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ENGL02P - Children's Literature - dissertation (Postgraduate Study Pattern)

Major: Children's Literature
Area of Study: English
Degrees: MA - Master of Arts
Offered By: - Division of Humanities
Admission Requirements:Bachelor degree or equivalent
Fees:CSP/$320.00
Attendance Modes:
  • Internal
  • External
Study Loads:
  • Full Time (1.0)
  • Part Time
Commencing Study Periods:
  • FH
  • SH

General Requirements

Minimum number of credit points32
and completion of other specific requirements as set out below

Specific Requirements

800 level
Required eitherLIT844 Children's Literature Dissertation (8)
orboth LIT843 - Children's Literature Dissertation - Part A (4)
and LIT845 - Children's Literature Dissertation - Part B (4)
8
Required 8 cp fromLIT846 Retelling Stories: Sources of Children's Literature (4)
LIT847 Romanticism to Postmodernism: Developments in Children's Literature (4)
LIT854 Narrative: Theory and Method (4)
LIT856 Picture Books (4)
LIT864 Children's Literature: Concepts and Theories (4) 8
Required 8 cp fromLIT809 Special Study I (4)
LIT810 Special Study II (4)
LIT846 Retelling Stories: Sources of Children's Literature (4)
LIT847 Romanticism to Postmodernism: Developments in Children's Literature (4)
LIT848 Young Adult Fiction (4)
LIT854 Narrative: Theory and Method (4)
LIT855 Australian Children's Literature (4)
LIT856 Picture Books (4)
LIT859 Film and the Folktale Canon (4)
LIT860 Comedy in Children's Texts (4)
LIT864 Children's Literature: Concepts and Theories (4)
JPN815 Manga and Anime (4) 8
Required 8 cp fromCWPG810 Creative Writing Seminar I (4)
CWPG811 Creative Writing Seminar II (4)
CWPG815 Writing: Text and Context (4)
LIT803 Literary Discourse (4)
LIT805 Gender and Genre (4)
LIT806 Literary Theory (4)
LIT809 Special Study I (4)
LIT810 Special Study II (4)
LIT846 Retelling Stories: Sources of Children's Literature (4)
LIT847 Romanticism to Postmodernism: Developments in Children's Literature (4)
LIT848 Young Adult Fiction (4)
LIT854 Narrative: Theory and Method (4)
LIT855 Australian Children's Literature (4)
LIT856 Picture Books (4)
LIT859 Film and the Folktale Canon (4)
LIT860 Comedy in Children's Texts (4)
LIT864 Children's Literature: Concepts and Theories (4) 8
Electives
Balance of credit points required
TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM 32

Notes

Note: The Children's Literature Dissertation must be completed on a topic in children's literature determined in consultation with the course convenor.
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