Bachelor of Languages and Linguistics

Western Sydney University

About

The Bachelor of Languages and Linguistics is a three-year degree designed to develop students skills and expertise in languages, linguistics, inter-lingual and inter-cultural communication.

The course consists of a specialisation in a language other than English (LOTE), a specialisation in Linguistics, four Bachelor of Arts generic core units, and 40 credit points of elective units (which may be used towards a sub-specialisation in another language).

The Bachelor of Languages and Linguistics course equips graduates to use their language and linguistics skills in professional settings such as teaching, interpreting and translation, journalism, business or international relations.

Employment opportunities may be found in the State and Commonwealth public service, overseas organisations, the media, business and industry, education and research.

Structure

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 240 credit points with no less than 60 credit points at Level 3.

Core Components

All students must enrol in and complete the 40 credit points of Year 1 Bachelor of Arts Core units.

Code	Name
102738	Australian Politics and Active Citizenship

Code	Name
102736	Diversity, Language and Culture

Code	Name
102735	Foundations of Academic English

Code	Name
102737	Thinking Critically About Texts and Society

The core units listed below count towards completion of this course for students who passed these units in 2019 or earlier.

100846 - Analytical Reading and Writing

100958 - Australia and the World

100960 - Contemporary Society

100968 - Texts and Traditions

Code	Name
M1119	Linguistics

Note: Not all specialisations are available on all campuses.

Note: Some speciialisations have inherent requirement. Please see the link below for details.

Inherent Requirements

Code	Name
M1059	Arabic

Code	Name
M1060	Chinese

Code	Name
M1062	Japanese

Code	Name
M1093	Indonesian