Babcock University | Masters

Objectives of the programme

The M.A. programme is targeted at training highly skilled manpower in English language and literature in order to achieve excellence in teaching, research programme and service delivery. Furthermore, the programme will equip students with creative skills and requisite knowledge to enrich global language and literary studies with the African indigenous culture and orature.

Admission Requirements

Candidates for admission into the MA English degree programme of the department of languages and literary studies should possess.

A bachelor's degree in English of Babcock University or any other university or institution of higher learning approved by the senate of Babcock University with a minimum of second lower

A bachelor's degree in related disciplines such as Linguistics, Language arts

Communication Arts may be considered for admission.

Candidates may be required to write and pass a qualifying examination before admission.

Graduation Requirements

To obtain M.A. in English, a candidate must take and pass a minimum of 49 units of courses made up as follows:

GEDS 4 Credits

Core Courses 27 Credits

Elective Courses 9 Credits

Dissertation 6 Credits

TOTAL 46 Credits

Programme Duration- Minimum of Three Semesters

STRUCTURE OF FULL TIME STUDIES FOR M.A. ENGLISH LANGUAGE

COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE	1ST SEM.	2ND SEM.	3RD SEM.
GEDS 801 GEDS 802	GENERAL REQUIREMENTS Religion Faith and Morality Statistics	2	2
ENGL 810 ENGL 801 ENGL 848 ENGL 812 ENGL 821 ENGL 822 ENGL 831 ENGL 861 ENGL 804 ENGL 890 ENGL 809 ENGL 846 ENGL 803 ENGL 834 ENGL 807 ENGL 802 ENGL 806 EGLT ___	CORE COURSES Biblical Foundations of Language Studies Advanced English Phonetics & Phonology Studies in Nigerian English Advanced Discourse Analysis Advanced English Semantics & Lexicology Advanced English Syntax and The Morphology of Present day English Advanced Stylistics Advanced Research Methods and Analytical Techniques Contrastive Linguistics Dissertation ELECTIVES Advanced Sociolinguistics Pragmatics Bilingualism and Multilingualism Advanced Varieties of English Translation Psycholinguistics English as a Second Language Elective in Literature	3 3 3 3 (3) (3) (3) (3)	3 3 3 3 3 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)	6
	TOTAL 46	20	20	6

NOTE: Candidates are to choose at least one Language and one Literature elective course in the 1st Semester and one other Literature elective course in the 2nd Semester with the guidance of the Departmental PG Coordinator and HOD.

AREAS OF RESEARCH IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Phonetics/Phonology
Syntax
Stylistics
Semantics/Pragmatics
Discourse Analysis
Sociolinguistics
Text Linguistics
Applied (English) Linguistics
Nigerian English
English Morphology and Lexis
Pidgin and Creoles
English as Second Language
Contrastive Analysis

STRUCTURE OF FULL-TIME STUDIES FOR M.A. ENGLISH LITERATURE

COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE	1ST SEM.	2ND SEM.	3RD SEM.
GEDS 801 GEDS 802	GENERAL REQUIREMENTS Religion Faith and Morality Statistics	2	2
EGLT 801 EGLT 802 EGLT 804 EGLT 811 EGLT 812 EGLT 821 EGLT 841 EGLT 854 EGLT 800 EGLT 890 EGLT 822 EGLT 831 EGLT 833 EGLT 842 EGLT 852 EGLT 861 ENGL ___	CORE COURSES Bibliographic Methods & Research Studies Studies in African Fiction Comparative Literature Literary History, Theory & Criticism Studies in African Drama Studies in African Poetry Advanced Studies in Oral Literature Literature of Black Diaspora: African-American & Caribbean Literary Studies in the Bible Dissertation ELECTIVES Theory of Fiction Theory of Drama Advanced Gender Studies Cultural Studies Advanced Studies in Creative Writing Literature and the Media Elective in Language	3 3 3 3 (3) (3) (3) (3)	3 3 3 3 3 (3) (3) (3) (3)	6
	TOTAL (46)	20	20	6

Candidates are to choose at least one Literature and one Language elective course in the 1st Semester and one other Language elective course in the 2nd Semester with the guidance of the Departmental PG Coordinator and HOD.

AREAS OF RESEARCH EMPHASIS IN M.A. ENGLISH LITERATURE
Literary Theory and Criticism
Dramatic Literature
Fiction
Poetry
Oral Literature
Creative Writing
Comparative Literature
Gender Studies
Caribbean Literature
Cultural Studies
Literature and the Media
American and African-American Literature

Postgraduate Studies

M.A English Languages and English Literature