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Language and Literacies

This course offers students insight into the current understanding of literacy and multiliteracies, drawing on key scholars in the field and the implication

this has for both teaching and research in and outside educational institutional. It also looks at how language informs literacy development. Areas to

be covered include the changing definition of literacy, the relationship between language and literacy, cultural literacy and visual literacy.

Course Code: 
ENG 828S
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 500
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English Language
Degree Type: 
Master of ArtsDepartment of English
Programme Duration: 
2 years (Standard Entry)
About Programme: 

The M.A. (Sandwich) programme caters for workers and professionals who may not have the opportunity to obtain a graduate degree as full-time students.

Career Opportunities: 

Not Published

Entry Requirements: 

  • A good first degree (at least, Second Class Lower Division in English or a related discipline)

  • Candidate should pass an admission interview

 

Advanced Research Methods

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Course Code: 
ENG 848S
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 500
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Academic Writing

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Course Code: 
ENG 840S
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 500
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Seminar in English Studies

In this course, students would be required to read, analyze, discuss, and evaluate in depth an area of English Studies which interests them and which is otherwise not explored in

any of the courses available. Areas may include Stylistics, Teaching of English Language, Language Acquisition, etc. Students will be required to seminar presentations in class

Course Code: 
ENG 829S
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 500
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English
English Language

Discourse Analysis

This course focuses on the relationship between the context of situation and both written and spoken language.  Topics to be covered include the difference between spoken and written language, speech acts, faculty conditions, theme and rhyme, information structure, and participant relations.  The course should appeal to candidates with a wide range of interests including those whose work involves contact with the public (e.g. administrators, public relation officers) and those involved in teaching oral and written skills.

Course Code: 
ENG 806
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 500
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Sociolinguistics

This course is particularly suited to candidates who are interested in the relation between language and social interaction as well as language form and function.

It is concerned with the issues of who uses English, to whom, in what situation and how in a second language context.  The emphasis is on the Ghanaian situation.

Course Code: 
ENG 804
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 500
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English
English Language

Semantics

This course surveys different theories of meaning and then looks at lexical meaning, sentence meaning and utterance meaning.

Course Code: 
ENG 803
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 500
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Thesis

All Ph. D. candidates are required to report their supervised research in the form of a thesis written in accordance with the relevant regulations published in the University of Cape Coast

School for Graduate Studies Brochure. The thesis will be examined both in its written form and orally (viva voce) in accordance with the rules and regulations governing the Ph. D. degree.

Course Code: 
ENG 999
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 900
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Language and Literacy

The course equips students to explore the social perspectives on language and literacy. The course looks at the relationship between language and literacy studies.

Issues such as changing definitions of literacy, multiliteracies, literacy practices and access to literacy are examined. These areas are studied with a focus on how language,

especially second language, impacts on literacy. Students are also introduced to contemporary ways through which researchers investigate language and literacy

practices in social as well as educational contexts.

Course Code: 
ENG 911
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 900
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

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