MA in English Studies Curriculum (2014/2015 to 2019/2020)

Last updated on 18 Jul 2019

Applied English Thesis Curriculum

Year 1
Course Code Course Title
Credits
Compulsory course:
ENGL7533 / ENGL701 Understanding and Interpreting Research
3
7 courses from Elective Course List
21
Total Credits
24
Year 2
Course Code Course Title
Credits
1 course from Elective Course List
3
Compulsory course:
ENGL7996 / ENGL795 Applied Thesis
3
Total Credits
6
Important Note

Students are allowed to take take up to two courses (6 credit hours) from another programme/major with permission from Programme Coordinator.

Specialization
– Students who have completed 4 or more elective courses from the Linguistics course list and written a thesis with a Linguistics topic will be graduated with a specilization in “Linguistics”.
– Students who have completed 4 or more elective courses from the Literature course list and written a thesis with a Literature topic will be graduated with a specilization in “Literature”.
– Students who do not fall into the above mentioned cateria will be graduated with a specialization in “Linguistics and Literature”.

English Studies Thesis Curriculum

Year 1
Course Code Course Title
Credits
Compulsory Courses
ENGL7533 / ENGL701 Understanding and Interpreting Research
3
7 courses from Elective Course List
21
Total Credits
24
Year 2
Course Code Course Title
Compulsory Course
ENGL7999 / ENGL796 Academic Thesis
6
Total Credits
6
Important Note

Students are allowed to take take up to two courses (6 credit hours) from another programme/major with permission from Programme Coordinator.

Specialization
– Students who have completed 4 or more elective courses from the Linguistics course list and written a thesis with a Linguistics topic will be graduated with a specilization in “Linguistics”.
– Students who have completed 4 or more elective courses from the Literature course list and written a thesis with a Literature topic will be graduated with a specilization in “Literature”.
– Students who do not fall into the above mentioned cateria will be graduated with a specialization in “Linguistics and Literature”.
Elective Courses in Linguistics
ENGL7001 / ENGL703 Linguistics Research Methods
ENGL7002 / ENGL704 Comparative Chinese–English Structure
ENGL7504 / ENGL705 Course Design for English Language Learning’
ENGL7505 / ENGL706 Current Trends and Issues in Language Learning
ENGL7003 / ENGL707 Descriptive Linguistics
ENGL7506 / ENGL708 First Language Acquisition
ENGL7507 / ENGL710 Language Variation
ENGL7508 / ENGL711 Materials Design and Evaluation
ENGL7509 / ENGL712 Phonology
ENGL7004 / ENGL713 Psycholinguistics
ENGL7510 / ENGL714 Research Design
AHGC7302 / ENGL715 Second Language Acquisition
ENGL7512 / ENGL716 Second Language Teaching and Learning
ENGL7005 / ENGL717 Sociolinguistics
ENGL7006 / ENGL718 Syntax – The Structure of English
ENGL7013 / ENGL753 Discourse Analysis
AHGC7303 / ENGL754 Evaluation and Assessment of Language Use
ENGL7014 / ENGL755 History of English
ENGL7015 / ENGL756 Special Topics in Linguistics
ENGL7019 / ENGL772 World Englishes
ENGL7020 / ENGL774 Bilingualism
ENGL7021 / ENGL775 Cognitive Linguistics
ENGL7022 / ENGL776 Corpus Linguistics
ENGL7023 / ENGL777 Media Discourse
Elective Courses in Literature
ENGL7513 / ENGL719 Children’s Literature
ENGL7514 / ENGL720 China in English Literature
ENGL7007 / ENGL721 Cinema Studies
ENGL7008 / ENGL722 Colonial and Postcolonial Writing
ENGL7515 / ENGL724 Cultural Theory and Literary Criticism
ENGL7009 / ENGL725 Drama & Theatre Studies
ENGL7516 / ENGL726 Eighteenth-Century English Literature
ENGL7517 / ENGL727 English Literature Before Shakespeare
ENGL7518 / ENGL728 Literary Linguistics
ENGL7010 / ENGL729 Modernity in English Literature
ENGL7519 / ENGL730 Poetics
ENGL7011 / ENGL731 Romanticism
ENGL7012 / ENGL732 Victorian Novels and Poetry (1840 – 1870)
ENGL7016 / ENGL757 Genre Studies
ENGL7521 / ENGL758 The Novel in English
ENGL7017 / ENGL759 Shakespeare
ENGL7018 / ENGL760 Special Topics in Literature
ENGL7522 / ENGL761 Survey of World Poetries
ENGL7523 / ENGL762 Women’s Writing
ENGL7530 / ENGL773 Creative Writing