Courses in English

Bachelor of Arts - BA

English
Course Title Available in 2025
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 and 2
ENGLISH 204   Pacific Literature in English    Semester 1
ENGLISH 213   Age of Shakespeare: Tragedy    Semester 1
ENGLISH 219   Nineteenth-Century Literature    Semester 2
ENGLISH 221   New Zealand Literature    Semester 2
ENGLISH 223   Modern Writing and Critical Thinking    Semester 1
ENGLISH 252    Creative Writing: Four Genres    Semester 2
ENGLISH 262    Special Topic: The Modern Novel    Semester 2
ENGLISH 305   Modern Writing and Critical Thinking    Semester 1
ENGLISH 324   Creative Writing: Four Genres    Semester 2
ENGLISH 340   Arthurian Literature    Semester 1
ENGLISH 353    Age of Shakespeare: Tragedy    Semester 1
ENGLISH 355   New Zealand Literature    Semester 2
ENGLISH 356   The Modern Novel    Semester 2
ENGLISH 360   Special Topic: Nineteenth Century Literature    Semester 2
 

   

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - BA(Hons)

Drama
Course Title Available in 2025
DRAMA 708    Drama and the Mind    Semester 2
DRAMA 718   Playwriting    Semester 1
 
English
Course Title Available in 2025
ENGLISH 700   Pacific Poetry    Semester 1
ENGLISH 709   Theatre on Screen    Semester 2
ENGLISH 713/713AB   Research Essays    Semester 1 or 2, or full year options: Semester 1 and 2, or Semester 2 and 1
ENGLISH 770    Research Essays    Semester 1, repeated Semester 2
ENGLISH 780   Research Essay    Semester 1, repeated Semester 2
ENGLISH 781   Research Project    Semester 1, repeated Semester 2
ENGLISH 785   Directed Study    Semester 1, repeated Semester 2
ENGLISH 787   Literature USA: from the American Renaissance to the Jazz Age    Semester 1
 

   

Master of Arts - MA

Drama
Course Title Available in 2025
DRAMA 708    Drama and the Mind    Semester 2
DRAMA 718   Playwriting    Semester 1
 
English
Course Title Available in 2025
ENGLISH 700   Pacific Poetry    Semester 1
ENGLISH 709   Theatre on Screen    Semester 2
ENGLISH 713/713AB   Research Essays    Semester 1 or 2, or full year options: Semester 1 and 2, or Semester 2 and 1
ENGLISH 770    Research Essays    Semester 1, repeated Semester 2
ENGLISH 780   Research Essay    Semester 1, repeated Semester 2
ENGLISH 781   Research Project    Semester 1, repeated Semester 2
ENGLISH 785   Directed Study    Semester 1, repeated Semester 2
ENGLISH 789   Dissertation    Semester 1, repeated Semester 2
ENGLISH 792/792AB   Dissertation    Semester 1 or 2, or full year options: Semester 1 and 2, or Semester 2 and 1
ENGLISH 793AB   Thesis    Semester 1 or 2, or full year options: Semester 1 and 2, or Semester 2 and 1
 

   

Bachelor of Arts - BA

English
Course Title Not taught 2025
ENGLISH 343 Writing Poetry Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 344 Writing Creative Prose Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 351 Special Topic Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 367 Special Topic Not taught in 2025
 
Comparative Literature
Course Title Not taught 2025
COMPLIT 200 World Literatures 1: Life, Death, War, Peace, Love Not offered in 2025; planned for 2026
COMPLIT 202 Interpreting Folktales Not offered in 2025; planned for 2026
COMPLIT 303 Interpreting Folktales Not offered in 2025; planned for 2026
 
Drama
Course Title Not taught 2025
DRAMA 203 Drama of Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific Not taught in 2025
DRAMA 303 Drama of Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific Not taught in 2025
 
Gender Studies
Course Title Not taught 2025
GENDER 306 Theory Into Practice: Gender, Culture, and Social Change Not taught in 2025
 
Linguistics
Course Title Not taught 2025
LINGUIST 207 English Language to 1900 Not offered in 2025; planned for 2026
 
English
Course Title Not taught 2025
ENGLISH 113 Global South: New World Texts Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 207 Creating Stories Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 214 Early Texts: Modern Inventions Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 216 Modernist Transformations Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 217 Postcolonial Memory: Ireland Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 256 Tolkien and his Worlds Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 261 Special Topic Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 265 Shakespeare: Comedies and Tragicomedies Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 306 Tolkien and his Worlds Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 310 Shakespeare: Comedies and Tragicomedies Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 311 Creating Stories Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 316 Post Colonial Memory: Ireland Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 318 The Gothic: Texts and Theory Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 322 Modernist Transformations Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 323 Contemporary Poetry Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 330 Early Texts, Modern Inventions Not taught in 2025
 

   

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - BA(Hons)

English
Course Title Not taught 2025
ENGLISH 718 Opening the Archive Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 725 Writing, Literacy, Poetics Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 732AB Popular Fiction: Mystery, Romance and Fantasy Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 746 Arthurian Literature Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 756 Special Topic Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 758 Advanced Studies in Rhetoric and Composition Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 769 Representing Imagining Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 775 Special Topic: Jane Austen Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 777 Special Topic Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 778 Pedagogy and Performance Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 779 The Social Text, 1350-1590 Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 783 Studies in English Renaissance Drama Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 701 Milton and Poetic Authority Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 702 Postcolonial Literary Studies Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 705 Modernism and the Contemporary Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 706 Shakespeare: Selected Plays and Poems Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 707 Writing World War II Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 714 Special Topic Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 718 Opening the Archive Not taught in 2025
 

   

Master of Arts - MA

English
Course Title Not taught 2025
ENGLISH 701 Milton and Poetic Authority Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 702 Postcolonial Literary Studies Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 705 Modernism and the Contemporary Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 706 Shakespeare: Selected Plays and Poems Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 707 Writing World War II Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 777 Special Topic Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 778 Pedagogy and Performance Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 779 The Social Text, 1350-1590 Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 783 Studies in English Renaissance Drama Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 714 Special Topic Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 718 Opening the Archive Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 725 Writing, Literacy, Poetics Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 732AB Popular Fiction: Mystery, Romance and Fantasy Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 746 Arthurian Literature Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 756 Special Topic Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 758 Advanced Studies in Rhetoric and Composition Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 769 Representing Imagining Not taught in 2025
ENGLISH 775 Special Topic: Jane Austen Not taught in 2025