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MLITT Streams

The Master of Letters consists of 50 per cent coursework (24 units of credit at 6 units of credit per course) and 50 per cent dissertation (24 units of credit). Coursework normally consists of 4 courses or equivalent, based on assessment for each of not fewer than 5000 words or equivalent, in reading courses relevant to the discipline area. The word length of the dissertation will be no fewer than 15 000 words, and no more than 20 000 words.

Creative Writing

Description: Creative writing is a term that describes imaginative writing of various kinds ranging from fiction through poetry to certain kinds of biographical writing. The Creative Writing Stream allows students to explore their own creative writing interests, once they have worked through some basic elements of writing, and then explored better know generic creative writing genres such as the short story. Full details available here

Contact: Associate Professor Wally Woods on ( 07) 4930 9560; w.woods@cqu.edu.au

Film

Description: The study of film ranges from the Hollywood feature film through European, Australian, and Queer cinema. Full details available here

Contact: Associate Professor Wally Woods on ( 07) 4930 9560; w.woods@cqu.edu.au

History

Description: History is sometimes described as 'the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings'. In the History Stream, students will have the opportunity to study a range of history courses including maritime history, environmental history, local history and heritage, Nazi Germany, and media traditions. Full details available here

Contact: Associate Professor Steve Mullins on ( 07) 4930 9662; s.mullins@cqu.edu.au

Liberal Studies

Description: This stream enables students to mix and match from the courses available with a variety of MLitt Streams. Full details available here

Contact: Associate Professor Wally Woods on ( 07) 4930 9560; w.woods@cqu.edu.au

Literature

Description: The study of Literature includes many different approaches ranging from the generic study of novels, short stories, poems and other forms, through the more recent debates and the role and place of literature in the modern world. The Literature Stream includes a number of courses: Shakespeare the movie, Postmodern Fiction, Contemporary Australian Fiction, and Modern & Contemporary Poetry. Full details available here.

Contact: Dr John Fitzsimmons on ( 07) 4930 9240; j.fitzsimmons@cqu.edu.au

Media Studies

Description: Media Studies includes a number of courses: Theoretical Approaches to the Media, Political Journalism, Informatics, Culture & Communication, and Media Traditions. Full details available here

Contact: Professor Denis Cryle on ( 07) 4930 9836; d.cryle@cqu.edu.au

Visual Culture

Description: Visual Culture includes a number of courses: The Visual Image; Writing in Images: Comics and Cartoons in the 20th Century; The Body, Film and Visual Culture; Space, Place and the Built Environment; Photography in the Twentieth Century. Full details available here

Contact: Dr Andrew Wallace on (07) 4970 7242; a.wallace@cqu.edu.au