Institute of English and American Studies

INSTITUTE OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN STUDIES

SPRING TERM COURSES

BA, FIRST YEAR

Spring term (term 2)
Foundation courses

Kód / Course name / Term / type / Credits / Prerequisites
Filozófia* / 2 / lecture / 2
BTAN10000BA / Essay Writing and Research / 2 / seminar / 2
BTAN13000BA / American Civilisation / 2 / seminar / 2
term credits subtotal / 2 / 6

* Students not fluent in Hungarian are offered alternative solutions to replace this course.
Academic foundation modules

Kód / Course name / Term / Type / Credits / Prerequisites
BTAN10002BA / Skills Development (Sp & L) / 2 / seminar / 3
BTAN10004BA / Grammar in Context / 2 / seminar / 2 / BTAN10001BA, BTAN10003BA
BTAN11002BA / Targeting the Verb Phrase / 2 / seminar / 2
BTAN10006BA / Advanced Writing and Composition / 2 / seminar / 3
BTAN11003BA / The Structure of English 1: The Verb Phrase / 1 / lecture / 2
BTAN10009BA / The English Yardstick Exam / 3 / BTAN11001BA, BTAN10001BA, BTAN10003BA
term credits subtotal / 2 / 15

Core modules

Code / Course Name / Term / Type / Credits / Prerequisites
BTAN22006BA / History of the British Isles / 2 / seminar / 2
term credits subtotal / 2 / 2

* In academic year 2 there will be one more academic foundation module: BTAN11005BA The English Sentence (2 credits - spring term).

BA, SECOND YEAR

Spring term (term 4)
The North American Studies stream programme begins in this term

Academic foundation module

Code / Course name / Term / Type / Credits / Prerequisites
BTAN11005BA / The English Sentence / 4 / lecture / 2 / BTAN11003BA

Core modules

Code / Course name / Term / Type / Credits / Prerequisites
BTAN21003BA / Challenging Grammar / 4 / seminar / 2 / BTAN10004BA
BTAN24000BA / Introduction to Applied Linguistics / 4-6 / lecture / 3 / BTAN21000BA
BTAN22003BA / British Literature to 1945 / 4 / koll / 2 / BTAN10000BA
BTAN22004BA / British Literary Seminar / 4 / seminar / 3 / BTAN10000BA
BTAN23001BA / American Literature 2 / 4 / seminar / 2 / BTAN23000BA
BTAN23002BA / American Literature 3 / 4 / lecture / 2 / BTAN23000BA
BTAN22009BA / Modern British Literature and Culture 2** / 4 / seminar / 2 / BTAN22006BA
BTAN23004BA / History of the USA* / 3/4 / seminar / 3 / BTAN10009BA, BTAN13000BA
BTAN23005BA / American Culture and Institutions* / 3/4 / seminar / 3 / BTAN10009BA, BTAN13000BA
term credits subtotal
(BA in English Studies) / 4 / 18(+6)
term credits subtotal
(North American Studies stream) / 4 / 16(+6)

* These courses can be taken either in term 3 or term 4.
** These courses need not be taken by students in the North American studies stream.

BA, THIRD YEAR

BRITISH TRACK

In the table below, courses that are required for all students in the British track are typed in bold. The other courses belong to the "required-optional" category. The names - apart from the required lecture courses set in bold - are only general umbrella terms referring to the broad categories of the subjects: these categories always contain a choice of individual courses.

Name of subject / Semester / Type of class / Credit
Literary and cultural theory / 5th semester / lecture / 3
Introduction to Irish Studies / 5th semester / lecture / 3
British Society and Gender / 6th semester / lecture / 3
Periods in British Literature / 5th semester / seminar / 3
New Literatures and Cultures in English / 6th semester / seminar / 3
Genres in British Literature / 6th semester / seminar / 3
Topics in British and Irish Literature / 5th semester / seminar / 3
Topics in British and Irish Society and Gender / 5th semester / lecture / 3
Topics in British and irish History and Culture / 6th semester / seminar / 3

LINGUISTICS TRACK

A) Required courses (4x3 credits)

Code / Subject / Credits / Term
BTAN40001BA / Syntax and Morphology / 3 / 5/6
BTAN40002BA / Language Acquisition / 3 / 5/6
BTAN31005BA-K3 / Semantics and Pragmatics / 3 / 5/6
BTAN40006BA-K3 / Computers and Language / 3 / 5/6

B) Required options (complete 5x3 credits + thesis writing seminar + final exam)

Code / Subject / Credits / Term
BTAN33007BA / Perspectives on American English / 3 / 5/6
BTAN40016BA-K3 / The Study of Sounds / 3 / 5/6
BTAN40015BA / Introduction to Language Teaching Methods / 3 / 5/6
BTAN40025BA / Current Topics in Language Research / 3 / 5/6
BTAN40022BA / Child Language / 3 / 5/6
BTAN40017BA / The Social and Discourse Aspects of Language / 3 / 5/6
BTAN40023BA / The Science of Words / 3 / 5/6
BTAN40007BA / Evaluation and Assessment / 3 / 5/6
BTAN40009BA / Thesis Writing Consultation / 1 / 5/6
BTAN40099BA / Final Exam(Linguistic/Applied Linguistic Stream) / 2 / 5/6

The availability of courses is subject to the number of students selecting our track.

AMERICAN TRACK

Code Precondition Term