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History of English (Compulsory for major students

The course seeks to highlight the major landmarks in the history of the English language that have made English the most outstanding international language. The course therefore engages a chronology of the evolution of English Language by examining the following periods: the Germanic Period, the Old or Anglo-Saxon Period, Middle English,  and the Period of Modern English; the notion of Lingua Franca is also studied, and the course finally shows that today’s English is related to the phenomenon of Language Mixing because although Germanic by origin ( vocabulary and Grammar), todays’ English is comprises words borrowed from hundreds of other languages.

Course Code: 
ENG 404
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Varieties of English & Advanced Writing skill

This course is intended to help students to distinguish varieties of English by analyzing the linguistic patterning of texts.  It is also expected to improve students’ own writing in different situations. Hence, the course will be very practical with exercises on analyzing and writing business letters, reports, minutes, and speeches. It encourages students to distinguish varieties of English, which are dialects.  Other distinctions depending on mode, tenor and domain will be studied. The emphasis will be on analyzing and producing texts of different varieties, which perform different functions, such as expressive, formal, informal, spoken and written.

Course Code: 
ENG 402
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Canonical American Literature

This course looks at a few of the important colonial writers – Williams Bradstreed, Wheatly - and follows the growth of American literature from independence in 1776 through the writing produced in the turbulence of the Civil Rights era. Attention is given to well-known American writers such as Dickinson, Whitman, Melville, Twain, and Ellison. Other authors include Toni Morrison, Walt Whitman and Richard Wright. The course also looks at the American vernacular, the effects of slavery, and the role of the individual on the formation of American literature 

 

Course Code: 
ENG 319
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Gender & Writing

This is a course that seeks to determine some of the concerns of a selection of representative African women writers.  It will examine literary writers from West, Southern, and North Africa, with the intention of determining the forms by which these writers deploy the issues of major focus.  The two central subjects that will engage our attention will include class and gender, with an emphasis on the power relations that underpin them. We hope to establish the literary ways by which these subjects are fictionalized in the writing of the selected writers.

Course Code: 
ENG 318
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Studies in Shakespeare

This course introduces students to a selection of the works of Shakespeare with emphasis on Shakespeare’s dramatic technique, themes, characterization and language as well as his contribution to poetry. The course guides Ghanaian students to read Shakespeare’s works with an appreciation of the historical, cultural and linguistic differences represented in the texts to be studied. Preference is, therefore, given to texts that, in addition to explaining universal themes, have something to say about the African condition. 

Course Code: 
ENG 314
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Aspects of the Grammar of English

This course builds on the clause as an organic part of the sentence, sentence types and the use of sentences in text are highlighted with the view to developing the writing and oral skills of the students in the domains in which they need English in their studies and after graduation. 

Course Code: 
ENG 306
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

English in Multilingual Context.

The course looks at the different forms and functions of English in communities that have other languages genetically unrelated to English as first language.  Topics to be treated include the growth of English as a world language, the emergence of new English as a world language, the emergence of new Englishes, perceptions of non-native varieties of English, the relationship between English and indigenous languages, and samples of Ghanaian English.

Course Code: 
ENG 304
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

The Techniques of Poetry

The focus of this course is the nature of poetry.  It will discuss the various characteristics of poetry; including form, structure and function, and the tropes of poetry. Other elements to be discussed include imagination, beauty, emotion and perception. Illustrative material will be drawn from Ghanaian, African and non-African texts. 

Course Code: 
ENG 214
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Forms and Functions of the English Clause

This course is a continuation of ENG 203. It deals with the forms and functions of clause types, with emphasis on co-ordination and subordination, and their stylistic effects on composition. The main clause types to be studied are the nominal, relative/adjectival, and adverbial clauses.

Course Code: 
ENG 204
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 200
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English
Guidance and Counselling

Principles of Prose Fiction

This introductory course involves the definition and recognition of the tools for appreciating texts.  The focus here is on prose fiction, and the elements to be examined include character and characterization, story and plot, tropes, setting etc.  Students will be guided to do a close analysis of selected literary works as the basis of effective critical writing.

Course Code: 
ENG 112
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 100
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

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