Study plan Bachelor's Degree in English and Classical Studies

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Table of credits for each course

  Basic training Compulsory Optional

Bachelor's DegreeFinal Project

1st year 60      
2nd year   60    
3rd year   48 12  
4th year   12 42 6
Totals 60 120 54 6

Period of study

The degree is organised into semesters

Part-time or full-time

Full-time, with the option of a slow track

Specialisations

Specialisation in Language and Linguistics
Specialisation in Literature

Basic and compulsory training

1st year 2nd year
  • English Grammar I: from Word to Sentence
  • Academic Writing Skills in English I
  • Introduction to Linguistics
  • Elements of Greek
  • Elements of Latin
  • Introduction to English Literature
  • Academic Oral Skills in English I
  • Comparative Literature
  • Narrative Texts in Greek
  • Narrative Texts in Latin
  • Cultural History of the British Isles
  • Academic Writing Skills in English II
  • British Romantic Literature
  • Greek Historiography and Philosophy
  • Latin Historiography and Oratory
  • English Grammar II: the Sentence
  • Academic Oral Skills in English II
  • The Iliad and The Odyssey
  • The Aeneid
  • Ancient Literary Genres
3rd year 4th year
  • English Phonetics and Phonology I
  • Cultural History of the United States of America
  • Greek Lyric Poetry
  • The Epistolary Genre in Rome
  • American Literature I: 19th Century
  • Victorian Literature
  • Greek Drama
  • The Poetry of Horace
  • English Syntax Analysis 
  • Indo-European Roots of English and Classical Languages
  • Bachelor's Degree Final Project

Optional subjects

 

All optional subjects are worth 6 credits.
 

3rd and 4th  year
- Modern Language I (German)
- Modern Language I (Italian)
- Modern Language I (Basque)
- Modern Language I (French)
- Modern Language I (Galician)
- Modern Language I (Portuguese)
- Modern Language I (Occitan)
- Modern Language I (Modern Greek)
- Modern Language I (Romanian)
- Modern Language II (German)
- Modern Language II (Italian)
- Modern Language II (Basque)
- Modern Language II (French)
- Modern Language II (Galician)
- Modern Language II (Portuguese)
- Modern Language II (Occitan)
- Modern Language II (Modern Greek)
- Modern Language I (Romanian)

You may enrol in a maximum of 12 credits of these subjects.
- Work Placement I
- Work Placement II


In order to obtain a Specialisation you must take at least 42 credits (7 subjects) pertaining to each track.

 

Specialisation in Language and Linguistics Specialisation in Literature
  • Linguistic Typology *
  • Language Acquisition
  • Biological Bases of Language
  • Phonetics and Phonology
  • Language Theory
  • Semantics and Pragmatics
  • English-Catalan/Spanish Comparative Linguistics
  • English in a Global Context
  • Varieties of English
  • Introduction to the Acquisition and Teaching of English
  • English for Specific Purposes
  • Learning and Teaching English Pronunciation
  • The Origin of Classical Languages
  • Language and Culture in Mycenaean Greece
  • Medieval Latin 
  • Transmission and Reception of Ancient Texts
  • Epigraphic Texts and Contexts
  • Greek and Latin in the Classroom
  • Theory and Practice of Comparative Literature*
  • Theory and Analysis of Theatre
  • Literary Thought
  • American Literature II: from Modernism to the First Half of the 20th Century
  • English Literature from Renaissance to the Enlightenment
  • Contemporary English Literature: 20th and 21st Centuries
  • English Prose
  • Teaching English Literature
  • Gender Studies in English-Speaking Countries
  • Cultural Studies in English-Speaking Countries
  • Ancient Literature (Greek)
  • Ancient Literature (Latin)
  • The Classical Tradition in European Literature
  • Greek and Latin in the Classroom
  • Mythology and Literature
  • Rhetorics and Politics in Antiquity
  • The Classics in Contemporary Culture
  • Transmission and Reception of Ancient Texts

(*) Compulsory specialisation subject. 

Optional credits can be obtained either by choosing among the optional subjects of the degree or by taking a minor. The Faculty of aRts & Humanities offers a wide range of minors in languages and their literatures:

Minor in Language Sciences

Minor in Classical Culture

Minor in Medieval Romance Cultures and Literatures

Minor in German Studies

Minor in Basque Studies

Minor in Galician Studies

Minor in Italian Studies

Minor in Literary and Cultural Studies

Additional information

All optional subjects are not scheduled each year.