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ACADENG 100
: Forms in Academic English2025 Semester One (1253)
Focuses on developing an understanding of academic reading and writing, including sentence and paragraph structure and academic vocabulary, and aims to develop strategies for employing these for effective reading and writing of academic texts. Develops an understanding of broad principles and practices of academic discourse at university level.
Restriction: May not be taken if ENGWRIT 101 or ESOL 201 or ACADENG 201 or ESOL 210 or ACADENG 210 has previously been passed. This course is available only to students who speak English as an additional language
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ACADENG 101
: Academic English Writing2025 Semester One (1253)
Teaches students the skills necessary to write essays of exposition and argument for university purposes. It includes brainstorming, writing an outline, structuring an essay, integrating quotations, summaries and referencing.
Restriction: May not be taken if ACADENG 93F, 201, 210, ENGWRIT 101, ESOL 201, 210, TFCACENG 93F has previously been passed. This course is available only to students who speak English as an additional language
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ACADENG 104
: Academic English for Business2025 Semester One (1253)
Focuses on core English academic reading and writing skills, and strategies for learning disciplinary vocabulary. Targets the academic literacy needs of students in accessing the undergraduate business curriculum and develops awareness of appropriate text structures and academic style to understand and express business-related concepts in an academic context.
Restriction: May not be taken if ENGWRIT 101 or ESOL 201 or ACADENG 201 or ESOL 210 or ACADENG 210 has previously been passed
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ACADENG 210
: Writing Research Reports2025 Semester One (1253)
Aims to develop skills needed for writing research and laboratory reports. It covers key stages in writing a standard report and the language patterns associated with each of these stages. Course components include writing the literature review, methodology, results and discussion sections of a report, dissertation or thesis.
Prerequisite: ACADENG 101 or approval of Academic Head or nominee
Restriction: ESOL 210. This course is available only to students who speak English as an additional language
Restriction: ESOL 210. This course is available only to students who speak English as an additional language
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ENGGEN 199
: English Language Competency2025 Semester One (1253)
To complete this course students must attain a level of competency in the English language as determined by the Faculty of Engineering.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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ENGLISH 114
: Journeys: Travel Narratives In Global Literatures2025 Semester One (1253)
Examines texts from around the world, composed across three millennia, that explore travelling as a means of discovering the self and the other. What does travelling mean in broader cultural, social, and political contexts? Students will encounter literatures from around the world in a range of genres, and will be exposed to different disciplinary approaches to textual analysis.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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ENGLISH 121
: Reading/Writing/Text2025 Semester One (1253)
Develops University-wide skills of reading, writing and analysis. Addresses the needs of students in both English and other disciplines where both writing and reading have an important role in learning. The course fosters personal writing skills and also introduces writing as a subject of study in itself.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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ENGLISH 213
: Age of Shakespeare: Tragedy2025 Semester One (1253)
An introduction to the golden age of English theatre, involving detailed study of a selection of tragedies by Shakespeare and his contemporaries. The theatrical emphasis of the course is intended to help students respond to the plays as theatrical artefacts and not merely as literary texts.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage I in Drama or English
Restriction: ENGLISH 353
Restriction: ENGLISH 353
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ENGLISH 223
: Modern Writing and Critical Thinking2025 Semester One (1253)
Explores theories and practices of writing and criticality in academic, civic, and artistic contexts. We consider some of the scripts that organise literate social practices and how to perceive and extrapolate their principles. We explore how we are affected by, how we navigate, and how we transform our immersive world of signs.
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in English
Restriction: ENGLISH 305
Restriction: ENGLISH 305
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ENGLISH 252
: Creative Writing: Four Genres2025 Semester One (1253)
Develops practical skills in four writing genres: Poetry, Multimedia, Creative Non-Fiction and Short Fiction. A range of published models will be studied alongside write and workshop exercises; and students will develop close-reading skills. Two portfolios of creative work cover all four genres, based on work begun in seminars.
