Passing the study plan
FF FBAJAPJ English Language and Literature
Name in Czech: English Language and Literature
bachelor's full-time single-subject, language of instruction: English![English English](/pics/flags_svg/gb.svg)
Included in the programme: FF B-AJA_ English Language and Literature
bachelor's full-time single-subject, language of instruction: English
Included in the programme: FF B-AJA_ English Language and Literature
Study-related information
- Parts of the final state examination and its content1. Written exam from linguistics (a test), English language (a test), literature (an essay) and cultrual studies (an essay).
Linguistics: The test consists of nine parts, each testing the knowledge of one linguistic discipline. First two parts correspond to the compulsory courses, the rest to the compulsory-optional linguistic courses offered at the Department of English and American Studies within the Bc program. Student must answer questions from the first two parts and then chooses questions from two parts out of seven.
English language: The English Proficiency Examination is a written test which lasts 90 minutes and has three sections - reading, use of English, and listening.
Literature: Students have 120 minutes to write an essay in response to one out of six offered discussion questions. The questions are of a more general and comparative character, covering topics from more than one literary courses.
Cultural studies: Students have 120 minutes to write an essay in response to one out of six offered discussion questions. The questions are of a more general and comparative character, covering topics from more than one cultural studies courses.
2. Oral defence of the Bachelor's Thesis (c. 15 minutes). It includes a short introduction of the thesis and its main conclusions, student's responses to issues raised in the supervisor's and opponent's reports, and futher discussion.
More details about state exams on the Department website:
https://english.phil.muni.cz/studies/informace-ke-studiu/bachelors-exam
Recommended progress through the study plan
Společný univerzitní základ (5 kr.)
Bakalářská práce (min. 10 kr.)
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FF:AJL19800 | Bachelor's Thesis Seminar I | z | 5 | 5 | P |
FF:AJL19850 | Bachelor’s Thesis | z | - | 6 | P |
FF:AJL19801 | Bachelor's Thesis Seminar II | z | 5 | 6 | P |
10 credits |
Compulsory courses
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FF:AJL01001 | Practical English I | z | 3 | 1 | Z |
FF:AJL01002 | Practical English II | zk | 3 | 2 | Z |
FF:AJL02001 | Introduction to Linguistics | zk | 6 | 1 | Z |
FF:AJL02002 | Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology | zk | 6 | 2 | Z |
FF:AJL02100 | English Grammar I | z | 3 | 1 | Z |
FF:AJL02200 | English Grammar II | z | 3 | 2 | Z |
FF:AJL04100 | Introduction to Literary Studies I | zk | 6 | 1 | Z |
FF:AJL04200 | Introduction to Literary Studies II | zk | 6 | 2 | Z |
FF:AJL06001 | Introduction to British Studies I | zk | 3 | 1 | Z |
FF:AJL06002 | Introduction to British Studies II | zk | 3 | 2 | Z |
FF:AJL07001 | Introduction to American Studies I | zk | 3 | 1 | Z |
FF:AJL07002 | Introduction to American Studies: Topics in Culture | zk | 3 | 2 | Z |
FF:AJL11010 | Practical English Exam | zk | - | 4 | P |
FF:AJL11020 | English Language Oral Proficiency Exam | zk | - | 5 | P |
FF:AJL11501 | Spoken Fluency Practice | zk | 6 | 3 | P |
FF:AJL12070 | Introduction to Sociolinguistics | zk | 6 | 3 | P |
FF:AJL13001 | Academic Writing | zk | 5 | 3 | P |
65 credits |
Profilující povinně volitelné předměty
Students elect 2 courses from linguistic area, 1 course from cultural studies, and 2 courses from literature (1 in British literary area, 1 in American literary area).
