English Studies: Language trains the students in the theoretical and practical aspects of language use.

It
includes courses on language study, approaches to a College English Program, and integrative studies in
language and literature.

Course Checklists

BA English Studies: Language

MA English Studies: Language

PhD English Studies: Language

Course Offerings (Undergraduate and Graduate)

100 Study of the English Language: The linguistic, psychological, and sociological nature of English.

102 Development of the English Language: History and structure of the English language.

104 Levels of English Language Use: A study of the levels of use in native English.

116 English Phonology and Morphology: Essentials of English sounds and word structures.

117 English Syntax: Essentials of English sentence structures.

118 English Semantics: Meaning and relations between words and larger grammatical units.

119 English Discourse: A study of spoken and written English above the sentence level with emphasis
on the features of language in context.

120 Stylistics: Application of linguistic methods to literary study.

157 English for the Professions: Theory and practice of writing in the professions.

191 Approaches to a College English Program: Concepts and problems in college English under a
general education program.

199 Research (Language).

200 Undergraduate Thesis

201 Introduction to Old English: A beginning study of the history of the English language and
principles of linguistic development.
204 History of the English Language: The development of the English language from its Indo-
European origins to the present.

205 The Structure of English: Phonology and Morphology: Generative semantic study of English
phonology and morphology.

206 The Structure of English: Syntax.

207 Advanced Semantics.

208 Discourse Analysis.

210 Language and Literature.

260 Variation of Native and Non-Native English.

261 Critical Survey of Language Theories.

262 Problems in Rhetoric.

263 Textual Analysis.

290 Sociolinguistics and Literature.

295 Colloquium: Contemporary Issues and Problems in Language and Literature in the Philippine
Setting.

298 Directed Readings.

299 Bibliography and Methods of Library Research.

300 Master’s Thesis.

305 Seminar: Language and Cognition.

310 Seminar: English Language and Culture.

311 Seminar: Language and Gender.

315 Seminar: Semiotics.

316 Seminar: Language Theories. Language theories as they relate to the study of the English
language and literatures.

317 Seminar: Pragmatics.

320 Seminar: Discourse Stylistics and the Media.

325 Seminar: Hermeneutics.

335 Seminar: Critique of Philippine Literary Works in English Translation.

356 Seminar: Rhetorical Theory.

357 Seminar in Language and Literature.

399 Research.

400 Doctoral Dissertation.