Postgraduate - Edith Cowan University

It is also possible for students, by arrangement with the School of
Education, to carry out studies with an orientation towards
TESOL and the teaching of languages other than English.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Applicants should be qualified at Master level or be holders of a
good Honours degree in a relevant subject area.
COURSE LOCATION
This course is available on Mt Lawley Campus.
MODE OF STUDY
This course is available by Full-time, or Part-time mode.
MODE OF DELIVERY
This course is available in the following mode of delivery - Oncampus.
COURSE STRUCTURE
Studies will be undertaken by research and thesis presentation
over a period of three years full-time (or the equivalent parttime).
Candidates should be available for consultations with the
supervisory team appointed. By special permission, some parts of
the writing may be done off-campus.
Each semester students (re) enrol in the research unit LST7200.
Students may enrol on a full time or part time basis. This must be
negotiated and agreed with their supervisor.
Students are required to continue re-enrolling in the thesis
component of their study until the thesis is submitted for
examination.
Doctoral candidates will normally complete no less than two years
and no more than four years of full-time equivalent study by the
time their thesis is submitted for examination. By special
arrangement, part or all of this course may be undertaken
externally.
LST7200 Doctor of Philosophy Thesis 0
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Course Code V77
The Doctor of Philosophy in the School of International, Cultural
and Community Studies is a three year full-time research program
which is also available part-time. It is designed to enable students
to pursue original research in their field of specialisation.
Within the School of International, Cultural and Community
Studies doctoral candidates are accepted in the fields of:
English
Geography
History
Politics and Government
Sociology/Anthropology
Writing
Doctoral candidates are accepted in a range of fields in the
Humanities and Social Sciences.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Applicants should hold a Masters by research or an Honours
degree (First Class or Upper Second Class) in a relevant subject
area.
The admission requirements specified for each field should be
read in conjunction with the Edith Cowan University (Admission,
Enrolment and Academic Progress) Rules.
COURSE LOCATION
This course is available on Mt Lawley Campus.
MODE OF STUDY
This course is available by Full-time, or Part-time mode.
MODE OF DELIVERY
This course is available in the following modes of delivery - Oncampus,
and Off-campus.
COURSE STRUCTURE
Students enrol (re-enrol) in the research thesis unit CCS7200 each
semester until the thesis is submitted for examination, at 50 or
100% of fulltime enrolment. Studies will be undertaken by
research and thesis presentation. Candidates should be available
for consultations with the supervisory team appointed. By special
permission, some part of the writing may be done off-campus.
The thesis for a Writing student comprises a major creative
project and a related theoretical/critical essay, or a set of essays.
The creative work (approximately 80% of marks) will take the
form of either a novel, a book of poems, a full-length play script, a
collection of short fiction, a biographical/historical work or other
work of non-fiction. This will be a substantial, original work
which is publishable.
Included in the assessment of the thesis is an essay (approximately
20% of marks), or set of essays (25,000-30,000 words) which may
involve one or more of the following in relation to the writing
project: relevant theoretical issues; its conceptual and/or cultural
contexts; its aims and methods; its relation to other writers or
writing within the genre; any other matter agreed upon with the
Candidate's Supervisor and appropriately approved.
All theses, except in Writing, follow ECU Thesis Guidelines.
CCS7200 Doctor of Philosophy Thesis 0
ELECTIVES
Graduate Elective Units
GELEC
The following units are available within graduate coursework
programs to non-English speaking background students from all
Faculties, with approval of the relevant course coordinator.
UNIT SET LOCATION
This unit set is available on Mt Lawley Campus.
MODE OF DELIVERY
This unit set is available in the following mode of delivery - Oncampus.
ESL4101 University English for Postgraduate Study * 15
ESL4102 University English for Postgraduate Study 2 15
ESL4103 University English for Postgraduate Study 3 15
ESL4107 University English for Postgraduate Study:
Society
15
ESL4010 University English for Postgraduate Study: the
Arts
15
*ESL4101 is available offshore only
ECU Postgraduate Course Guide 2008 179