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English Studies

Semester 2, 2020 unit of study availability

Some Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences units of study originally intended to run in Semester 2, 2020 are no longer available.

A full and up-to-date list of units of study available in Semester 2, 2020 from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, can be found on this webpage.
 

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

English Studies

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 Degree Coordinator 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 Degree Coordinator 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.

Core

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

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
ENGL6042
Old Norse

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Semester 1
ENGL6106
The Idea of the South

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Semester 2
ENGL6107
Sentiment and Sensation

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Semester 2
ENGL6108
Modern Australian Poetry and Poetics

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Semester 1
ENGL6110
The 18th Century Novel: Theory and Example
6      Semester 1
ENGL6111
History Writing in English, 1500-1900

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Semester 1
ENGL6112
Wooing Women in Middle English Romance

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Semester 1
ENGL6114
Language and Subject
6      Semester 1
ENGL6115
Reading Suburbia

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Semester 1
ENGL6119
Dissertation Part 1: Creative Writing
6    P Minimum 24 credit points of 6000-level Master of Creative Writing units (minimum 12 credit points core and workshop units)
N ENGL6908

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
ENGL6120
Dissertation Part 2: Creative Writing
6    P ENGL6119
N ENGL6908

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
ENGL6122
Life Writing Workshop
12      Semester 2
ENGL6901
Creative Writing: Fiction Workshop

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Semester 1
Semester 2
ENGL6902
Creative Writing: Poetry Workshop

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Semester 1
Semester 2
ENGL6908
Creative Writing: Supervised Project
6    N ENGL6907 or ENGL6929 or ENGL6930 or ENGL6935 or ENGL6119 or ENGL6120

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
ENGL6913
Critical Contexts for Creative Writing
6      Semester 2
ENGL6914
Research Methods for Creative Writing
6      Semester 1
ENGL6917
Literary Culture: Sydney
6      Semester 1
ENGL6936
Writers at Work
6      Semester 2
ENGL6937
Literary Movements
6      Semester 2
ENGL6970
Reading Magazines
6      Intensive February
Semester 2
ENGL6982
Shakespeare and Modernity

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Semester 2
ENGL6984
Creative Non-Fiction Workshop

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6      Semester 1
ENGL6985
Shakespeare and his Contemporaries
6      Semester 2
ENGL6986
Poetry Workshop
12    N ENGL6902
Semester 1
ENGL6987
Fiction Workshop
12    P ENGL6901
Semester 1
ENGL6992
Henry James and the Art of Fiction
6      Semester 2
GCST6905
Gender in Cultural Theory
6      Semester 2
MECO6945
Creative Non-Fiction Workshop
6    N ENGL6984
Semester 1
USSC6919
Hollywood vs. Netflix
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