English Philology
Sukurta: 24 November 2020
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Faculty Faculty of Philology |
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Scope of studies and length 240 ECTS credits, 4 years |
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Qualification awarded Bachelor in Humanities |
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Application deadline*
1 May / 1 July |
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Language English |
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Tuition fee per year EU/EFTA students can apply for a state-funded places |
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Start of studies
1 September
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City Vilnius |
This programme offers students the solid written and spoken communication skills required for workplace success in English (C1鈥揅2), as well as the fundamentals of English linguistics, literature and the culture of English-speaking countries. The curriculum includes a diverse range of course units that are designed to help students develop their language skills, including the advanced writing, speaking and research skills needed to become successful. Our students acquire a range of soft skills by cultivating their analytical and critical thinking, problem-solving and rhetorical abilities, while also gaining a knowledge of culture and history, which will allow them to understand the complex modern world of today.
Programme structure
| Subjects of study | Credits |
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| Semester 1 Autumn | |
| Compulsory Courses | 30.0 |
| Academic Communication I/II p. | 5.0 |
| European Classical Tradition | 5.0 |
| Grammar: Form, Meaning and Use I/II p. | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to the Theory of Literature | 5.0 |
| Phonetics and Phonology: From Sound to Meaning | 5.0 |
| Semester 2 Spring | |
| Compulsory Courses | 15.0 |
| Academic Communication II/II p. | 5.0 |
| Cultural Narratives: British and American Literature, Society, and Culture | 5.0 |
| Grammar: Form, Meaning and Use II/II p. | 5.0 |
| Optional Courses | 15.0 |
| variant Culture, Media | 15.0 |
| Celtic Religion and Mythology | 5.0 |
| Culture and Multilingualism | 5.0 |
| Culture Processes and Media (the Middle Ages and the New Ages) | 5.0 |
| Digital Storytelling | 5.0 |
| Intercultural Communication | 5.0 |
| Language and Culture | 5.0 |
| Media Studies: History, Theory and Aesthetics | 5.0 |
| People and Their World in the Middle Ages | 5.0 |
| Roman Culture and Art | 5.0 |
| The Social Mirror: Reflecting Culture in Idioms | 5.0 |
| 20th-Century Drama | 5.0 |
| 20th-21st Century British Drama through the 鈥楶rgamatic鈥� Looking Glass | 5.0 |
| variant Development of Practical Skills | 15.0 |
| Editing Skills Training | 5.0 |
| Empowering Young Learners: Current Trends in Language Education | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Editing | 5.0 |
| Standard Lithuanian: Attitudes and Usage | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Advanced Courses | 15.0 |
| Baltic Languages and Cultures | 5.0 |
| Cultural Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Experimental Phonetics | 5.0 |
| Formulaicity of Contemporary Languages | 5.0 |
| Geopolitical Changes and Language | 5.0 |
| Historical Grammar of Romance Languages | 5.0 |
| Indo-European Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Language and Identity | 5.0 |
| Language and Nationalism | 5.0 |
| Language Contact and Linguistic Areas | 5.0 |
| Lexical Typology | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Text Analysis | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Variation in Indo-European Languages | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Language from the Earliest Times to the Present | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Sign Language and Gesture Studies | 5.0 |
| Mapping Linguistic Variation | 5.0 |
| Media Discourse | 5.0 |
| Mythological Vocabulary | 5.0 |
| Romance Onomastics | 5.0 |
| Textology | 5.0 |
| The Latin Language and Texts | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Introductory Courses | 15.0 |
| Introduction of Contrastive Grammar | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Applied Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Germanic Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Romance Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Typology of Languages | 5.0 |
| variant Literature | 15.0 |
| Ancient Literature | 5.0 |
| British Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults | 5.0 |
| Classical Russian Novel | 5.0 |
| Current Aspects of Lithuanian Literature | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Feminist Critical Theory | 5.0 |
| Literary Discourse Analysis | 5.0 |
| Modern Literature of Eastern and Central Europe | 5.0 |
| Polish and Russian Nobel Laureates: Authors and Ideas | 5.0 |
| Reflections of Architecture in Literature | 5.0 |
| Representations of Gender in Contemporary Lithuanian Literature and Culture | 5.0 |
| The Bible and Literature | 5.0 |
| Travel Writing | 5.0 |
| Western Literature (Middle Ages-Romanticism) | 5.0 |
| Western Literature: Realism vs. Modernism | 5.0 |
| Semester 3 Autumn | |
| Compulsory Courses | 15.0 |
| Contemporary Linguistics: Theories and Research Methods | 5.0 |
| English Lexicology and Lexicography | 5.0 |
| History of Ideas of Europe | 5.0 |
| Optional Courses | 5.0 |
