Program Overview

English Studies

Program Overview

The BA in English Studies at EUC allows students to explore the enduring issues of identity, culture, morality, and civilization through the analysis of literature and language. Students develop skills in textual analysis, critical thinking, and writing, as well as the knowledge and practical skills required for teaching English as a foreign language.

Program Details

• Languages: English
• Duration: 4 years
• Mode of Study: Online
• ECTS: 240

Program Structure

• General Education Requirements: 24 ECTS
• Core Requirements: 168 ECTS
• Major Electives: 30 ECTS
• Free Electives: 18 ECTS
• Total Requirements: 240 ECTS

Core Requirements

• English and Communication: 12 ECTS
  • END103: Instruction in Expository Writing (6 ECTS)
  • COD215: Public Speaking and Human Communication (6 ECTS)
• Humanities and Social Sciences Electives: 12 ECTS

Major Requirements

• Students select any Five (5) from the list of the following courses:
  • Literature:
    • LIT330: Children's Literature (6 ECTS)
    • LIT335: Nature Writing and Climate Change (6 ECTS)
    • LIT340: Queer Readings (6 ECTS)
    • LIT345: African-American Literature (6 ECTS)
    • LIT350: Special Topics: Literature (6 ECTS)
    • LIT355: Creative Writing (6 ECTS)
  • Linguistics:
    • LIN335: Special Topics: Linguistics (6 ECTS)
    • LIN345: Discourse Analysis (6 ECTS)
    • LIN350: Semantics and Pragmatics (6 ECTS)
    • LIN355: Interculturalism in Second Language Teaching (6 ECTS)
    • LIN375: Teaching English to Young Learners (6 ECTS)
    • LIN380: Technology in Second Language Learning (6 ECTS)

Career Opportunities

Our graduates work in:

• Teaching English as a Second Language
• Mass Media
• Advertising
• Public Relations
• Publishing
• Content Writing

Language Centre

The Language Centre of European University Cyprus was founded in 2016 and serves as a coordinating and examining centre for all language courses offered at EUC, including:

• ESP (English for Special Purposes)
• EFL (English as a Foreign Language)
• Greek as a Foreign Language
• EPT (English Placement Test) and GPT (Greek Placement Test) sessions
• Other foreign languages (e.g., German, Russian, etc.)

All instructors are highly qualified and hold postgraduate degrees from a number of Universities of the U.K. and the U.S.A. among others. Apart from their academic qualifications, our instructors also have extensive teaching experience in tertiary education.

The Language Centre is supervised by the Chairperson of the Department of Humanities, and there are academic coordinators for each of the languages offered by the Centre.