Study plan Bachelor's Degree in English Studies

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Study plan information

Table of credits for each course

	Basic training	Compulsory	Optional	Bachelor's degree final project
1st year	60
2nd year		60
3rd year		48	12
4th year			54	6
Totals	60	108	66	6

Period of study

Course semesters

Part-time or full-time

Full-time. Slow track available.

Specialisations

Specialisation in English Linguistics
Specialisation in English Literature and Culture
Specialisation in Applied English Linguistics
Specialisation in German
Specialisation in Linguistics
Specialisation in Comparative Literature

Basic and compulsory training

1st year	2nd year
Year-long - Basic Uses of the English Language - History and Culture of the British Isles - Foreign Language (German) (*) 1st semester - English Descriptive Grammar - Introduction to Linguistics - Foreign Language (Italian, French) (*) 2nd semester - Comparative Literature - 20th Century English Literature - Main Themes of History - Main Themes of Philosophy (*) Choose one of the three languages.	Year-long - History and Culture of the United States 1st semester - Use of the English Language I - English Phonetics and Phonology I - English Grammar - Victorian Literature 2nd semester - Use of the English Language II - English Phonetics and Phonology II - Literature of English Romanticism - English Syntax - American Literature of the 19th Century
3rd year	4th year
1st semester - Use of English Language: Advanced Written Expression - History of the English Language I - Modern North American Literature - Origins of English Literature 2nd semester - History of the English Language II - Use of English Language: Advanced Oral Expression - Comparative Language - English Literature of the Renaissance and Enlightenment	- Bachelor's Degree Final Project

Optional subjects

3rd year:
- Modern Language I (French, German, Italian, Modern Greek Portuguese, Occitan, Basque, Galician) (1st semester)
- Modern Language II (French, German, Italian, Modern Greek Portuguese, Occitan, Basque, Galician) (2nd semester)

4th year:
- External Work Placement

Specialisations are learning tracks included in the European Diploma Supplement (DS).
In order to obtain a Specialisation you must take at least 30 credits (5 subjects) pertaining to each track:

Specialisation in English Linguistics	Specialisation in English Literature and Culture
- Advanced Phonetics - Advanced Phonology - Advanced Syntax - Morphology, Lexicology and Semantics - Pragmatics - Linguistic Variation and Change - Philological Analysis of Texts - Linguistic Research Methods - English Sociolinguistics - English Language Acquisition	- Shakespeare and His Times - English Theatre - English Poetry - English Prose - Criticism of English Literature - English Gender Studies - English Cultural Studies - Post-colonial English Studies - Modern English Literature - Modern North-American Literature - Literature and Culture of Ireland - Literature and Culture of Scotland - Philological Analysis of English Texts
Specialisation in Applied English Linguistics	Specialisation in German
- Uses and Strategies of Intercultural Communication - Translation - English for Specific Purposes - Pragmatics - English Sociolinguistics - English Language Acquisition - Linguistic Variation and Change - Teaching Methodology - Curricular Design and Evaluation - Individual Factors in Learning	- Modern Language I, II, III, IV, V and VI German - Major Authors of German Language Literature - Contemporary German Language Literature - German Literature and Cinema - History of German Culture
Specialisation in Linguistics	Specialisation in Comparative Literature
- Language Acquisition - Language Technologies - Phonetics and Phonology - Morphology and Syntax - Semantics and Pragmatics - English Sociolinguistics - Linguistic Topology - Theory of Language - Biological bases of Language - Language, Cultura and Cognition	- Narrative Theory and Analysis - Poetry Theory and Analysis - Theatre Theory and Analysis - Literary Thought - Literary and Cultural Criticism (20th and 21st Centuries) - Literature, Genders and Sexuality - Theory and Practice of Compared Literature - Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies - Western Literary Tradition I - Western Literary Tradition II - Theory and History of Theatrical Representations

Additional information

All optional subjects are not scheduled each year.