Distance Education 2000 - Faculty Certificate in Linguistics

Faculty Certificate in Linguistics

General information
Aims
Entry requirements
Special requirements
Course structure
Assessment
Credit/exemptions
Further information
Completed applications

General information

Program Code: 2059 * Clayton campus * Program fee: Local students $3300; international students (distance education only) $A4500 pa full time or $A2250 pa part time * Stream: Applied linguistics * Attendance not required This program is only offered in distance education mode.

Aims

This program offers students without a degree but with extensive professional experience in relevant areas an exposure to the key ideas of linguistics so as to prepare them for continuing studies. The program aims to meet in part the needs of people wishing to apply linguistics in various professional fields; it focuses upon the central aspects of the discipline and aims at developing students' basic knowledge and skills in these areas. The broad teaching and learning objectives of this certificate require students to aquire a preliminary knowledge of the basic subdisciplines of linguistics.
Upon successful completion of this program, students should have an understanding of the basic theoretical concepts, and approaches of the discipline and have gained experience in the use of analytic and research techniques.

Entry requirements

Applicants should have either a pass bachelors degree or, more usually, five years experience in teaching (of a related subject), translating/interpreting, journalism, etc. at a senior level.

Special requirements

At present, the only special requirement is that students will need access to an audio tape playback facility. However, we are increasingly moving into multimedia teaching and it is highly recommended that students acquire email accessibility.

Course structure

The program requires the completion of two twelve-point fourth-year subjects (twenty-four points in total)
Students will normally take: (i) ALM4110 (General linguistics), (ii) ALM4120 (Applied linguistics); or one of these two subjects and one other fourth-year postgraduate subject offered in the Linguistics department, normally either ALM4130 (Language and society) or ALM4150 (Research design in applied linguistics).

Assessment

There are no examinations in this program. All subjects consist of continuous assessment, which may include a take-home test.

Credit/exemptions

Credit will not normally be granted into the Faculty Certificate, unless the applicant has completed one or more of the subjects listed under the Faculty Certificate but has not taken out an award or a degree for the subject(s) in another program. Exemptions without credit will not normally be granted either. (This program articulates with the postgraduate diploma, and students will receive full credit towards the diploma for the Faculty Certificate subjects they have completed as long as they have a credit average across the two subjects. )

Further information

For more detailed information, contact Dr Mark Newbrook, Department of Linguistics, telephone (03) 9905 2290, fax (03) 9905 2294, or email mark.newbrook@arts.monash.edu.au.

Completed applications

Completed applications are to be forwarded to the distance education coordinator, Department of Linguistics, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, 3168, by 29 October 1999 to be considered for a first-round offer.