In order to make the best use of this handbook, it is important to understand some of the terms you will find in it. The following are some of the most commonly used:
This handbook is divided into sections, with a section for each department or centre offering subjects. Each department or centre entry contains details about the department, its general teaching objectives, its majors and minors and its honours program. You must consult the departmental entry for information regarding majors and minors for any discipline in which you are planning to study.
Each department or centre section also contains a full listing of all subjects offered by that department or centre, including details of where and when the subject is offered, the subject's learning objectives, a general synopsis, assessment details, and any prescribed or recommended reading.
Students should also take care to consult the `Faculty information' section at the start of the handbook. This section contains important information about the stucture and organisation of the faculty, details of all undergraduate degrees offered by the faculty, general advice to students and information about the various student services available within the Arts faculty, and within the university.
All subjects offered at Monash University are represented by a code which consists of a three letter prefix followed by four numbers. The three-letter prefix is used to indicate the discipline, thus any subject with the prefix PHL is a philosophy subject, ie PHL1010 (Introduction to Philosophy A).
It is also useful to note that the first number following the prefix indicates the year level at which the subject is offered. Thus any subject with the number `1' following its three-letter prefix is a first-year level subject, any subject with the number `2' following its three letter prefix is a second-year level subject and any subject with the number `3' following its three letter prefix is a third-year level subject.
Below is a table of the three-letter prefixes used in the Faculty of Arts. Beside each prefix is the discipline it represents and the department or centre to which it refers.
Prefix table
Subject prefix
Discipline
Department/centre
AGR
Ancient
Greek
Department
of Classics and Archaeology
ANY
Anthropology
Department
of Anthropology and Sociology
APY
Psychology
(Caulfield)
Department
of Psychology - Science Faculty
ART
Painting
and drawing
College
of Art and Design
ASN
Asian
studies
Department
of Asian Languages and Studies
AST
American
studies
Centre
for American Studies
AUS
Australian
studies
National
Centre for Australian Studies
CAM
Cambodian
(Khmer)
Department
of Asian Languages and Studies
CHC
Classical
history and culture
Department
of Classics and Archaeology
CHI
Chinese
Department
of Asian Languages and Studies
CHS
Chinese
studies
Department
of Asian Languages and Studies
CLS
Comparative
literature/ Cultural studies
Centre
for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies
COS
Comparative
societies
Department
of Anthropology and Sociology
CRT
Critical
theory
Centre
for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies
DTS
Drama
and theatre studies
Centre
for Drama and Theatre Studies
EIU
English
in use
Department
of English
ENH
English
literature
Department
of English
EUR
European
studies
Centre
for European Studies
FRN
French
Department
of Romance Languages
GES
Geography
and environmental science
Department
of Geography and Environmental Science
GRN
German
Department
of German Studies and Slavic Studies
GSC
This
prefix is used for all subjects offered by the School of Humanities and Social
Sciences at the Gippsland campus - regardless of discipline
School
of Humanities and Social Sciences - Gippsland
HSY
History
Department
of History
INM
Indonesian
Department
of Asian Languages and Studies
INS
Indonesiean
studies
Department
of Asian Languages and Studies
ITA
Italian
Department
of Romance Languages
JBL
Business
Japanese
Department
of Japanese Studies
JPL
Japanese
Department
of Japanese Studies
JPS
Japanese
studies
Department
of Japanese Studies
JWC
Jewish
studies/Hebrew
Australian
Centre for Jewish Civilisation
KOR
Korean
Department
of Asian Languages and Studies
KOS
Korean
studies
Department
of Asian Languages and Studies
KRS
Koorie
studies
Koorie
Research Centre
LAT
Latin
Department
of Classics and Archaeology
LIN
Linguistics
Department
of Linguistics
MGR
Modern
Greek
Department
of Classics and Archaeology
MUS
Music
Department
of Music
PCE
Police
studies
Centre
for Police and Justice Studies
PER
Performing
arts
Offered
jointly by the Centre for Drama and Theatre Studies, the Department of Music
and the Department of Visual Arts
PHL
Philosophy
Department
of Philosophy
PLT
Politics
Department
of Politics
PSY
Psychology
(Clayton)
Department
of Psychology - Science Faculty (Clayton)
RLT
Religion
and theology
Centre
for Studies in Religion and Theology
RSS
Russian
Studies
Department
of German Studies and Slavic Studies
RUS
Russian
Department
of German Studies and Slavic Studies
SCY
Sociology
Department
of Anthropology and Sociology
SLA
Polish
studies/ Slavic studies
Department
of German Studies and Slavic Studies
SOC
Social
work
Department
of Social Work and Human Services
SPN
Spanish
Department
of Romance Languages
THA
Thai
Department
of Asian Languages and Studies
THS
Thai
studies
Department
of Asian Languages and Studies
UKR
Ukrainian
Department
of German Studies and Slavic Studies
VSA
Visual
arts
Department
of Visual Arts
VTN
Vietnamese
Department
of Asian Languages and Studies
WEL
Human
services
Department
of Social Work and Human Services
WMN
Women's
studies
Centre
for Women's Studies
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