Future Students

English

The Area of Study

Study in English is designed to help students develop analytical, critical, communicative and evaluative skills. Units explore texts drawn from various media (including literature, film and other arts) in the context of the eras, cultures and discursive climates that produced them. The study of literature extends horizons. It should enable you to approach any book from a wide range of genres, or a film you’ve never encountered before,and be able to understand where it belongs, what the author was trying to do, and to judge how well it succeeds. In doing that you also engage with some of the big human and cultural ideas, such as how do people live their lives. It also explores how writers use language to express these ideas.

You will have the opportunity to study Australian, post-colonial, feminist,children’s, contemporary and postmodern literatures. Other choices include Shakespearean and modern drama, period studies in British literature from late medieval to the present, genre studies, creative writing and further studies of literature in context, as well as up-to-date, specialised topics reflecting the research interests of teaching staff.

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Degree Program Information

Degree UAI 2008 CSP Course Duration
Bachelor of Arts 76.00 3 years full-time/equivalent part-time
Bachelor of Arts with Bachelor of Laws 95.45 5 years full-time
Bachelor of Arts with Diploma of Education 75.00 4 years full-time/equivalent part-time
Bachelor of Creative Arts 78.05 3 years full-time/equivalent part-time
Bachelor of Creative Arts (International) 81.60 3 years full-time/equivalent part-time

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What You Will Study

You must complete a program of study (major) in one of the following:

  • English Literature
  • English and Cultural Studies
  • Australian Studies
  • English and Modern History
  • Performance Drama
  • English Interdisciplinary

Your program of study may include units from the subject areas listed below:

  • creative writing
  • contemporary and postmodernist literature
  • Australian, postcolonial and world literatures
  • Shakespeare
  • gender and culture
  • production, performance and writing
  • history of literature

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Recommended Prior Knowledge*

First-year English units do not require any assumed knowledge, prerequisites or recommended studies. Other units taken as part of a degree may require assumed knowledge, prerequisites or recommended studies and you should refer to the Macquarie University Handbook of Undergraduate Studies for full degree requirements.

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Career Options

  • administration and management
  • advertising
  • arts management
  • broadcasting, television, film
  • creative arts and the culture industries
  • cultural heritage and tourism
  • editing and publishing
  • education and training (with Diploma of Education)
  • journalism
  • public policy and government
  • public relations and marketing
  • research and writing
  • theatre and performance

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Further Information

Department of English
Macquarie University, NSW 2109
Telephone:  (02) 9850 8739
Fax: (02) 9850 6593
Email: english@mq.edu.au
Web:  www.engl.mq.edu.au

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