Diploma in Languages Dip.Lang
2008

Program Outline

The Diploma in Languages consists of studies in a single language over three years and is available to all domestic students who are enrolled in any undergraduate Bachelor degree at the University of Adelaide.

All languages are available at either beginners or advanced level. Students reduce the study load in their Bachelor degree each year, and extend the studies toward their degree over an extra year to accommodate the language sequence. This means, for example, that students may graduate with a Bachelor of Economics, Science or Arts, and a Diploma in Languages, in 4 years of full-time study.

Students who graduate with the Diploma in Languages and a Bachelor degree will have a more rounded educational experience, and will bring a valuable additional skill to their professional and personal life. The benefits to be gained from adding a language skill to your chosen field of study are substantial. Some of the practical and cultural benefits are:

• enhanced employment prospects
• the possibility of studying in your chosen field overseas (at post-graduate level or as part of an undergraduate exchange program) 
• the possibility of competing for overseas study scholarships (most foreign embassies offer these, e.g. for science students)
• access to resources and materials published in a foreign language
• the possibility of interacting with students in other countries studying in the same area
• greater understanding of people of other cultures through insights into their ways of thinking and cultural and linguistic practices

Admission Information

Admissions information for domestic and international students.

Domestic

Selection criteria:	Without formal qualifications? See our special access schemes.
Prerequisites:	Any student who has a place in an undergraduate Bachelor degree at the University of Adelaide is eligible to enrol in the Diploma in Languages. Entry is not competitive, so a place in a Bachelor degree assures a student of a place in the Diploma.
How to apply:	You must have a place in an undergraduate Bachelor degree at the University of Adelaide. Email Vicki Johnson in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences stating your name and student ID to register your interest in studying the Diploma of Languages. Note that entry to the Diploma in Languages may not be deferred.
Mid-year entry?	Subject to availability
Annual tuition fees:	Commonwealth-supported place: $5,095 Australian Full-fee place: $16,270
General enquiries:	Student Centre

Areas of Specialisation

Languages currently offered are:

• Chinese
• French
• German
• Indonesian
• Italian
• Japanese
• Latin
• Modern Greek
• Ancient Greek
• Spanish

Study Plans

The study plans given are examples of pathways through this degree. For a complete description, see the program rules.

Students are required to complete a sequence in a single language consisting of courses to the value of 6 units at Level I, 8 units at Level II and 12 units at Level III.

In order to accommodate these language courses, students will add one year to their undergraduate degree. This will mean the normal progression from level I to level II, and from level II to level III will need to be staggered to some extent so that there is no substantial overload in any year.

Students need to plan an appropriate pattern of study each year. See the combined degree/diploma template below for a typical pattern of study.

Career Opportunities

The benefits to be gained from adding a language skill to your chosen field of study are substantial. Some of the practical and cultural benefits include enhanced employment prospects and the possibility of working studying in your chosen field overseas (at post-graduate level or as part of an undergraduate exchange program).

Potential careers

Interpreter/ Translator

Useful Links

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 

Program Rules

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Undergraduate Program Rules