B.A. in English from University of London
B.A. in English from University of London
B. A. in English from University of London External Programmes Are you a voracious reader of works of literature? Do you have a “Sense of English Language” coupled with a “Bent on Literarture”?
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Would you love to become a teacher of literature?
Would you love to engage your learners in discussions instead of one man show lectures and make your small group classes roaring with laughter?
Would you love to teach literature by engaging the learners to connect the work of literature at hand with real life situation, other works of literature, history and religion thereby inspiring and enlightening them all?
Then why don’t you study B. A. in English at Univeristy of London?
But there is no course provider in Sri Lanka.
But there is no course provider in Sri Lanka.
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
You may directly, no intermediary at all, make payment to University of London, London, UK by Credit card/Wire transfer/Bank draft and study on-line with substantial group tutor assistance, VLE- Virtual Learning Environment (online forum for discussions) and most of all, on your own. You will be lonely. But then who knows, we can set up a club.
Your exams will be held strictly at British Council, Colombo in May and you may go step by step: Certificate, then Diploma then onto the B.A in English.
In terms of syllabus there is no difference between in-house University of London B. A. in English & University of London External. You get a fully fledged, top of the flight B. A. Degree in English from a top ranking university in England. Univeristy of London isn’t any other university. It is University of London.
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Since the prescribed books aren’t available in Sri Lanka you may have to import them from UK or USA. I have them all. And in addition to the prescribed books, there is an outstanding library that would rarely be seen in a residence: study course books, literature course books, classics, language reference, fiction, biography, history etc. bunpeiris@gmail.com
Following information is gleaned from http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk/
Structure and syllabus
Bachelor of Arts degree in English
The BA in English consists of twelve courses. Choose four courses from level 4, four from level 5 and four from level 6.
The BA in English consists of twelve courses. Choose four courses from level 4, four from level 5 and four from level 6.
Diploma of Higher Education in English
The Dip HE in English consists of eight courses. Choose four courses from level 4 and four from level 5.
The Dip HE in English consists of eight courses. Choose four courses from level 4 and four from level 5.
Certificate of Higher Education in English
The Cert HE in English consists of four courses from level 4.
The Cert HE in English consists of four courses from level 4.
Level 4
Two core courses (BA, DipHE & CertHE)
- Explorations in Literature
- Approaches to Text
Level 4 (BA, DipHE & CertHE)
Plus two courses chosen from
- Renaissance Comedy: Shakespeare and Jonson
- Introduction to Creative Writing
- Introduction to English Language
Level 5
Two courses chosen from
- Literature of the Later Middle Ages
- Renaissance and Restoration
- Augustans and Romantics
Level 5
Plus two courses chosen from
- Victorians
- Moderns
- Varieties of English
Level 6 (BA only)
Four courses chosen from
- American Literature
- Drama since 1860
- Language and Gender
- Language and the Media
- The Novel
- Postcolonial Literatures in English
- Shakespeare
