Arabic Studies Major

Major/Minor/Specialisation !105-AA-MAJ+1003 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Year and Campus: 2011

Coordinator

Dr Christina Mayer

Email: cmayer@unimelb.edu.au

Contact

Arts & Music Student Centre

Overview:

The Asia Institute offers two streams of Arabic language study:

  • Beginners: the beginners stream is available to students who have little or no knowledge of Arabic. It is available at both first and second year although students intending to complete a major will need to commence their language study in their first year.
  • Post-VCE: the post-VCE stream is usually only available to students who have obtained a pass in VCE Arabic, or its equivalent.
Objectives: see course objectives
Structure & Available Subjects:

A major in Arabic studies usually consists of 112.5 points comprising:

  • two level 1 subjects in Arabic (25 points); and
  • three level 2 subjects in Arabic (37.5 points); and
  • four level 3 subjects in Arabic (50 points).

A major must include either:

  • Arabic 3A and Arabic 3B

or

  • Arabic 4A and Arabic 4B.

Students who commenced their degree before 2007 will need to complete 125 points toward this major in order to complete the major. For the specific major structure you must follow, refer to the handbook produced in the year you commenced your degree, available online at https://psc.unimelb.edu.au/

Subject Options:

Beginners stream

The beginners stream of Arabic is usually structured:

Level One

Arabic 1A

Arabic 1B

Level Two

Arabic 2A

Arabic 2B

Arabic in Context 1

Level Three

Arabic 3A

Arabic 3B

Arabic in Context 2

One elective subject

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
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50

Post-VCE stream

The post-VCE stream of Arabic is usually structured:

Level One

Arabic 3A

Arabic 3B

Level Two

Arabic 4A

Arabic 4B

Arabic in Context 1

Level Three

Arabic 5A

Arabic 5B

Arabic in Context 2

One elective subject

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 2
12.50

Elective subjects

These subjects are available at level two and/or level three
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 2
12.50
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Commerce
Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Music
Bachelor of Arts (Combined Theology)
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Arts and Sciences
Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) and Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) and Bachelor of Arts

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