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English Language and Culture

Bachelor

The bachelor programme English Language and Culture consists of four main subjects: Philology, Literature, Linguistics and Language Acquisition. The duration of the programme is three years and equals 180 ECTS. The 180 ECTS are divided into 140 ECTS for the main subject, 30 ECTS is equivalent for the minor and 10 ECTS for two general subjects (e.g. philosophy of science). In the first year of the programme (the propedeuse) there are no optional courses. In the second year students follow a minor and make a choice between British or American Literature. In the third year there are only two obligatory courses: Language Acquisition 5 and 6; amongst the courses offered in the three other main subject areas, students can make their own choice. The bachelor thesis is written in the 2nd semeser of the third year.

First Year

Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2
Language Acquisition 1: From Scratch to Script 5
Language Acquisition 2: The Spoken Word 5
Linguistics 1: The Phonetics of English 5
Linguistics 2: The Syntax of English 10
Literature 1A: Introduction to Literary Studies in English 10
Literature 1B: The Classical and Christian Legacies in Literatures in English 5
Literature 2: English Literature, ca. 1550 - 1700 5
Philology 1: Introduction to Middle English Language and Literature 5
Philology 2: Introduction to Old English Language and Culture 10

Second Year

In het tweede jaar is er in beide Semesters een Keuzeruimte ingeplant voor 15.0 ECTS.

Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2
Language Acquisition 3: Working Words: At Ease 5
Language Acquisition 4: Working Words: At Work 5
Linguistics 4: The Phonology of English 5
Literature 3A: American Literature, 1620-1685: The American Renaissance 5
Literature 3B: British Romantic Literature and Culture, 1785-1840 5
Literature 4A: American Literature, 1865-1917: The Age of Realism 5
Literature 4B: British Literature 1840-1910 5
Philology 3: Introduction to Old English Language and Culture 5

Third Year

Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2
Humanities Computing 5
Kerncurriculum: Wetenschapsfilosofie 5
Language Acquisition 5: Social and Sociolinguistic Approaches in Language Studies 5
Language Acquisition 6: From Script to Print: Academic Writing in Theory and Practice 5

De student kiest 2 cursussen uit:
Philology 5: Introduction to Late Modern English 5
Philology 6: Introduction to Late Modern English 5
Philology 5: Middle English Literature 5
Philology 6: Middle English Literature 5
Philology 5: Old English Literature and Cultural History 5
Philology 6: Old English Literature and Cultural History 5

De student kiest 1 cursus uit:
Literature 5A: American Literature, 1917 to the present 10
Literature 5B: Modernism 10
Literature 5C: Literary and Cultural Theories: An Introduction 10
Literature 6A: Contemporary Literatures in English 10
Literature 6B: Shakespeare: An Introductory Course 10
Literature 6C: An Introduction to Anglo-American Film 1940-1990 10

De student kiest 2 cursussen uit:
Linguistics 5A: Introduction to English Generative Syntax 5
Linguistics 5B : Advanced English Syntax 5
Linguistics 5C: English Historical Linguistics 5
Linguistics 6A: Introduction to English Generative Phonology 5
Linguistics 6B: Advanced English Phonology 5
Linguistics 6C: Introduction to English Semantics 5