Bachelor of Languages (Middle Eastern & Central Asia)
The program consists of 144 units selected to complete a full major in a Middle Eastern/Central Asian language (42 units), and a minimum of 96 units from the Faculty of Arts and 96 units from later year level. A maximum of 48 units of first year courses offered at 1000 level may be included:
The degree consists of:
a) A language major selected from one of the following Middle Eastern/Central Asian languages: Arabic, Persian or Turkish (42 units).
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b) 12 units (minimum) of compulsory Linguistics courses. This includes the two compulsory courses: LING1001 - Introduction to the Study of Language + LING1010 - Phonetics: Sounds of the World's Languages. Students may also include further course(s) selected from List A as electives.
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c) An additional compulsory component in Middle Eastern/Central Asian languages (a minimum of 30 units from List B). This typically consists of:
- 1. a minimum of 18 units of courses in another of the Middle Eastern/Central Asian language/s not chosen as the major; and/or
- 2. with the approval of the Middle Eastern and Central Asia convener a student may undertake MEAS courses where the student uses a significant amount of material in the major language in the course assignments; and/or
- 3. extra courses in the language of the language major. Students who would like to choose another ('non-Middle Eastern/Central Asian)'language for this component (e.g. German or Urdu must seek the permission of the Bachelor of Languages (Middle Eastern and Central Asia) convener.
- 4.students majoring in Arabic may undertake thematic courses (see below) delivered in Arabic in 'immersion mode'
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d) 12 units (minimum) of compulsory courses studying the culture(s) of the Middle East and/or Central Asia this includes the compulsory course MEAS2104 - Islam:History and Institutions, and at least one other course selected from List C.
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e) Free choice to bring the program total to 144 units (a maximum of 48 units).
Students may complete an additional elective major in any of the majors offered by the university using the free choice courses. The electives may also be used to complete further List A, B or C courses. If students want to complete the additional elective major, they are advised to plan their degree with the College of Arts & Social Sciences Student Advisor as early as possible.
List A
Compulsory courses:
LING1001 - Introduction to the Study of Language
LING1010 - Phonetics: Sounds of the World's Languages
Elective Courses:
LING1002 - Language and Society
LING1020 - Structure of English
LING1021 - Cross-Cultural Communication
LING2002 - Language and Society (L)
LING2005 - Language Change
LING2003 - Introduction to Syntax
LING2007 - Morphology
LING2008 - Semantics
LING2009 - Field Methods
LING2010 - Phonetics: Sounds of the World's Languages (L)
LING2013 - Teaching Languages
LING2015 - Language and Culture
LING2018 - Languages in Contact
LING2019 - Phonological Analysis
LING2020 - Structure of English (L)
LING2021 - Cross Cultural Communication (L)
LING2022 - Language Planning and Language Politics
LING2023 - Dictionaries and Dictionary-Making
LING2026 - Syntactic Theory
LING2101 - Second Language Acquisition
LING2104 - The History of the English Language
LING3005 - Acoustics of Voice
LING3008 - Study of A Language Family
LING3009 - Research Design in (Applied) Linguistics
LING3011 - Conversation Analysis
LING3021 - Child Language Acquisition
LING3022 - Seminar on Semantics
LING3025 - Special Topics in Linguistics
List B
B.1.
ARAB1002 Introductory Arabic A
ARAB1003 Introductory Arabic B
ARAB2011 Intermediate Arabic A
ARAB2012 Intermediate Arabic B
ARAB3001 Advanced Arabic A
ARAB3002 Advanced Arabic B
PERS1001 - Introductory Persian A
PERS1002 - Introductory Persian B
PERS2003 - Intermediate-Persian A
PERS2004 - Intermediate-Persian B
PERS3005 - Advanced Persian A
PERS3006 - Advanced Persian B
TURK1001 - Elementary Turkish A
TURK1002 - Elementary Turkish B
TURK2001 - Intermediate Turkish A
TURK2002 - Intermediate Turkish B
TURK3001 - Advanced Turkish A
TURK3002 - Advanced Turkish B
B.2. Any MEAS courses as listed below in List C. To include courses in this component, students (with the approval of the Middle Eastern and Central Asia Convenor) must use a significant amount of material in one of the Middle eastern or Central Asian languages in their assignments.
B.3. Further language courses in the language of the language major as listed above in B.1.
B.4.
ARAB3003 - Introductory Course to Arabic Linguistics
ARAB3004 - Research Essay (Arabic)
ARAB3005 - Introductory Course to Arabic Literature
ARAB3006 - Special Topics in Arabic
ARAB3007 - Directed Study Project (Arabic)
List C
Compulsory course:
MEAS2104 - Islam : History and Institutions
Elective Courses:
MEAS1001 - Introduction to the Modern Middle East
MEAS2000 - Iranian History and Culture
MEAS2106 - The History of Persian Art
MEAS2002 - Turkish History: Ottoman State to Modern Turkey
MEAS2003 - Modern Turkey: History, Culture and Regional Relations
POLS2031 - Politics in the Middle East
POLS2070 - Politics in Central Asia
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