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Bachelor Major in English (120 ECTS): Module Groups

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  • In the Bachelor Major in English Literature and Linguistics (120 ECTS), there are seven different module groups.
  • At the end of each semester, students will receive a semester transcript with all the modules that they have completed so far. On the transcript, the modules will be listed under the module group to which they belong.
  • The modules belonging to each of the groups are listed below.

Introduction to English Literature and Linguistics

Modules offered on a regular basis

  • starting in the fall semester

440-010

Introduction to English Linguistics

9 ECTS

440-020

English Literature: Textual Analysis

9 ECTS

440-030

Language Skills and Culture: Introduction

12 ECTS

English Linguistics

Modules offered on a regular basis

  • starting in the fall semester:

440-100

History of the English Language 1: Focus on Old English

6 ECTS

440-120

Focus on Language Structure

6 ECTS

440-121

Focus on Language Use

6 ECTS

  • starting in the spring semester:

440-110

History of the English Language 2: Focus on Middle English

6 ECTS

440-123

Focus on Variation and Change

6 ECTS

440-124

Focus on Language and the Mind

6 ECTS

521-020

Focus on Phonetics and Phonology

6 ECTS

Other types of modules

(440-s03)

Elective Lectures in Linguistics*

3 ECTS

Note: The modules listed in this group should only be taken by students who have successfully completed both "Language Skills and Culture: Introduction" and "Introduction to English Linguistics."

Exception: Modules marked with an asterisk (*) may also be taken earlier.

English Literature

Modules offered on a regular basis

  • starting in the fall semester:

440-200

Literature in Context: History and Theory

6 ECTS

440-220

Literary Histories: Renaissance and Early Modern Period

6 ECTS

440-221

Literary Histories: The Long Nineteenth Century

6 ECTS

440-222

Literary Histories: The Long Twentieth Century

6 ECTS

440-223

Literary Histories: Cultural Contexts

6 ECTS

440-224

Literary Histories: Genres and Themes in Literature and Culture

6 ECTS

  • starting in the spring semester:

440-225

Literary and Cultural Analysis: Introduction to Theory

6 ECTS

440-226

Literary and Cultural Analysis: Texts and Their Afterlives

6 ECTS

440-227

Literary and Cultural Analysis: Intermediality

6 ECTS

440-228

Literary and Cultural Analysis: (Post-)Colonial Perspectives

6 ECTS

440-229

Literary and Cultural Analysis: Identities

6 ECTS

Other types of modules

(440-s02)

Elective Lecture in Literature*

3 ECTS

(440-s01)

Colloquium in Literature*

3 ECTS

Note: The modules listed in this group should only be taken by students who have successfully completed both "Language Skills and Culture: Introduction" and "English Literature: Textual Analysis."

Exception: Modules marked with an asterisk (*) may also be taken earlier.

Language Skills and Culture

Modules offered on a regular basis

  • starting each semester

440-300

Writing Skills and Media Analysis

6 ECTS

Other types of modules

440-s04

Elective Lectures in Language Skills and Culture*

3 ECTS

Note: The modules listed in this group should only be taken by students who have successfully completed "Language Skills and Culture: Introduction."

Exception: Modules marked with an asterisk (*) may also be taken earlier.

Other Curricular Modules

521-001

Einführung in die Computerlinguistik 1

6 ECTS

521-002

Einführung in die Computerlinguistik 2

3 ECTS

(440-s05)

Excursion

3 ECTS

440-400

Guided Reading in Literary Studies

3 ECTS

521-010

Phonetic Data Analysis

6 ECTS

521-004

Programmiertechniken der Computerlinguistik 1

6 ECTS

521-005

Programmiertechniken der Computerlinguistik 2

6 ECTS

521-014

Text Analytics in the Digital Humanities

6 ECTS

440-410

Stay Abroad Portfolio

3 ECTS

Note:

  • Some of these modules are offered by other departments, and therefore may be taught in German. More information will be available in the UZH Course Catalog.

Transferable Skills

#sprachenzen All modules by the UZH's Language Center (Sprachenzentrum) 2 ECTS

30SM_Gr_GI

Ancient Greek I: Grundlagen Griechisch

6 ECTS

30SM_Gr_II

Ancient Greek II: Griechisch II (Graecum)

6 ECTS

360-520

Dutch: Advanced Dutch

6 ECTS

360-116

Dutch: Dutch Today

6 ECTS

360-330

Dutch: Introduction to Dutch Linguistics

9 ECTS

330-050

Geschichte Indiens/Südasiens

3 ECTS

330-002

Hindi-Sprachkurs I

9 ECTS

330-003

Hindi-Sprachkurs II

9 ECTS

330-004

Hindi-Konversation

3 ECTS

330-005

Hindi-Lektüren: Kurzgeschichten

6 ECTS

330-006

Hindi-Lektüren: Zeitungen und Zeitschriften

6 ECTS

330-007

Hindi-Lektüren: Romanliteratur

6 ECTS

330-056

Hauptwerke der indischen Literature

6 ECTS

(330-s02)

Indische Literatur

3 ECTS

360-304

Historische Sprachstufen: Einführung ins Altfriesische

6 ECTS

360-305

Historische Sprachstufen: Einführung ins Althochdeutsche

6 ECTS

360-306

Historische Sprachstufen: Einführung ins Altsächsische

6 ECTS

360-307

Historische Sprachstufen: Einführung ins Gotische

6 ECTS

30SM_Lat_Gl

Latin I: Grundlagen Latein

6 ECTS

30SM_Lat_II

Latin II: Latein II (Latinum)

6 ECTS

various

Literaturvorlesungen: Griechisch, Latein oder Mittellatein

3 ECTS

Note:

  • Some of these modules are offered by other departments, and therefore may be taught in German.
  • See detailed module descriptions for prerequisites, language of instruction, etc.

Bachelor Thesis

The Bachelor Thesis (15 ECTS; module code: 06SM440-BA) can be written in either English Linguistics or English Literature.

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