English Studies
Unit of study table
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Master of English Studies |
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| 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 |
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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 | |