English Subject regulations
English is about language, history and culture. It is about art and aesthetics, meaning and value. At the University of Waikato, papers are drawn from literatures written in English since Medieval times, and from all major English-speaking cultures, especially from the United Kingdom, North America, Australia, the Pacific and New Zealand. English is the home of the University's programme in Writing
English is available as a first major for the Bachelor of Arts (BA). English may also be taken as a second major or minor in other undergraduate degrees, subject to approval of the Division in which the student is enrolled.
To complete English as a single major for the BA, students must gain 135 points in papers listed for English, including at least 45 points at 200 level and at least 60 points at 300 level. At least 105 points must be gained from ENGLI-coded papers.
To complete English as part of a double major for the BA and other undergraduate degrees, students must gain 120 points including 90 points above 100 level, and 45 points above 200 level.
To complete a minor in English, students must complete 60 points from the papers listed for the English major, including at least 30 points above 100 level.
Students considering graduate study in English are advised to include a range of modern and historical papers in English in their undergraduate programme of study.
Normally, candidates must gain at least 60 points at 100 level in any subject(s) before enrolling in English papers above 100 level, and at least 90 points at 100 and 200 level before enrolling in English papers above 200 level.
Other qualifications
Prescriptions for:
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GradCert(Engl) and GradDip(Engl) A Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma are available to graduates who have not included English at an advanced level in their first degree.
For further details, contact the Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences Office.
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PGCert(Engl), PGDip(Engl), BA(Hons) and MA To complete a BA(Hons) in English, students must gain 120 points at 500 level, including at least 30 points in research and at least 30 points from papers listed for English.
The qualification regulations define the admission requirements for enrolment into the MA in English.
Completion requirements for the MA in English vary according to admission criteria:
Students admitted under a) above must complete 180 points from approved 500 level papers, including ALPSS500 and at least 45 points from the papers listed for the subject in List A: Advanced Study of the regulations for the MA.
Students admitted under b) above must complete 120 points from approved 500-level papers, including at least 45 points from the papers listed for the subject in List A: Advanced Study of the regulations for the MA.
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MPhil The Master of Philosophy is a one year research-based degree in which students undertake a programme of approved and supervised research that leads to a thesis which critically investigates an approved topic of substance and significance, demonstrates expertise in the methods of research and scholarship, displays intellectual independence and makes a substantial original contribution to the subject area concerned, and is of publishable quality.
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PhD The Doctor of Philosophy is a three year research-based degree in which students undertake a programme of approved and supervised research that leads to a thesis which critically investigates an approved topic of substance and significance, demonstrates expertise in the methods of research and scholarship, displays intellectual independence and makes a substantial original contribution to the subject area concerned, and is of publishable quality.
English papers
| Code and paper title | Points | |
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ENGLI100
Telling the Story
This paper examines the deep stories which are at the core of the English literary tradition and the wider Western canon, using picturebooks... |
15 | 25A (Hamilton) |
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ENGLI101
Adapting Stories
This paper explores the art of adaptation, examining the process of transformation that occurs when creative artists reimagine and retell stories in... |
15 | 25B (Hamilton) |
| Code and paper title | Points | |
|---|---|---|
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ENGLI200
Global Fictions
This paper examines literary responses to the contemporary world. We will study international writing that grapples with issues associated with... |
15 | 25A (Hamilton) |
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ENGLI201
Utopias and Dystopias
This paper provides an introduction to utopian and dystopian writing and the way in which literature gives voice to the dreams and fears of humanity. |
15 | 25B (Hamilton) |
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ENGLI202
Shakespeare's Worlds
This paper explores Shakespeare's worlds in performance and in print, examining his plays and poems in the context of the dynamic cultural outputs... |
15 | 25C (Hamilton) |
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WRITE201
Food Writing
This paper uses writing about food, including recipes, memoirs, restaurant reviews and researched food writing, as the primary materials in a... |
15 | 25A (Hamilton) |
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WRITE202
Creative Writing: Voice and Image
This course explores the basic elements of imaginative writing - image and voice - concentrating the student’s attention on the central writing... |
15 | 25B (Hamilton) |
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WRITE203
Creative Writing: Inspiring Work
This intensive, workshop-based paper, taught by award-winning novelist Catherine Chidgey, examines the concept of inspiration as it applies to... |
15 | 25G (Hamilton) |
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ALPSS390
Directed Study
This paper allows students from the Division of Arts, Law, Psychology, and Social Sciences to undertake research on a specific topic related to their... |
15 | 25X (Hamilton) |
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ENGLI300
Theory Matters
This paper reads primary literary texts through a range of theories of literature, for example, historicist approaches... |
15 | 25B (Hamilton) |
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ENGLI301
Genre Studies: Challenging Forms
This paper is an intensive study of specific literary forms such as tragedy, poetry, travel writing, autobiography, and crime writing. The focus will... |
15 | 25B (Hamilton) |
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ENGLI302
Modernisms
This paper explores canonical modernist texts of Europe and North America. It also examines exciting new developments in transnational modernisms... |
15 | 25A (Hamilton) |
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ENGLI303
Looking Back: Reading Now
This paper explores the dynamic relationship between contemporary readers and the reception of historical literary texts. |
15 | 25A (Hamilton) |
