The B.A. programme in English & American Studies offers students a wide variety of classes in linguistics, literary studies, and cultural studies as well as academic English. Our programme enables students to achieve excellence in all of these fields.
In Linguistics, our students become familiar with linguistic analysis and core methods in theoretical as well as applied linguistics. They learn to evaluate language phenomena and research results in core domains such as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics.
In the fields of Literary and Cultural Studies, our students learn to explore and analyse literary and cultural texts and media (e.g. photography, film, etc.) within their specific socio-historical contexts, ranging from Shakespeare to contemporary American and British novels, photography and film, from the American colonies to current political and cultural issues in the English speaking world. They learn to apply the tools and approaches in English Literary and Cultural Studies to advance their critical understanding of the English speaking world with a focus particularly on Great Britain, North America and the postcolonial Anglophone regions. Our programme thus fosters strong intercultural competence. Students also learn how to present their results in clear, structured and well-argued prose.
