Program Overview

Master Degree Program in English Language and Literature

The Master Degree Program in English Language and Literature is offered by the School of Translation Studies, Shandong University (Weihai). The program aims to cultivate high-level English talents with solid professional knowledge, strong scientific research ability, and all-around development in morality, intelligence, physique, and aesthetic.

Program Details

• Faculty: School of Translation Studies, Shandong University (Weihai)
• Degree: Master
• Subject: English Language and Literature
• Code of Subject: Not specified
• Subordinate Subjects: Subordinate Subjects (0000); Subordinate Subjects (0000)
• Scope of Application: From postgraduates enrolled in 2018
• Revision Date: May 2018
• Length of Study: 3 years (Maximum: 4 years)

Qualifications Required for Graduate Advance

To be eligible for graduation in advance, master's students must meet two conditions:

• Publish a related academic paper in the CSSCI (the master should be the first author, and Shandong University should be the first unit), or publish two academic papers in the extended edition of CSSCI (the master should be the first author, and Shandong University should be the first unit)
• Their dissertation must be passed anonymously

Academic Credit System

• Total credits: 33
• Required credits: 21

Aim of the Program

The program aims to train talents in English language and literature and its relevant disciplines with wide and solid theory as well as systematic and well-informed knowledge. Students should be able to grasp the latest progress and development trend of the subject, have the ability to do research independently, and possess certain abilities in translation and interpretation.

Branches of Learning

• Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Teaching
• Translation Theory and Practice
• Cognitive Linguistics and Western Rhetoric
• British Studies
• American Literature

Training Mode (Full Time)

1. After enrollment, the instructor is responsible for reviewing the postgraduate's development plan and professional development.
2. Teaching forms rely on the type and nature of the courses taught, such as classroom presentation and discussion, extracurricular reading, and report writing.
3. Focus on cultivating postgraduates' ability to knowledge acquisition, scientific research, academic innovation, academic identification, and academic communication.
4. Focus on postgraduates' ideological and political education, cultivating their cooperative spirit, and constantly improving their overall quality.

Training Contents and Requirements

Academic Forum (Master)

• Credit: 2
• Requirements: Attend lectures no less than 15 times per student and write an innovative 5000-word paper on a certain topic after the lectures. Students will take 1 credit after reaching the requirement. In the fourth semester, each student should take turns to give at least 2 leading-edge lectures.

Discussion Class (Master)

• Credit: 1
• Requirements: Postgraduates should fully participate in the discussion, debate academically, and be guided by the instructor. Postgraduates should, after attending the discussion class, write a 500-word report in English.

Social Practice (Master)

• Credit: 1
• Requirements: There are 2 kinds of practice in social practice, teaching practice, and translation practice. Postgraduate should seek an internship by himself, and his assessment finally will be based on the written evaluation materials offered by the internship.

Mid-term Assessment

• From the sixth week to twelfth week of the fourth semester, a mid-term assessment will be conducted in conjunction with the opening report of the master's dissertation. The assessment includes ideological performance, course study, research ability, dissertation opening report, health status, and comprehensive examination of the subject.

Requirements for Scientific Research and Enterprising Results

• Degree: Master
• Requirement: Publish domestically and internationally at least 1 paper related to the major in known journals.

Dissertation

• Degree: Master
• Requirement:
  1. Normative Requirements: The master's dissertation, written in English, should be completed independently under the guidance of the instructor. The dissertation should have theoretical value or practical value in a certain field of the subject.
  2. Writing Process Requirements: Postgraduate should complete his topic selection in the third semester under the guidance of the instructor. The topic must be scientific, enterprising, and feasible.

Major References

A list of major references is provided, including books and journals related to English language and literature, translation studies, and linguistics.

Curriculum for English Language and Literature Postgraduates

A detailed curriculum is provided, including compulsory and selective courses, such as Ideological and Political, Second Foreign Language, General Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Pragmatics, and Contemporary Translation Theory.