English

Major/Minor/Specialisation !B-ARTS-MAJ+1014 (2009)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2009. Search for this in the current handbook

Year and Campus: 2009

Coordinator

Professor Ken Gelder

Contact

Arts & Music Student Centre
Old Arts Building
+61 3 8344 5235
http://arts-unimelb.custhelp.com

Overview:

English is available as either a major or minor area of study in the Bachelor of Arts.

Major
Level 1
Two subjects (25 points)

Level 2/3 (75 points)
  • Six subjects including the compulsory capstone subject Critical Debates
  • Subjects completed at level 2 and 3 must be taken from at least three different subject clusters
Minor
Level 1
Level 2/3
  • 50 points of English subjects.

The capstone subject is not available in the minor or as breadth studies outside the BA.

Students who commenced the BA in 2008 may complete a major or minor in English literary studies, and a major or minor in theatre studies.

Objectives: Students who complete the major 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.
Subject Options:

English level 1 subjects

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:

English Level 2/3 subjects

Australian, American and Postcolonial literatures
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 2
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Theatre and Performance
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Literary Theory and Literary Genres
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Modernist, Postmodernist and Contemporary Literature
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Eighteenth Century, Romantic and Victorian
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Medieval, Renaissance and Restoration
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Not offered in 2009
12.50

CAPSTONE SUBJECT

Compulsory subject for students majoring in English
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2009
12.50
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Arts

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