The MLitt is a research degree lasting two years in many UK universities, including the ancient Scottish Universities. It is used as an alternative to the Master of Philosophy degree used in many other UK universities.
Students rarely apply for an MLitt in the first instance, but for those who have completed two years of a PhD and do not wish to or cannot continue with the final year(s), they have the option to write up their completed research so far and graduate with an MLitt (R).
The M.Litt. is awarded by only four schools in the U.S. Middlebury College in Vermont offers the degree for advanced study in writing; Drew University in New Jersey offers it as an intermediate degree in their Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) program (the only earned/non-honorary Doctor of Letters degree in the U.S.), an interdisciplinary Humanities program in scholarly writing. Mary Baldwin College in Virginia awards a unique M.Litt. degree, requiring two years of study, for in-depth research in Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature in Performance, which it offers as an intermediate degree in their three-year MFA program. Oxford Graduate School in Tennessee offers a M.Litt. The Master of Letters (MLitt) degree is offered for Family Life Education and Organizational Leadership for non-profit organizations. The degree requires 30 semester hours of course credit.
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