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WRITE300
Creative Writing: Creative Non-fiction
This course explores the key elements of creative non-fiction writing, engaging with a variety of non-fiction texts including memoir, biography, the... |
15 | 25A (Hamilton) |
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|---|---|---|
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ALPSS500
Academic & Professional Research & Writing
In this course, students will gain the skills and confidence to seamlessly transition from study to work. This course works to enhance the 'skills... |
30 | 25A (Online) & 25B (Online) |
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ALPSS590
Directed Study
This paper allows students from the Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences to undertake research on a specific topic related to their... |
30 | 25X (Hamilton) |
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ALPSS591
Research Project
A research report on the findings of a theoretical or empirical or practice-led investigation (up to 12,500 words maximum). |
30 | 25X (Hamilton) & 25X (Tauranga) |
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ALPSS592
Dissertation
A research report on the findings of a theoretical or empirical or practice-led investigation (up to 25,000 words maximum). |
60 | 25X (Hamilton) & 25X (Tauranga) |
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ENGLI503
Looking Back: Reading Now
This advanced paper explores the dynamic relationship between contemporary readers and the reception of historical literary texts. It focuses on five... |
30 | 25A (Hamilton) |
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ENGLI509
The Literature of Trauma
This paper explores the relationship between memory, suffering and writing in the literature of war, the Holocaust, physical trauma and mental... |
30 | 25A (Hamilton) |
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ENGLI531
Literature and Medicine
This paper explores literature's engagement with the body and mind, mapping out the arts’ responses to medical advances from the 1850s to the... |
30 | 25B (Hamilton) |
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ENGLI593
English Thesis
An externally examined piece of written work that reports on the findings of supervised research. |
90 | 25X (Hamilton) |
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WRITE501
Writing for Publication
This paper explores different forms of published output, including poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction, writing for advertising, digital and... |
30 | 25A (Hamilton) |
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ENGLI800
English MPhil Thesis
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120 | 25X (Hamilton) |
| Code and paper title | Points | |
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ENGLI900
English PhD Thesis
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120 | 25I (Hamilton) & 25J (Hamilton) & 25K (Hamilton) & 25X (Hamilton) |
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ENGLI901
Creative Practice Thesis
This model is an option for students who intend to integrate a creative practice component such as a literary production or creative written work... |
120 | 25I (Hamilton) & 25J (Hamilton) & 25K (Hamilton) & 25X (Hamilton) |
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ENGLI100 Telling the Story
This paper examines the deep stories which are at the core of the English literary tradition and the wider Western canon, using picturebooks...
Points 15This paper explores the art of adaptation, examining the process of transformation that occurs when creative artists reimagine and retell stories in...
Points 15 -
ENGLI200 Global Fictions
This paper examines literary responses to the contemporary world. We will study international writing that grapples with issues associated with...
Points 15This paper provides an introduction to utopian and dystopian writing and the way in which literature gives voice to the dreams and fears of humanity.
Points 15This paper explores Shakespeare's worlds in performance and in print, examining his plays and poems in the context of the dynamic cultural outputs...
Points 15This paper uses writing about food, including recipes, memoirs, restaurant reviews and researched food writing, as the primary materials in a...
Points 15This course explores the basic elements of imaginative writing - image and voice - concentrating the student’s attention on the central writing...
Points 15This intensive, workshop-based paper, taught by award-winning novelist Catherine Chidgey, examines the concept of inspiration as it applies to...
Points 15 -
ALPSS390 Directed Study
This paper allows students from the Division of Arts, Law, Psychology, and Social Sciences to undertake research on a specific topic related to their...
Points 15This paper reads primary literary texts through a range of theories of literature, for example, historicist approaches...
Points 15This paper is an intensive study of specific literary forms such as tragedy, poetry, travel writing, autobiography, and crime writing. The focus will...
Points 15This paper explores canonical modernist texts of Europe and North America. It also examines exciting new developments in transnational modernisms...
Points 15This paper explores the dynamic relationship between contemporary readers and the reception of historical literary texts.
Points 15This course explores the key elements of creative non-fiction writing, engaging with a variety of non-fiction texts including memoir, biography, the...
Points 15 -
ALPSS500 Academic & Professional Research & Writing
In this course, students will gain the skills and confidence to seamlessly transition from study to work. This course works to enhance the 'skills...
Points 30This paper allows students from the Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences to undertake research on a specific topic related to their...
Points 30A research report on the findings of a theoretical or empirical or practice-led investigation (up to 12,500 words maximum).
Points 30A research report on the findings of a theoretical or empirical or practice-led investigation (up to 25,000 words maximum).
Points 60This advanced paper explores the dynamic relationship between contemporary readers and the reception of historical literary texts. It focuses on five...
Points 30This paper explores the relationship between memory, suffering and writing in the literature of war, the Holocaust, physical trauma and mental...
Points 30This paper explores literature's engagement with the body and mind, mapping out the arts’ responses to medical advances from the 1850s to the...
Points 30An externally examined piece of written work that reports on the findings of supervised research.
Points 90This paper explores different forms of published output, including poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction, writing for advertising, digital and...
Points 30 -
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ENGLI900 English PhD Thesis
Points 120
This model is an option for students who intend to integrate a creative practice component such as a literary production or creative written work...
Points 120
2025 Catalogue of Papers information current as of 28 Apr 2025 01:00am