ASIA2004 - POPULAR CULTURE IN ASIA
Unit coordinator: Caleb Kelso-Marsh (previously Assoc. Prof. Joanna Elfving-Hwang)
Rating: 5/5
Time commitment: 3-4 hours per week
Difficulty: Easy
Student comments: “Loved Jo! Looking forward to taking more of her units.”
"No exam, fun content, passionate lecturer & tutor, short group assignment which is planned so that there isn't much time spent in delegation."
"It was fun, interesting, about pop culture so you write essays about movies music and subcultures. Theres no exam, you get participation marks for talking in the tutorial, the assignments are all essays (1000 word essay, 500 word group project, 2000 word final essay)."
ASIA3005 - DEMOCRATISATION IN ASIA
Unit coordinator: Associate Professor Jie Chen
Rating: 5/5
Time commitment: 3-8 hours per week
Difficulty: Moderate
Student comments: "The content is super interesting for anyone interested in politics, Asian cultures and history, or just understanding how nations have shifted along the spectrum from totalitarianism/authoritarianism towards democracy and back, which is super relevant to the time we're living in, even outside of Asia."
ASIA3006 - CONTEMPORARY KOREAN SOCIETY
Unit coordinator: Caleb Kelso-Marsh
Rating: 5/5
Time Commitment: 3-4 hours per week
Difficulty: Easy
Student comments: "For a third year unit there was very little pressure, all of the topics were interesting, contact hours kept to a minimum."
CHIN1401 - CHINESE 1
Unit coordinator: Mr Liyong Wang
Rating: 5/5
Time commitment: 3-4 hours per week
Difficulty: Easy
CLAN1101 - LATIN 1
Unit coordinator: Professor Yasmin Haskell
Rating: 4.5/5
Time commitment: 3-4 hours per week
Difficulty: Moderate
FREN1403 - FRENCH STUDIES 3
Unit coordinator: Dr Paul Gibbard
Rating: 4/5
Time commitment: 0-2 hours per week
Difficulty: Easy
Student comments: “Content is quite similar to Year 12 French.”
GRMN1401 – GERMAN BEGINNERS 1
Unit coordinator: Dr Kati Tonkin
Rating: 4.75/5
Time commitment: 3-4 hours per week
Difficulty: Moderate
Student comments: “It’s fun and makes you more employable. Or you can holiday in a German speaking country!”
“Kati was a wonderful lecturer when I did this unit, it pushed me to do GRMN1402 with Dale, which I thoroughly enjoyed as well.”
“Very good if you want to lead to a short exchange in Germany for 6 weeks!”
"A lot of love and effort went into organising this unit. No lectures, just three highly interactive hours a week with really friendly and highly-skilled teachers. There's many opportunities throughout the semester (both in-class and online) to practise what you've learned and get feedback. In terms of time commitment - if you're looking for a pass, just showing up to class will do; if you're looking to achieve high marks and begin developing German skills for life, so many extra exercises and resources are provided for you to work towards that. The exam is quite fair - it assesses nothing but the basics you learned in class."
"This is the best elective unit out! It is well structured and engaging!"
"If you speak English already, German is the perfect language to pick up. A lot of the grammar rules and even words are the same—compared to other languages I’ve studied, this was by far the easiest to become comfortable enough to speak and write in, and reading is a piece of cake once you’ve learned the vocab. The lecturer/tutors are supportive and very engaging, too. This is probably the best and most cruisy unit I’ve ever taken at UWA!"
GRMN1403 - GERMAN STUDIES (Level 1)
Unit coordinator: Dr Dale Adams
Rating: 5/5
Time commitment: 6 hours per week
Difficulty: Easy
Student comments: "The weekly lecture assignments include watching movies."
GRMN2403 - GERMAN STUDIES (Level 2)
Unit coordinator: Dr Dale Adams
Rating: 5/5
Time commitment: 8-9 hours per week
Difficulty: Easy
Student comments: "No exam! But needs a certain German level to do this unit."
ITAL1401 – ITALIAN STUDIES 1
Unit coordinator: Dr Marinella Caruso
Rating: 5/5
Time commitment: 4 hours per week
Difficulty: Very Difficult
Student Comments: "It was very easy to learn the language with Marinella"
KORE1401 - KOREAN 1
Unit coordinator: Dr Arum Kim
Rating: 5/5
Time commitment: 0-2 hours per week
Difficulty: Easy
Student comments: "Best unit for learning a language."
"Easy foreign language to pick up."
KORE2811 - KOREAN CULTURE FROM KORYO TO K-POP
Unit coordinator: Caleb Kelso-Marsh
Rating: 5/5
Time commitment: 0-2 hours per week
Difficulty: Moderate
Student comments: "Caleb is very easy to contact, he also keeps the topics interesting. His explanations of concepts and overall enjoyment of teaching these classes is admirable.
This unit is part of the Korean Studies major, but if you aren’t doing the major and just have a fascination with Korean popular culture or the modern history of Korea it is a great unit to take."
LING1001 - LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
Unit coordinator: Dr Celeste Rodriguez Louro
Rating: 5/5
Time commitment: 2-4 hours per week
Difficulty: Easy
Student comments: "A very interesting unit that offers an insight into the broad field of linguistics. It offers many opportunities for you to test your understanding of the concepts and apply them to real-world scenarios: engaging tutorials run weekly, short online tests run once every two weeks. Don't get your anxieties - or hopes - up though, linguistics won't teach you how to speak every language in the world (you WILL however learn, why such a 'cheat code' isn't possible) or give you a massive book on the definitively correct way to speak English (you WILL however explore, what 'correct' means). If you've ever been interested in unpacking the peculiarities of language, definitely jump on board!"
LING1002 - LANGUAGE AS A COGNITIVE SYSTEM
Unit coordinator: Dr Luisa Miceli
Rating: 5/5
Time commitment: 3-4 hours per week
Difficulty: Moderate
Student comments: “Super interesting!”
LING2008 - HOW LANGUAGE SHAPES SOCIETY
Unit coordinator: Dr Celeste Rodriguez Louro
Rating: 5/5
Time commitment: 3-4 hours per week
Difficulty: Moderate
Student comments: “The content is SO interesting, and it’s not that hard to wrap your head around. If you have a curiosity about understanding people in a more holistic approach over science do this unit. As long as you even just read the lecture slides you will be fine.”
SPAN1401 – SPANISH STUDIES 1
Unit coordinator: Dr Anna Gadd
Rating: 5/5
Time commitment: 6-8 hours per week
Difficulty: Moderate
Student comments: "Learning another language is made very easy and enjoyable by Anna! I especially loved the culture lectures and learning about Spanish culture, it made me desperate to travel to Spain!"
"Anna's personality and passion for the subject made me recommend this unit."
"Very enjoyable!"
"Such a fun class and Anna is an amazing teacher!"
"Class party! The 2 unit coordinators are lovely and always willing to support their students."
SPAN2403 – SPANISH STUDIES 3
Unit coordinator: Dr Anna Gadd
Rating: 5/5
Time commitment: 3-6 hours per week
Difficulty: Easy
Student comments: "Thanks to Anna and Maite for a great semester! My favourite unit by far."
"Increased my understanding of concepts learned previously and learned new grammar. Cleared up confusion I had in previous classes."
TRNS5001 - HISTORIES AND THEORIES OF TRANSLATION STUDIES
Unit coordinator: Dr Anna Gadd
Rating: 5/5
Time commitment: 2-6 hours per week
Difficulty: Moderate
Student comments: "This is the basis of translation studies. This unit introduces both the histories and the theories of translation very well, and paves the way for further studies"
