Programme structure
The two year course of study consists of a total of 120 ECTS credits.
- Compulsory courses (20 credits)
- Elective courses (40 credits)
- Master’s thesis (60 credits)
4. semester | 30 or 60 credits M.A. Thesis | ||
3. semester | 60 credits M.A. Thesis | ||
Elective courses / study abroad / EUS4900 – International Project Semester, European Languages | |||
2. semester | ENG4xxx – Thesis writing course (new from spring 2025) | Elective course | Elective course |
1. semester | ENG4301 – Literary Theory in English | Elective course | Elective course |
10 credits | 10 credits | 10 credits |
Course selection
- Compulsory courses, 20 credits
- ENG4301 – Literary Theory in English
- ENG4xxx – Thesis writing course
- Master's Thesis, 30 or 60 credits
- ENG4390 – Master's Thesis in Literature in English (60 credits)
- ENG4394 – Master's Thesis in Literature in English (30 credits)
- Elective courses, 40 or 70 credits
- At least one of your elective courses (10 credits) must be within English literature before 1900.
- ENG4340 – Nineteenth-Century American Literature
- ENG4341 – English Renaissance Literature
- ENG4343 – British Literature in the Age of the Enlightenment
- ENG4344 – The Romantic Period
- ENG4345 – The Victorian Period
- ENG4367 – Shakespeare
- ENG4455 – Reading Milton's Paradise Lost
- ENG4500 – British and American Political Literature in the Eighteenth Century
- At least one of your elective courses (10 credits) must be within English literature before 1900.
Literary Translation (This is only an option if you are fluent in Norwegian)
4. semester | ENG4490 – Masteroppgave i litterær oversettelse fra engelsk til norsk | ||
3. semester | TRANS4300 – Litterært oversetterseminar 2 | Elective course | Elective course |
2. semester | Elective course / study abroad | Elective course / study abroad | Elective course / study abroad |
1. semester | ENG4301 – Literary Theory in English | ENG4491 – Praksisseminar i litterær oversettelse fra engelsk til norsk | Elective course |
10 credits | 10 credits | 10 credits |
- Compulsory courses, 30 credits
- Elective courses, 60 credits
- Master's Thesis, 30 credits
Thesis proposal
You will be writing a thesis proposal for your Master’s thesis in either ENG4000 – Thesis Writing for English Literature, American and British Studies or TRANS4300 – Litterært oversetterseminar 2. You will be assigned a supervisor based on your thesis proposal. If you are on exchange abroad and are unable to attend one of these courses you must still make sure to hand in a thesis proposal to your study advisor no later than May 31.
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