Course Listing
COURSE LISTING
MANDATORY COURSES: LINGUISTIC STUDIES
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Mandatory Courses for Master’s Degree For Master’s students admitted in 2022 and onwards |
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| Research in Linguistic Studies (4 credits – 60 hours) | Main linguistic theories and their applications to language studies. |
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Mandatory Activities for Doctoral Degree For Doctoral students admitted in 2022 and onwards |
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| Directed Readings in Language Studies (4 credits – 60 hours) | Independent studies aiming at deepening knowledge in the area of the dissertation. The results should be presented in the form of a seminar open to the public (Open Seminar). |
| Research Paper in Linguistic Studies (4 credits – 60 hours) | Monograph written under the guidance of the student’s supervisor and integrated into the final dissertation project. The assessment shall be made by a committee of three members of the program’s faculty. |
ELECTIVE COURSES (MASTER’S AND DOCTORAL DEGREE)
Language Studies
| Theory and Language Description (4 credits – 60 hours)
The main linguistic theories and their applications to language studies. |
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| Research Track: Discourse and Translation Studies in Sociocultural Contexts Basic and applied research in discourse and/or translation with enphasis on sociocultural aspects. |
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| Critical Discourse Analysis (4 credits – 60 hours) | Analysis of oral or written texts in their relationship with discursive and social practices, based on theoretical and practical fundamentals of Discourse Analysis of Anglo-American origins and Systemic Functional Linguistics. |
| Gender Studies and Discourse (4 credits – 60 hours) | Analysis, from theoretical studies on gender and language, of issues such as binary perceptions of masculinity and femininity, heteronormativity and the creation of male and female subjectivities, the relationship between discourse, gender, and power, as well as the intersections between gender, social class, race, and nationality. |
| Introduction to Writing Studies (4 credits – 60 hours) |
Studies of the production, consumption, distribution and use of writing. Development of writing through times. The role of writing in daily life. Writing as a cognitive and social process. Writing practices in different contexts. Writing as a social act in the development of social relations. The role of text/discursive genres in the organizatio of actions. The psychological consequences of writing. Writing as an activity developed throughout life. Writing in Latin American universities. |
| Multimodality in Communication (4 credits – 60 hours) | Multimodality studied as a social semiotic approach to contemporary communication and its implications for teaching and research on literacy and multiliteracy. |
| Translation Theory and Practice (4 credits – 60 hours) | Study of general and specific problems of translation for various purposes, through activities of translation of technical-scientific and literary texts, enphasizing lexical-grammatical, stylistic, textual and pragmatic issues. |
| Special Topics in Discourse and Translation Studies in Sociocultural Contexts (1-4 credits- 15-60 hours) | Open themed courses. |
| Research Track: Language and Cognition
Basic and applied research on the cognitive processes related to language acquisition and processing. |
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| Building the Meaning of Written Texts (4 credits – 60 hours) | Study of cognitive aspects concerning the meaning making of written texts, including the role of prior knowledge, production of inferences and working memory capacity in the reading comprehension. |
| English Phonetics and Phonology (4 credits – 60 hours) | Theoretical and practical fundamentals of English Phonetics and Phonology and the implications for learning and teaching of English as a Second Language. |
| The Implementation of Reading in the Brain (4 credits – 60 hours) | Study of issues related to the implementation of cognitive processes of reading in the human brain, bringing perspectives of experimental psychology, neuropsychology, and neuroscience. |
| L2 Acquisition Theories (4 credits – 60 hours) | The study of second language acquisition theories and key constructs that permeate this process in English as a Second Language. |
| Semantic Theory and L2 Acquisition (4 credits – 60 hours) | The implications of semantic issues and interlanguage theories to the acquisition of English as a second language for speakers of Portuguese, particularly regarding noun phrases, tense/aspect, and modality. |
| Special Topics in Language and Cognition (1-4 credits -15-60 hours) | Open themed courses. |
| Research Track: Learning and Teaching Basic and applied research related to language teaching and learning. |
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| Quantitative Research in Applied Linguistics (4 credits – 60 hours) | Introduction to methodologies used in quantitative research in the field of applied linguistics, addressing fundamental concepts related to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of quantitative research. |
| Teacher Education in L2: A Sociocultural Perspective (4 credits – 60 hours) | Study of teacher education (learning and development) from the standpoint of Vygotskian Sociocultural Theory. |
| English Language Teaching: Classroom Practices (4 credits – 60 hours) | Contents and methods of the teaching of English as a second language from empirical and theoretical studies and practical and reflective teaching experiences. |
