Admission Requirements
Candidates seeking admission into the PhD in English degree programme are required to possess:
- An M.A. Degree in English Language or English literature with not less than 60% or its equivalent from Babcock University or other duly and accredited institutions. Applicants with less than 3.00 CGPA or its equivalent may be considered for the (Master of Philosophy) in English.
- Any other M.A. degree which will be evaluated to determine the level of courses to be taken as remedial in order to qualify for the PhD in English programme.
- An M.Phil in English Language or English Literature with a pass mark of 50%. Such candidates will commence with the 2nd year of the PhD programme.
NOTE:
- Given the academic nature of this programme, no credit is given for professional expert.
- All categories of applicants may however be required to go through a postgraduate selection process.
Graduation Requirements
Students are expected to complete a total of 58 Credit units including the successful completion and defense of a dissertation with a minimum of 50% pass mark in all courses.
Duration
A minimum of 6 Semesters
STRUCTURE OF FULL TIME STUDIES FOR PH.D. IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
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GENERAL REQUIREMENTS |
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GEDS 901 |
Personal and Family Wholeness |
2 |
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GEDS 902 |
Advanced Statistics |
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2 |
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GEDS 911 |
Research Proposal Writing |
2 |
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GEDS 912 |
Advanced Research Design |
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2 |
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CORE COURSES |
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ENGL 900 |
Biblical Principles in Language Studies |
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(3) |
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ENGL 913 |
Advanced Linguistic Theory and Present Day English |
(3) |
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ENGL 981 |
Pidgins/Creoles and Decreolization in English Language |
(3) |
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ENGL 984 |
Applied Linguistics in English |
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(3) |
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ENGL 985 |
Language Therapy and National Development |
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(3) |
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EGLT 900 |
Advanced Literary Studies in the Bible |
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(3) |
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EGLT 943 |
Regional Influences on African Literary Studies |
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(3) |
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EGLT 932 |
Literature and Philosophical Ideas |
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(3) |
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EGLT 951 |
World Literary Classics |
(3) |
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EGLT 983 |
Methods and Techniques of Critical Discourse |
(3) |
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ENGL/EGLT 905 |
SEMINAR I |
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4 |
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ENGL/EGLT 906 |
SEMINAR II |
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4 |
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ENGL/EGLT 971 |
Research Proposal Writing in English Language and Literature |
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3 |
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ENGL/EGLT 990 |
Thesis |
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4 |
4 |
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ELECTIVES |
4 |
4 |
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TOTAL 58 Credits |
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ELECTIVE COURSES |
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Literature Specialization |
ENGL/EGLT 937 |
Advanced Semiotics (2) |
EGLT 911 |
Advanced Methods in Literary Text Analysis (2) |
EGLT 922 |
African Oral Literature(2) |
EGLT 941 |
Advanced Feminist Theories & Literary Analysis (2) |
EGLT 907 |
Language and Literary Studies in Book Publishing (2) |
EGLT 931 |
Studies in Prose & Poetic Diction (2) |
EGLT 942 |
Nigerian Feminist Writers (2) |
EGLT 953 |
Literature and the Mass Media (2) |
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Language Specialization |
ENGL/EGLT 937 |
Advanced Semiotics (2) |
ENGL 901 |
Studies in English Phonetics and Phonology(2) |
ENGL 911 |
Studies in the Grammar of English (2) |
ENGL 912 |
Studies in Discourse Analysis (2) |
ENGL 914 |
Studies in Semantics (2) |
ENGL 921 |
Advanced Stylistics (2) |
ENGL 922 |
Studies in Pragmatics (2) |
ENGL 964 |
Advanced Sociolinguistics (2) |
ENGL 983 |
Studies in Nigeria English (2) |
ENGL 933 |
Text linguistics (2) |