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Study undergraduate online with University of New England through Open Universities Australia. Explore all degrees, subjects and short courses now.

This degree is designed to provide students with basic skills and knowledge in a range of disciplinary studies in the humanities, arts and social sciences. The Diploma in Arts examines historic, environmental, social, behavioural and cultural features of humanity, allowing students to analyse, reflect upon and anticipate patterns of human conduct. Students will develop creative, critical and analytical skills to assist with future employment or to pursue further study.
The Diploma in Arts is an attractive option for students who would prefer to trial university study while gaining an introductory undergraduate qualification.
The Diploma in Arts provides students with a broad range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary studies from across the University, with a basic focus on aspects of human culture and achievement.
The degree aims to provide students with:
(i) an introductory knowledge in their chosen areas of study;
(ii) the ability to apply the knowledge they have acquired;
(iii) the ability to communicate effectively in a range of ways;
(iv) creative, critical and analytical skills;
(v) the ability to work both independently and collaboratively;
(vi) the skills to connect across geographical, disciplinary, social and cultural boundaries;
(vii) an understanding of the value of ethical behaviour; and
(viii) the foundation skills demanded by employers in a global jobs market.

Explore humanity through the lens of culture, history, and society. This introduction to university studies includes academic research and writing, and your choice of subjects exploring human culture and achievement.

Diploma in Arts

Genre and Classic Texts

Dangerous Pleasures: An Introduction to Literary Studies

Introduction to Cultural Studies

Writing, Culture and Ecology

English: Texts and Traditions

Literature: Modern and Contemporary

Literature: Medieval to Modern

Romance And Romanticism

Reading Gender

Textual Futures

Children’s literature is an important tool for exposing children to the moral, ethical and practical problems of the world in a way that is manageable and accessible for them.When you study this unit you will be introduced to the key elements of children’s literature, using case studies from children’s books, stories and poetry. You will gain an understanding of the range of concepts involved in analysing children’s texts, including the significance of the implied reader, the power of ideological contexts and the role of literature in childhood.You will explore a range of literary genres, techniques, and styles (including humour, fantasy and realism) in order to gain essential skills in reading, understanding and writing about literature.

Introduction to Literature: Children's Books

Literature generates new ideas, represents traditions and reflects society’s changing values. In this subject you will focus on the relationship between literature and large social and historical movements. You will read texts from the 19th to the 21st centuries and develop a versatile critical toolkit of concepts to use throughout your studies. Using these texts and tools, you will be able to analyse literature as a form of social and political expression and explore its relationship to history. Additionally, you will be able to identify how novels and poems reflect, resist, and/or inspire cultural change.

Approaches to Literature and Society

To engage with literature is to explore different ways of seeing the world – to appreciate and better understand human ideas, society, history and the future, and so expand your knowledge of the ideas central to human culture as these are expressed through the literary imagination. In this subject you will study a range of literary texts in English. You will be introduced to works from different historical periods in different genres - short stories, poetry, novels, and plays. You will also explore the key critical concepts in literary studies. You will explore these works through close reading and critical analysis, focusing on the relationship between form and content, and considering how the different literary techniques available to writers shape the way their texts make meaning.

Engaging with Literature

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