Literatura
Britská literatura
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FF:AJL14101 | English Literature 500-1700: The Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period | zk | 6 | 3 | P |
FF:AJL14102 | English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics | zk | 6 | 4 | P |
FF:AJL14103 | English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism | zk | 6 | 5 | P |
FF:AJL14104 | English Literature 1920-2020: Late Modernism and After | zk | 6 | 4 | P |
24 credits |
Americká literatura
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FF:AJL15101 | American Literature 1: Beginnings-1890 | zk | 6 | 3 | P |
FF:AJL15102 | American Literature 2: 1890-1960 | zk | 6 | 4 | P |
FF:AJL15103 | American Literature 3: 1960-Present | zk | 6 | 5 | P |
18 credits |
Kulturní studia
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FF:AJL16059 | Post-1945 British Poetry, Culture and Society | zk | 6 | 5 | P |
FF:AJL16064 | Aspects of Modern Irish Literature and Culture | zk | 6 | 4 | P |
FF:AJL16071 | Seventeenth Century Poetry, Thought, and Culture | zk | 6 | 6 | P |
FF:AJL16072 | British Empire and Imperialism: Narratives | zk | 6 | 3 | P |
FF:AJL16073 | The North: Cultural Representations of Northern England, Scotland and Wales | zk | 6 | 6 | P |
FF:AJL16171 | Queer Studies | zk | 6 | 6 | P |
FF:AJL16172 | Contemporary Issues in US and UK Culture and Politics | zk | 6 | 3 | P |
FF:AJL17050 | Ethnography of North American Indigenous Peoples | zk | 6 | 6 | P |
FF:AJL17051 | Introduction to African American History and Culture | zk | 6 | 4 | P |
FF:AJL17053 | Genre Studies: American Science-Fiction Film | zk | 6 | 5 | P |
FF:AJL17057 | Blackness in American Film | zk | 6 | 6 | P |
FF:AJL17059 | American Geographies | zk | 6 | 4 | P |
FF:AJL18083 | Australian literature and culture | zk | 6 | 5 | P |
78 credits |
Lingvistika
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FF:AJL12071 | Introduction to Semantics | zk | 6 | 4 | P |
FF:AJL12102 | Introduction to Functional Syntax | zk | 6 | 5 | P |
FF:AJL12103 | Introduction to Morphology and Lexicology | zk | 6 | 3 | P |
FF:AJL12104 | Introduction to Stylistics | zk | 6 | 4 | P |
24 credits |
Neprofilující povinně volitelné předměty
Students must have minimum of 52 credits from the Department's optional courses.
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FF:AJL01010 | Freshers' Practical English Online | z | 2 | - | - |
FF:AJL11601 | Vocabulary Development | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL11613 | Czenglish A | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL11615 | Czenglish B | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL12070 | Introduction to Sociolinguistics | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL12071 | Introduction to Semantics | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL12102 | Introduction to Functional Syntax | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL12103 | Introduction to Morphology and Lexicology | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL12104 | Introduction to Stylistics | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL14000 | English Literature of the Middle Ages | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL14001 | English Literature of the Renaissance | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL14002 | Eighteenth-Century British Literature | zk | 2+2 | - | - |
FF:AJL14004 | British Literature: 1890-1945 | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL14005 | British Literature: 1945 to the Present | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL14006 | British Literature 1770-1830: Romantics | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL14007 | British Literature 1830-1890: Victorians | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL14061 | Aspects of the Twentieth Century British Short Story | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL14063 | Virginia Woolf: Woman, Writer | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL14070 | Aspects of Mid-Twentieth Century English Fiction | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL14071 | Evelyn Waugh: Fiction: 1929-1962 | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL15000 | American Literature: Beginnings to 1865 | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL15001 | American Literature: 1865-1910 | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL15002 | American Literature 1960-present | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL15006 | US Literature: 1910 to 1960 | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL15064 | American Drama and Theatre after 1945 | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL16059 | Post-1945 British Poetry, Culture and Society | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL16064 | Aspects of Modern Irish Literature and Culture | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL16071 | Seventeenth Century Poetry, Thought, and Culture | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL16072 | British Empire and Imperialism: Narratives | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL16171 | Queer Studies | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL16172 | Contemporary Issues in US and UK Culture and Politics | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL17050 | Ethnography of North American Indigenous Peoples | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL17051 | Introduction to African American History and Culture | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL17053 | Genre Studies: American Science-Fiction Film | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL17057 | Blackness in American Film | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL17059 | American Geographies | zk | 6 | - | - |
FF:AJL18083 | Australian literature and culture | zk | 6 | - | - |
216 credits |
Elective courses
Students have the option to get 18 credits from other courses offered by Masaryk University (outside the Department). These credits can also be earned from the Department courses.