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Higher Education
Faculty of Arts, Education and Human Development
School of Communication, Culture and Languages
Vietnamese
The Vietnamese Language and Culture program offers various units of study at different levels, catering for beginners to advanced speakers. It also caters for students who wish to improve their proficiency in the language, in addition to those who are only interested in studying Vietnamese culture and society without the language component.
The Vietnamese Language and Culture program can be taken as a major, a sub major or as a single or complementary unit of study. It is also offered within the Graduate Diploma in Modern Languages (Vietnamese) and as part of an Honours program or a postgraduate degree.
The unit of study in the Vietnamese Language and Culture Program are:
Year 1
| | | Credit Point | EFTSL | SC Band | | | ACV1001 | BASIC VIETNAMESE A | 12 | 0.1250 | 1 |
| ACV1002 | BASIC VIETNAMESE B | 12 | 0.1250 | 1 |
Years 2/3
| | | Credit Point | EFTSL | SC Band | | | ACV2001 | INTERMEDIATE VIETNAMESE A | 12 | 0.1250 | 1 |
| ACV2002 | INTERMEDIATE VIETNAMESE B | 12 | 0.1250 | 1 |
| ACV3001 | VIETNAMESE CULTURE AND SOCIETY | 12 | 0.1250 | 1 |
| ACV3002 | VIETNAM: GLOBALISATION, DIASPORA AND IDENTITY | 12 | 0.1250 | 1 |
| ACV3011 | VIETNAMESE FOR BUSINESS | 12 | 0.1250 | 1 |
| ACV3022 | VIETNAMESE FILM AND MEDIA | 12 | 0.1250 | 1 |
| ACV3031 | SURVEY OF VIETNAMESE LITERATURE | 12 | 0.1250 | 1 |
| ACV3032 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN VIETNAMESE LITERATURE | 12 | 0.1250 | 1 |
*ACV3011 Vietnamese for Business and ACV3022 Vietnamese Film and Media will not be offered in 2009.
ACV3031 Survey of Vietnamese Literature and ACV3032 Special Topics in Vietnamese Literature will be offered in their place.
Students with no previous knowledge of Vietnamese should commence with ACV1001 Basic Vietnamese A.
Vietnamese native speakers should commence with ACV2001 Intermediate Vietnamese A or any other unit of study appropriate to their interests and level of proficiency.
Students who are interested in Vietnamese culture and society but do not want to study the language can choose ACV3001 Vietnamese Culture and Society or ACV3002 Vietnam: Globalisation, Diaspora and Identity which are taught bilingually or mainly in English, depending on the language skills of student group.
Students who want to take Vietnamese as an elective unit of study can enrol in any of the above units of study after consulting with the lecturer.
Students who wish to major in Vietnamese should complete eight semester-length units of study, starting from any level as appropriate.
A minimum of eight units of study will normally be offered each academic year.
Vietnam Study Tour
A three-week study tour in Vietnam is organised every year, from late-November to mid-December to provide an opportunity for people who want to increase their proficiency in the language and explore contemporary Vietnamese society, business and culture. This tour will be accredited as a full unit of study and can be included in the student's study program either as an elective or as a unit within the Vietnamese Language and Cultural Studies major.
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