COURSE: BA IN LANGUAGES (ENGLISH STUDIES)

The increasing prominence of English as a preferred medium of communication both in South Africa and abroad means that there is a steady demand for language practitioners who are fluent in English. Specialisation in English Studies has been designed to meet this need by equipping students not only with traditional literary skills, but also with the applied linguistic skills, which the market requires.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 3 years full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Computer literacy


• Information literacy


• Academic literacy


• English


• Journalism

Second year subjects:

• English

Third year subjects:

• English


• Journalism

Careers: translator, lexicographer, linguist, educator.

Source: www.up.ac.za

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