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Diploma of Letters (English) - Exit Award only - from 1 January 2021

My course Course rules 2021 Undergraduate course rules Diploma of Letters - Exit Award only Diploma of Letters (English) - Exit Award only - from 1 January 2021

Course rules 2021

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The Diploma of Letters (English) requires the equivalent of one year of full-time study. It is only offered as an exit award for students currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Letters (English).

The specialisation undertaken by the student will be identified on the student’s transcript of academic record and on the parchment presented to the student on completion of the course.

  • Course aims
  • Learning outcomes
  • Program of study

Course aims

The course aims to:

  • equip students with a thorough grounding in the major content and concerns of literature and writing practice throughout the epochs
  • furnish students with the skills required to apply their learning in educational and professional settings
  • produce graduates who are able to communicate effectively in a range of mediums, and who are able to analyse critically different texts in a range of situations and contexts
  • encourage learning and transferable skills in both independent and collaborative contexts
  • encourage students to connect across boundaries and value ethical behaviour through the study of quality literature and the praxis of creative writing

Learning outcomes 

On the completion of the Diploma of Letters (English), students are expected to be able to:

  • apply their transferable skills across a range of professions
  • communicate effectively both orally and in writing
  • have developed their understanding of literature and creative writing throughout the epochs
  • have an understanding of how the cultural and literary merit of literature and other creative works are, and have been, defined
  • communicate an understanding of the interpretation of literary texts
  • demonstrate cognitive and communication skills to analyse critically different texts in a range of situations and contexts and communicate effectively in a range of mediums
  • demonstrate skills in planning, problem solving and decision making in professional practice and scholarship.

Program of study

To qualify for the Diploma of Letters (English), a student must complete 36 units according to the following program of study, with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic.

Specialisation - English

Year 1 topics

9 units comprising:

 ENGL1101  The Art of Storytelling  (4.5 units)
 ENGL1102  The Art of Reading  (4.5 units)

Option - Year 2 topics

Select 9 units from the topics listed below:

 ENGL2120  Shakespeare  (4.5 units)
 ENGL2121  Adaptations: Literature on Screen  (4.5 units)
 ENGL2130  Crime Fiction and Film: From Poe to the Postmodern  (4.5 units)
 ENGL2140  English Literature: Evolutions and Revolutions  (4.5 units)
 ENGL2141  Life Writing  (4.5 units)
 ENGL2146  Gothic: Terror, Horror and the Supernatural  (4.5 units)
 ENGL2147  Medieval Myths: the Origins of Modern Fantasy  (4.5 units)
 INDG2001  Black Poetics: Indigenous Literary Studies  (4.5 units)
 PHIL2609  Philosophy and Literature  (4.5 units)

Option - Year 3 topics

Select 9 units from the topics listed below:

 ENGL3112  Comedy and Satire  (4.5 units)
 ENGL3113 Heroes, Monsters and Vikings: Early Medieval Language and Literature  (4.5 units)
 ENGL3114  Writing in the Twenty-First Century  (4.5 units)
 ENGL3211  Telling True Stories  (4.5 units)

Plus an additional 9 units from the Year 2 and Year 3 Option topics listed above.

 

Every effort has been made to ensure the information published on the Course Rule pages is accurate at the time of publication. Flinders University reserves the right to amend its curriculum without prior notice, and will update the Course Rules to reflect any amendments at the earliest opportunity.

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