Diploma in Modern Languages

Diploma

This course enables students to communicate and to become proficient in one language (Chinese, French, German, Italian, Indonesian, Japanese or Spanish) and culture. This gives graduates a competitive advantage in a variety of workplaces, whether in Australia or overseas.

Key details

Degree Type

Diploma

Duration

4 years part-time

Course Code

DipModLang

Study Mode

In person, Online

About this course

This course enables students to communicate and to become proficient in one language (Chinese, French, German, Italian, Indonesian, Japanese or Spanish) and culture. This gives graduates a competitive advantage in a variety of workplaces, whether in Australia or overseas. It is available as a stand-alone award or for students who are concurrently enrolled in a Bachelor course through UNE.

There is also a pathway for existing teachers with some prior knowledge of the language to use the Diploma to add a language as an additional teaching area. Qualified teachers wanting to add a language as an additional teaching area who need to commence at beginner level should enrol in the Bachelor of Education (In-Service Conversion).

Students enrolling in the course in trimester 2 will be unable to commence study in the language at beginner level.

Entry requirements

A candidate shall:

(a)

be qualified for admission (see

Admission Undergraduate and Postgraduate (Coursework) Rule

and

Admission Undergraduate and Postgraduate (Coursework) Procedures

)

;

or

(b) hold an AQF Level 7 four year pre-service teaching qualification of a recognised Australian University or tertiary institution (or overseas equivalent as assessed by Australian Education International - National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (AEI-NOOSR));

or

(c) hold an AQF Level 7 Bachelor degree and an AQF Level 8 or Level 9 one or two year pre-service teaching qualification of a recognised Australian University (or overseas equivalent as assessed by Australian Education International - National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (AEI-NOOSR)); and

(d) candidates admitted under rule (b) or (c) must demonstrate the required language proficiency to commence language study at 200-level or above, through the satisfactory completion of a placement assessment as approved by the relevant discipline convenor.

Study locations

Armidale

Online

What you will learn

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

demonstrate proficiently and effectively oral/aural and writing/reading skills in a language discipline not including English;
analyse, comment upon and appropriately interpret a variety of target language usages of varying degrees of complexity;
research, plan, design and deliver written and oral presentations in a variety of contexts; and
demonstrate some depth of knowledge of specific inter-cultural and cross-cultural issues, practices and ethical values.

Career pathways

Examples include careers in advertising and marketing, alternative energies and resource sector, architecture and the built environment, arts, creative industries (eg multimedia, music, film, performing arts, journalism), education, engineering, international relations, public relations, diplomacy, international law, tourism, as well as a range of public sector opportunities (eg foreign affairs, policy, intelligence, security), international business and management (especially in international agencies and companies), law, science, social sciences, translation and editing services. Existing teachers can open new opportunities by adding an additional teaching area in a language.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Humanities, Culture & Social Sciences courses at University of New England (UNE).

90%

Overall satisfaction

82%

Skill scale

82.2%

Teaching scale

65.8%

Employed full-time

$68k

Average salary

Data source