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LITR-MIN · Minor · 24 credit points

Literary studies

Available in Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts

Rules for completing this course

No more than 12 points at Level 1 may be credited towards the minor.

Level 1 gateway units

12 cp

You must complete 12 credit points from the following units

  • ATS1059The writer's journey: Foundational forms of creative writing6 cp
  • ATS1076Literature and environment: Text, genre, world6 cp
  • ATS1903Introducing literature: Ways of reading6 cp

Level 2 and 3 elective units

12 cp

You must complete 12 credit points from the following units. It is highly recommended that you complete a Level 2 unit before enrolling in a Level 3 unit.

  • ATS2200Victorian literature6 cp
  • ATS2248Writing women6 cp
  • ATS2284Agency, advocacy and activism in performance6 cp
  • ATS2294Death, dying and narrative6 cp
  • ATS2422Romanticism and reason in the long eighteenth century6 cp
  • ATS2443On the road: Travel and representation6 cp
  • ATS2492Reading the past: Shakespearean drama6 cp
  • ATS2519Children's and young adult literature 6 cp
  • ATS2551Writing resistance: Understanding the power of Indigenous story-telling through literature6 cp
  • ATS2824The writer’s voice: Techniques of creative writing6 cp
  • ATS3091Digital literatures6 cp
  • ATS3189Literary theory6 cp
  • ATS3222Developing research literacy6 cp
  • ATS3291Crime scenes: Interrogating societies through crime narratives6 cp
  • ATS3421Literature and modernism6 cp
  • ATS3489The writer's world: Practice, publishing and performance for creative writers6 cp
  • ATS3496Fairy-tale traditions6 cp
  • ATS3989Reading across cultures 6 cp
  • ATS3888American literature6 cp
  • ATS3914Dark heroes, dark realms: Supernatural fantasy before 19006 cp
  • ATS3935Professional practice6 cp
  • ATS3944Writing the nation: Irish literature6 cp
  • ATS3179Between here and there: Asian diaspora literatures and cultures6 cp

International study tours

Source: 2027 handbook entry