HrvatskiThe Department of English started its activities in 1934 as a specialized English language programme, which gradually developed into one of the twenty-three departments of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb. The Department is divided in four sections: English Language Section, English Literature Section, American Studies Program, and Teaching English as a Foreign Language Section.
The Department offers the following undergraduate (Bachelor’s Degree) and graduate (Master’s Degree) programmes:
- Undergraduate Programme in English Language and Literature (double major)
- Graduate Programme in Linguistics (single and double major)
- Graduate Programme in English Literature and Culture (single and double major)
- Graduate Programme in American Literature and Culture (single and double major)
- Graduate Programme in Translation (single and double major)
- Graduate Programme in TEFL (only double major)
There are 41 faculty members instructing approximately 600 students on annual basis.
The Scandinavian Studies Section was founded in 1994 as part of the Department of English. The Section offers the following undergraduate (Bachelor’s Degree) and graduate (Master’s Degree) programmes:
- Undergraduate programme in Swedish Language and Culture (double major)
- Graduate Programme in Linguistics (double major)
- Graduate Programme in Translation (double major)
There are six faculty members instructing approximately 120 students on annual basis.
For admission requirements for foreign students, please check the official web pages of the Department of English where you will find all relevant contacts.
BACHELOR’S DEGREE PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
(taken as a double major)
| First year | |
| 1st semester | |
| Contemporary English Language (CEL) 1 | 5 ECTS |
| Introduction to the Linguistic Study of English | 6 ECTS |
| Introduction to English Literature 1 (5, 6 ) | 4 ECTS |
| 2nd semester | |
| CEL 2 | 5 ECTS |
| Syntax of the English Language 1: Parts of Speech (1) | 6 ECTS |
| Introduction to English Literature 2 (7) | 2 ECTS |
| Second year | |
| 3rd semester | |
| CEL 3 | 5 ECTS |
| Literary course: from the list of lit. courses (2, 3) | 6 ECTS |
| 4th semester | |
| Analysis of Texts in English | 5 ECTS |
| Syntax of the English Language 2: Sentence | 6 ECTS |
| Literary course: from the list of lit. courses (2, 3) | 6 ECTS |
| Third year | |
| 5th semester | |
| Cultures of the USA and the UK (4) | 5 ECTS |
| Semantics of the English Language | 6 ECTS |
| Literary course: from the list of lit. courses (2, 3) | 6 ECTS |
| 6th semester | |
| Translation Exercises | 5 ECTS |
| Phonetics and Phonology | 6 ECTS |
| Literary course: from the list of lit. courses (2, 3) | 6 ECTS |
Notes:
- Introduction to the Linguistic Study of English is a prerequisite for enrolment in Syntax 1: Parts of Speech.
- For students who enrolled in Year 1 of Bologna studies in the academic year 2005/06: students select one course from literary courses offered for the 3rd semester. Until the 6th semester, apart fromIntroduction to English literature and Shakespeare, students must enrol in one literary course in the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th semester (the total of five literary courses during undergraduate studies). One of the remaining three elective courses, be it British, American or Anglophone (Australian, Canadian, Irish), must be labelled as a 19th-century course and one as a 20th-century course.
- For students who enrolled in Year 1 of Bologna studies in the academic year 2006/07 and later: Students enrolled in the 3rd and 5th semester select elective literary courses from the course list for the 3rd and 5th semester. Students enrolled in the 4th and 6th semester select elective literary courses from the course list for the 4th and 6th semester. Selection principle: one course in Early Modern literature or one course in Victorian literature; one course in British or American 20th-century literature; one course in British literature; one course in American literature. Each course fulfils two criteria (century + national literature). Introduction to English literature is the 1st semester obligatory course. Students must pass this course to enrol in any subsequent elective literary courses.
- Former course title: Societies and Cultures of the English-speaking World.
- Beginning with 2015/16, the obligatory course “Introduction to the Study of English Literature“, held in the first semester of undergraduate study, is replaced with a modified obligatory course “Introduction to the Study of English Literature 1“. There is also a new obligatory course in the second semester, the “Introduction to the Study of English Literature 2“. This change in courses was approved by the Faculty Board on the 17th July 2015. Students who have taken the course Introduction to the Study of English Literature before 2015/16 and have failed it, must now enrol into both introductory courses.
- For students who enrolled in Year 1 of Bologna studies in the academic year 2015/16: Regular attendance and active participation in Introduction to English literature 1 is a minimal prerequisite for the enrolment in Introduction to English literature 2.
- For students who enrolled in Year 1 of Bologna studies in the academic year 2015/16: Students enrolled in the 3rd and 5th semester select elective literary courses from the course list for the 3rd and 5th semester. Students enrolled in the 4th and 6th semester select elective literary courses from the course list for the 4th and 6th semester. Selection principle: one course in Early Modern literature or one course in Victorian literature; one course in British or American 20th-century literature; one course in British literature; one course in American literature. Each course fulfils two criteria (century + national literature). Introduction to English Literature 1 and Introduction to English Literature 2 are Year 1 obligatory courses. Students must pass both courses to enrol in any subsequent elective literary course.
Master’s degree programmes can be found here.