Graduate Diploma in English Studies - The University of Sydney

Graduate Diploma in English Studies

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GNENGLST1000

What you’ll study

We offer an extensive choice of literary studies across a wide historical and geographical range. You can choose from across a broad spectrum, including:

  • Medieval literature
  • Early modern literature
  • 18th- and 19th-century literature
  • Modern and contemporary literature
  • British, American and Australian literature
  • Various aspects of cultural theory

You also have the option of taking creative writing units of study in contemporary poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction.

You will complete 48 credit points, including:

  • a minimum of 24 credit points of core units of study; and
  • a maximum 24 credit points from elective units of study.

For more information on the program structure, content, and units of study, please refer to the English Studies section of the Arts and Social Sciences Handbook.

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Admission criteria

How to apply

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Closing dates

Semester 1

31 January of the commencing year.

Semester 2

15 July of the commencing year.

Scholarship applications

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