Undergraduate - Area of study Global cultural literacies - Specialisation

Students must complete a global cultural literacies specialisation (72 points) comprising:

(a.) language units in one of the languages listed below at a level appropriate to the student's expertise (48 points):

• Chinese studiesChinese studies (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2015handbooks/aos/chinese-studies/ug-arts-chinese-studies.html)
• French studiesFrench studies (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2015handbooks/aos/french-studies/ug-arts-french-studies.html)
• German studiesGerman studies (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2015handbooks/aos/german-studies/ug-arts-german-studies.html)
• Indonesian studiesIndonesian studies (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2015handbooks/aos/indonesian-studies/ug-arts-indonesian-studies.html)
• Italian studiesItalian studies (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2015handbooks/aos/italian-studies/ug-arts-italian-studies.html)
• Japanese studiesJapanese studies (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2015handbooks/aos/japanese-studies/ug-arts-japanese-studies.html)
• Korean studiesKorean studies (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2015handbooks/aos/korean-studies/ug-arts-korean-studies.html)
• Spanish and Latin American studiesSpanish and Latin American studies (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2015handbooks/aos/spanish-and-latin-american-studies/ug-arts-spanish-and-latin-american-studies.html).

(b.) global cultural literacy gateway, cornerstone, capstone and electives (24 points) as follows:

(i.) one first year gateway unitgateway unit (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2015handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html):

• ATS1515 Reading across cultures

(ii.) at least one second-year cornerstone unitcornerstone unit (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2015handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) from:

• ATS2671 Managing intercultural communication
• ATS2770 English as an international language: Language and globalisation

(iii.) at least one third-year capstone unitcapstone unit (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2015handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) from:

• ATS3064 Intercultural communication: Developing competences in a multicultural context
• ATS3083 Translating across cultures *
• MON3002 Global connections: Understanding cultural literacy

(iv.) a maximum of one elective if required to bring the total for (b.) to 24 points chosen from the list below:

• ATS1319 Understanding Asia: An introduction to Asian history and culture
• ATS2214/ATS3214 Italy on film**
• ATS2250 Communications and cultures in the global era
• ATS2379/ATS3379 Fairy tale in Italy**
• ATS2387/ATS3387 Beyond Gallipoli: Australians in the Great War**
• ATS2444/ATS3444 Inscribing Italy: Travels and imaginings**
• ATS2382 War and memory in the Asia Pacific: Legacies of World War II
• ATS2612/ATS3612 The Renaissance in Florence**
• ATS2678/ATS3678 Language and identity
• ATS2648 Contemporary Japan
• ATS2898/ATS3898 The Italian city through an historical and literary perspective**
• ATS2941 Asia's underside: Violence, crime and protest
• ATS3018 Writing the nation
• ATS3040 Cultures of remembrance
• ATS3071 France on film
• ATS3089 Social institutions and power in Asia
• ATS3207 Film and society in Spain and Latin America
• ATS3539 Asian cinema and television
• ATS3627 Global cultures, local traditions: Creating and consuming (popular) culture
• ATS3652 Japan as empire: From Meiji to 1945
• ATS3778 English as an international language: World Englishes
• ATS3779 English as an international language: Language and culture
• ATS3897 Borderless media in East Asia
• ATS3951 Japanese popular culture and identity
• MON3004 Forms of identity
• cornerstone and capstone units and electives from other specialisations not already completed may be taken as free electives

* Students who have completed this unit as a cornerstone in the language component will have to choose another unit.

** This unit requires study in Prato, Italy or another overseas locations or includes field trips.