The bachelor English language and culture offers a pre-master programme for students holding a bachelor’s degree in Applied Sciences for the so called Lerarenopleiding. This programme prepares for the master specialisation English literature and culture. The pre-master entails 50 ECTS. After completion of the pre-master, the student is admitted to the Master Literary Studies, specialisation English literature and culture.
All first semester courses are compulsory . In the second semester students can choose their specialisation: British, American or Middle English Literature, and complete this course in addition to the three other compulsory courses.
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First semester |
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| Philology 1: Introduction to Middle English Language and Literature | 5 | ||
| Literature 1A: Introduction to Literary Studies in English | 10 | ||
| Language Acquisition 1: From Scratch to Script | 5 | ||
| Language Acquisition 5: Writing a Research Report on Language | 5 | ||
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Second semester |
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| Linguistics 2: The Syntax of English | 10 | ||
| Literature 2: English Literature, ca. 1550-1700 | 5 | ||
| Language Acquisition 6: Academic Writing in Theory and Practice | 5 | ||
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Choose one out of three: |
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| Literature 4A: The Age of Realism: American Literature, 1865-1917 | 5 | ||
| Literature 4B: British Literature: The Nineteenth Century | 5 | ||
| Philology 6: Middle English Literature and Culture | 5 | ||