Master of Letters CF08

Program at a glance

Duration: 2-3 years part-time
Mode & Location: external
Courses/Units of Credit: 4 courses plus a dissertation/48 units of credit
Faculty: Faculty of Arts, Health & Sciences; Faculty of Informatics & Communication
Entry: direct (more info)
Accreditation: not applicable
Residential School: not applicable
Practicum/Work placement: not applicable
Exit awards: not applicable
Interim awards: not applicable
Contact: Program Advisor (Arts, Health & Sciences) on 07 4930 9661 email ahs-program3@cqu.edu.auor Program Advisor (Informatics & Communication) on 07 4930 9681
International students: not applicable
CRICOS program codes: not applicable

Program aim

This program is available to students who have a degree from a recognised higher education institution.

Students wishing to specialise in the History or Welfare Studies stream must have previously completed relevant undergraduate study, or equivalent in these areas.

Program structure

To satisfy the requirements of the award, students must complete 48 units of credit, comprising four coursework courses (24 units of credit), plus a dissertation (24 units of credit).

The assessment of each coursework course is based on 5 000 words. The length of the dissertation will be 15 000 to 20 000 words.

The MLitt is available in the following areas: film studies, history, literature, creative writing, literary & cultural studies, welfare studies, liberal studies, media studies, visual culture.

If you are completing the MLitt in two years you will study two coursework courses in each term in the first year, and in the following year the dissertation, as follows:

If you are completing in three years you will study one coursework course in each term in the first year and second year, and in the last year the dissertation, as follows:

Choose HUMT codes for Humanities based courses, and CULT for cultural/ communication based courses. For more details see http://www.ahs.cqu.edu.au/humanities/mlitt.

Coursework course codes:

Course Code Course Title
HUMT20012 Coursework A
HUMT20013 Coursework B
HUMT20014 Coursework C
HUMT20015 Coursework D
CULT20018 Coursework E
CULT20019 Coursework F
CULT20020 Coursework G
CULT20021 Coursework H

Dissertation Course codes:

Course Code Course Title
HUMT20016 Research Dissertation A
HUMT20017 Research Dissertation B
CULT20022 Research Dissertation A
CULT20023 Research Dissertation B