LITR28001 - Comparative Literature Project

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit gives you an opportunity to undertake an independent project with an emphasis on how society, history, culture or politics have been framed within literature from different traditions, locations and at different periods of time, and to think across traditional boundaries to demonstrate how literature and culture are interrelated. The project is flexible and will be designed by you in consultation with academic supervisors to meet negotiated and specific project learning outcomes. It will involve academic research into a body of literature in the context of contemporary issues and culture.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Admission to CC10 or completion of 90 credit points in CA10, CB94, CC13, CG85 or CC43.

 

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Research Proposal 15%
2. Annotated bibliography 25%
3. Project (research) 60%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

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Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Develop a critical research question and objectives for an independent comparative literary project, informed by individual interests and scholarly inquiry
  2. Collect and critically evaluate relevant literary texts and published scholarly criticism using initiative and judgement
  3. Plan and execute a literary project that combines independent research and original textual analysis, and displays a sustained sense of social/historical/cultural/political context
  4. Complete a substantive written project that demonstrates a synthesis of knowledge, theory and research to a professional standard.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Research Proposal •
2 - Annotated bibliography • •
3 - Project (research) • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Knowledge •
2 - Communication • •
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills • •
4 - Research • •
5 - Self-management • • •
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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