Post on 27-Mar-2015
Jasmina Husanović, Ph. D., Associate Professor
Sanja Berberović, PhD, Senior Teaching Assistant
Adisa Imamović, Ph. D., Assistant Professor
Department of English Language and LiteratureFaculty of Philosophy, University of Tuzla
Bosnia and Herzegovina
A brief overview of the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes the Department of English Language and Literature
A brief SWOT analysis of our Department
The most productive directions for possible future development and some of our strategic goals
The Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Tuzla offers three BA programmes in foreign languages:
BA in English language and literature BA in German language and literature BA in Turkish language and literature
The common goal of these programmes is to educate foreign language teachers and interpreters.
The workload required for these programmes is 240 ECTS points, which corresponds to programme duration of eight semesters.
FIRST YEAR course ECTS1 English Morphosyntax I and II 122 English Phonetics and Phonology I and II 83 Language Practice I and II 104 Introduction to English Literature I and II 10
5Contemporary Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Language I and II
8
6 Contemporary Philosophy 47 Elective Courses Composition Writing in English I and II 8 German I and II 8
total mandatory ECTS 52
total elective ECTS 8total 60
SECOND YEAR course ECTS1 English Syntax I and II 142 Language Practice III and IV 103 English Literature I and II 84 American Literature I and II 85 Introduction to British Cultural Studies I and II 8
6Developmental Psychology and Educational Psychology
6
7 Elective course Sociolinguistics and Shakespeare 6 German III and IV 6
total mandatory ECTS 54
total elective ECTS 6total 60
THIRD YEAR course ECTS1 English Syntax III and IV 82 Language Practice V and VI 103 English Literature III and IV 84 Contrastive Linguistics I and II 6
5Introduction to American Cultural Studies I and II
8
6 Translation Practice I and II 87 Pedagogy and Teaching 68 Elective course History of English and Pragmatics 6 German V and VI 6
total mandatory ECTS 54
total elective ECTS 6total 60
FORTH YEAR course ECTS1 English Syntax V and VI 122 Language Practice VII and VIII 83 English Literature V and VI 84 Semantics I and II 85 Translation Practice III and IV 8
6English Language Teaching Methodology I and II
12
7 Elective course Introduction to Gender Studies 4 German VII 4
total mandatory ECTS 56
total elective ECTS 4total 60
Staff: 1 associate professor 2 assistant professors 2 senior teaching assistants with PhDs 8 senior teaching assistants 5 teaching assistants
o Strengths: the young and enthusiastic full-time faculty and their commitment to advancement in all directions
o Weaknesses: lack of funding and infrastructure and to some degree insufficient institutional support
Strengths
staff
organization of the Department
our commitment to the Department’s future progress
Weaknesses
lack of institutional/infrastructural support and administrative limitations
weak inter-faculty cooperation
lack of funds, working space, equipment
heavy teaching load
Opportunities
establishing a good relationship with key institutions to advance the Department
programmes for professional development,
seminars, student exchanges, but also staff exchanges
obtaining more external funds for the Department
engaging in various networking efforts towards qualitative change in higher education, advocacy, policy-making, curriculum development and law reforms on a variety of fronts.
