Carnegie Mellon MA?

[brassmonkey70]

Does anyone have any info about the Carnegie Mellon MA in Literary and Cultural Studies? The program seems really great by its faculty and material, but I'd be a bit nervous about the 1 year length in regards to applying to PhDs. Also the almost 30k tuition price tag and lack of thesis, yet they mention that they specialize in preparing students for their PhDs. I was accepted to a 2 year political theory program for 6k a year in Central Europe, wondering if that's the move..CMU is a dream school though, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.