English

Major/Minor/Specialisation !104-AA-SPC+1041 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Year and Campus: 2010

Coordinator

Dr Jennifer Rutherford
jru@unimelb.edu.au

Contact

Arts & Music Student Centre
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 per cent).

Objectives: see the course objectives
Structure & Available Subjects:

Students undertaking pure honours in English must complete:

  • English Thesis (37.5 points);
  • 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);
  • Research Principles and Practices (12.5 points);
  • 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);
  • two honours subjects in the combining program (25 points); and
  • three honours subjects in English (37.5 points), excluding Research Principles and Practices.
Total 100 points
Subject Options:

English honours subjects

Note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
18.75
Not offered in 2010
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Not offered in 2010
12.50
Links to further information: http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/english-literary/
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours)

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