Course code: 0010 + Clayton campus + HECS fees applicable + International
students: $13,500 pa (full-time) or $6750 pa (part-time) + Stream: Applied
Linguistics + This program is currently offered only in off-campus distributed
learning mode (except for ALM4150 if taken on campus)
The Postgraduate Diploma of Arts (Applied Linguistics) deals with applications
of linguistics to professional and social contexts in which language plays a
crucial role. Present offerings are particularly suited to teachers of English
as a mother tongue, as a second or foreign language, to teachers of languages
other than English, to generalist primary school teachers, to language
advisers, language consultants, and those concerned with multicultural and
language policies. People working in the media (advertising/journalism), in
business/industry as well as in the service professions (health, law, social
work) would also find this course useful as some units deal with applications
of linguistics relevant to the media, the workplace and the professions.
Applicants should hold at least a pass bachelors degree with a major sequence in linguistics or a major sequence in English or another language.
At present, the only special requirement is that students will need access to an audiotape playback facility. However, we are increasingly moving into multimedia teaching, and it is highly recommended that students acquire email accessibility.
The
program is normally undertaken over one year full-time or two years
part-time.
The Postgraduate Diploma of Arts (Applied Linguistics) course can be used as a
prerequisite to the Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics by coursework, but
students require a credit average in this program to progress to the MA. The
diploma program consists of four core units:
There are no examinations in this program. All units consist of continuous assessment, which may include a take-home test.
Exemptions (with or without credit) may be granted for comparable units completed elsewhere or at a previous time. Students who have completed relevant units at fourth-year (postgraduate) level may apply for a maximum of 50 per cent advanced standing. Credits cannot be obtained for units that were part of a course for which a degree or an award of any kind has been taken out. Students with a relevant faculty certificate completed at fourth-year (postgraduate) level with grades of at least credit average may obtain a maximum of 50 per cent (24 points) credit towards their postgraduate diploma. No student may obtain more than 50 per cent credit in total. Where an exemption is granted without credit (usually for a similar unit completed at upper undergraduate level), a suitable fifth year (MA) unit will be taken in lieu (but may not be repeated if the student later progresses to the MA).
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 are to be forwarded to the Off-Campus Coordinator, Department of Linguistics, Monash University, Victoria 3800, by 30 October 2001 to be considered for a first-round offer.
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