Prerequisite: 45 points passed including 30 points in English
Restriction: ENGLISH 255, 324
Restriction: ENGLISH 255, 324
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ENGLISH 305
: Modern Writing and Critical Thinking2025 Semester One (1253)
Reading modern works that overtly blend critical and creative styles, the course examines relations among discourses, criticality, and imagination.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Drama or English
Restriction: ENGLISH 223
Restriction: ENGLISH 223
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ENGLISH 324
: Creative Writing: Four Genres2025 Semester One (1253)
Develops practical skills in four writing genres: Poetry, Multimedia, Creative Non-Fiction and Short Fiction. A range of published models will be studied alongside write and workshop exercises and students will develop close-reading skills. Two portfolios of creative work cover all four genres, based on work begun in seminars.
Prerequisite: 60 points passed, including 45 points in English
Restriction: ENGLISH 252
Restriction: ENGLISH 252
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ENGLISH 340
: Arthurian Literature2025 Semester One (1253)
The Arthurian story, from its first passage into French in the twelfth century. The English writings are studied in comparison with their French sources and counterparts (in translation).
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in English or FRENCH 200
Restriction: ENGLISH 738, 746
Restriction: ENGLISH 738, 746
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ENGLISH 353
: Age of Shakespeare: Tragedy2025 Semester One (1253)
An introduction to the golden age of English theatre, involving detailed study of a selection of tragedies by Shakespeare and his contemporaries. The theatrical emphasis of the course is intended to help students respond to the plays as theatrical artefacts and not merely as literary texts.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in English or Drama
Restriction: ENGLISH 213
Restriction: ENGLISH 213
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ENGLISH 700
: Pacific Poetry2025 Semester One (1253)
A critical engagement with poetry written in English by the peoples of Oceania (Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia). Pacific aesthetics and epistemologies evident in orature and art, in addition to post-colonial and women of colour feminist theories, will be used in the construction of culturally insightful frameworks to better appreciate this poetry that spans from the 1970s to the present day.
Restriction: ENGLISH 717, 720
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ENGLISH 787
: Literature USA: from the American Renaissance to the Jazz Age2025 Semester One (1253)
Examines a selection of classic texts and major issues in the literature of the United States from the American Renaissance of the 1840s and 1850s through to the Jazz Age of the 1920s and 1930s.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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ENGWRIT 101
: English Writing for Academic Purposes2025 Semester One (1253)
A skills-based analysis of texts written for academic purposes. Topics include: essays of comparison and contrast, argumentative essays, problem solution texts, literature reviews, critiques, and report writing.
Restriction: ENGWRIT 94F
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LANGTCHG 754
: English for Specific Purposes2025 Semester One (1253)
Considers theory and practice in developing language courses to meet the specific academic or work-related needs of adult learners. In particular, it focuses on analysis of target communication, needs analysis, issues and methodologies in ESP and ESP research. Uses the example of English for Specific Purposes but is relevant to the teaching of other languages for specific purposes as well.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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MEDIMAGE 199
: English Language Competency2025 Semester One (1253)
To complete this course students must attain a level of competency in the English language as determined by the School of Medical Sciences. This course must be completed prior to enrolling in Part III of the Bachelor of Medical Imaging (Honours) degree.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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PHARMACY 199
: English Language Competency2025 Semester One (1253)
To complete this course students must attain a level of competency in the English language as determined by the School of Pharmacy. This course must be completed prior to enrolling in PHARMACY 213.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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TFCENG 91F
: Academic Literacy 12025 Semester One (1253)
Establishes skills in spoken and written English for academic purposes. Introduces critical reading, writing, listening and oral presentation skills. Students develop greater competency in English and learn the basics of academic literacy.
Restriction: ENGLISH 91F
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ENGLISH 121G
: Reading/Writing/Text2025 Semester One (1253)
Develops University-wide skills of reading, writing and analysis. Addresses the needs of students in both English and other disciplines where both writing and reading have an important role in learning. The course fosters personal writing skills and also introduces writing as a subject of study in itself.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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LINGUIST 322
: Middle English: Language and Change2025 Semester One (1253)
A study of the origins, development and influences on English until around 1500.
Prerequisite: 15 points from LINGUIST 200, 201, ENGLISH 203
Outline is not available yet
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TFCENG 90F
: Preparatory Skills in Literacy2025 Semester One (1253)
Develops fundamental literacy skills including verbal communication, reading comprehension, evaluation of sources and academic writing. These skills will be applied to critically examine social and political topics related to education and literacy.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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