MA in English Studies Curriculum (Before 2014/2015)

Last updated:11 Dec 2015

Applied English Thesis Curriculum

Year 1
Course CodeCourse Title
Credits
Compulsory Courses, Semester I:
ENGL701Understanding and Interpreting Research
3
ENGL779Library 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 CodeCourse Title
Credits
Compulsory Courses, Semester I:
ENGL791Thesis Proposal Seminar
2 Elective Courses, Semester I:
6
students have to choose linguistics, literature or translation courses
Compulsory Courses, Semester II:
ENGL792Thesis Seminar
ENGL797Applied 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 CodeCourse Title
Credits
Compulsory Courses, Semester I:
ENGL701Understanding and Interpreting Research
3
ENGL779Library Seminar
3 Elective Courses, Semester I:
9
students have to choose linguistics, literature or translation courses
Compulsory Courses, Semester II:
ENGL791Thesis Proposal Seminar
3
4 Elective Courses, Semester II:
12
students have to choose linguistics, literature or translation courses
Total Credits
24

 

Year 2

Course CodeCourse Title
Compulsory Courses, Semester I:
ENGL792Thesis Seminar
ENGL798English 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

ENGL703Linguistics Research Methods
ENGL704Comparative Chinese–English Structure
ENGL705Course Design for English Language Learning’
ENGL706Current Trends and Issues in Language Learning
ENGL707Descriptive Linguistics
ENGL708First Language Acquisition
ENGL710Language Variation
ENGL711Materials in Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language
ENGL712Phonology
ENGL713Psycholinguistics
ENGL714Research Design
ENGL715Second Language Acquisition
ENGL716Second Language Teaching and Learning
ENGL717Sociolinguistics
ENGL718Syntax – The Structure of English
ENGL753Discourse Analysis
ENGL754Evaluation and Assessment of Language Use
ENGL755History of English
ENGL756Special Topics in Linguistics
ENGL772World Englishes
ENGL774Bilingualism
ENGL775Cognitive Linguistics
ENGL777Media Discourse
ENGL776Corpus Linguistics

 

Elective Courses in Literature

ENGL719Children’s Literature
ENGL720China in English Literature
ENGL721Cinema Studies
ENGL722Colonial and Postcolonial Writing
ENGL724Cultural Theory and Literary Criticism
ENGL725Drama & Theatre Studies
ENGL726Eighteenth-Century English Literature
ENGL727English Literature Before ‘Shakespeare
ENGL728Literary Linguistics
ENGL729Modernity in English Literature
ENGL730Poetics
ENGL731Romanticism
ENGL732Victorian Novels and Poetry (1840 – 1870)
ENGL757Genre Studies
ENGL758The Novel in English
ENGL759Shakespeare
ENGL760Special Topics in Literature
ENGL761Survey of World Poetries
ENGL762Women’s Writing
ENGL773Creative Writing