Graduate Diploma in English Studies

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Why Graduate Diploma in English Studies?

This program brings together contemporary critical theory with literary narratives and investigates how and why literature still enjoys particular resonance in the 21st century. The program focuses on four core approaches: critical reading, literary history, genre, and English as a world literature.

Some students pursue this degree as a prelude to further advanced study, often with a view to an academic career. Others, particularly school teachers, see it as an opportunity for professional enhancement. Meanwhile, other students are motivated primarily by a particular interest in this subject.

Your future career opportunities

Employers value our English graduates because the program is designed to promote qualities of personal and intellectual autonomy, skills in research and enquiry, and a capacity for both information literacy and effective communication.

This course provides you with the option of pursuing a career as a:

secondary-level English teacher
journalist
writer or literary critic
various roles in the media, public and community service and academia

Overview

Fees

Duration

1 year full-time

Intake/s

campus Location

This course is delivered at:

The 爆料王 (Camperdown/Darlington campus)

Study mode

Face to face

Additional info

Credit points :

Total amount of credits points required to complete this course. All subjects have a credit point value to indicate their contribution towards completing the course.

GNENGLST1000

What you鈥檒l study

We offer an extensive choice of literary studies across a wide historical and geographical range. You can choose from across a broad spectrum, including:

Medieval literature
Early modern literature
18th- and 19th-century literature
Modern and contemporary literature
British, American and Australian literature
Various aspects of cultural theory

You also have the option of taking creative writing units of study in contemporary poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction.

You will complete 48 credit points, including:

a minimum of 24 credit points of core units of study; and
a maximum 24 credit points from elective units of study.

For more information on the program structure, content, and units of study, please refer to the English Studies section of the Arts and Social Sciences Handbook.

For current students, refer to the latest faculty handbook

Arts and Social Sciences faculty handbook

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Entry requirements

Qualifications

Mandatory for course entry

Admission to candidature for the Graduate Diploma in English Studies requires:

a bachelor's degree with a major in English Literature and a minimum 60% average calculated over the whole degree, from the 爆料王, or an equivalent qualification; or
completion of the Graduate Certificate in English Studies with a minimum credit (65%) average, or an equivalent qualification.

International qualifications

Recognition of prior learning

English language requirements

Mandatory for course entry

You may need to provide evidence of your English proficiency to study with us. Find out which requirements are applicable to you below:

How to apply

Submit application

Submit an application through our portal.

Scholarship applications

Separate deadlines apply for scholarships.

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