Distance Learning (DL)

Master’s degree in Cultural Studies of the English-Speaking World

https://allsh.univ-amu.fr/sfad/master-etudes-culturelles-monde-anglophone

Presentation of the course

The SFAD offers a fully remote Master’s degree in English, entitled ‘Master’s Degree in Cultural Studies of the English-Speaking World’ (ECMA).
The course is offered by the English Studies Department (DEMA). To peruse the study guide of the ECMA Master’s degree, click on the following link:
https://allsh.univ-amu.fr/master-ECMA
The entire ECMA Master’s degree is wholly based on continuous assessment. Students will be evaluated throughout the semester and required to travel once to Aix-Marseille University, at the end of the semester, in order to take the continuous assessment test with the highest weighting (50%).

Course Contents

The teaching units of the first-year Master’s degree for the 2018–19 semesters are as follows:

SEMESTER 7 

Unit Code      Credits         Course    
HLAAU01D          9  Foundational Knowledge 1. Literature, Civilization, and Linguistics 1
HLAA01AD                      Literature. Methodology, Forms, and Cultural Practices 1
HLAA01BD                Research Methodology in Civilization and Cultural Areas of the English-Speaking World 1
HLAA01CD                      Linguistics. Language and Variations 1
HLAAU02D          9        Foundational Knowledge 2
HLAA02AD                       Practices of Translation: English into French
HLAA02BD                       Digital Humanities 1: New Digital Writing
HLAA02CD                       Enhancing Research Results and Professional Skills
HLAAU03D          3          Publishing Texts in the English-Speaking World 1
HLAAU04D          3          Literature 1. Real-Life Accounts 1
HLAAU06D          3          Linguistics 1. Phonetic and Psycholinguistic Approaches
HLAAU08D          3          Civilization 2. Migrations
 

SEMESTER 8 

Unit Code    Credits   Course
HLABU01D         9          Foundational Knowledge 3: Literature, Civilization, and Linguistics 2
HLAB01AD                         Literature. Methodology, Forms, and Cultural Practices 2
HLAB01BD                         Research Methodology in Civilization and Cultural Areas of the English-Speaking World 2
HLAB01CD                         Linguistics. Language and Variations 2
HLABU02D      6            Foundational Knowledge 4
HLAB02AD                         Practices of Translation: French into English
HLAB02BD                         Rhetoric of Cultural Studies and Research
HLABU03D        6             Research Dissertation 1
HLABU04D        3            Translation and Culture. Translating Orality
HLABU08D        3            Linguistics 2. Stylistics
HLABU06D        3            Literature 3: Real-Life Accounts 2
 
The teaching units of the second-year Master’s degree for the 2018–19 semesters are as follows:
 

SEMESTER 9  

Unit Code Credits   Course
HLACU01D        6    Foundational Knowledge 5
HLAC01AD              Digital Humanities 2, New Digital Writing
HLAC01BD                      Techniques and Rhetoric of Research
HLACU02D        6    Dissertation Preparation 2
HLACX11D        18        Choice of 3 disciplinary units
HLACU03D        6            Publishing, Translation, and Translation Studies
HLAC03AD                       Publishing Texts in the English-Speaking World 2
HLAC03BD                   Translation and Translation Studies
HLACU07D        6            Literature 6. Literature and Otherness 2
HLAC07AD                       Literature and the Post-National: Interrogating Borders
HLAC07BD                       Literature and Diversities
HLACU08D        6            Civilization 6. Civilization and Otherness
HLAC08AD                       Cultures of the Commonwealth
HLAC08BD                       Circulation of Texts and Ideas in the United States/Great Britain/France
HLACU09D        6            Linguistics 4. Varieties of Language
HLAC09AD                       Sociolinguistics
HLAC09BD                       Sociophonology
 

Semester 10

Unit Code       Credits         Course
HLADU01D     6                   Internship
HLADU02D     12                 Research Dissertation
HLADU03D     6         Setting Up a Scientific Project
HLADX11D     6          Choice of 2 disciplinary units
HLADU04D     3                   Creative Translation
HLADU08D     3                   Literature 8. Literature and Power
HLADU09D     3                   Linguistics 6. Language, Culture, & Identity
HLADU10D     3                    Civilization 8. International Relations

Practical Information

To know about the cost of distance learning, please see the distance learning ‘Registration’ page, in the ‘Fees’ section.
To understand how to register, please refer to our ‘Registration’ page also.
https://allsh.univ-amu.fr/sfad