The Institute for International Studies teaches languages other than English to all UTS students. All students intending to take Language and Culture studies as part of their degree need to enrol through the Institute, even if the language concerned is not taught on UTS campuses. With the permission of their faculty, students may study languages other than English as electives in any UTS degree. All Language and Culture subjects are taught over one semester and have a value of 8 credit points.

UTS students can access Language and Culture subjects in one of the following ways:

• as part of a combined degree or as part of the Postgraduate Coursework Degree Program in International Studies
• as elective subjects in any other UTS degree, with faculty approval, or
• as non-award subjects.

Language and Culture studies subjects are generally open to UTS students who wish to study languages for credit within their current degree. UTS students who wish to engage in Language and Culture studies, but not for credit to a degree, are admitted as fee-paying students. Students from other institutions can enrol in Language and Culture subjects as cross-institutional students, and they should contact the Institute by telephone on (02) 9514 1574.

The Institute for International Studies has developed its own Language and Culture programs as part of the International Studies program. It has also made arrangements with other universities in the Sydney area for UTS students to be taught in specific language programs.

The Institute offers Language and Culture programs in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish on UTS campuses.

Greek, Indonesian, Malaysian, Russian and Thai are offered to UTS students through arrangements that have been made with other universities.

In addition, it is possible for individual arrangements to be made with other universities to enable UTS students to study at higher levels of language than those offered at UTS or to study additional languages depending on availability.

In all cases, classes are only taught at UTS if student numbers permit. In some cases, students may need to travel to other campuses in the Sydney area.

Enrolment procedures for language subjects

Combined degree students in the International Studies program and students in the Postgraduate Coursework Degree Program are required to enrol in Language and Culture subjects.

Other UTS students who wish to study a Language and Culture subject as a credited elective in their current degree need to obtain approval from both their faculty and the Institute for International Studies before they enrol in the subject.

Enrolment in subjects as electives or in a sub-major in International Studies needs to be endorsed by the faculty in which the student's degree is based and approved by the Institute for International Studies. Students intending to take International Studies subjects as electives in their degree need to register with the Institute.

The procedures are as follows for students who wish to take Institute subjects as electives or sub-majors:

1. The Institute notes the Variation of Program form with the subject number(s) you intend to do and allocates you to a class.
2. You take the Variation of Program form to your faculty or school to obtain permission to take the subjects as part of your degree.
3. The faculty keeps the Variation of Program form and processes it or the Institute enrols you in the approved subjects.

International Studies subjects are also available to non-award students and students from other universities. Enrolments in non-award studies need to be discussed with the Institute for International Studies and submitted to the UTS Student Info & Admin Centre.

Students intending to take International Studies subjects as electives or sub-majors are advised to contact the Institute at the earliest opportunity. The Institute starts pre-enrolment from October of the year preceding enrolment.

Credit points and workload

Each Language and Culture subject is valued at 8 credit points per semester.

To cater for the different needs of students, each Language and Culture program has different points of entry depending on a student's language skills. Beginner levels necessarily concentrate more on basic communication skills. The higher levels of each language program introduce students to literature and culture in the language of study.

Most Language and Culture subjects taught on UTS campuses consist of six contact hours per week. Languages taught through arrangements with other universities normally consist of four to six contact hours per week distributed across two or three days.