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Master of English Studies

Students complete 72 credit points, including:
(a) 24 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) a minimum of 24 and a maximum of 42 credit points of selective units of study; and
(c) a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 12 credit points of capstone units of study; and
(d) a maximum of 18 credit points of elective units of study;
(i) with the permission of the relevant delegate a maximum of 6 credit points can be taken as elective, including eligible postgraduate units of study offered by other faculties.

Graduate Diploma in English Studies

Students complete 48 credit points, including:
(a) 24 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) 24 credit points of selective units of study.

Graduate Certificate in English Studies

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

Core

ENGL6100
Approaches to Literary History
6 N ENGL4114
ENGL6101
Approaches to Genre
6 N ENGL4116
ENGL6102
Approaches to Critical Reading
6 N ENGL4113
ENGL6103
Approaches to Global English Literatures
6 N ENGL4115

Selectives

ENGL6040
Introduction to Old English
6 N ENGL4129
ENGL6106
American Literature: Advanced Study
6 N ENGL4128
ENGL6107
Sentiment and Sensation
6 N ENGL4125
ENGL6109
Modern and Contemporary Drama
6 N ENGL4109
ENGL6110
The Secret History of the Novel
6 N ENGL4121
ENGL6114
Language and Subject
6 N ENGL4131
ENGL6115
Reading Suburbia
6  
ENGL6982
Shakespeare and Modernity
6 N ENGL4126
ENGL6985
Shakespeare and his Contemporaries
6 N ENGL4119
ENGL6992
Henry James and the Art of Fiction
6 N ENGL4117

Capstone

Master of English Studies students must complete either ENGL6935 or (ENGL6929 and ENGL6930).
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

ENGL6122
Writing Workshop 1: Life Writing
12  
ENGL6914
Research Methods for Creative Writing
6  
ENGL6917
Literary Culture: Sydney
6  
ENGL6936
Writers at Work
6  
ENGL6937
Literary Movements

6  
ENGL6986
Writing Workshop 2: Experiments in Form
12  
ENGL6987
Writing Workshop 3: Narrative
12  
ENGL6993
Creative Writing Workshop
6  
WRIT6000
Professional Writing

6  
WRIT6001
Professional Editing

6  
WRIT6002
Writing for the Digital World
6