Overview of STU Undergraduate Program in English

The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatureat ShantouUniversity offers courses in subjects related to linguistics, literature, translationand culture. The curriculum is designed to introduce the students to the imaginative and practical uses of the English language. English will be taught and studied as essentially an academic discipline instead of a language tool alone.The English majors will work to:

develop perspectives on human nature and cultural values through training in linguistics, literature, translation and culture;

learn how to gather, analyze, assess, synthesize and articulate information / issues orally and in writing;

gain mastery over the English language in both oral and written form;

cultivate a strong awareness of issues in world culture and issues of cultural trends in globalization;

complete a liberal education with an emphasis on the development of their analytic, critical, communicative, writing and translation skills.

The program offers three areas of concentration:linguistics,literature and translationin their cultural contexts. All the courses are designed to achieve the aforementioned objectives.With a vigorous training on critical thinking, analysis and communication, the English majors are expected to secure jobs and begin careers in such fields as newspaper, publishing, business, government and teaching. They will also have a solid foundation for graduate studies in English and other disciplines.

The Graduation Requirements:

  1. Completion of all the general requirements by the University outside of the students’ major. (49credits)
  2. Completion of a minimum of 77 credits from the required and optional required courses in the lower and upper division curricula offered by the department
  3. Fulfillment of second foreign language requirements (6 credits)
  4. Graduation thesis and internship (8 credits)
  5. A minimum of 140credits is required for graduation.
  6. Students need to pass Level Five (3) in college English to graduate.

Major Requirements

Lower Division minimum credit requirements: 37 credits from the department.

Upper Division minimum credit requirements: 40 credits from the department.

Second foreign language courses are open to the campus. The English majors can choose to take them any semester before graduation.

All the optional required courses are open to non-English majors at ShantouUniversity who are officially enrolled as long as they attain the minimum level of English proficiency required for the courses. For upper division courses, students must have passed Level 3 in college English.

Course designations usually reflect the level of difficulty.

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The Lower Division Curriculum

(37 total credits)

Required Courses:

(12 courses,27 credits)

ENG 1000 Language Learning Strategies3crts

ENG 1025 Pronunciation Enhancement and2crts

Conversation

ENG1027 English Listening I 2crts

ENG 1030 Survey of English Grammar 2crts

ENG1091English Extensive Reading 2crts

ENG 1200 Survey of the English Speaking 2crts

Countries

ENG2051 English Listening IV 2crts

(Prerequisite ENG 2050)

ENG2062Integrated Spoken English 2crts

(Prerequisite ENG2061)

ENG 2080 English Reading Strategies3crts

(Prerequisite ENG 1000)

ENG2081Comprehensive English I 3crts

(Prerequisite ENG 2080)

ENG 2090 Introduction to Literature 2crts

ENG 2170 Introduction to Linguistics 2crts

Optional Required Courses: Complete a minimum of 10 credits from the following with at least 3 courses designated with ENG 2xxx.

ENG 1020 Non-Fiction Readingand3crts Conversation

ENG 1026 Situational Conversation 2crts

(Prerequisite ENG 1025)

ENG 1040 Cross-Cultural Awareness 2crts

ENG 1041 Introduction to Western Culture3crts

ENG 1050 Short Story Reading and Writing 2crts

ENG 1080 Basic Writing 3crts

ENG1081 English Writing 2crts

ENG1092 Newspaper Reading 2crts

(Prerequisite ENG 1091)

ENG1093 Advanced English Extensive 2crts

Reading (Prerequisite ENG 1091)

ENG1202 English Listening II 2crts

(Prerequisite ENG 1027)

ENG2050 English Listening III 2crts

(Prerequisite ENG 1202)

ENG 2061 Advanced Spoken English 2crts

(Prerequisite ENG 1026)

ENG2070Cambridge Business English 2crts

(Preliminary)

ENG2071Cambridge Business English 2crts

(Vantage)

ENG2082 Comprehensive English II 3crts

(Prerequisite ENG2081)

ENG 2100 Commercial Translation 2crts

ENG 2120 Topics in Cultural Globalization 3crts

ENG 2130 Rhetoric and Writing 3crts

ENG 2140 Major British Writers3crts

ENG 2150 Major American Writers 3crts

ENG 2160 Movie as Cultural Representation 2crts

ENG 2180 Culture in Action3crts

(Prerequisite ENG 1040)

ENG 2190 Public Relations3crts

ENG 2200 Beginning Literary Theory3crts

ENG 2210 Intercultural Communication 3crts

ENG 2240 Topics in English Grammar 3crts

(Prerequisite ENG 1030)

