Butterfingers - If you have a degree, it's a fair assumption to make that you have passed your HSC or VCE.
If you're in Melbourne, I assume you passed VCE, and that in itself guarantees you passed year 12 English. You dont have to have done very well in it - under the victoria system, simply turning up to every exam and handing in every assignment means you pass.
There's a lot more to "english" than shakespeare, too