English Studies - Undergraduate Study

Qualifications Available

Bachelor of Communication Studies (BCS) | Degree Planner (pdf)
Certificate (Cert(CS))
Diploma (Dip(CS))

As there will be no new intake within FASS to the BCS degree from 2010, only students who are enrolled in the degree in 2009 and prior may take this major.

Subject Regulations

To complete a major in English Studies, you must gain 120 points above 100 level from those listed for the subject, including at least 60 points above 200 level. These must include the compulsory papers listed.

Compulsory papers:
     ENGL217 Writing and Audience
     and
     ENGL316 Literary Theory
     or
     NZST300 Writing Identity

Recommended that students include one of the below papers in their first year programme of study:
     ENGL104 Telling the Story
     ENGL105 New Zealand Literature
     ENGL108 American Literature 1: America Now
     ENGL112 From Page to Screen: Literature as Text and Film

Note: Students must gain at least 60 points at 100 level in any subject(s) before enrolling in English Studies papers above 100 level, and at least 90 points at 100 and 200 level before enrolling in English Studies papers above 200 level.

Papers