Overview
- The Department of English offers a three-year General Degree programme and a four-year Honours Degree programme for undergraduates.
- Students who wish to specialise in English (in their second year) must obtain a B grade in the two main English courses (ENG 1106 & ENG 1205) in the First-Year Examinations.
- Students who wish to obtain a B.Ed degree can offer English as one of the subjects.
- The Department of English offers a three-year General degree Programme and a four-year Honours Degree Programme for undergraduates.
- Students who wish to specialise in English (from their second year) must obtain a B grade in the two main English courses in the First-Year Examinations.
| Unit Code | Name of the Course Unit
|
Supplementary Information
|
Medium of Instruction | No: of Credits | |
|
Semester One
|
ENG 1106 | Introduction to Language Systems | Compulsory | EM | 3 |
| FND 1105 | Written Composition | Compulsory for students offering English for their Degree | EM | 3 | |
| Semester Two | ENG 1205 | Introduction to Literature in English: Drama, Fiction and Poetry | Compulsory |
EM
|
3 |
| Course Units for 4 Year Honours Degree Programme | |||||
| Unit Code | Name of the Course Unit | Supplementary Information | Medium of Instruction | No: of Credits | |
|
Semester One |
ENG 2118
|
Discourses in Migrant Writing |
Optional |
EM | 3 |
|
ENG 2124
|
History of the English Language |
Optional |
EM | 3 | |
| ENG 2127 | Gendering Literature | Optional | EM | 3 | |
| ENG 2128 | Metaphysical and Neoclassical Poetry | Optional | EM | 3 | |
| ENG 2139 | Children’s Literature | Optional | EM | 3 | |
| Semester Two
|
ENG 2219
|
The Novel in the 18th and 19th Centuries |
Optional |
EM | 3 |
| ENG 2230 | Medieval Drama to 1642 | Optional | EM | 3 | |
| ENG 2231 | Literary and Cinematic Narrative | Optional | EM | 4 | |
| ENG 2232 | English Across the World | Optional | EM | 3 | |
| Unit Code | Name of the Course Unit | Supplementary Information | Medium of Instruction | No: of Credits | |
|
Semester One |
ENG 3162 | Thematic Approaches to the Modern Novel | Optional | EM | 3 |
| ENG 3158 | Sri Lankan English Studies | Optional | EM | 3 | |
| ENG 3163 | Studies in Sociolinguistics | Optional | EM | 4 | |
| ENG 3164 | Introduction to Second Language Acquisition | Optional | EM | 4 | |
| ENG 3171 | Methodological Approaches to Language Research | Optional | EM | 4 | |
|
Semester Two |
ENG 3249 |
Shakespeare Studies |
Optional |
EM |
3 |
| ENG 3252 | Studies in Contemporary South Asian Literature | Optional | EM | 3 | |
| ENG 3259 | Modern Drama Studies I | Optional | EM | 3 | |
| ENG 3274 | Translation & Creativity | Optional | EM | 4 | |
| ENG 3272 | Language Ideologies | Optional | EM | 3 | |
| ENH 3252 | Language and Identity | Optional | EM | 3 |
| Unit Code | Name of the Course Unit | Supplementary Information | Medium of Instruction | No: of Credits | |
| Semester
One
|
ENG 4170 | Discourse Analysis | Optional | EM | 4 |
| ENG 4175 | Modern Drama Studies II | Optional | EM | 3 | |
| ENG 4177 | Postcolonial African Writing | Optional | EM | 3 | |
| ENG 4180 | Medieval Poetry: Geoffrey Chaucer | Optional | EM | 3 | |
| ENG 4184 | Independent Study: Translation and Activism | Optional | EM | 4 | |
| ENG 4197 | Dissertation 01: Introduction to Research Methodology | Compulsory | EM | 4 | |
| Semester
Two
|
ENG 4271 | John Milton’s Paradise Lost | Optional | EM | 3 |
| ENG 4272 | Stage and Performance | Optional | EM | 4 | |
| ENG 4281 | Dissertation II | Compulsory | EM | 3 | |
| ENG 4282 | Language Policy and Planning | Optional | EM | 3 | |
| ENG 4283 | Independent Study: Child Language Development and Socialization | Optional | EM | 4 |
| Unit Code | Name of the Course Unit
|
Supplementary Information
|
Medium of Instruction | No: of Credits | |
|
Semester One
|
ENG 1106 | Introduction to Language Systems | Compulsory | EM | 3 |
| FND 1105 | Written Composition | Compulsory for students offering English for their Degree | EM | 3 | |
| Semester Two | ENG 1205 | Introduction to Literature in English: Drama, Fiction and Poetry | Compulsory |
EM
|
3 |
| Unit Code | Name of the Course Unit | Supplementary Information | Medium of Instruction | No: of Credits | |
| Semester One | ENG 2116 |
History of the English Language
|
Optional; recommended for teachers of English | EM | 3 |
| ENG 2121 | Metaphysical and Neoclassical Poetry | Optional recommended for teachers of English | EM | 3 | |
| ENG 2135 | Children’s Literature | Optional | EM | 3 | |
| Semester Two | ENG 2222 | Literary and Cinematic Narrative |
Optional
|
EM | 4 |
| ENG 2223 | The Novel in the 18th and 19th Centuries | Optional
Recommended for teachers of English |
EM | 3 | |
| ENG 2238 | English Across the World |
Optional
|
EM | 3 | |
| ENG 2229 | Introduction to Specialised
Translation |
Optional | EM | 4 |
| Unit Code | Name of the Course Unit | Supplementary Information | Medium of Instruction | No: of Credits | |
| Semester
One |
ENG 3148 | Sri Lankan English Studies | Optional | EM | 3 |
| ENG 3169 | Second Language Acquisition | Optional;
recommended for teachers of English |
EM | 4 | |
| ENG 3173 | Introduction to Language and Society | Optional;
recommended for teachers of English |
EM | 4 | |
| Semester
Two |
ENG 3260 | Translation and Creativity | Optional | EM | 4 |
| ENG 3242 | Theatre in Application | Optional;
recommended for teachers of English |
EM | 4 | |
| ENG 3270 | Discourse and Genre | Optional;
recommended for teachers of English |
EM | 3 |