MASTER OF ARTS

M.A. programme (2007-2009)
M.A. programme poster
M.A. course description
Application procedure (with downloadable form)

M.A. in Literary and Cultural Studies (MALCS) Programme
(2007-2009)

Programme Chair: Dr. Esther Cheung (Email / Tel: 2859-7047)

Aims and Objectives
The programme in Literary and Cultural Studies introduces students to a wide range of theoretical, literary and filmic texts, exploring historical and contemporary issues within modernity and globalization. An interdisciplinary approach will be adopted in the programme; all our courses are largely shaped by critical and cultural theory, and look at texts, for example film and literature, through the perspectives of post-structuralism, deconstruction, psychoanalysis, feminism and Marxist and post-colonial criticism. Teaching will be in English.

Admission Requirement
Applicants will normally hold a good honours degree in an appropriate subject.

Programme Structure
This is a two-year part-time programme consisting of four courses, taught over two evenings of three contact hours (6:30pm – 9:30pm) per week in each semester. The four courses may vary from time to time. Two of these courses will be taken in the first year of the programme and two in the second year.  Current courses are as follows:

CLIT7001: Cinema and Popular Culture

CLIT7002: Postmodernism

CLIT7003: Narratives and Cultural Identity

CLIT7004: Questioning Sexual Difference

Please note that M.A. Courses will run from September 2007-2009

Dissertation
Each student will present a dissertation of 10,000 to 20,000 words as part of the fulfillment of the requirement for the MA degree. The dissertation carries weighting approximately equivalent to one paper. Successful dissertations, to be lodged in the Library, shall be subject to correction of typographical, grammatical and/or other errors as determined by the examiners.

Coursework Assessment
Coursework assessment based on written assignments will count for 100% of the final grade for each course