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Bachelor of Arts (English) - Literature option

Entry Requirements

Description
A minimum of five (5) subjects at CXC/CSEC General Proficiency, Grades I, II, or III or five (5) passes at GCE "O" level, grades A, B, or C. Subjects must include English Language
Mature age (21 years and over), a sound secondary background, together with a pass at the University of Guyana Entrance Examination (UGEE).
Any qualification considered by the University to be equivalent to any of the above.

Courses

First Year Semester 1
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
ENG1104 Introduction to Prose 4
ZZZ1101 Elective (4 credits) 4 MINOR Consult Head of Department
ENG1107 Introduction to Language 4
ENG1106 Research Methods 4
Semester 2
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
ENG1204 Introduction to Drama 4
ENG1206 Advanced Writing Techniques 4
ENG1207 Introduction to Linguistics 4
ZZZ1201 Elective (4 credits) 4 MINOR Consult Head of Department
Annual Attachment
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
ENG1006 Introduction to Poetry 8

Second Year Semester 1
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
ENG2101 Poetry I - from Chaucer to the late 17th Century 4
ENG2102 Novel I - The Early English Novel 4
ENG2103 Structure of Language I 4
ZZZ2101 Elective (4 credits) 4 MINOR Consult Head of Department
ZZZ2102 Elective (4 credits) 4 Choose one Faculty course in either Semester I or Semester II Consult Head of Department
Semester 2
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
ZZZ2201 Elective (4 credits) 4 MINOR Consult Head of Department
ENG2203 Structure of Language II 4
ENG2202 Novel II - The Novel in the 19th Century 4
ENG2201 Poetry II - Late 17th to the Early 20th Century 4
AAA2201 Additional Course (4 Credits) 4

Third Year Semester 1
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
ZZZ3103 Elective (4 credits) 4 Choose any Literature Course Consult Head of English Department
ZZZ3101 Elective (4 credits) 4 Choose any Literature Course Consult Head of English Department
ZZZ3102 Elective (4 credits) 4 Choose any Literature Course Consult Head of English Department
Semester 2
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
ZZZ3201 Elective (4 credits) 4 Choose any Literature Course Consult Head of English Department
ZZZ3203 Elective (4 credits) 4 Choose any Literature Course Consult Head of English Department
ZZZ3202 Elective (4 credits) 4 Choose any Literature Course Consult Head of English Department

Fourth Year Semester 1
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
ZZZ4102 Elective (4 credits) 4 Literature Course Consult Head of Department
ZZZ4103 Elective (4 credits) 4 Choose any Literature Course Consult Head of English Department
ZZZ4101 Elective (4 credits) 4 Literature Course Consult Head of Department
YYY4101 Elective (3 credits) 3 This is an additional course. Please contact your Head of Department to ascertain if you can do a 3-credit elective.
Semester 2
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
ZZZ4203 Elective (4 credits) 4 Choose any Literature Course Consult Head of English Department
ZZZ4202 Elective (4 credits) 4 MINOR Consult Head of Department
YYY4201 Elective (3 credits) 3 This is an additional course. Please contact your Head of Department to ascertain if you can do a 3-credit elective.
ZZZ4201 Elective (4 credits) 4 Literature Course Consult Head of Department