English
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Introduction
English has been taught at UNE since the university was founded in 1938. We offer a creative and rigorous undergraduate major in English in the BA, as well as an Honours programme, and degrees at Masters and PhD level.
Undergraduate units in English look at books, plays, poetry, fiction and non-fiction written in English, and from a range of cultures and markets. You can study texts from American, Australian, British, and Indigenous cultures. You can also study texts from key historical periods, such as the Renaissance and the Victorian era. And you can gain understanding of important cultural, theoretical, and social concerns, as in Critical Theory, Children’s Literature, and Feminist literature.
English at UNE is taught internally and externally, online, and face-to-face. Residential schools are popular among external students; they, and our online units, allow students to form a friendly and supportive community.
Why Study English at UNE?
We pride ourselves on our rigorous and creative approaches to literature, to reading, and to writing. As well as the core units that make up the heart of the English Major at undergraduate level, we offer a range of interdisciplinary units that encourage students to understand more about the cultures and contexts that produce literature and writing. We also train students in creative and practical writing, with an eye to their future careers.
If you want to find out how great literature works, discover how literature and society shape each other, learn effective research techniques, and write to persuade, inform and delight, then take English at UNE.
Courses
English can be studied as part of the following courses:
Bachelor degrees
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Financial Administration/Bachelor of Laws
English can be studied as a Major in the Bachelor of Arts.
Units
If you look through our list of units in the Course and Unit Catalogue , you will see the variety of topics on offer through English at UNE. We offer core units in Literary Studies, Renaissance, Victorian, American and Australian literature, as well as Feminism and literary criticism. The core units give students a solid grounding in key concepts and skills in English.
In addition, interdisciplinary and language units add scope to the picture of writing and reading in English, and offer a range of skills in creative and practical writing for the world of ideas, and ‘real world’ contexts.
English Units
ENGL 101
An Introduction to Literary Studies
ENGL 102
Literature, Film and Society
ENGL 304
/ENGL 404
Critical and Creative Writing Through Literature
ENGL 305
The History of the English Language
ENGL 341
/ENGL 441
Renaissance Matters
ENGL 351
/ENGL 451
Victorian Literature and Culture
ENGL 361
American Literature from Puritans to the Present
ENGL 372
/ENGL 472
Australian Literature: 1930 to the Present
ENGL 375
/
ENGL 475
Feminism and Literature
ENGL 390
/
ENGL 490
Contemporary Literary Criticism: Theory and Practice
English and Communication Units
ENCO 100
Communication Skills: Composition
ENCO 102
Introduction to Writing in Genres
ENCO 306
/ENCO 406
Writing for Work: Styles and Contexts
ENCO 307
/ENCO 407
Australian Folklore and Folk
ENCO 308
/ENCO 408
The Art of Non-Fiction
ENCO 310
/ENCO 410
Children's Literature: Picture Books and Fantasy
ENCO 326
/ENCO 426
Persuading the Public: Rhetoric in Public Affairs
ENCO 328
/ENCO 428
Journalism and Literature
ENCO 329
/ENCO 429
Publishing and Editing
Interdisciplinary Units
*ECTW 300*
If you are interested in enrolling in ECTW 300 Research and Professional Practice, please read About ECTW 300
first. You will find a link to the
Project Proposal Form
on this page. This form must be completed and approved BEFORE permission to enrol in the unit is complete.
ABEN 373
/ABEN 473
Australian Literature: Black and White
ECT 303
/ECT 403
Research in Writing
ECTW 300
Research and Professional Practice
ECTW 324
Culture Industries
ECTW 402
Dissertation Unit
ELS 378
Law and Literature
WGCO 327
/WGCO 427
Reading Popular Culture
WGCO 388
/WGCO 488
Visual Pleasures: Feminism Goes to the Movies
Careers
English graduates are dynamic and flexible, using their talents in a large range of careers. They include: administration work in almost every field, advertising, communications, creative writing, broadcasting, editing, civil service, journalism, market research, policy work, production, public relations, publishing, teaching, technical writing, television writing.
Partnerships, Networks and Industry Links
- The Australasian Victorian Studies Association
- The Australasian Childrens Literature Association for Research
- The International Research Society for Children's Literature
- The Association for the Study of Australian Literature
- The European Association for Studies of Australian Literature
- The Shakespeare Association of America
- The Australian and New Zealand Shakespeare Association
- The Dickens Project
- The Australian Public Intellectual Network
- The Australasian Classical Recption Studies Network
- The NSW Board of Studies
- The International Byron Society
- The Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association
Contacts
Assoc. Prof. Michael Sharkey
Convenor of English
School of Arts
University of New England
ARMIDALE NSW 2351
Australia
Telephone (02) 6773 2397 International: +61 2 6773 2397
Facsimile (02) 6773 2623 International: +61 2 6773 2623
Email: msharkey@une.edu.au
Administrative Assistants for English
Helena Davies
Telephone (02) 6773 2534
Email: hdavies@une.edu.au