Graduate Diploma in Arts major in English

A major is the main subject area that you choose to study in your degree. You will study courses up to Stage III level in this subject.

As well as gaining skills, knowledge and experience in your chosen area, you will learn how to think creatively, solve problems and communicate effectively, all essential skills to help you thrive in any career you choose.

Please see the main programme link below to see further details for the programme.

You can take courses in reading, writing and thinking about texts written in English, from the classics of English and American literature to exciting imaginative writing across the world today.
You can develop sophisticated reading and writing skills and gain an in-depth knowledge of cultural history. You can also take courses that develop your own creative writing skills and interests.
English at the University of Auckland was ranked in the world's top 40 in the 2021 QS World University Rankings by Subject.

GradDipArts - Graduate Diploma in Arts

You can study texts from all over the English-speaking world, and literature from the medieval period up to the present. You can examine the roles texts have played in different cultures and at different periods. You can consider the different ways readers have approached texts, and how gender, race and other aspects of our identities have influenced writers and readers.

You will pay close attention to how texts achieve their effects and develop your skills in critical thinking. There are also opportunities to develop your own writing practice, including creative writing.

English provides excellent training in critical thinking, analytical skills and in organising and expressing your ideas.
Our graduates have careers in the arts, business, communications, local and national government, publishing, teaching and libraries.

Complete 120 points comprising:

45 points from Bachelor of Arts major in English Stage III Courses, and
At least 15 points from Additional Courses from the Bachelor of Arts major in English, and
0 to 60 points from Courses from the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Schedules

Selected courses must include at least 75 points at level 300 or higher.

Bachelor of Arts major in English Stage III Courses

Complete exactly 45 points from the following:

COMPLIT 303 - Interpreting Folktales (15 points)

DRAMA 303 - Drama of Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific (15 points)

ENGLISH 305 - Modern Writing and Critical Thinking (15 points)

ENGLISH 310 - Shakespeare: Comedies and Tragicomedies (15 points)

ENGLISH 311 - Creating Stories (15 points)

ENGLISH 316 - Postcolonial Memory (15 points)

ENGLISH 322 - Modernist Transformations (15 points)

ENGLISH 323 - Contemporary Poetry (15 points)

ENGLISH 324 - Creative Writing: Four Genres (15 points)

ENGLISH 330 - Early Texts, Modern Inventions (15 points)

ENGLISH 340 - Arthurian Literature (15 points)

ENGLISH 343 - Writing Poetry (15 points)

ENGLISH 344 - Writing Creative Prose (15 points)

ENGLISH 348 - Popular Fiction (15 points)

ENGLISH 351 - Special Topic: Early Modern Literature (15 points)

ENGLISH 353 - Age of Shakespeare: Tragedy (15 points)

ENGLISH 355 - New Zealand Literature (15 points)

ENGLISH 356 - The Modern Novel (15 points)

ENGLISH 360 - Special Topic: Nineteenth Century Literature (15 points)

ENGLISH 367 - Special Topic (15 points)

GENDER 306 - Theory Into Practice: Gender, Culture, and Social Change (15 points)

Additional Courses from the Bachelor of Arts major in English

Complete at least 15 points from the following:

ENGL-BA - Bachelor of Arts major in English (120 points)

Courses from the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Schedules

Complete 0 to 60 points from the following:

BA - Bachelor of Arts (360 points)

BA(Hons) - Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (120 points)

Please note that while regulations and programme rules for future academic years may be displayed or made available in advance, they remain subject to change. Official, final approved programme regulations for the upcoming academic year will be available when the University Calendar is published in late October of the preceding year. Any information available prior to Calendar publication should be treated as provisional.

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