IELTS Overall: 6.5, Reading: 6, Writing: 6, Listening: 6, Speaking: 6
Linguistics – the scientific study of language – impacts a diverse range of disciplines. Sociolinguists, for example, study the social and cultural factors that influence communication, psycholinguists are interested in the relationship between language and the mind, computational linguists build computer models to enhance human-machine interaction, and forensic linguists help to solve crimes.
The Bachelor of Linguistics and Language Sciences – the only degree of its kind in Australia – will develop your understanding of human language and its applications in human society. You’ll learn about the structure of language, human speech production, how language is processed, how people acquire language, and how language is used in different cultures. It will prepare you for a variety of careers in areas such as education, interpreting and translation, editing and publishing, international relations and research.
CRICOS CODE: 099145J
Course structure
Essential units
Language: Its Structure and Use
Specialisation
All students will select a specialisation from the course’s specialisation schedule
Elective units
Academic Communication in the Social Sciences and Humanities
Academic Communication in Science
Academic Communication in Business
Accessible and Inclusive Communication
Seeing, Thinking and Doing PACE Internationally
Capstone unit
Linguistic Theory and Practice
Accessible communication adviser
Advertising consultant
Information technologist, for example in speech recognition, database or lexicon development
Journalist
Language consultant
Language documenter, for example in Indigenous communities
Language specialist in business and organisations
Lexicographer
Linguist
Policy and programs officer, for example in multiculturalism, education, disability support
Public administrator
Public relations officer
Research/project manager
Researcher
Subtitler
After further study: clinical audiologist, computational linguist, editor or publisher, forensic linguist, speech technologist, TESOL practitioner, translator and interpreter
OSHC: 530 ($) AUD per year
