School of Communication, Arts and Critical Enquiry
English Program
What is English
English is a key discipline in the Humanities. It reflects the energy and diversity of a field which ranges from areas like cultural studies, creative and professional writing, through to the more traditional analysis of literary texts.
The study of English can also introduce you to feminist literary criticism, Aboriginal writing, relations between literature and politics – and much else.
Teaching and Research Areas
- Australian literature and culture
- Autobiography and biography
- Creative writing
- Critical theory and cultural studies
- Decolonisation studies
- Early 19th century studies
- Feminist theory
- Humour studies
- Literature and film adaptation
- Medieval literature and cultural history
- Postmodernism/Modernism/Science Fiction
- Psychoanalytic studies
- Studies in literature and modern spirituality
Study in the English Program is offered at Melbourne (Bundoora) , Mildura, and Wodonga from first year to third year.
The English Program also participates in a special unit that is an intensive model of Latrobe University's core units in Contemporary Australian Literature. La Trobe has been part of a unique Australian Studies program designed for students from Ithaca College, NY, USA.
For more information go to www.ithaca.edu/oip/australia.
Career Opportunities
English has always been worth studying for its own sake, because it offers an exciting combination of opportunities: the chance to acquire analytical skills, but also the fascination of studying texts in a variety of cultural contexts. From a practical point of view, English will make you a much more marketable graduate because it enhances your ability to think and write clearly, and to communicate verbally – all essential skills in the workplace. While English is still greatly valued as part of a teaching qualification, today it helps graduates to enter a wide variety of fields that require both intellectual rigour and imaginative flair.
Typical career destinations include: administration (arts, charity, etc.), advertising and marketing, public service, clerical work, computing and data processing, creative writing, internet data management, lecturing, journalism, management, PA work, personnel, printing, public relations and promotions, publishing (editing, production, etc.), radio and television, research assistantships, research analysis, sales (assistants and executives), teaching in schools and universities.
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