Students who commenced study in 2016 should refer to this area of study entry for direction on the requirments; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your area of study.

Global cultural literacies

NOTE: This area of study has been updated - please refer to the change register for details.

Undergraduate
Specialisation

Commencement year

This area of study entry applies to students commencing this course in 2016 and should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook.

Any units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the Faculty of Arts component of any bachelors double degrees.

Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.

Managing faculty

Faculty of Arts

Offered by

School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics

Coordinator

Dr Sarah McDonald

Websites

Faculty of Arts

School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics

Location

Clayton

This is a new interdisciplinary field that fosters awareness of language as a critical site of cultural interaction and negotiation, conflict and cooperation. Students can take this specialisation with a language focus in Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean or Spanish.

Compulsory overseas study component

A minimum of 18 points must be chosen for study abroad from the units listed below or an overseas partner institution. For more information go to Arts study abroadArts study abroad (http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/study-overseas/).

Units

Students complete:

(a.) Three units (18 points) as follows:

One level 1 gateway unit (6 points):

ATS1515 Reading across cultures

One level 2 cornerstone unit (6 points), chosen from:

ATS2671 Managing intercultural communication
ATS2732 Writing the world, the other and the self
ATS2770 English as an international language: Language and globalisation

One level 3 capstone unit (6 points), chosen from:

ATS3064 Cultural intelligence: Building competencies for global leadership
ATS3083 Translating across cultures
ATS3302 Global connections: Understanding cultural literacy

(b.) Eight units (48 points) in one of the language studies listed below, equivalent to a major in that language and following the entry point guidelines and order prescribed under the Bachelor of Arts:

Chinese studiesChinese studies (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2016handbooks/aos/chinese-studies/ug-arts-chinese-studies.html)
French studiesFrench studies (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2016handbooks/aos/french-studies/ug-arts-french-studies.html)
German studiesGerman studies (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2016handbooks/aos/german-studies/ug-arts-german-studies.html)
Indonesian studiesIndonesian studies (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2016handbooks/aos/indonesian-studies/ug-arts-indonesian-studies.html)
Italian studiesItalian studies (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2016handbooks/aos/italian-studies/ug-arts-italian-studies.html)
Japanese studiesJapanese studies (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2016handbooks/aos/japanese-studies/ug-arts-japanese-studies.html)
Korean studiesKorean studies (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2016handbooks/aos/korean-studies/ug-arts-korean-studies.html)
Spanish and Latin American studiesSpanish and Latin American studies (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2016handbooks/aos/spanish-and-latin-american-studies/ug-arts-spanish-and-latin-american-studies.html)

(c.) One additional unit (6 points) from the remaining cornerstone and capstone units above or list of global cultural literacies electives below.