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| Application Deadline: | January 16 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | Free - ≈ € 9,800 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Uppsala / Sweden / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | August |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 120 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
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The Master Programme in English offers a great number of stimulating course modules. For example, you can decide to immerse yourselve in second language acquisition, in issues concerning language and society or American sociolects. If you are interested in literature and culture there are courses like literature and technologies of visuality, postmodernism and beyond, and when Britain went postcolonial.
The programme prepares you for careers that require solid knowledge and skills as well as academic training in the subject of English. These include positions in:
- higher education,
- schools,
- museums,
- archives,
- libraries,
- publishing companies,
- governmental authorities,
- government ministries,
- tourism,
- media (journalism, translation, for instance), and
- the EU (interpretation).
Contents
The Master Programme in English is a two-year programme comprising three specializations:
- English language;
- English literature; and
- American literature and culture.
You choose one of these specializations. The programme aims to deepen your knowledge of the literature and history of either Britain or the United States, or of the English language. You are trained in methods of research and in advanced academic writing.
The programme consists of core modules and electives taught by field specialists through a combination of seminars and written assignments.
English language
The English language specialization, The English language: present and past perspectives, is oriented towards empirical research in, for example, corpus linguistics, sociolinguistics, and English as a foreign language.
English literature
The English Literature specialization, Textual transitions: English literature on the move, focuses on historical and theoretical transitions in English literature from Shakespeare to postmodernism and beyond, including gendered and postcolonial critiques.
American literature and culture
The main focus of the American literature specialization, Making it new: American literature past and present, lies on changes in literary concerns, thematic as well as aesthetic, from the American renaissance to the post-postmodern.
English is the working language of the Department of English. In the master programme, instruction, class discussions and examinations are in English, as are all teaching materials. Instruction takes the form of seminars. You are examined both orally and in writing and in the form of continuous assessment.
The programme prepares you for careers that require solid knowledge and skills as well as academic training in the subject of English. These include positions in
- higher education,
- schools,
- museums,
- archives,
- libraries,
- publishing companies,
- governmental authorities,
- government ministries,
- tourism,
- media (journalism, translation, for instance), and
- the EU (interpretation).
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
More informationRequirements
A bachelor degree, equivalent to a Swedish degree of at least 180 credits (i.e. three years of full-time studies) in the humanities, social sciences or law.
All applicants need to verify English language proficiency. This is normally attested by an internationally recognised test such as TOEFL or IELTS.
Selection: Selection will be based on previous academic studies, a statement of intent, a short summary of previous individual project work (maximum one page).
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 575 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 90 |
Accreditation
1,5 Swedish higher education credits is one week of full-time studies and a semester consists of 20 weeks, i.e. 30 credits. Thus one year of full time studies equals 60 credits.
Funding details
Uppsala University offers a few scholarships to cover the tuition fee. Read more on www.uu.se/scholarships.
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