English and Media Studies - AENGA14400
Stream Summary
Faculty: UNSW Canberra at ADFA
School: UNSW Canberra at ADFA
Contact: UNSW Canberra, Student Administrative Services
Program: 4400 - Arts
Award(s):
Bachelor of Arts (Major)
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Stream Outline
The first-year courses in English and Media Studies introduce students to: the skills with which to study literary and other kinds of texts at university; different genres and periods in literary history; and representations of the experience of war in literature and film. After first year, students in English and Media Studies are able to choose freely from a range of upper-level courses, including some which are devoted to chronological and introductory surveys of major periods of English, American and Australian writing.
Stream Structure
A major sequence in English and Media Studies comprises two Level I courses:
- ZHSS1101 English 1A (6 UOC)
- ZHSS1102 English 1B (6 UOC)
plus 36 UOC which must be from Level II and III courses, with at least 18 UOC at Level III.
Level II courses:
Level II courses:
- ZHSS2104 Studies in the Media (6 UOC)
- ZHSS2108 American Literature (6 UOC)
- ZHSS2120 Heroism, Banditry & Manhood (6 UOC)
- ZHSS2133 Australian Literature (6 UOC)
Level III courses:
- ZHSS3105 Modernism and Postmodernism (6 UOC)
- ZHSS3109 Romanticism and Revolution (6 UOC)
- ZHSS3121 Classic Literary Texts (6 UOC)
- ZHSS3138 War Literature and Film (6 UOC)
- ZHSS3139 Reading Theory (6 UOC)
- ZHSS3140 Literatures of the World (6 UOC)
Students may take ZHSS2600 Practical Ethics (6 UOC) as an option within the major in English and Media Studies.
Honours
The School of Humanities and Social Sciences offers a fourth-year honours program consisting of coursework and sub-thesis which expands and further develops the intellectual skills of our best students. Admission to honours in English is at the discretion of the Head of School. Interested students should contact the School Administrator within HASS.
