Overview

Want to study and award-winning language program and develop your language skills to build a global career? Whether you’re brushing up or starting from scratch with a whole new language, Deakin's Diploma of Arabic is designed to sharpen your language skills and deepen your cultural understanding. By studying Arabic alongside your degree, you will gain linguistic skills, as well as the essential cultural, historical and social perspectives that will give you a leading edge in a range of exciting careers. 

Through this diploma, you'll learn communication skills in Arabic and develop an understanding of Arabic culture and ways of life. Gain fluency by taking part in activities across a range of topics focusing on grammar, lexicons, vocabulary and sentence structure. You will also learn about cultural, historical sociolinguistic and political dimensions of the societies and cultures that make up the Arabic speaking world.

Course information

Prerequisites

Year 12 prerequisites

Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English as an Additional Language (EAL) or at least 20 in English other than EAL.

Non-Year 12 prerequisites

Certificate IV: or higher, or concurrent Bachelor study.

Majors

Arabic.

Potential Career Outcomes

The Diploma of Arabic will equip you with skills in the Arabic language that will give you a competitive edge and expand your employment options far beyond Australian shores to exciting and challenging positions in the Arab Gulf States, the Middle East and North Africa.

Adding and international aspect to your degree can offer career opportunities in:
  • the arts
  • business or trade
  • diplomacy or security
  • education
  • foreign policy
  • health
  • international development
  • IT or engineering
  • sciences.

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the Deakin University website for admission criteria information.

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