Threats
reduced funding caused by the current economic situation
decisions harmful for the EL Department
doctoral candidates facing uncertain funding, impossible time constraints, and various other obstacles
overburdening and inefficient bureaucracy
decrease in the need for EL teachers
The most productive directions for possible future development and our strategic goals include:
improving the existing programmes
developing new and more specialized master programs in
• Translation • FL Teaching• Linguistics• Literary and Cultural Studies
FIRST YEAR course ECTS1 English Morphosyntax I and II 142 English Phonetics and Phonology I and II 103 Contemporary English Language I and II 124 Introduction to English Literature I and II 10
5Contemporary Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Language I and II
6
6 Elective Courses Composition Writing in English I and II 8
20th Century Anglophone Cinematography and Introduction to Literary-Cultural Theories
8
total mandatory ECTS 52
total elective ECTS 8total 60
SECOND YEAR course ECTS
1English Phrasal Syntax and Syntax of the Simple Sentence in English
14
2 Contemporary English Language III and IV 123 English Literature I and II 104 American Cultural Studies I and II 105 Psychology and Pedagogy 66 Elective course Sociolinguistics and Varieties of English 8
20th Century American Poetry and Contemporary British Cultural Production
8
total mandatory ECTS 52
total elective ECTS 8total 60
THIRD YEAR course ECTS
1Phrasal Verbs and Verb and Adjective Complementation
12
2 Contemporary English Language V and VI 143 English Literature III and IV 104 Contrastive Linguistics I and II 85 British Cultural Studies I and II 106 Elective course
Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics and Introduction to Phraseology
6
Utopia in Victorian Literature and Cultural Production of Modernism
6
ELT Methodology in Elementary Schools and ELT Methodology in Secondary Schools
6
total mandatory ECTS 54
total elective ECTS 6total 60
FORTH YEAR course ECTS
1Syntax of the Complex Sentence in English I and II
14
2 Contemporary English Language VII and VII 113 English Literature V and VI 104 Semantics I and II 8
5English Language Teaching Methodology I and II
11
6 Research and Writing Methodology in English 27 Elective course Discourse Analysis 4
Critical Theories: Culture, Language and Gender
4
Introduction to Literary Translation 4
total mandatory ECTS 56total elective ECTS 4
total 60
1. MA in Linguistics - English course ECTS
IX semester
1 Contemporary Linguistic Theories 62 Cognitive Linguistics 63 Interdisciplinary Linguistics 64 Research Methodology in the Field of Linguistics 65 Language Practice 9 6
X semester
1 Core Linguistic Disciplines 10
2 MA Thesis 20
total 30
2. MA in Anglo-American Literary-Cultural Studies course ECTS
IX semester
1 Contemporary Anglo-American Literary Theories 62 Contemporary Anglo-American Cultural Studies 6
3Contemporary Cultural Production in the UK and the USA 6
4 Contemporary British Poetry 65 Angloamerican Gender Studies 6
X semester
1Critical Methodology and Epistemology of Literary and Cultural Studies
10
2 MA Thesis 20
total 303. MA in English Education
course ECTS
IX semester
1 Second Language Acquisition 62 English Language Methodology 63 Glottodidactics 6
4Research Methodology in English Language Teaching 6
5 Anglo-American Gender Studies 6X semester
1 Practice Teaching 10
2 MA Thesis 20
total 30
4. MA in Translation and Interpreting - English course ECTS
IX semester
1 Translation Theory 62 Literary Translation 63 Translation of Scientific and Technical Texts 64 Media Language Translation 65 Language Practice 9 6
X semester
1Introduction to consecutive and simultaneous interpretation
10
2 MA Thesis 20
total 30
Winter Semester course ECTS
1 English for Humanities 1 3
2 English for Humanities 3 3
3 English for Humanities 5 3
4 English for Humanities 7 3
5English for Natural Sciences and Engineering - elementary 3
6English for Natural Sciences and Engineering - advanced 3
7 English for Medical Sciences - elementary 3
8 English for Medical Sciences - advanced 3
9 Business English - elementary 3
10 Business English - advanced 3
Spring Semester course ECTS
1 English for Humanities 2 32 English for Humanities 4 33 English for Humanities 6 34 English for Humanities 8 3
5English for Natural Sciences and Engineering - intermediate 3
6 Academic Writing in English for Natural Sciences and Engineering
3
7 English for Medical sciences - intermediate 3
8Academic Writing in English for Medical sciences 3
9 Business English - intermediate 3
10 Academic Writing in Business English 3
establishing, maintaining and strengthening close cooperation with various universities in the region and other international institutions dedicated to improvement of higher education in the region
the participation in SEEPALS and close cooperation with Partner Institutions and EU Partners - a major step forward in our future development