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EURL-EXTN · Extended major · 72 credit points

European languages

Available in Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts

Rules for completing this course

No more than 24 credit points at Level 1 may be credited to the extended major and at least 24 credit points must be at Level 3. Language units must be completed sequentially according to the requirements for each entry level.

Entry point 1 - Introductory (48 credit points)

If you have little or no knowledge of the language you must 36 credit points from one of the following listed languages

Spanish and Latin American studies

36 cp

Level 2 cornerstone unit

6 cp

You must complete 6 credit points from the following units

  • ATS2213Imagining Europe6 cp
  • ATS2220Screening Europe: Transnational histories, narratives and identities6 cp

Level 3 capstone unit

6 cp

You must complete 6 credit points from the following units

  • ATS3293Power, place and people: European legacies, global resistance, and transculturation6 cp
  • ATS3294European languages project6 cp
  • ATS3935Professional practice6 cp

French and Francophone studies

36 cp

German studies

36 cp

Italian studies

36 cp

You must compete two units 12 credit points from the following options. Note: In-country units are only available to students who have completed 24 credit points of Arts units and qualify to study overseas.

Level 1 Clayton

12 cp

Level 1 In-country

12 cp
  • ATS1229Intensive introductory Italian 1 (in country)6 cp
  • ATS1230Intensive introductory Italian 2 (in country)6 cp

Level 2 In-country

12 cp
  • ATS2229Intensive introductory Italian 1 (in country)6 cp
  • ATS2230Intensive introductory Italian 2 (in country)6 cp

Additional units

24 cp

You must complete the following units

Entry point 2 - Intermediate (48 credit points)

For students who have some prior knowledge of the language but whose knowledge is generally not up to VCE level. In some circumstances, and with permission of the European languages coordinator, students with a pass standard at Year 12 may also enter at this level, depending on the results of a language placement test. You must complete 24 - 36 credit points from one of the following listed languages.

French and Francophone studies

36 cp

German studies

36 cp

Italian studies

36 cp

Spanish and Latin American studies

36 cp

Level 2 cornerstone unit

6 cp

You must complete 6 credit points from the following units

  • ATS2213Imagining Europe6 cp
  • ATS2220Screening Europe: Transnational histories, narratives and identities6 cp

Level 3 capstone unit

6 cp

You must complete 6 credit points from the following units

  • ATS3293Power, place and people: European legacies, global resistance, and transculturation6 cp
  • ATS3294European languages project6 cp
  • ATS3935Professional practice6 cp

Entry point 3 - Proficient (48 credit points)

If you have high post-VCE competence or equivalent you must complete 24 credit points from one of the following listed languages.

French and Francophone studies

  • ATS2065French proficient 16 cp
  • ATS2066French proficient 26 cp
  • ATS3269European Languages Advanced 16 cp
  • ATS3271European languages: Advanced 26 cp

German studies

  • ATS2095German proficient 16 cp
  • ATS2096German proficient 26 cp
  • ATS3269European Languages Advanced 16 cp
  • ATS3271European languages: Advanced 26 cp

Italian studies

  • ATS2225Italian proficient 16 cp
  • ATS2226Italian proficient 26 cp
  • ATS3269European Languages Advanced 16 cp
  • ATS3271European languages: Advanced 26 cp

Spanish and Latin American studies

  • ATS2195Spanish proficient 16 cp
  • ATS2196Spanish proficient 26 cp
  • ATS3269European Languages Advanced 16 cp
  • ATS3271European languages: Advanced 26 cp

Level 2 cornerstone unit

6 cp

You must complete 6 credit points from the following units

  • ATS2213Imagining Europe6 cp
  • ATS2220Screening Europe: Transnational histories, narratives and identities6 cp

Level 3 capstone unit

6 cp

You must complete 6 credit points from the following units

  • ATS3293Power, place and people: European legacies, global resistance, and transculturation6 cp
  • ATS3294European languages project6 cp
  • ATS3662Cultural capitals of Europe: Creativity, crisis and community6 cp
  • ATS3935Professional practice6 cp

Elective list

Students in Intermediate level and Proficient level complete up to 12 credit points of elective units depending on credit points already completed. You can select any cornerstone or capstone units not already completed.

  • ATS2285German visual culture: Images and imagination6 cp
  • ATS3129Arts internship12 cp
  • ATS3130Arts international internship12 cp
  • ATS3069European languages advanced 36 cp
  • ATS3070European languages advanced 46 cp
  • ATS3083Translating across cultures6 cp
  • ATS3291Crime scenes: Interrogating societies through crime narratives6 cp
  • ATS3650Ways of looking: Women, art and archetypes6 cp
  • ATS3922Eco-Visions: Climate change in European thought, literature and visual culture6 cp
  • ATS3962Feasts for the eyes: French and francophone taste, style and fashion6 cp

International study tours

  • MON2100Global Immersion Guarantee program12 cp
  • ATS2265Sustainable Tuscany: Critical perspectives and culture6 cp
  • ATS3268 Sustainable Tuscany: Critical perspectives and culture6 cp
  • ATS3235The French Pacific: Immersion into (post)colonial francophone cultures6 cp
  • ATS3662Cultural capitals of Europe: Creativity, crisis and community6 cp
  • ATS3975Imagining Europe6 cp
  • ATS3985Screening Europe: Transnational histories, narratives and identities6 cp
  • ATS2213Imagining Europe6 cp
  • ATS2220Screening Europe: Transnational histories, narratives and identities6 cp
  • ATS2251Cuba study tour6 cp
  • ATS3251Cuba study tour6 cp

Additional language units (24 credit points)

You must complete 24 credit points of language units from a second language listed in the European languages major, at intermediate level or higher. Note: If undertaking two languages at Entry point 2 (Intermediate) or Entry point 3 (Proficient), you must also take the following advanced units in addition to ATS3269 and ATS3271.

  • ATS3074European languages advanced (additional language) 26 cp
  • ATS3072European languages advanced (additional language) 16 cp

Source: 2027 handbook entry