English BA (A), 30 Credits
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Engelska GR (A), 30 hp
English BA (A), 30 Credits
General data
- Code: EN001G
- Subject/Main field: English
- Cycle: First cycle
- Progression: (A)
- Credits: 30
- Progressive specialization: G1N - First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
- Education area: Humaniora 100%
- Answerable faculty: Faculty of Human Sciences
- Answerable department: Department of Humanities
- Approved: 2007-04-03
- Date of change: 2011-04-18
- Version valid from: 2011-08-22
Entry requirements
Selection rules and procedures
The selection process is in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance and the local order of admission.
Teaching form
The course is designed so that student learning occurs within a process. This means that the majority of the modules include obligatory group work and written or oral discussions. All hand-in assignments (group and individual) and group discussions should be completed according to the specific module’s schedule.
Transitional rules
För lärarstuderande antagna till ULÄRY (före 1 juli 2007) finns möjlighet till konvertering av den sjugradiga betygsskalan till tregradig betygsskala.
Grading system
Seven-grade scale, A, B, C, D, E, Fx and F. Fx and F represent fail levels.
Course reading
Required literature
Course unit 1
- Author: Estling Vannestål, Maria
- Title: University Grammar of English with a Swedish Perspective
- Edition: 2007, 1a upplaga
- Publisher: Studentlitteratur
- Comment: 540 sidor
Course unit 2
- Author: McCormick, John
- Title: Contemporary Britain
- Edition: 2007: 2a upplaga
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Comment: 288 sidor.
- Author: Duncan, Russel och Joseph Goddard
- Title: Contemporary America
- Edition: 2009, 3e upplaga
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Comment: 384 sidor.
- Author: Doctorow, E.L
- Title: Ragtime
- Edition: senaste upplagan
- Publisher: Pan Books
- Comment: 240 sidor.
Course unit 4
- Author: Wheldon, Fay
- Title: The Life and Loves of a She-devil
- Edition: 1995
- Publisher: Sceptre
- Comment: 256 sidor
- Author: Mac Laverty, Bernard
- Title: Cal
- Edition: 1998
- Publisher: Random House, UK
- Comment: 176 sidor.
- Author: Lahiri, Jhumpa
- Title: The Namesake
- Edition: 2003
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
- Comment: 291 sidor.
- Author: Kesey, Ken
- Title: One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Edition: 2005
- Publisher: Penguin
- Comment: 320 sidor
Reference literature
- Author: Peck, John och Martin Coyle
- Title: Literary Terms and Criticism
- Edition: 2002, 3:e utgåvan
- Publisher: Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
- Author: Norstedts
- Title: Norstedts Stora engelsk-svenska ordbok
- Edition: 2000
- Publisher: Norstedts, 3:e upplaga
- Author: Longman
- Title: Dictionary of Contemporary English
- Edition: 1991
- Author: Harper Collins
- Title: Collins Cobuild Dictionary
- Edition: 1991
- Author: Hacker, Diana
- Title: A Writer's Reference
- Edition: 2002, 5:e upplagan
- Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's