IC/Passport Number - School of Humanities, USM

5. LIST/SYNOPSIS OF SCHOOL COURSES
SYNOPSIS OF PROGRAMME:
This programme aims to produce competent and knowledgable graduates who
have acquired relevant language and literary skills in and knowledge of English
that would enable them to meet and adapt effectively to the demands of a
changing and global society, especially in the fields of language, literature and
education.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES:
To produce graduates who are:
• competent and knowledgeable in the English language and about the
teaching and learning of English.
• knowledgeable of linguistics as a field of study (such as phonetics and
phonology, semantics, syntax, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics,
discourse analysis etc).
• equipped with relevant literary skills in order to be able to appreciate,
analyse, discuss and evaluate various types of literary texts and
discourses.
• knowledgeable of various types of English (that is genre, register, dialect)
as part of language development for teachers.
• equipped with relevant generic skills (that is communication skills,
problem-solving skills, IT skills, study skills, team working, time
management, interpersonal skills), critical and creative thinking and
intellectual skills (to synthesise, analyse, and evaluate information and
ideas).
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Lifelong learning and information management
• students will possess the analytical skills to read and interpret literary
texts across a wide range of genres and periods.
• students will understand human language and the methods and techniques
that can be used to analyse all forms of linguistic data.
• students will obtain the relevant generic and ICT skills in order to process
information and ideas.
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