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The Undergraduate Certificate in English and Cultural Studies is designed for people who are interested in pursuing a career in English and Cultural Studies. The Undergraduate Certificate may enable entry (and credit for the four units completed) into the English and Cultural Studies major within the Bachelor of Arts among others at Curtin.

Work towards your degree with this head start in humanities. You’ll explore how cultures write about themselves in the past and present, through fiction and nonfiction texts. Topics include gender, power, feminism, and queer theory.

Undergraduate Certificate in English and Cultural Studies

This major develops understanding of the making and circulation of meaning within a culture. It pays particular attention to the construction of cultural values and how they are articulated through social and creative practice.This major is part of a larger course. Information is specific to the major, please refer to the course for more information.

Discover how cultures develop and are reflected in popular texts. Diving into the complexity of culture, you’ll develop critical thinking skills for problem solving and innovation. Through the lens of cultural texts, explore gender, power, and place. 

Bachelor of Arts (English and Cultural Studies)

Reading The Gothic

Making Sense Of Theory

The Incredible True Story of The Novel

Unsettling Australian Literatures

After Dark - An Introduction To Literary Studies

Reading for Writers

Contemporary Australian Literature

Australian Literature and History 1890 to 1929

Decolonising Place

Make It New - Literary Modernism

In this subject students will engage with critical race theory and the history of Western expansion through concepts of colonialism, modernity and globalisation. Students will investigate key texts in literature, film and theory to explore the distribution of political and economic power in the specific places in the world throughout history. Through a study of texts, including World and Indigenous texts, this subject investigates critical and aesthetic responses to colonialism.Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.Find out more about the <a href="https://www.curtin.edu.au/students/essentials/rights/academic-integrity/aip/" target="_blank">Academic Integrity module</a>.

This subject was previously known as Classic Texts.This subject explores the complex relation between culture, historical context and modes of representation. Through studying a range of cultural texts, it will consider why and how different narrative forms and generic conventions in fiction and non-fiction narrative emerge, endure and transform across time and space. Students will develop disciplinary knowledge in narrative theory and cultural studies, and refine their critical reading and research skills.Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.Find out more about the <a href="https://academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au/" target="_blank">Academic Integrity module</a>.

Study influential fiction and nonfiction from different time periods and genres. You’ll explore the enduring themes, techniques, and cultural significance of these texts. Practice close reading and analysis. Reveal cultural meaning.

Genre and Classic Texts

This subject examines key concepts, approaches and debates in the study of gender and sexuality, with a focus on analysing the representation of gender and sexuality in a range of literary and cultural texts. Recent theoretical developments are explored in the context of pioneering work in second- and third-wave feminism, psychoanalysis and queer theory. The subject’s focus on developing critical reading skills and strategies will give students the tools to interpret, evaluate and challenge the reproduction of different gender and sexuality value systems in a range of literary and cultural texts.Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.Find out more about the <a href="https://www.curtin.edu.au/students/essentials/rights/academic-integrity/aip/" target="_blank">Academic Integrity module</a>.

Build skills to question and evaluate the ways different texts represent gender and sexuality. In this English course, you’ll practice critical reading and discuss recent ideas related to feminism and queer theory.

Reading Gender

This subject explores general ideas and critical concepts that form the foundations of cultural studies. The subject develops ideas about culture, texts, and modes of power and production. The subject aims to expand student understandings of the complex and interwoven operation of culture through examining a variety of texts through historical and social disciplinary lenses.Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.Find out more about the <a href="https://www.curtin.edu.au/students/essentials/rights/academic-integrity/aip/" target="_blank">Academic Integrity module</a>.

An overview of culture and its relationship to society, power, and identity. You’ll think about how culture is produced, consumed, and interpreted. Delve into readings to explore social and historical contexts. Open your mind to the complexity of culture.

Introduction to Cultural Studies

This subject explores different textual representations of the future in terms of the questions they raise about the world today. From science fiction and dystopian classics, through futurology and trends forecasting, to climate change narratives and extinction studies, students will engage with a variety of texts and discourses engaging in the question of the future. The subject will develop skills in analysing the relationships between language, genre and contexts, and explore how textual choices position audiences for particular purposes, shaping attitudes, values and perspectives on contemporary social, cultural and political trends.Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.Find out more about the <a href="https://www.curtin.edu.au/students/essentials/rights/academic-integrity/aip/" target="_blank">Academic Integrity module</a>.

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