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| Managing faculty | Faculty of Arts |
|---|---|
| Offered by | School of English, Communications and Performance Studies |
| Campus(es) | Clayton |
Notes
- Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Description
Students are required to complete 48 points of study including a thesis, a compulsory coursework unit and one elective coursework unit. Students may also be required to attend a short methodology course.
The coursework units and the thesis topic are chosen in consultation with the English honours coordinator.
Units
Thesis
Students complete one of the following options:
- ATS4230 ECPS honours thesis (24 points)
- ATS4231 ECPS honours thesis A (12 points) and ATS4232 ECPS honours thesis B (12 points)
Coursework units
Students complete the following units:
Compulsory unit
- ATS4002 Honours research methods seminar
Elective units
One of:
- ATS4235 ECPS selected topics in theory and practice
- ATS4265 Poetics
- ATS4270 Writing the child
- ATS4274 Literature and aesthetics
- ATS4275 Drama of the age of Shakespeare
- ATS4276 Exotic erotic other: World writing in English
- a maximum of 12 points at fourth-year level from another discipline and/or institution with the permission of the English honours coordinator
Intending honours students
Intending honours students are encouraged to consult as early as possible with the fourth-year honours coordinator in planning their major sequence. They should choose units providing them with:
- an understanding of the nature and construction of the discipline, including its historical and contemporary forms
- a familiarity with a range of literary genres across a broad historical and cultural spectrum
- an understanding of contemporary and historical modes of literary and critical theory.
In particular, intending honours students who wish to undertake a creative writing thesis are strongly encouraged to enrol in:
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