Course description
About Master of Letters
Whether your goal is a further qualification or simply intellectual stimulation and personal enrichment, the Master of Letters at CQU provides a flexible program of postgraduate study. It is an opportunity to engage in structured reading, research and writing on topics of your choice under the guidance of an individual supervisor.
The Master of Letters is an exciting program run out of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Education.
The following study areas are available: film studies, history, literature, creative writing, literary and cultural studies, liberal studies, media studies and visual culture.
Career Opportunities
Turn your interest into expertise. This program is for graduates looking to advance or diversify their careers or to fulfill a personal interest in film studies, history, literature, creative writing, literary and cultural studies, liberal studies, media studies and visual culture.
Program Structure
To satisfy the requirements of the award, students must complete 48 units of credit, comprising 4 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 and cultural studies, liberal studies, media studies and visual culture.
If you are completing the MLitt in two years you will study 2 coursework courses in each term in the first year and in the following year the dissertation, as follows:
* coursework A and coursework B in Term 1 Year 1;
* coursework C and coursework D in Term 2 Year 1;
* dissertation A in term 1 year 2; and
* dissertation B in term 2 year 2.
If you are completing in three years you will study 1 coursework course in each term in the first year and second year and in the last year the dissertation, as follows:
* coursework A in term 1 year 1;
* coursework B in term 2 year 1;
* coursework C in term 1 year 2;
* coursework D in term 2 year 2;
* dissertation A in term 1 year 3; and
* dissertation B in term 2 year 3
Choose HUMT codes for humanities based courses, and CULT for cultural/communication based courses.
Coursework
Course Code Course Name
Humanities
HUMT20012 Coursework A
HUMT20013 Coursework B
HUMT20014 Coursework C
HUMT20015 Coursework D
Contemporary communication
CULT20018 Coursework E
CULT20019 Coursework F
CULT20020 Coursework G
CULT20021 Coursework H
Dissertation courses
Course Code Course Name
Humanities
HUMT20016 Research Dissertation A
HUMT20017 Research Dissertation B
Contemporary communication
CULT20022 Research Dissertation A
CULT20023 Research Dissertation B
Note: Each of the courses above has been designated HUMT (Humanities) or CULT (for Contemporary communication).
