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This page was first published on 14 November 2024 and was last amended on 12 February 2025.
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Master of English Studies

Students complete 72 credit points, including:
(a) a minimum of 24 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) a maximum of 42 credit points from elective units of study
(i) with the permission of the relevant delegate a maximum of 12 credit points of elective units can be taken from outside those listed in the table, including:
(ii) a maximum of 6 credit points from units of study offered by other faculties.
(c) at least 6 credit points of capstone units of study.

Graduate Diploma in English Studies

Students complete 48 credit points, including:
(a) a minimum of 24 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) a maximum 24 credit points from elective units of study, including:
(i) with the permission of the relevant delegate a maximum of 6 credit points of elective units can be taken from outside those listed in the table, including:

Graduate Certificate in English Studies

Students complete 24 credit points, including:
(a) a minimum of 12 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) a maximum of 12 credit points from elective units of study.
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Core

ENGL6100
Approaches to Literary History
6  
ENGL6101
Approaches to Genre
6  
ENGL6117
Ways of Reading, Ways of Writing
6  
ENGL6103
Approaches to Global English Literatures
6  

Capstone

Master of English Studies students must complete either ENGL6935 or (ENGL6929 and ENGL6930). Students completing the dissertation can count ENGL6929 towards their electives.
ENGL6929
Dissertation Part 1
6 N ENGL6935
ENGL6930
Dissertation Part 2
6 P ENGL6929
N ENGL6935
ENGL6935
Research Essay
6 P A minimum of 48 credit points of 6000 level units from the English Studies table, including 24 credit points of core units
N ENGL6929 or ENGL6930

Electives

ENGL6040
Introduction to Old English
6  
ENGL6106
The Idea of the South: Faulkner's Legacy
6  
ENGL6107
Sentiment and Sensation
6  
ENGL6109
Modern and Contemporary Drama
6  
ENGL6110
The Secret History of the Novel
6  
ENGL6114
Language and Subject

6  
ENGL6115
Reading Suburbia
6  
ENGL6122
Writing Workshop 1: Life Writing
12  
ENGL6908
Creative Writing: Supervised Project
6 N ENGL6907 or ENGL6929 or ENGL6930 or ENGL6935 or ENGL6119 or ENGL6120
ENGL6914
Research Methods for Creative Writing
6  
ENGL6917
Literary Culture: Sydney
6  
ENGL6936
Writers at Work
6  
ENGL6937
Literary Movements

6  
ENGL6982
Shakespeare and Modernity
6  
ENGL6985
Shakespeare and His Contemporaries

6  
ENGL6986
Writing Workshop 2: Experiments in Form
12  
ENGL6987
Writing Workshop 3: Narrative
12  
ENGL6992
Henry James and the Art of Fiction

6  
ENGL6993
Creative Writing Workshop
6  
WRIT6000
Professional Writing

6  
WRIT6001
Professional Editing

6  
WRIT6002
Writing for the Digital World
6  

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
12/02/2024 Unit name for ENGL6106 published as:
International Perspectives on Education
Unit name for ENGL6106 amended to:
The Idea of the South: Faulkner's Legacy