MA in English Studies Curriculum (Before 2014/2015)

Last updated on 11 Dec 2015

Applied English Thesis Curriculum

Year 1
Course Code Course Title
Credits
Compulsory Courses, Semester I:
ENGL701 Understanding and Interpreting Research
3
ENGL779 Library Seminar
3 Elective Courses, Semester I:
9
students have to choose linguistics, literature or translation courses
Compulsory Courses, Semester II:
None
4 Elective Courses, Semester II:
12
students have to choose linguistics, literature or translation courses
Total Credits
24
Year 2
Course Code Course Title
Credits
Compulsory Courses, Semester I:
ENGL791 Thesis Proposal Seminar
2 Elective Courses, Semester I:
6
students have to choose linguistics, literature or translation courses
Compulsory Courses, Semester II:
ENGL792 Thesis Seminar
ENGL797 Applied English Thesis
2 Elective Courses, Semester II:
6
students have to choose linguistics, literature or translation courses
Total Credits
12
Changes applied to students admitted in 2012/2013 and 2013/2014

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 6 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 6 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, Semester I:
ENGL701 Understanding and Interpreting Research
3
ENGL779 Library Seminar
3 Elective Courses, Semester I:
9
students have to choose linguistics, literature or translation courses
Compulsory Courses, Semester II:
ENGL791 Thesis Proposal Seminar
3
4 Elective Courses, Semester II:
12
students have to choose linguistics, literature or translation courses
Total Credits
24
Year 2
Course Code Course Title
Compulsory Courses, Semester I:
ENGL792 Thesis Seminar
ENGL798 English Studies Thesis
Changes applied to students admitted in 2012/2013 and 2013/2014

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
ENGL703 Linguistics Research Methods
ENGL704 Comparative Chinese–English Structure
ENGL705 Course Design for English Language Learning’
ENGL706 Current Trends and Issues in Language Learning
ENGL707 Descriptive Linguistics
ENGL708 First Language Acquisition
ENGL710 Language Variation
ENGL711 Materials in Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language
ENGL712 Phonology
ENGL713 Psycholinguistics
ENGL714 Research Design
ENGL715 Second Language Acquisition
ENGL716 Second Language Teaching and Learning
ENGL717 Sociolinguistics
ENGL718 Syntax – The Structure of English
ENGL753 Discourse Analysis
ENGL754 Evaluation and Assessment of Language Use
ENGL755 History of English
ENGL756 Special Topics in Linguistics
ENGL772 World Englishes
ENGL774 Bilingualism
ENGL775 Cognitive Linguistics
ENGL777 Media Discourse
ENGL776 Corpus Linguistics
Elective Courses in Literature
ENGL719 Children’s Literature
ENGL720 China in English Literature
ENGL721 Cinema Studies
ENGL722 Colonial and Postcolonial Writing
ENGL724 Cultural Theory and Literary Criticism
ENGL725 Drama & Theatre Studies
ENGL726 Eighteenth-Century English Literature
ENGL727 English Literature Before ‘Shakespeare
ENGL728 Literary Linguistics
ENGL729 Modernity in English Literature
ENGL730 Poetics
ENGL731 Romanticism
ENGL732 Victorian Novels and Poetry (1840 – 1870)
ENGL757 Genre Studies
ENGL758 The Novel in English
ENGL759 Shakespeare
ENGL760 Special Topics in Literature
ENGL761 Survey of World Poetries
ENGL762 Women’s Writing
ENGL773 Creative Writing