Deakin University 

Department/Program:
School of Communication and Creative Arts

Address:
Arts Faculty
Deakin University
221 Burwood Highway
Burwood 3125
Australia

Degree(s) granted:
Ph.D (by research culminating in 80,000 – 100,000 word thesis)
M.A. (by research culminating in 40,000 – 50,000 word thesis)
M.A. (Writing and Literature) (coursework and minor thesis or coursework only)
Graduate Diploma of Children’s Literature (eight coursework units)
Graduate Certificate of Children’s Literature (four coursework units)

In the M.A. (Writing and Literature), the Graduate Diploma and the Graduate Certificate, students may combine Children’s Literature studies with Literary Studies and Creative Writing.

Faculty involved:
Clare Bradford clarex@deakin.edu.au
Elizabeth Parsons parsons@deakin.edu.au
Elizabeth Bullen ebullen@deakin.edu.au

Courses offered:
Criticism of Literature for Children: A Variety of Approaches
Narrative Theory and Children’s Literature
New Media Texts for Children
Texts for Young Adults
Picture Books: Reading and Writing
Australian Children’s Literature
Driven to Write
Origins in Children’s Literature
The Golden Age: Children’s Literature in English from 1850 to 1930

For more information:
http://www.deakin.edu.au/courses/guides.php