BUKIDNON STATE UNIVERSITY

Malaybalay City, Bukidnon 8700

Tel (088) 813-5661 to 5663; TeleFax (088) 813-2717, www.buksu.edu.ph

PROSPECTUS

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

CMO No. 36, s. 1998, CMO No. 9, s. 2003

The institution is given the flexibility to determine and design its own competency-based curriculum for graduate
studies subject to minimum requirements defined in the policies and standards specific to the field. Bukidnon State
University is a Center of Development in English Language and the undergraduate program. Bachelor of Arts in
English Language is Level III-Reaccredited and is currently applying for Level IV-accreditation.

Course Code Descriptive Title Units Pre-requisite

FOUNDATION COURSES 9
EL 301 Current Theoretical Perspectives, Trends and Topics in 3
English Language
EL 302 Quantitative Methods in Second Language Research 3
EL 303 Qualitative Methods in Second Language Research 3
MAJOR FIELDS 15
EL 304 World Englishes 3
EL 305 Advanced Discourse of Academic and Professional Rhetoric 3
in English
EL 306 Advanced Sociolinguistics (with emphasis on GAD and 3
indigenous language studies)
EL 307 Advanced English in Multilingual Culture 3
EL 308 Advanced Pragmatics and Cross Cultural Communication 3
EL 309 Advanced Syntax 3
EL 310 Advanced Psycholinguistics 3
EL 311 Advanced Stylistics (with emphasis on environment and 3
gender-oriented literature)
EL 312 Corpus Linguistics 3
ELECTIVES (12 Units from any of the following courses) 12
EL 313 Polices and Program Models for English Language 3
Education in the Global Context
EL 314 English and Computer-Assisted Language Learning 3
EL 315 Forensic Linguistics 3
EL 316 Lexico – Semantics 3
SDW 301 SEMINAR IN DISSERTATION WRITING 1
NON-CREDIT
EL 300 Advanced Academic Writing (for applications with a low
score in the essay exam.)
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 0
DISSERTATION WRITING
EL 318 Dissertation 1 6
EL 319 Dissertation 2 6
Total Credits 61

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 BUKIDNON STATE UNIVERSITY
Malaybalay City, Bukidnon 8700
Tel (088) 813-5661 to 5663; TeleFax (088) 813-2717, www.buksu.edu.ph

SUMMARY UNITS
FOUNDATION COURSES 9
MAJOR FIELDS 27
COGNATES/ELECTIVES 12
SEMINAR IN THESIS WRITING 1
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 0
THESIS/DISSERTATION WRITING 12
Total Credits 61

Prepared by: Reviewed by: Approved by:

Dr. Hazel Jean M. Abejuela Dr. Zita I. Dales Dr. Oscar C. Cabañelez
PhD.EL/MAEL/ELT Coordinator CAS, Dean University President

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