Offered By	ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Academic Contact	Dr Carol Priestley, S1 and Dr Zhengdao Ye, S2

The International Communication major is intended to provide students with a working knowledge of another language and an awareness of cross-cultural issues, rather than language competence. It is an interdisciplinary major which combines language study with courses which are offered in the areas of Anthropology, Applied Linguistics, Asian Studies, Classics, English, Linguistics, Political Science, and Sociology. The major may easily be completed by students undertaking their first study of a foreign language at ANU; however, such students will not be able to include any first year courses other than their first-year language courses in their major, since only 12 first year units may be included in any Arts major.

Students who wish to include an Asian language in this major need to be aware that this limit on first year units in the major applies to them even if the major in that language is structured to include more than 12 first year units; such students may need to complete more than 24 units in their language to include their language study in this major and should see the Convener of the major to discuss their program.

Students who already have a background in a language when they come to ANU and begin their language study here at the later year level may include in their major up to two first-year courses, selected from List A (ie the courses listed below as counting towards this major).

This major may be undertaken as one of the two majors required in the BA (International Relations) or may be completed as an Arts major in a BA or any other degree whose rules allow for the completion of an Arts major. It is a good complement to any other Arts major.

This major does not have an associated Honours Program.

Requirements

The major consists of a minimum of 42 units with a maximum of 12 units at first year level and a minimum of 30 units at later year level comprising:
(a) 24 units (4 courses) of one language (European or Asian); plus
(b) 18 units (3 courses) from List A (ie the courses listed below as counting towards this major).

Warning: Students should note that although courses from other Colleges are included in this major, they are not classified as "Arts" courses and you may not be able to include them in your degree. 

For students enrolled in a single BA the Program Rules allow for a maximum of 48 units (8 courses) out-of-college. 

For BA students enrolled in a combined degree, enrolment is restricted to Arts courses only, therefore you may not include out-of-college courses. 

For a list of courses that are approved to count as "Arts" courses in the BA please see the Bachelor of Arts Course Listing at the end of the College of Arts & Social Sciences entry in the Undergraduate Handbook or see the Undergraduate Courses offered by the ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences. 

The information published on the Study at ANU 2011 website applies to the 2011 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2010 website.