Curriculum for students beginning their studies in or after 2017/2018

Last updated:04 Apr 2019


Check list for study plan on semester basis

Students may check their individual study plan through https://isw.umac.mo/siweb

Guide to login Individual Study Plan

Year 1

Course CodeCourse Title
Credits
ENGL1000 / ENGB110Introduction to Literary Studies I
3
ENGL1003 / ENGB111Introduction to The study of Language
3
ENGL1001 / ENGB120Introduction to Literary Studies II
3
ENGL1002 / ENGB121Describing the Sounds of English
3

Community & Peer Education courses:

CPED1000        Residential College Experiential Learning (1 credit)

CPED1001        Physical Education I (0.5 credit)

CPED1002        Physical Education II (0.5 credit)

2
Language & Skills – Interactive English I or Free Elective
3
Language & Skills – Interactive English II or Free Elective
3
Language & Skills – Chinese or Portuguese Language or Free Elective
3
Language & Skills – Information Technology Fundamentals and Practices or Free Elective3
3 General Education Courses*
9
Total Credits
35

 

 

Year 2

Course CodeCourse Title
Credits
ENGL2000 / ENGB210Survey of English Literature I
3
ENGL2002 / ENGB211Introduction to English Grammar
3
ENGL2001 / ENGB220Survey of English Literature II
3
ENGL2003 / ENGB221Language and Society
3

Community & Peer Education course:

CPED2000        Communication Skills and Leadership

1
Languages & Skills – Academic English or Free Elective
3
4 General Education Courses*
12
3 Free Elective Courses
9
Total Credits
37

Year 3

Course CodeCourse Title
Credits
ENGL3001 / ENGB31020th Century and Contemporary Literature in English I
3
ENGL3002 / ENGB311Working with Spoken Discourse
3
ENGL3003 / ENGB32020th Century and Contemporary Literature in English II
3
ENGL3000 / ENGB321Language and Meaning
3
1 General Education Courses*
3
2 English Major Required Elective Courses***
6
3 Free Elective Courses
9
Total Credits
30

Year 4

1 Research and Internship Elective Course
3
7 English Major Required Elective Courses***
21
2 Free Elective Courses
6
Total Credits
30

General Education Courses:

There are four GE areas in total. Students are required to choose two courses in each of the GE areas, in which one of them is the compulsory GE course. In other words, students need to take four compulsory GE courses and four GE elective courses in total. For the four GE elective courses, they need to choose one course in each of the four areas. For details please refer to the Registry webpage: https://reg.umac.mo/current-students/ge/ge-at-um/

 

English Major Required Elective Courses:

***Please note that Translation minor (MI) courses are NOT counted into your RE credits.*** (You may click here to check the list of translation minor courses)

Course CodeCourse Title
ENGL3004 / ENGB330Bilingualism
ENGL3005 / ENGB331Bilingualism and Discourse
ENGL3006 / ENGB332The Discourses of the News
ENGL3007 / ENGB333Linguistics and Literature
ENGL3008 / ENGB334Language and Cognition
ENGL3009 / ENGB335Syntax
ENGL3010 / ENGB336Syntactic Theory
ENGL3011 / ENGB337Language Acquisition
ENGL3012 / ENGB338Language and Gender
ENGL3013 / ENGB339Principles of Language Change
ENGL3014 / ENGB340World Englishes
ENGL3015 / ENGB341Advanced English Phonology
ENGL3016 / ENGB342Advanced English Structure
ENGL3017 / ENGB343Language in Interaction
ENGL3018 / ENGB344Morphology
ENGL3019 / ENGB345Corpus Linguistics and the English Language
ENGL3020 / ENGB346Narrative, Discourse and Identity
ENGL3021 / ENGB347Children’s Literature
ENGL3022 / ENGB348Victorian Literature
ENGL3023 / ENGB349Romanticism
ENGL3024 / ENGB350Drama and Theatre
ENGL3025 / ENGB351Modern Drama
ENGL3026 / ENGB352Nineteenth-Century American Literature
ENGL3027 / ENGB353Twentieth-Century American Literature
ENGL3028 / ENGB354Gender and Literature
ENGL3029 / ENGB355Introduction to Literary Criticism
ENGL3030 / ENGB356Shakespeare
ENGL3031 / ENGB357Creative Writing I
ENGL3032 / ENGB358Creative Writing II
ENGL3033 / ENGB359The English Renaissance
ENGL3034 / ENGB360Postcolonial Writing
ENGL3035 / ENGB361World Literatures in English
ENGL3036 / ENGB362Life Narratives
ENGL3037 / ENGB363Poetry and Poetics
ENGL3038 / ENGB364Major Authors
ENGL3039 / ENGB365Special Topics in Literature I
ENGL3040 / ENGB366Special Topics in Literature II
ENGL3041 / ENGB367Special Topics in Linguistics I
ENGL3042 / ENGB368Special Topics in Linguistics II

Research and Internship Elective Courses:

Course CodeCourse Title
Credits
ENGL4000 / ENGB430Senior Thesis
3
ENGL4001 / ENGB431Graduation Project
3