Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Double Major - Linguistics and Multilingual Studies and English

4-Year Direct Honours Programme

This is a four-year direct honours degree programme. If your CGPA is 3.0 and above, your Honours stays with you.

Equal Weightage

Unlike second major, you will receive equal training for both majors.

Degree Scroll

Both majors will be listed on the degree school. You will be recognised for the effort and time spent for the programme

Flexible

You may apply to change your programme after your first year. You must meet the minimum requirement set for your admit year and the acceptance of the new selected programme.

For GCE 'A' level certificate holders:

• NTU General Admission Requirements
• A good grade in General Paper/Knowledge & Inquiry/ H1 or H2 Level Humanities subject 

For International Baccalaureate Diploma holders:

• NTU General Admission Requirements
• A good grade in SL English 

For NUS High School Diploma holders:

• NTU General Admission Requirements
• Good Overall CAP in English Language

For International Students & Students with other qualifications:

• NTU General Admission Requirements
• A good grade in General Paper/English at Senior High School Level

To graduate, students must complete two (2) categories of requirement, totalling at least 138 Academic Units (AUs): 

*Students who are eligible to do the FYP will be strongly encouraged to do an inter-major FYP.  Students whose GPAs fall in a certain range can choose whether or not to do the FYP. Students who do not do the FYP must clear 8 AUs of PEs (two 4000-level courses, one from each discipline) within the double major.

Interdisciplinary Collaborative Core Courses (ICC):

Broadening and Deepening Electives (BDE):

Core [12 AUs]
HG1001 Mind and Meaning
HG2003 Phonetics and Phonology
HG2020 Language in Society
HG2034 Structure of Modern English

Major Prescribed Electives [26 AUs]

Minimum 1 from HG3000 level, and minimum 2 from HG4000 level.

Click here for the list of Linguistics & Multilingual Studies MPEs.

Core [12 AUs]

HL1001 Introduction to Literature
HL1002 Survey of English Literature I
HL1003 Survey of English Literature II
HL1005 Introduction to Singapore Literature
 

Major Prescribed Electives [26 AUs]

Choose at least TWO from Category A (including at least one of the following: HL2001, HL2002, HL2003, HL2004). Choose ONE each from Categories B, C, and D and the remaining AUs from any category. (At least THREE courses must be of HL4xxx.)

Note to English Literature Double Majors: 
For the remaining 2 courses not specified in the Category requirements, besides courses from Cat A to D, you can choose the following uncategorised courses to count towards your Major Prescribed Electives:

• HL1006 Introduction to American Literature
• HL2024 ​Approaches to Literature

Category A: Period Studies (Choose at least two electives)
Click here for the list of courses under Cat A

Category B: World Literatures (Choose at least one elective)
Click here for the list of courses under Cat B

 
Category C: Theory, Culture, and Film (Choose at least one elective)
Click here for the list of courses under Cat C

Category D: Special Interest Areas (Choose at least one elective)
Click here for the list of courses under Cat D

8 AUs
Students must clear at least 8 AUs from the Inter-Major Prescribed Electives listed below. 
​(Note: Courses listed as Inter-Major PEs can be counted as Major PEs)

Inter-Major PE offerings from Linguistics & Multilingual Studies:
HG2010 Bilingualism and Multilingualism
HG2021 Intercultural Communication
HG2023 Language and Gender
HG2024 X‐Rated Linguistics: Language, Sexuality and Desire
HG2031 History of English
HG2032 Globalization and World Englishes
HG2092 Analysing Spoken Discourse
HG2094 Word of Mouth: Transmission of Oral Culture
HG2096 What's in a text? - Analyzing Written Discourse
HG4014 Designing interactive environments for learning
HG4023 Language Planning and  Policy
HG4024 Social Theories and Language
HG4028 A Wor(l)d in Motion: the sociolinguistics of globalization
HG4063 Advanced World Englishes​

Inter-Major PE offerings from English:​
HL2008 Singapore Literature and Culture (Cat B)
HL2009 Southeast Asian Literature and Culture  (Cat B)
HL2021 Literature of Empire (Cat D)
HL2044 Introduction to Publishing (Cat D)
HL2045 Workshop in Theatre Practice (Cat C)
HL3016 Gender and Sexuality Studies (Cat C)
HL3036 History of the Book (Cat D)
HL3040 Gender and Diversity (Cat C)
HL3044 The Legends of King Arthur (Cat D)
HL3045 The Poetry of Precarity (Cat D)
HL4009 Popular Literature and Culture (Cat C)
HL4010 Feminist Studies (Cat C)
HL4013 Advanced Studies in Literature & Culture (Cat D)
HL4037 Writing the Self​ (Cat D)
HI3001 1984: Past, Present, Prophecy (Cat D)

Graduates in this double major program will develop key transferable skills highly prized by employers. With their training in the English Literature component of the program, students will be equipped with an outstanding command of the language, and they are skilled in analyzing critical narratives both within and beyond the literary realm. They are trained in all aspects of English literary studies with some comparative and cross-cultural components and features. English graduates can look forward to careers that require analytical skills and strong language proficiency.