Specialisation

Key Program - Applied Humanities

Western Sydney University Key Program Code: KP1604AH3.1

Available to students in other Western Sydney University Courses : NO


The Key Program in Applied Humanities has special entry requirements. The Applied Humanities Key Program is made up of two components combining TAFE and university study. The TAFE component is a Diploma of two-years fulltime or equivalent (AQF Level 5 or higher, with no fewer than 1200 hours of study). The university component is 120 credit points of study, comprising of an 80 credit point major and 40 credit point sub-major. Students must apply for academic credit for the Diploma component of this award when enrolling in the degree.


Key Program Structure

The Applied Humanities Key Program can be completed in the areas of Humanities or Languages.

In general, units counted towards the requirements of one Key Program cannot be double-counted for credit towards another Key Program, major or sub-major.

Students should consult with academic course advisors in program areas for advice about the structure of majors and sub-majors.

Humanities Area

In the Humanities area students must complete an 80 credit point major and a 40 credit point sub-major.

For students choosing Humanities, their major is made up of the designated Level 1 unit for the major plus 70 credit points of Level 2 or 3 units including the Humanities Internship unit 100961 worth 10 credit points.

100961 Humanities Internship

Note: Art History and Cinema Studies available at Penrith Campus only

AH1604AH2 Applied Humanities Art History and Cinema Studies
AH1604ASIR Applied Humanities Asian Studies and International Relations
AH1604CSA2 Applied Humanities Cultural and Social Analysis
AH1604ETW3 Applied Humanities English, Text and Writing
AH1604HPP3 Applied Humanities History, Politics and Philosophy

The 40 credit point sub-major must be selected from one other of the Humanities major areas listed above, with the exception of students who have chosen the Humanities major area Asian Studies and International Relations.

The Humanities sub-major must be made up of no more than one Level 1 unit with the remaining 30 credit points made up of Level 2 or 3 units, or 40 credit points at Level 2 or 3. For those students majoring in Asian Studies and International Relations a submajor in Asian languages must have no more than 20 credit points made up of Level 1 study.

AS1604AH2 Applied Humanities Art History and Cinema Studies
AS1604ASIR Applied Humanities Asian Studies and International Relations
AS1604CSA2 Applied Humanities Cultural and Social Analysis
AS1604ETW3 Applied Humanities English, Text and Writing
AS1604HPP3 Applied Humanities History, Politics and Philosophy

For students majoring in Asian Studies and International Relations the Humanities submajor area may be replaced with a submajor in an Asian Language (Arabic, Japanese or Chinese). The units of study for this optional Asian language submajor are available at Bankstown campus, and students whose home campus is Penrith will have to travel off-campus to complete their submajor.

S1604ARB Arabic
S1604CHI Chinese
S1604JAP Japanese

Languages Area

Majors and Sub-majors in Languages in the Applied Humanities (available at Bankstown only).

Students undertaking the Applied Humanities Key Program in the Languages area must complete 40 credit points of mandatory Linguistics units, plus the mandatory Humanities Internship unit 100961.

100961 Humanities Internship

Students completing the Applied Humanities Key Program in languages must complete the mandatory core unit

100928 Linguistics

plus three units chosen from the linguistics pool.

101449 Bilingualism and Biculturalism
101454 Intercultural Pragmatics
100194 Introduction to Interpreting
100195 Introduction to Translation
101269 Languages 303: Grammatical Concepts across Languages
101451 Second Language Acquisition
101456 Second Language Learning and Teaching
101450 Sociolinguistics

The remaining 80 credit points can be structured to complete a major in a named Language from one of the available Language majors, consisting of 70 credit points in a recommended language sequence plus the Humanities Internship unit worth 10 credit points.

100961 Humanities Internship

OR two 40 credit point sub-majors: one from one of the language in Professional Contexts sub-pools, and one in a named language sequence. One of the two selected sub-majors must contain the mandatory Humanities Intenship unit 100961.

AH1604LAN2 Applied Humanities Languages

Students undertaking two 40 credit point sub-majors must take one sub-major from the available Language sequences and one from the Languages in Professional Context sub-pools. One of the selected sub-majors must include the Humanities Internship unit worth 10 credit points.

AS1604LAN2 Applied Humanities Languages

Recommended sequence

Full-time

Advanced Standing (TAFE) = 120 credit points

Year 1

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