Courses
Master of Arts by Coursework in English – Melbourne (Bundoora) (AMAC)
Both fee-paying and Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) are available. Details of fees are provided with the application kit.
Entry to the course can be from an Honours degree or a Masters preliminary course.
Entry from Honours or Master of Arts (Preliminary)
Applicants must have attained at least an H2A or comparable result. Students complete the requirements in a minimum of 12 months’ full-time study or two years’ part-time study.
Course requirements
Students must undertake three semester units of coursework and a minor thesis of approximately 15,000 words. Each unit entails one three-hour seminar per week. In addition, students must consult their thesis supervisor regularly. The normal expectation is ten sessions of supervision.
Assessment
Assessment includes completion of three semester units, each of which involves one 3500-word essay and one 15,000 words seminar paper. Coursework counts for 60 per cent of the final assessment for the degree. In addition, students must complete a minor thesis of approximately 15,000 words. The thesis counts for 40 per cent of the final assessment.
Availability of units
The following is an indication of the variety of units from which students may choose, though not all of these will be available in every year. For final details of unit offerings at this level in a given year, refer to the English Program’s brochure. All units are offered subject to the availability of appropriate staffing and minimum enrolments.
Fifth year units (20 credit points)
| Teaching period | Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Auto/biography: Narrative of the Self | ENG5ABN |
| TE-SEM-1 | Shakespeare in Love1 | ENG5SIL |
| TE-SEM-1 | Reading Course A | ENG5RCA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Victorian Fiction: Inside and Outside1 | ENG5VFI |
| TE-SEM-2 | Poetics of Transgression | ENG5POT |
| TE-SEM-2 | Reading Indigenous Writing1 | ENG5RBA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Reading Course B | ENG5RCB |
| TE-SEM-2 | Writing Fiction | ENG5WRF |
Key: 1 Not available in 2009.
A full description of these units, including the unit name, unit code, credit points, campus/location, unit coordinator, class requirements, assessment, prerequisites, and readings, appears below. For the most recent descriptions of units, students should access the unit database at www.latrobe.edu.au/udb_public.