Specialisation

Major - Applied Humanities English Text and Writing

Western Sydney University Major Code: AH1604ETW.1

Available to students in other Western Sydney University Courses : NO


The English, Text and Writing area invites students to explore contemporary approaches to language, literary study and writing, including literary criticism and theory, linguistic analysis, genre and textual study, and creative writing. English, Text and Writing focuses on the imaginative workings of language, and students can study a wide selection of modern and classic literature, as well as the relationships between written texts and other media such as film, television, performance, the visual arts and information technology. Students also have the opportunity to produce their own creative writing and to edit and publish their work. Career prospects include publishing, editing, teaching, writing, arts administration and advertising.


Major Structure

An Applied Humanities area 80 credit point major must include the Humanities Internship unit worth 10 credit points.

Bankstown Campus

Students completing a major in Applied Humanities English, Text and Writing, must complete the Level 1 unit:

100862 English, Text & Writing

And the Humanities Internship unit worth 10 credit points.

100961 Humanities Internship

Students may also select one (1) of the following Level 1 units:

100641 Approaches to Text
100846 Analytical Reading and Writing

And no less than five units from the following list of Level 2 and 3 units:

Level 2 and Level 3 units

Note: Not all units will be offered each year. Units are offered on a rotational basis.

100845 American Literature
100849 Australian Textual Studies
101242 Children's Literature
100900 Comedy and Tragedy
100993 Constructions of the Script
100856 Creative Non-Fiction
100859 Creative Writing Project
100866 Film and Drama
SS238A Genres
101000 hom/e/scapes
100871 International Texts and Contexts
100875 Literature and Philosophy
100874 Literature, History and Culture
100505 Special Topics in English, Text and Writing
100888 Studies in Language and Discourse
100893 The Novel
100896 Writing Fiction
100895 Writing For Performance
101011 Writing Poetry

Penrith Campus

Students completing a major in Applied Humanities English, Text and Writing must complete the Level 1 unit:

100862 English, Text & Writing

And the Humanities Internship unit worth 10 credit points.

100961 Humanities Internship

Students may also select one (1) of the following Level 1 units:

100641 Approaches to Text
100846 Analytical Reading and Writing

And no less than five units from the following list of Level 2 and 3 units:

Level 2 and Level 3 units

Note: Not all units will be offered each year. Units will be offered on a rotational basis.

100849 Australian Textual Studies
101242 Children's Literature
100993 Constructions of the Script
100856 Creative Non-Fiction
100859 Creative Writing Project
100584 Experimental Writing and Electronic Publication
100866 Film and Drama
SS238A Genres
101000 hom/e/scapes
100870 Hypertext Fictions
100871 International Texts and Contexts
100875 Literature and Philosophy
100874 Literature, History and Culture
101033 Modernism
101001 Modernity and Cinema
100880 Poetry and Poetics
100279 Queering Text
101005 Representing Crime
101006 Social Semiotics
100505 Special Topics in English, Text and Writing
100888 Studies in Language and Discourse
100893 The Novel
100585 The Writing Self: Issues in Writing & Publishing
100896 Writing Fiction
100895 Writing For Performance
101011 Writing Poetry
100582 Writing Portfolio


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