Offered By	ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Academic Contact	Dr Ian Higgins

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The English Program at the ANU offers a wide range of courses in English literary studies from the late sixteenth century to the present day. There are courses in all major fields of British literary studies, including early modern, eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century British literature, covering the Renaissance, Enlightenment, Romanticism, Modernism and Postmodernism. There are courses in Australian, American, Scottish, postcolonial, and transnational literatures in English. There are theory and criticism, gender, cultural studies, new media, and contemporary literature courses. There are courses of an interdisciplinary kind - on philosophy and literature, on history and literature, and on literary and cultural theory. The Program offers several literature-on-screen courses, an Australian film course, and courses in creative writing.

As well as seeking to broaden students' knowledge and enjoyment of the literature studied, our courses aim to enhance their powers of analysis, argument, inquiry, expression and criticism both on paper and in class discussions.

A major in English combines well with many other disciplines in the Humanities (Drama, Art History, Film Studies, Philosophy, Gender, Sexuality and Culture), as well as disciplines in other Arts Schools (History, Sociology, Linguistics) and other Colleges (Law).

All courses are semester-long and have a value of 6 units. Later-year courses are normally offered in alternate years.

All courses are offered subject to staff availability and sufficient enrolments.

Requirements

(a) Any two of the following first-year courses: ENGL1004, ENGL1008, ENGL1009, ENGL1012, DRAM1005, DRAM1006, LING1020 or NEWM1002  (ENGL1001, ENGL1002, ENGL1003, ENGL1010, ENGL1055, ENGL1007 and ENGL1011 are no longer offered but may still be counted in the major as first-year courses) plus

(b) Five later-year English courses to the value of 30 units, including at least one from the list of core courses.

Note: A major in English may contain one course from the list of cognate courses in place of one later-year English course.

Certain English courses may be taken as part of other Arts majors: Australian Studies, Drama, Film Studies, Contemporary Europe, Applied Linguistics and Gender, Sexuality and Culture. In some cases this involves altered prerequisites. For details see the individual major/course entries.

Any English course to be counted in a major other than English, cannot also be counted towards an English major. In the case where a course may be included in more than one major, the student must choose in which major it is to be included.

Assessment

Students are required to submit written work by the due dates, to attend all lectures, workshops and tutorial classes, and to present any prescribed tutorial exercises. Students are expected to possess copies of the prescribed texts.

Recording of lectures: Lectures are normally digitally recorded.
Methods of assessment will be discussed with students enrolled in each course before they are finalised. A substantial proportion of final marks come from written work presented during the year.

 

FURTHER INFORMATION:

It is not possible to give full details of courses or full lists of recommended reading in the entries in this Handbook.

Prospective students are encouraged to approach the relevant Administrator in the Humanities School Office for a copy of our descriptive brochure. In addition, the Coordinators responsible for each course will be pleased to provide further information.

Information about English courses is also available online at Study@. English course guides are frequently available on WebCT (for enrolled students) and further English Program material is available through the University's library online services. 

Information about English is also available on line at http://arts.anu.edu.au/humanities/index.htm.

For information on Honours in English click here.

The information published on the Study at ANU 2010 website applies to the 2010 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2009 website.