ENG 2260 Introduction to Literary Translation2crts

ENG 2261 Introduction to the Translation of2crts

Scientific English

Upper Division Curriculum (Total 40credits)

Required Courses: (13credits)

ENG 3380 Discourse Analysis and Reading3crts ENG 3110 History of the English Language2crts

ENG 4280 Research Writing2crts

ENG 4290 Prose and Writing 3crts

ENG 3290 Practical Translation from English3crts

into Chinese

You need to choose one of the two areas of concentration

Required Courses for Applied Linguistics and Translation: (5 Credits)

ENG 3300 Practical Translation from Chinese3crts

into English

ENG3311 Interpretation 2crts

Or

Required Courses for Literature and Culture:

（6 Credits）

ENG 3461 American Literature 3crts

ENG 3521Studies of the 20th-Century3crts

British Literature (Prerequisite ENG 3459)

Optional Required Courses: Complete a minimum of 22 credits with no more than four courses designated with ENG 3xxx.

ENG 3080 Presentations and Public Speaking3crts

ENG 3090 Languages and Cultures 3crts

ENG 3241 Basic French III 3crts

ENG 3242 Basic French Ⅳ 3crts

ENG 3251 Basic Japanese III3crts

ENG 3252 Basic Japanese Ⅳ 3crts

ENG 3390 Topics in Language, Power and3crts

Gender

ENG 3391 English for Business Purpose 2crts

ENG3392Translation Workshop of English 3crts

for Business Purposes

ENG 3400 Western Classic Tradition3crts

ENG 3410 Lexicology3crts

ENG 3422 Urbanization in China3crts

ENG 3430 Sociology and Intercultural 3crts Communications

ENG3431 Modern American History: 3crts

Politics and Society, 1943-1963

ENG 3440 Topics in Movie Studies3crts

ENG 3450 Applied Linguistics3crts

ENG 3459British Literature Up to the 19th 3crts

Century

ENG 3500 Business Communication 3crts

ENG 3510 Administrative and Secretarial 3crts Basics

ENG 3560 Language Teaching Methodology 3crts

ENG 3562 Sociolinguistics2crts

ENG 3570 Technical Writing 3crts

ENG3580Practical English Writing 2crts

ENG 3610 Topics in Humor 2crts

ENG 4210 Introduction to Post-modern 3crts

Literature

ENG 4300 Pedagogical Methodology 2crts

ENG4321 Advanced Interpretation 2crts

(Prerequisite ENG 3311)

ENG4331English Stylistics2crts

ENG 4460 Modern British and American3crts

Novels

ENG 4470 Modern British and American3crts

Dramas

ENG4480 English Poetry Appreciation 3crts

ENG 4520 The Language and Literature of3crts

Films

ENG 4530 Research Method3crts

ENG 4540 Ethnic American Literature3crts

ENG 4550 Post-modern American Literature2crts

ENG4552Introduction to US Political 3crts

and Social Institutions

ENG 4560 Literature by Women Writers 3crts

ENG 4570 Topics in Translation 3crts

ENG 4580 Shakespeare and Other Playwrights3crts (Prerequisite ENG 4470) and (in lieu of graduation thesis requirement)

ENG 4590 Literary Theory and Criticism3crts

in Action

ENG 4600 Topics in Asian American Studies3crts

ENG 4700 Independent Studies1crts

Second Foreign Language Requirements:

（6 credits）

ENG 2230 Basic French I3crts

ENG 2231 Basic French II 3crts (Prerequisite ENG 2230)

ENG 2250 Basic Japanese I 3crts

ENG 2251 Basic Japanese II3crts (Prerequisite ENG 2250)

Graduation Thesis and Internship:

（8 credits）

ENG 4800 Internship 2crts

ENG 4910 Graduation Thesis 6crts

Electives for Non-English Majors:

(16courses; 45 credits)

ENG 1020 Non-Fiction Reading and3crts Conversation

ENG 1040 Cross-Cultural Awareness2crts

ENG 1080 Basic Writing3crts

ENG 2130 Rhetoric and Writing3crts

ENG 2140 Major British Writers3crts

ENG 2160 Movie as Cultural Representation2crts

ENG 2180 Culture in Action3crts

(Prerequisite ENG 1040)

ENG 2190 Public Relations3crts

ENG 2200 Beginning Literary Theory3crts

ENG 2210 Intercultural Communication3crts

ENG 2230 Basic French I3crts

ENG 2240 Topics in English Grammar3crts

ENG 2241 Basic French II3crts

(Prerequisite ENG 2230)

ENG 2250 Basic Japanese I3crts

ENG 2251 Basic Japanese II3crts

(Prerequisite ENG 2250)

ENG 2260 Introduction to Literary Translation2crts

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