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Teaching
The course is composed of two key elements:
the research methods training course
the "Critical Approaches to Children's Literature" thematic route
Teaching time is split between the two elements, with 32 hours of teaching being given to research methods and 64 hours being given to the subject-specific content. The course is taught through a mixture of lectures, smaller group seminars and supervision.
| One to one supervision | Nine hours per year. The University of Cambridge publishes an annual Code of Practice which sets out the University’s expectations regarding supervision. |
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| Seminars & classes | The course involves 96 hours of face-to-face teaching for the year. This is made up of a mixture of lectures and small-group seminars. Teaching sessions take place in the Faculty, two to three times a week in the Michaelmas and Lent terms. There is only a small amount of teaching in the Easter term when students are writing up their dissertations. |
| Small group teaching | The course involves 96 hours of face-to-face teaching for the year. This is made up of a mixture of lectures and small-group seminars. Teaching sessions take place in the Faculty, two to three times a week in the Michaelmas and Lent terms. There is only a small amount of teaching in the Easter term when students are writing up their dissertation. |
| Posters and Presentations | In Lent and Easter term students are required to give unassessed short presentations with slides about their research. |
Feedback
Throughout the programme, students will submit written work and receive feedback. Students submit two essays and a dissertation. Informally, feedback is also provided through supervisions. At the end of each term, supervisors write an online report, which can be viewed by the student via the Postgraduate Feedback and Reporting System.
Assessment
Thesis / Dissertation
The dissertation is up to 15,000 words in length and submitted in June.
The examination shall include an oral examination on the dissertation and the essays, and on the general field of knowledge within which they fall, save that the Examiners may, at their discretion, waive the requirement for an oral examination.
Essays
Students are required to submit two essays, one 4000 words and the other 4000-6000 words in length (one in Michaelmas and one in Lent term).