Diploma of Auslan

Admission requirements

You are eligible if:

* you have successfully completed the Australian year 12 or equivalent in your country
* you have achieved a minimum of either:
- IElTS 5.5 academic (no band score less than 5.0) or
- TOEFl paper based 530 (minimum TWE 3.5) or
- TOEFl computer based 197 (minimum TWE 3.5) or
- TOEFl internet based 71 (minimum 17 in all sections)
* you have successfully completed the selection tests and interview process.

Intake

February and July

Books and equipment (AUD)

Supplied through the materials fees, however students will be required to supply their own personal stationery.

Material fees (AUD)

Compulsory $940 (total)

Student will be supplied with unit materials, Deaf Australia membership and newsletters, Auslan dictionary and Auslan camp.

Study pathways

On completion of the Diploma, graduates may continue their study in:

* Certificate in Notetaking for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
* Diploma of Interpreting
* Diploma of Education/Master of Education (Language Intervention and Hearing Impairment).

Career pathways

On completion of the Diploma, graduates may seek employment as:

- Community worker
- Employment consultant
- Deafblind support worker
- Notetaker for the Deaf and hard of hearing
- Interpreter
- Teacher of the Deaf.

Course structure

The Diploma consists of 29 units and includes the Certificate II in Auslan (068206B), the Certificate III in Auslan (068207A) and the Certificate IV in Auslan (068208M).

This nationally-accredited qualification enables graduates to communicate proficiently with members of the Deaf community in Australia. Graduates can work in a professional capacity with Deaf- related organisations. It also provides bilingual and bicultural knowledge and skills that assist graduates to successfully integrate into the Australian Deaf community. These skills are largely transferrable for work in new Zealand and the United Kingdom.

In a typical week students will attend classes approximately four days per week with approximately 70 percent practical and 30 percent theory classes. Classes will be scheduled between 9am and 3pm, Monday to Friday.

The teaching methods used include classroom-based teaching, lectures, supervised practical components, some flexible delivery, individual research and field trips. The assessment methods used include tests, assignments (both group and individual), classroom presentations, digital video presentations, group work and observation.

Units

Use simple Auslan for employment purposes
Use simple Auslan for learning purposes
Use simple Auslan for personal purposes
Use simple Auslan for social and community purposes
Outline the development of social and educational conditions for deaf communities
Apply basic principles of learning Auslan as a second language
Identify significant features of Deaf community and culture
Use routine Auslan for employment purposes
Use routine Auslan for learning purposes
Use routine Auslan for personal purposes
Use routine Auslan for social and community purposes
Identify issues in Australian Deaf history
Analyse the structure of signs in Auslan
Use complex Auslan for employment purposes
Use complex Auslan for learning purposes
Use complex Auslan for personal purposes
Use complex Auslan for social and community purposes
Compare the structure of sentences in Auslan and English
Identify the significance of sport in the Deaf community
Conduct individual research project
Identify conditions and requirements for sign language interpreting
Use specialised Auslan for employment purposes
Use specialised Auslan for learning purposes
Use specialised Auslan for personal purposes
Use specialised Auslan for social and community purposes
Analyse the semantics and sociolinguistics of Auslan
Conduct individual Auslan language research project
Identify key factors in moving between Auslan and English