| Bilingualism and Multilingualism (4 credits – 60 hours) | Study of different dimensions of bilingual and multilingual experience, including the conceptions of bilingualism and multilingualism, the linguistic, sociolinguistic and pragmatic factors of learning and using two or more languages, and the bilingual education models. |
| Perception and Production of Second Language Speaking (4 credits – 60 hours) | Theoretical and methodological foundation for studies in the field of perception and production of speaking in a second language. |
| Special Topics in Learning and Teaching (1-4 credits – 15-60 hours) | Open themed courses. |
MANDATORY COURSES: LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES
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Mandatory Courses for Master’s Degree For Master’s students admitted in 2022 and onwards |
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| Research in Literary Studies (4 credits – 60 hours) | Comprehension of critical issues in the research of literary studies. Study of the appropriate methods for the analysis of literary texts and the possible subjects of study in literary studies. Research project writing. |
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Mandatory Activities for Doctoral Degree For Doctoral students admitted in 2022 and onwards |
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| Directed Readings in Literary and Cultural Studies (4 credits – 60 hours) | Independent studies aiming at deepening knowledge in the area of the dissertation. The results should be presented in the form of a seminar open to the public (Open Seminar). |
| Research Paper in Literary and Cultural Studies (4 credits – 60 hours) | Monograph written under the guidance of the student’s supervisor and integrated into the final dissertation project. The assessment shall be made by a committee of three members of the program’s faculty. |
ELECTIVE COURSES (MASTER’S AND DOCTORAL DEGREE)
Literary and Cultural Studies
| Literary Genres and Film (4 credits – 60 hours) The main critical approaches applied to literary genres (prose, poetry, theater) and film studies. |
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| Research Track: English Language Literature Study of works, authors, geopolitical and temporal relations of literatures in English based on contemporary critical theories. |
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| Poetry and History (4 credits – 60 hours) | Dialogical study of poetry in the English language with historical, social, cultural and political contexts, addressing issues such as wars and other conflicts, diasporas and contemporary displacements, colonialism and postcolonialism, and cultural representations. |
| Poetics of Resistance and Testimony (4 credits – 60 hours) | Study of the relations of poetry and literature in English and historical, social, political and cultural contexts, approaching issues such as identity, language, communication, difference, race/ethnicity, war and other conflicts, diaspora and displacement, the anthropocene and environmental insecurity, as well as the effects of colonialism and other systems of exploitation and oppression in Anglophone cultures and their literary representations. |
| Writing by Women (4 credits – 60 hours) | Reading and discussion of works produced by women, with a focus on the impact of contemporary feminism and the effects of gender category in literary genres such as utopia, gothic, science fiction, among others. |
| Irish Studies (4 credits – 60 hours) | Multidisciplinary studies of cultural, artistic, social, political and economical aspects of Ireland and/or Northern Ireland in various fields, contexts and text genres. |
| Travel Writing (4 credits – 60 hours) | Travel literature in a critical and theoretical context, from texts of various genres (letters, diaries, essays, poems, fiction) produced in different historical periods to analyze the relationship between travel and representation. |
| Special Topics in English Language Literature (1-4 credits -15-60 hours) | Open themed courses. |
| Research Track: Theoretical and Cultural Intersections
Studies covering literature, other arts and media in their interrelations and/or theoretical and cultural specificities. |
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| Critical Perspectives (4 credits – 60 hours) | Literary and cultural theory and criticism from reading, analysis, and discussion of different perspectives, with a focus on theory as epistemic in-betweenness and political reconfiguration. |
| Literature and Film (4 credits – 60 hours) | Critical theoretical studies in film and literature, addressing issues of narrative, adaptation and other studies of film criticism. |
| Representations of History in Film (4 credits – 60 hours) | Discussion of concepts such as narrative, history, representation, national identity, among others, focusing on the relationship between the filmic narrative and the representation of history. |
| Film and Audiovisual-Theories (4 credits – 60 hours) | Theoretical fundamentals of various film approaches to discuss common sense assumptions about the nature of the film or cinematographic object and to critically investigate theoretical proposals for film analysis. |
| Feminist Theories and the Geographies of Power (4 credits – 60 hours) | Contemporary feminist theories and their different systems of representation – of race, class, sexuality, difference, diaspora -, mapping the relationship between gender and other power structures that affect matters of interpretation, meaning, and politics. |
| Special Topics in Theoretical and Cultural Intersections (1-4 credits – 15-60 hours) | Open themed courses. |
