Pre-Master's Modules ("vorgezogene Mastermodule")

If your summary of credits shows that you have earned at least 120 ECTS credits in a Bachelor's degree program at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (PhF), you may complete pre-Master's modules from the PhF worth a maximum of 30 ECTS credits.

Note: We strongly advise against taking any Master-level modules in English Literature and/or Linguistics until you are very close to completing your Bachelor program in English (ideally, only in your final semester – see also the section below: "Careful: Potential Problem with Accreditation of Modules").

The following are the modules from the Master program in English Literature and/or Linguistics that can be taken as pre-Master's modules ("vorgezogene Mastermodule"):

Linguistics

• Methods and Theories in English Linguistics (6 ECTS)*
• Elective Lectures in English Linguistics (3 ECTS each)

Literature

• Reading Literary and Critical Theory (6 ECTS)*
• Elective Lectures in English Literature (3 ECTS each)

Language Skills and Culture

• Writing Skills for Research (6 ECTS)*
• Elective Lecture Language Skills and Culture (3 ECTS each)

We strongly recommend that you prioritize the modules with an asterisk (*). For more information, see the section below, on potential problems with the accreditation of modules.

Pre-Master's modules are booked via the regular Module Booking process.

Further information on pre-Master's modules ("vorgezogene Mastermodule") is available on the website of the UZH Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

The Problem

Please note that, upon graduation, modules will be accredited in chronological order. In the case of cross-listed modules (i.e. modules that can count toward the Bachelor as well as the Master program), this may lead to problems.

Example

You intend to book a 3-ECTS lecture as a pre-Master's module. However, this 3-ECTS lecture - let's call it module (A) - can also be accredited toward the Bachelor because it is cross-listed. Later in your studies you book another 3-ECTS module (B) that can only be accredited toward the Bachelor.

Upon graduation, module (A) will automatically be counted as a Bachelor module because it is cross-listed into the Bachelor and it pre-dates module (B). In other words, even though you wanted module (B) to be accredited toward the Bachelor, this will not be possible.

The Solution

• Make sure you only book pre-Master's modules if you have almost completed your Bachelor studies.
• Prioritize the modules marked with an asterisk (*) in the section "Which Modules to Take?" These are the modules that can only count toward the Master, which means that the problem outlined above does not apply.