| American Short-Story | 5.0 |
| Content Writing in English | 5.0 |
| Creative Writing in English | 5.0 |
| English in Popular Culture | 5.0 |
| Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 10.0 |
| Semester 4 Spring | |
| Compulsory Courses | 15.0 |
| Analysis of Digital Texts | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Literature, Culture, Theory | 5.0 |
| Optional Courses | 5.0 |
| Academic Debate | 5.0 |
| Contemporary Metaphor Research | 5.0 |
| English Language in the World | 5.0 |
| Insights into Academic Discourse | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Translation | 5.0 |
| Stylistics and Text Effects | 5.0 |
| The Cinematic City: From Weimar to Contemporary Hollywood | 5.0 |
| Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 10.0 |
| Semester 5 Autumn | |
| Compulsory Courses | 5.0 |
| Literature of English-speaking Countries: 18th and 19th Centuries | 5.0 |
| Optional Courses | 15.0 |
| group General Optional Subjects | 5.0 |
| variant Culture, Media | 5.0 |
| Celtic Religion and Mythology | 5.0 |
| Culture and Multilingualism | 5.0 |
| Culture Processes and Media (the Middle Ages and the New Ages) | 5.0 |
| Digital Storytelling | 5.0 |
| Intercultural Communication | 5.0 |
| Language and Culture | 5.0 |
| Media Studies: History, Theory and Aesthetics | 5.0 |
| People and Their World in the Middle Ages | 5.0 |
| Roman Culture and Art | 5.0 |
| The Social Mirror: Reflecting Culture in Idioms | 5.0 |
| 20th-Century Drama | 5.0 |
| 20th-21st Century British Drama through the 鈥楶rgamatic鈥� Looking Glass | 5.0 |
| variant Development of Practical Skills | 5.0 |
| Editing Skills Training | 5.0 |
| Empowering Young Learners: Current Trends in Language Education | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Editing | 5.0 |
| Standard Lithuanian: Attitudes and Usage | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Advanced Courses | 5.0 |
| Baltic Languages and Cultures | 5.0 |
| Cultural Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Experimental Phonetics | 5.0 |
| Formulaicity of Contemporary Languages | 5.0 |
| Geopolitical Changes and Language | 5.0 |
| Historical Grammar of Romance Languages | 5.0 |
| Indo-European Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Language and Identity | 5.0 |
| Language and Nationalism | 5.0 |
| Language Contact and Linguistic Areas | 5.0 |
| Lexical Typology | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Text Analysis | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Variation in Indo-European Languages | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Language from the Earliest Times to the Present | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Sign Language and Gesture Studies | 5.0 |
| Mapping Linguistic Variation | 5.0 |
| Media Discourse | 5.0 |
| Mythological Vocabulary | 5.0 |
| Romance Onomastics | 5.0 |
| Textology | 5.0 |
| The Latin Language and Texts | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Introductory Courses | 5.0 |
| Introduction of Contrastive Grammar | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Applied Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Germanic Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Romance Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semiotics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Typology of Languages | 5.0 |
| variant Literature | 5.0 |
| Ancient Literature | 5.0 |
| British Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults | 5.0 |
| Classical Russian Novel | 5.0 |
| Current Aspects of Lithuanian Literature | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Feminist Critical Theory | 5.0 |
| Literary Discourse Analysis | 5.0 |
| Modern Literature of Eastern and Central Europe | 5.0 |
| Polish and Russian Nobel Laureates: Authors and Ideas | 5.0 |
| Reflections of Architecture in Literature | 5.0 |
| Representations of Gender in Contemporary Lithuanian Literature and Culture | 5.0 |
| The Bible and Literature | 5.0 |
| Travel Writing | 5.0 |
| Western Literature (Middle Ages-Romanticism) | 5.0 |
| Western Literature: Realism vs. Modernism | 5.0 |
| group Specialisation Optional Subjects | 10.0 |
| group Other Specialty Optional Subjects | 5.0 |
| American Short-Story | 5.0 |
| Content Writing in English | 5.0 |
| Creative Writing: Poetry and Short Story | 5.0 |
| English in Popular Culture | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Translation, Editing and Postediting | 5.0 |
| group Seminar on Literature or Linguistics and Term Paper | 5.0 |
| Seminar in English Linguistics: Introduction to Sociolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Seminar in English Linguistics: Introduction to Sociolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Seminar in English Literature: From Literature to Film: Adaptation Theory and Practice | 5.0 |
| Seminar in English Literature: Novel of Ideas: Utopia and Dystopia | 5.0 |
| Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 10.0 |
| Semester 6 Spring | |
| Compulsory Courses | 5.0 |
| Literature of English-speaking Countries: 20th and 21st Centuries | 5.0 |
| Optional Courses | 15.0 |
| group General Optional Subjects | 5.0 |
| variant Culture, Media | 5.0 |
| Celtic Religion and Mythology | 5.0 |
| Culture and Multilingualism | 5.0 |
| Culture Processes and Media (the Middle Ages and the New Ages) | 5.0 |
| Digital Storytelling | 5.0 |
| Intercultural Communication | 5.0 |
| Language and Culture | 5.0 |
