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LING401H Linguistics Hons Coursework

Credit Points 24
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus A- Internet access required
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus A- Internet access required
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus A- Internet access required
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus A- Internet access required
Armidale Year Long Off Campus A- Internet access required
Armidale Year Long On Campus A- Internet access required
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
N/A N/A Mandatory By arrangement
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites permission of head of school
Co-requisites LING402H (full-time students)
Restrictions LING400
Notes

Honours candidates only
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Anna Gladkova (Anna.Gladkova@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

Honours in Linguistics allows qualified students to take their studies to a higher level in a specific area of Linguistics. LING401H involves four integrated components of course work, which together give an overview of the discipline, and cover theoretical and methodological aspects related to the student's area of specialisation. The area of specialisation is chosen in consultation with the discipline in relation to the expertise of available staff (listed on the discipline website). Students who obtain a good grade in Honours are equipped to continue to a higher degree in Linguistics.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Please consult coordinator
Note: Please consult supervisor for required texts.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 25% 5000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1, 2, 6
Assignment 2 25% 5000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1, 2, 6
Assignment 3 25% 5000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1, 2, 6
Assignment 4 25% 5000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1, 2, 6

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. understand the methodological approaches and issues pertaining to Linguistics;
  2. use advanced analytical skills in Linguistics;
  3. apply a broad knowledge and understanding of Linguistics;
  4. apply advanced competence in technical skills of Linguistics and ability to apply this skill in a range of areas;
  5. construct and compose or present substantial written and oral arguments and descriptive accounts of languages and speaker behaviour.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
The student will develop a deep knowledge of a specialised area of linguistics through independent research. It is taught by directed study and reading, practiced and assessed through the completion of the assessment tasks. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Your involvement in this unit will foster your ability to communicate effectively; encourage you to find, organise and present information effecytively; and to construct coherent and well-reasioned arguments. Assessed and Practised in both assessment tasks. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
The study of linguistics includes a good deal of information on languages situations around the world, and about the nature of the world's languages. 		True
4 Information Literacy
Students are encouraged to search for information, in hard copy and online, through Library sources and the internet to supplement their reading for their research projects/essays. 		True True
5 Life-Long Learning
This unit provides the opportunity for you to identify, evaluate, and implement personal learning strategies and study skills that will be valuable throughout your life. 		True
6 Problem Solving
In this unit you will be required to apply critical thinking to linguistic issues, and to solve data based problems critically and intelligently and is assessed in all assessment tasks. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
The study of linguistics encourages students to develop their intercultural awareness and give a sense of the relationships that hold between language structures and social organisation. We hope that the ability to make connections between language use and wider socio-political issues makes students more socially responsible members of society. 		True
   

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