete the following subjects. Students completing a minor only complete Chinese 3A and Chinese 3B.

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50

Level 3

Students undertaking a major in this stream must complete the following subjects. Students completing a minor in this stream must complete either Great Chinese Classics or Chinese Economic Documents, and either Chinese News Analysis or Advanced Translation.

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:

Level 3 Electives

Students undertaking a major in this stream must complete one of the following subjects:

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50

Chinese: Background Speakers Stream 1 (Minimal Literacy)

New students may not enrol unless they have attended an interview and/or taken a placement test in the week preceding the first week of semester. Information is available here

Level 1

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50

Level 2

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50

Level 2 Electives

Students undertaking a major in this stream must complete one of the following subjects:

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 2
12.50

Level 3

Students undertaking a major in this stream should complete 3 subjects from the following list. Students completing a minor should complete two of the subjects from the following list.

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50

Chinese: Background Speakers Stream 2 ( Limited Literacy) - Level 1

Level 1

New students may not enrol unless they have attended an interview and/or taken a placement test in the week preceding the first week of semester. Information is available here

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50

Level 2

Students undertaking a major in this stream must complete the following subjects. Students completing a minor must complete Chinese Cinema, and one other subject from the list below.

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 2
12.50

Level 3

Students undertaking a major in this stream must complete 3 of the following subjects. Students completing a minor must complete Advanced Seminar in Chinese, and either Advanced Chinese Translation or Analysis of Contemporary Chinese Society.

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50

Chinese: Background Speakers Stream 3 (Students who have completed Secondary Education in a Chinese Environment)

Level 1

This stream is only available as a minor area of study in the Bachelor of Arts and is not available as breadth study outside the BA.

New students may not enrol unless they have attended an interview and/or taken a placement test in the week preceding the first week of semester. Information is available here

Students completing the 75 point minor in this stream must complete the following subjects:

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 2
12.50

Level 2

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:

Level 3

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Links to further information: http://www.asiainstitute.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Arts

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