Master of Letters
The Master of Letters ( MLitt than usual abbreviation, from Latin: Magister litterarum ) is a postgraduate academic degree. To find statements of this kind are primarily in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and rare in the United States.
Great Britain
The MLitt is awarded to a few universities in the UK, including:
- University of St Andrews
- University of Oxford
- University of Cambridge
He often serves as a distinguishing factor in the complex market of " Master of Science" - or " Master of Arts" degrees, since it mainly give universities that count themselves among the most prestigious in Europe. In fact, it is an academic degree at the same level as Master of Science or Master of Arts. Most universities procedure similar to the Bristol University, by requiring an admission requirement that the University Senate reviewed and accepted the graduate candidates handpicked. The MLitt is often hierarchically higher rated than the Philosophy Master's degree and is required by the prior acquisition of a degree as "Master of Studies" or " Master of Philosophy " as part of Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford made dependent. Many colleges in England, Wales and Scotland have "Master of Letters" degree programs as an alternative to " Master of Philosophy " in the offer. The research programs are two years old and usually contain little or no mandatory courses.
We find this conclusion in a broad field of humanities as " Divinity, Fine Art, Humanities or Social Sciences. "
Ireland
- The National University of Ireland
- Trinity College ( Dublin)
Australia
Colleges in Australia offer MLitt graduation in a variety of courses such as Creative Writing ( Creative Writing ), Film, History, Liberal Studies, Literature, Media Studies ( Media Studies ) and Visual Culture ( Image Science ) at.
United States (USA)
The M.Litt. will be awarded in the U.S. only at four universities.
- The Middlebury College in Vermont to offer a degree for highly qualified Bachelors in Literature.
- The Drew University in New Jersey offers the degree as part of their "Doctor of Letters".
- The Mary Baldwin College in Virginia assigns a specific M.Litt. for in-depth two-year research on Shakespeare and Renaissance literature. This is an intermediate graduation within their three-year " Master of Fine Arts " educational program.
- The Oxford Graduate School in Tennessee also has a M.Litt. 's degree, which is assigned here for the program "Family Life Education and Organizational Leadership".