Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek was the language of the poets Homer and Sappho, the symposium and the festival, the lawcourts and the theatre. It was the language in which new ideas were imagined: from the philosophy…
Applied Linguistics
Understanding the relevance of language and linguistics to real-life situations is more important than ever, particularly within our increasingly modern and linguistically diverse world. Applied…
Australian Indigenous Languages
For further information on Australian Indigenous Studies offered across the university, please check the AuIS website! If you have an interest in issues of relevance to Indigenous…
Classical Studies
Classical Studies explores Ancient Greece and Rome through its literature, material culture, history, and society from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity. It examines big questions which are just as…
Creative Writing
In creative writing courses, you will write poetry, fiction, play scripts and screenplays. You will read and analyse recent and contemporary published writing to develop a capacity for reading…
Drama
Drama subjects offer you the chance to learn about theatre history and to explore plays as texts written for performance. Course activities include lectures, tutorials and practical workshops. You…
English
We live in an information-rich and hyper-connected age. Studying English at ANU will focus your attention on a diversity of print and audio-visual texts, deepening your understanding of literary…
French Language and Culture
Students in the French Program are exposed to the linguistic and cultural richness of France and other Francophone (French-speaking) societies. Our students not only acquire competence in the…
German Language and Culture
The German Language and Culture courses at ANU are aimed at students who seek to develop a high level of competence in German language as well as a critical understanding of German-speaking cultures…
International Communication
Today more than ever, clear communication among people of different nationalities and from different societies is essential. In a world where English is widely spoken, its use can conceal deep…
Italian Language and Culture
Learning Italian will give you access to one of the richest European cultural traditions, spanning the renaissance to the present day. Italy holds 60% of the World Art Heritage, is the country of…
Latin
If you want to understand a culture, you need to understand its language. Latin was spoken by Romans drinking in the tavern, watching games in the arena, or debating politics in the senate house. It…
Linguistics
Linguists study languages from various points of view, including meaning, structure, acquisition, evolution and functions in society. If you study linguistics, you will explore and learn to describe…
Portuguese
Donate to the Portuguese Language Endowment » Information on donations » Globally, Portuguese is the eighth most widely spoken language with over 250 million…
Russian
Russian is the language of a major world power. It is also the common language of many millions of people in the fifteen countries of the Former Soviet Union, which cover a large part of Asia, making…
Spanish
Studying Spanish opens the door for you to excel at a major international language. With more than 400 million speakers globally, Spanish is the third most spoken language in the world. Spanish is a…