Overview
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
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).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2026
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).
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.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
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%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student Unit Evaluation Data
Feedback indicated that organisation and sequencing of learning materials could be improved.
Review the unit’s learning materials to ensure logical sequencing and clear navigation.
Feedback from Unit Coordinator Observation
Student engagement and retention could be strengthened through increased opportunities for connection with the unit coordinator. Current delivery is largely text-based, which may limit students’ sense of personal engagement with the unit and its content.
Introduce short, unit coordinator–recorded videos at the beginning of modules or key topics.
Feedback from Student Unit Evaluation Data
Student feedback indicated that the transition to undertaking a research project felt challenging, with some students expressing a sense of being “dropped in the deep end”. While the unit is designed as an AQF 8 offering to introduce research processes for students progressing to Honours or Masters, clearer connections to prior learning and future pathways could enhance student confidence and engagement.
Make explicit links early in the unit to skills developed in previous literature units, highlighting how these underpin the research process. Additionally, provide clear explanations of the unit’s role within the vertical Master of Arts pathway and its relevance to post-graduate projects.
- Develop a critical research question and objectives for an independent comparative literary project, informed by individual interests and scholarly inquiry
- Collect and critically evaluate relevant literary texts and published scholarly criticism using initiative and judgement
- Plan and complete a literary project that integrates independent research, original comparative textual analysis, and relevant social/historical context, demonstrating synthesis of theory and scholarship.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Research Proposal - 15% | |||
| 2 - Annotated bibliography - 25% | |||
| 3 - Project (research) - 60% | |||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | |||
| 2 - Communication | |||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | |||
| 4 - Research | |||
| 5 - Self-management | |||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | |||
| 7 - Leadership | |||
| 8 - First Nations Knowledges | |||
| 9 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||