Courses in English

Bachelor of Arts - BA

Comparative Literature
Course Title Available in 2026
COMPLIT 202    Interpreting Folktales    Semester 1
COMPLIT 303   Interpreting Folktales    Semester 1
 
English
Course Title Available in 2026
ENGLISH 102   Great Books: Seduction and Betrayal    Semester 2
ENGLISH 114   Journeys: Travel Narratives In Global Literatures    Semester 1
ENGLISH 121   Reading/Writing/Text    Summer School, repeated Semester 1
ENGLISH 204   Pacific Literature in English    Semester 2
ENGLISH 214   Early Texts: Modern Inventions    Semester 1
ENGLISH 248   Popular Fiction    Semester 1
ENGLISH 252    Creative Writing: Four Genres    Semester 2
ENGLISH 261   Special Topic: Early Modern Literature    Semester 2
ENGLISH 265   Shakespeare: Comedies and Tragicomedies    Semester 1
ENGLISH 310   Shakespeare: Comedies and Tragicomedies    Semester 1
ENGLISH 311   Creating Stories    Semester 2
ENGLISH 324   Creative Writing: Four Genres    Semester 2
ENGLISH 330   Early Texts, Modern Inventions    Semester 1
ENGLISH 348   Popular Fiction      Availability to be advised
ENGLISH 351   Special Topic: Early Modern Literature    Semester 2
ENGLISH 356   The Modern Novel    Semester 2
 

   

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - BA(Hons)

Drama
Course Title Available in 2026
DRAMA 708    Drama and the Mind    Semester 2
DRAMA 718   Playwriting    Semester 1
 
English
Course Title Available in 2026
ENGLISH 705   Modernism and the Contemporary    Semester 2
ENGLISH 713/713AB   Research Essays    Semester 1 or 2, or full year options: Semester 1 and 2, or …
ENGLISH 718   Opening the Archive    Semester 1
ENGLISH 770    Research Essays    Semester 1, repeated Semester 2
ENGLISH 780   Research Essay    Semester 1 or 2, or full year options: Semester 1 and 2, or …
ENGLISH 781   Research Project    Semester 1 or 2, or full year options: Semester 1 and 2, or …
ENGLISH 785   Directed Study    Semester 1, repeated Semester 2
 

   

Master of Arts - MA

Drama
Course Title Available in 2026
DRAMA 708    Drama and the Mind    Semester 2
DRAMA 718   Playwriting    Semester 1
 
English
Course Title Available in 2026
ENGLISH 705   Modernism and the Contemporary    Semester 2
ENGLISH 713/713AB   Research Essays    Semester 1 or 2, or full year options: Semester 1 and 2, or …
ENGLISH 718   Opening the Archive    Semester 1
ENGLISH 770    Research Essays    Semester 1, repeated Semester 2
ENGLISH 780   Research Essay    Semester 1 or 2, or full year options: Semester 1 and 2, or …
ENGLISH 781   Research Project    Semester 1 or 2, or full year options: Semester 1 and 2, or …
ENGLISH 785   Directed Study    Semester 1, repeated Semester 2
ENGLISH 789   Dissertation    Semester 1 or 2, or full year options: Semester 1 and 2, or …
ENGLISH 792/792AB   Dissertation    Semester 1 or 2, or full year options: Semester 1 and 2, or …
ENGLISH 793AB   Thesis    Semester 1 or 2, or full year options: Semester 1 and 2, or …
 

   

Bachelor of Arts - BA

English
Course Title Not taught 2026
ENGLISH 340 Arthurian Literature Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 343 Writing Poetry Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 344 Writing Creative Prose Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 353 Age of Shakespeare: Tragedy Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 355 New Zealand Literature Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 360 Special Topic: Nineteenth Century Literature Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 367 Special Topic Not taught in 2026
 
Comparative Literature
Course Title Not taught 2026
COMPLIT 200 World Literatures 1: Life, Death, War, Peace, Love Not taught in 2026
 
Drama
Course Title Not taught 2026
DRAMA 203 Drama of Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific Not taught in 2026
DRAMA 303 Drama of Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific Not taught in 2026
 
Gender Studies
Course Title Not taught 2026
GENDER 306 Theory Into Practice: Gender, Culture, and Social Change Not taught in 2026
 
Linguistics
Course Title Not taught 2026
LINGUIST 207 English Language to 1900 Not taught in 2026
 
English
Course Title Not taught 2026
ENGLISH 113 Global South: New World Texts Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 207 Creating Stories Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 213 Age of Shakespeare: Tragedy Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 216 Modernist Transformations Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 217 Postcolonial Memory: Ireland Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 219 Nineteenth-Century Literature Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 221 New Zealand Literature Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 223 Modern Writing and Critical Thinking Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 256 Tolkien and his Worlds Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 262 Special Topic: The Modern Novel Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 305 Modern Writing and Critical Thinking Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 306 Tolkien and his Worlds Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 316 Post Colonial Memory: Ireland Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 318 The Gothic: Texts and Theory Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 322 Modernist Transformations Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 323 Contemporary Poetry Not taught in 2026
 

   

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - BA(Hons)

English
Course Title Not taught 2026
ENGLISH 709 Theatre on Screen Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 714 Special Topic Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 725 Writing, Literacy, Poetics Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 732AB Popular Fiction: Mystery, Romance and Fantasy Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 746 Arthurian Literature Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 756 Special Topic Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 758 Advanced Studies in Rhetoric and Composition Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 769 Representing Imagining Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 775 Special Topic: Jane Austen Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 777 Special Topic Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 778 Pedagogy and Performance Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 779 The Social Text, 1350-1590 Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 783 Studies in English Renaissance Drama Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 700 Pacific Poetry Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 701 Milton and Poetic Authority Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 787 Literature USA: from the American Renaissance to the Jazz Age Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 702 Postcolonial Literary Studies Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 706 Shakespeare: Selected Plays and Poems Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 707 Writing World War II Not taught in 2026
 

   

Master of Arts - MA

English
Course Title Not taught 2026
ENGLISH 700 Pacific Poetry Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 701 Milton and Poetic Authority Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 702 Postcolonial Literary Studies Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 706 Shakespeare: Selected Plays and Poems Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 775 Special Topic: Jane Austen Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 777 Special Topic Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 778 Pedagogy and Performance Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 779 The Social Text, 1350-1590 Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 783 Studies in English Renaissance Drama Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 707 Writing World War II Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 709 Theatre on Screen Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 714 Special Topic Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 725 Writing, Literacy, Poetics Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 732AB Popular Fiction: Mystery, Romance and Fantasy Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 746 Arthurian Literature Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 756 Special Topic Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 758 Advanced Studies in Rhetoric and Composition Not taught in 2026
ENGLISH 769 Representing Imagining Not taught in 2026