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english language and culture ma faculty of arts internationalmaster sprogramme broaden your horizon the master s programme in english language and culture etc is the perfect programme for students who want to broaden their academic horizon students who choose to study in nijmegen will acquire a solid expertise in english historical linguistics in english and/or american literature and culture they will also learn to develop a critical reflective and scholarly attitude that will enable them to do independent academic research and to graduate as a true expert in their field key strengths of the programme the nijmegen programme reflects the research interests of the language and literature staff who enjoy first rate research reputations as a student you will be actively involved in current research projects thus becoming thoroughly up to date with current trends in language and literature studies the english department has close contacts with other departments in the faculty of arts and you are encouraged to take courses in those departments and thus become an all-round academic for students interested in the linguistics programme combinations are possible with course work in the linguistics department programme outline the master s programme in english language and culture offers you an intensive and thorough training the curriculum equals a study load of 60 ec which covers the period from september to august the first half year is entirely devoted to course work which will prepare you for doing independent research and writing your master thesis in the second half year you may also opt to do an internship during either the first or the second semester the areas of specialization in the english language and culture programme are linguistics the linguistics specialization includes multiple seminars for those who wish to specialize in english linguistics students may also opt for a focus on translation · toneandintonation · crosslinguisticinfluenceinsecondlanguageacquisition · issuesinenglishininternationalsettings · exploitingtheresourcesofenglishstyle:wordorderand information packaging · englishgrammar:structureanduse · englishhistoricallinguistics · exploringmedievalenglishmanuscripts · translationenglish-dutch · translationdutch-english

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literature the literary variant offers you the opportunity to specialize in english or north american literature and culture or a combination of both students may also opt to combine some literature courses with a course in translation · exploringmedievalenglishmanuscripts · readingthevictorians · currentresearch:literarymemoryoftheirishfamine · post-colonialism&empire · britishnovelnow · contemporarynorthamericanfiction · beats&co · 20th century african-american literature and culture · americanmodernism internships radbouduniversitykeepsclosecontactwithvarious companies which enables students to choose from a large number of internships master students of etc are offered the opportunity to intern for companies such as publishing houses translation agencies language institutes and cultural organisations during their internships they will learn to use their academic knowledge in practice-based environment which will help them prepare for the future job market admission requirements theequivalentofadutchbachelor sdegreeinenglishora comparable or related study programme subject to approval of examination committee fluency in both written and spoken english toefl score of 620orielts7 for more information msdr.m.vanderhaagen t 310243612157 e info.engels@let.ru.nl i www.internationalmasters.eu www.internationalmasters.eu

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