English

Major/Minor/Specialisation !104-AA-SPC+1041 (2009)

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Year and Campus:	2009

Coordinator

Dr Jennifer Rutherford
jru@unimelb.edu.au

Contact

Arts & Music Student Centre
Rm 104 (Ground Floor) Old Arts Building
Tel: +61 3 8344 5321/+61 3 8344 6395
Fax: +61 3 9347 0424
http://arts-unimelb.custhelp.com/

Overview:	The minimum entry requirement for English honours is completion of all the requirements for the BA, with a major in English and an average grade over the second/third year subjects within the major equivalent to at least an H2B (70%). Students undertaking pure honours in English must complete: English Thesis (37.5 points); and Research Principles and Practices (12.5 points); and Four honours subjects in English (50 points). Students undertaking combined honours in English and another discipline must complete: English Thesis (37.5 points); and Research Principles and Practices (12.5 points); and One honours subject in English (12.5 points);and Three honours subjects in the combining program (37.5 points). or Honours thesis in the combining program (37.5 points); and Two honours subjects in the combining program (25 points); and Three honours subjects in English (37.5 points), excluding Research Principles and Practices.
Subject Options:	English honours subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 106-509 English Thesis Semester 1, Semester 2 37.50 106-401 Research Principles and Practices Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50 106-409 Celebrity Cultures Not offered in 2009 12.50 106-430 Subcultural Studies Semester 2 12.50 106-403 Reading the Subject: Freud/Fiction/Lacan Semester 2 12.50 106-405 Anthologies of Anglo-Saxon Poetry Not offered in 2009 12.50 106-414 Medieval Representations Not offered in 2009 12.50 106-417 The Libertine Moment Semester 2 12.50 106-418 The Bounty Saga and British Romanticism Not offered in 2009 12.50 106-422 Poetry: The Versatile Imagination Semester 1 12.50 106-423 Romanticism and Modernity Semester 2 12.50 106-430 Subcultural Studies Semester 2 12.50 106-433 Genre Interventions Semester 2 12.50 106-454 Melancholy in Australian Literature Semester 1 12.50 106-457 Literary Pleasure Semester 2 12.50 106-458 Dickens and the Condition of England Semester 2 12.50 106-459 Postcolonial Writing and Theory Not offered in 2009 12.50 106-464 Cosmic Pandemonium in Paradise Lost Semester 1 12.50 106-467 Latin Paleography and Codicology Semester 1 12.50 106-468 The Black Presence in American Fiction Semester 1 12.50 131-423 Medieval Manuscripts & Early Print Semester 2 12.50 106-400 Theatres of Migration and Exile Not offered in 2009 12.50 106-416 Theatre, Politics, Ideology Not offered in 2009 12.50 760-418 Postmodern Theatre Not offered in 2009 12.50
Related Course(s):	Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours)

Overview:

The minimum entry requirement for English honours is completion of all the requirements for the BA, with a major in English and an average grade over the second/third year subjects within the major equivalent to at least an H2B (70%).

Students undertaking pure honours in English must complete:

English Thesis (37.5 points); and
Research Principles and Practices (12.5 points); and
Four honours subjects in English (50 points).

Students undertaking combined honours in English and another discipline must complete:

English Thesis (37.5 points); and
Research Principles and Practices (12.5 points); and
One honours subject in English (12.5 points);and
Three honours subjects in the combining program (37.5 points).

Honours thesis in the combining program (37.5 points); and
Two honours subjects in the combining program (25 points); and
Three honours subjects in English (37.5 points), excluding Research Principles and Practices.

Subject Options: