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MA Literary Studies: Pre-master English Literature and Culture

Pre-master

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 60 ECTS. After completion of the pre-master, the student is admitted to the Master Literary Studies, specialisation English literature and culture.

Courses

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 60 ECTS. After completion of the pre-master, the student is admitted to the Master Literary Studies, specialisation English Literature and Culture.

Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2

First semester

Obligatory
Philology 1: Introduction to Middle English Language and Literature 5
Literature 1A: Introduction to Literary Studies in English 10
Literature 1B: The Classical and Christian Legacies in Literatures in English 5
Academic Skills I Pre-Master 5

Choose one out of two:
Literature 3A: American Literature, 1620-1865: The American Renaissance 5
Literature 3B: Eighteenth-Century British Literature 5

Second semester

Obligatory
Language Acquisition 6: Dimensions of Composition and Text Analysis 5
BA Thesis English Language and Culture 10

Choose three out of four:
English-Language Popular Culture 5
Literature 4A: American Literature, 1865-1917: The Age of Realism 5
Literature 4B: British Literature: The Nineteenth Century 5
Philology 4A: Highlights of Medieval English Literature 5