English and Theatre Studies

English and Theatre Studies is a combined program students can specialise in either areas. The Program offers studies in imaginative writing and dramatic performance. It focuses on their forms and traditions, and on the myriad ways they engage with the everyday world. The program offers subjects in a wide range of fields, from the Medieval to Romanticism, Modernism, Postmodernism, and beyond. This includes British, Australian, American and postcolonial writing and theatre; and literary, cultural and performance theory. English and Theatre at Melbourne University is recognised nationally and internationally for its innovative teaching, scholarship and research.

In first year, students will be introduced to the wider dimensions of studying Literature and Theatre with more specialised subjects at second and third year. The program also offers honours and postgraduate studies including Masters and the PhD.

Students who complete the specialisation should have acquired the following skills and competencies:

• an introductory knowledge of the main periods and trends in English and/English and Theatre studies;
• an introductory knowledge of key critical methods in English and/English and Theatre studies;
• general skills in the analysis of literary and/or dramatic texts, genres, histories, cultures and performances;
• general skills in research, writing, and thinking critically about creative texts and performances.

Major

The BA major in English and Theatre Studies consists of eight 12.5-point subjects, totalling 100 points and comprising:

Level 1 (25 points)

• one level 1 English and Theatre subject (12.5 points)
• one Arts Foundation Subject (12.5 points)

Level 2 (37.5 points)

• 37.5 points of level 2 English and Theatre subjects

Level 3 (37.5 points)

• Students completing a major must undertake the compulsory capstone subject ENGL30002 Critical Debates
• and 25 points of level 3 English and Theatre subjects

Total 100 points

Minor

The BA minor in English and Theatre Studies consists of six 12.5-point subjects, totalling 75 points and comprising:

Level 1 (25 points)

• one Level 1 English and Theatre subject (12.5 points)
• one Arts Foundation Subject (12.5 points)

Level 2

• 25 points of level 2 English and Theatre subjects

Level 3

• 25 points of level 3 English and Theatre subjects

Total 75 points

The capstone subject is not available to students completing the minor or as breadth.

English and Theatre Level 1 subjects:

12.5 points

English and Theatre Level 2 subjects:

English and Theatre Level 3 Compulsory Capstone subject:

Compulsory subject for students majoring in English and Theatre Studies. This subject is not available in the minor or as breadth.

English and Theatre Level 3 subjects: