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English Studies

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

English Studies

Candidates for the Graduate Certificate in English Studies must complete 24 credit points, including a minimum of 12 credit points of core units of study and a maximum of 12 credit points of elective units of study.
Candidates for the Graduate Diploma in English Studies must complete 48 credit points, including a minimum of 24 credit points of core units of study and a maximum of 24 credit points of elective units of study. With the permission of the Degree Coordinator a maximum of 6 credit points of elective units can be taken from units of study outside those listed in the English Studies subject area of the Postgraduate Unit of Study Table.
Candidates for the Master of English Studies must complete 72 credit points, including a minimum of 24 credit points of core units of study, a maximum of 42 credit points of elective units of study and a minimum of 6 credit points of capstone unit of study. With the permission of the Degree Coordinator a maximum of 12 credit points of elective units can be taken from units of study outside those listed in the English Studies subject area of the Postgraduate Unit of Study Table, including a maximum of 6 credit points from units of study offered by other faculties.

Core

ENGL6100
Approaches to Literary History
6      Semester 2
ENGL6101
Approaches to Genre
6      Semester 2
ENGL6102
Approaches to Critical Reading
6      Semester 1
ENGL6103
Approaches to Global English Literatures
6      Semester 1

Capstone

Master of English Studies students must complete either ENGL6935 or (ENGL6929 and ENGL6930). Students completing the Dissertation can count ENGL6929 towards their elective.
ENGL6929
Dissertation Part 1
6    N ENGL6935

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
ENGL6930
Dissertation Part 2
6    P ENGL6929
N ENGL6935

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
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

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2

Elective

ENGL6040
Introduction to Old English
6      Semester 2
ENGL6041
Old English Texts

This unit of study is not available in 2019

6    P ENGL6040
Semester 1
ENGL6042
Old Norse
6      Semester 1
ENGL6106
The Idea of the South
6      Semester 2
ENGL6107
Sentiment and Sensation
6      Semester 2
ENGL6108
Modern Australian Poetry and Poetics

This unit of study is not available in 2019

6      Semester 1
ENGL6109
Modern and Contemporary Drama

This unit of study is not available in 2019

6      Semester 2
ENGL6110
The 18th Century Novel: Theory and Example

This unit of study is not available in 2019

6      Semester 2
ENGL6111
History Writing in English, 1500-1900
6      Semester 1
ENGL6112
Wooing Women in Middle English Romance
6      Semester 1
ENGL6114
Language and Subject
6      Semester 1
ENGL6115
Reading Suburbia
6      Semester 1
ENGL6901
Creative Writing: Fiction Workshop
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
ENGL6902
Creative Writing: Poetry Workshop
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
ENGL6913
Critical Contexts for Creative Writing
6      Semester 2
ENGL6917
Literary Culture: Sydney
6      Semester 2
ENGL6936
Writers at Work
6      Semester 1
ENGL6937
Literary Movements
6      Semester 2
ENGL6970
Reading Magazines

This unit of study is not available in 2019

6   

Cross-listed for Master of Publishing students.
Summer Main
ENGL6982
Shakespeare and Modernity
6      Semester 2
ENGL6984
Creative Non-Fiction Workshop
6      Semester 1
ENGL6985
Shakespeare and his Contemporaries

This unit of study is not available in 2019

6      Semester 2
ENGL6986
Advanced Workshop: Poetry
12    P ENGL6902
Semester 2
ENGL6987
Advanced Workshop: Novel
12    P ENGL6901
Semester 2
ENGL6991
Aust Lit and the Canonical Imaginary

This unit of study is not available in 2019

6      Semester 1
ENGL6992
Henry James and the Art of Fiction

This unit of study is not available in 2019

6      Semester 1
GCST6905
Gender in Cultural Theory
6      Semester 2
USSC6919
American Film and Hollywood
6      Semester 2
FASS7001
Academic English for Postgraduates
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
FASS7002
Critical Thinking and Persuasive Writing
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
WRIT6000
Professional Writing
6      Semester 2
WRIT6001
Professional Editing
6      Semester 1