The English Major in the Bachelor of Arts
The English Major in the Bachelor of Arts
The Bachelor of Arts consists of 144 credit points. The Major in English consists of 48 credit points in English Units.
For students commencing in 2011 the two Prescribed units for English are first year level ENGL101 (An Introduction to Literary Studies) and ENGL 102 (Literature and Society), each of which is rated at 6 credit points.
Students must then complete six units (amounting to 36 credit points) chosen from eleven English units offered at 300 level. In table format, the Program of study is as follows:
Complete the following Prescribed units (12 credit points)
| ENGL101 | An Introduction to Literary Studies | 6cps |
| ENGL102 | Literature and Society | 6cps |
Complete 36 credit points from the following listed units
| ABEN373 | Australian Literature: Black and White | 6cps |
| ENCO307 | Australian Folklore and Folk Speech | 6cps |
| ENCO310 | Children's Literature: Picture Books and Fantasy | 6cps |
| ENGL304 | Critical and Creative Writing Through Literature | 6cps |
| ENGL305 | The History of the English Language | 6cps |
| ENGL341 | Renaissance Matters | 6cps |
| ENGL351 | Victorian Literature and Culture | 6cps |
| ENGL361 | American Literature: From Puritans to the Present | 6cps |
| ENGL372 | Australian Literature: 1930 to the Present | 6cps |
| ENGL375 | Feminism and Literature | 6cps |
| ENGL390 | Contemporary Literary Criticism: Theory and Practice | 6cps |
If you commenced after 2008 and before 2011 ENCO307 and ENCO310 are not included in your major.
Course Requirements
To achieve the overall total of 144 credit points, candidates must complete a further 96 credit points by completing a second Major (eight units amounting to 48 credit points) chosen from the following list, and Elective Units (eight units amounting to 48 credit points).
A second Major
The second major can be chosen from the following programs of study:
Ancient History
Asian Studies
Australian History
Chinese
Classical Languages
Film Studies
French
Gender Studies
Geography
German
History
Human Biosciences
Indigenous Studies
Indonesian
International History
International Studies
Italian
Japanese
Linguistics
Media Studies
Music
Peace and Development Studies
Philosophy
Political Studies
Psychology
Sociology
Theatre Studies
Writing
You can find these and other Majors listed at the Bachelor of Arts information page
Elective units
You can choose your eight elective units (48 credit points) from any units offered by the University, subject to your meeting overall course requirements and prerequisite and timetabling requirements for individual units.