| Media Studies: History, Theory and Aesthetics | 5.0 |
| People and Their World in the Middle Ages | 5.0 |
| Roman Culture and Art | 5.0 |
| The Social Mirror: Reflecting Culture in Idioms | 5.0 |
| 20th-Century Drama | 5.0 |
| 20th-21st Century British Drama through the 鈥楶rgamatic鈥� Looking Glass | 5.0 |
| variant Development of Practical Skills | 5.0 |
| Editing Skills Training | 5.0 |
| Empowering Young Learners: Current Trends in Language Education | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Editing | 5.0 |
| Standard Lithuanian: Attitudes and Usage | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Advanced Courses | 5.0 |
| Baltic Languages and Cultures | 5.0 |
| Cultural Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Experimental Phonetics | 5.0 |
| Formulaicity of Contemporary Languages | 5.0 |
| Geopolitical Changes and Language | 5.0 |
| Historical Grammar of Romance Languages | 5.0 |
| Indo-European Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Language and Identity | 5.0 |
| Language and Nationalism | 5.0 |
| Language Contact and Linguistic Areas | 5.0 |
| Lexical Typology | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Text Analysis | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Variation in Indo-European Languages | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Language from the Earliest Times to the Present | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Sign Language and Gesture Studies | 5.0 |
| Mapping Linguistic Variation | 5.0 |
| Media Discourse | 5.0 |
| Mythological Vocabulary | 5.0 |
| Romance Onomastics | 5.0 |
| Textology | 5.0 |
| The Latin Language and Texts | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Introductory Courses | 5.0 |
| Introduction of Contrastive Grammar | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Applied Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Germanic Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Romance Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semiotics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Typology of Languages | 5.0 |
| variant Literature | 5.0 |
| Ancient Literature | 5.0 |
| British Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults | 5.0 |
| Classical Russian Novel | 5.0 |
| Current Aspects of Lithuanian Literature | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Feminist Critical Theory | 5.0 |
| Literary Discourse Analysis | 5.0 |
| Modern Literature of Eastern and Central Europe | 5.0 |
| Polish and Russian Nobel Laureates: Authors and Ideas | 5.0 |
| Reflections of Architecture in Literature | 5.0 |
| Representations of Gender in Contemporary Lithuanian Literature and Culture | 5.0 |
| The Bible and Literature | 5.0 |
| Travel Writing | 5.0 |
| Western Literature (Middle Ages-Romanticism) | 5.0 |
| Western Literature: Realism vs. Modernism | 5.0 |
| group Specialisation Optional Subjects | 10.0 |
| group Other Specialty Optional Subjects | 5.0 |
| Academic Debate | 5.0 |
| Contemporary Metaphor Research | 5.0 |
| Current Practices in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning | 5.0 |
| Dimensions of Evaluation in Discourse | 5.0 |
| English Language in the World | 5.0 |
| Literary Translation | 5.0 |
| Stylistics and Text Effects | 5.0 |
| group Seminar on Literature or Linguistics and Term Paper | 5.0 |
| Seminar in English Literature: Fictional texts, Theoretical models, Figurative Language | 5.0 |
| Seminar on English Linguistics: the Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Seminar on English Translation: Creative Translation | 5.0 |
| Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 10.0 |
| Semester 7 Autumn | |
| Compulsory Courses | 5.0 |
| Bachelor's Final Thesis Seminar | 5.0 |
| Optional Courses | 5.0 |
| variant Culture, Media | 5.0 |
| Celtic Religion and Mythology | 5.0 |
| Culture and Multilingualism | 5.0 |
| Culture Processes and Media (the Middle Ages and the New Ages) | 5.0 |
| Digital Storytelling | 5.0 |
| Intercultural Communication | 5.0 |
| Language and Culture | 5.0 |
| Media Studies: History, Theory and Aesthetics | 5.0 |
| People and Their World in the Middle Ages | 5.0 |
| Roman Culture and Art | 5.0 |
| The Social Mirror: Reflecting Culture in Idioms | 5.0 |
| 20th-Century Drama | 5.0 |
| 20th-21st Century British Drama through the 鈥楶rgamatic鈥� Looking Glass | 5.0 |
| variant Development of Practical Skills | 5.0 |
| Editing Skills Training | 5.0 |
| Empowering Young Learners: Current Trends in Language Education | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Editing | 5.0 |
| Standard Lithuanian: Attitudes and Usage | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Advanced Courses | 5.0 |
| Baltic Languages and Cultures | 5.0 |
| Cultural Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
| Experimental Phonetics | 5.0 |
| Formulaicity of Contemporary Languages | 5.0 |
| Geopolitical Changes and Language | 5.0 |
| Historical Grammar of Romance Languages | 5.0 |
| Indo-European Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Language and Identity | 5.0 |
| Language and Nationalism | 5.0 |
| Language Contact and Linguistic Areas | 5.0 |
| Lexical Typology | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Text Analysis | 5.0 |
| Linguistic Variation in Indo-European Languages | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Language from the Earliest Times to the Present | 5.0 |
| Lithuanian Sign Language and Gesture Studies | 5.0 |
| Mapping Linguistic Variation | 5.0 |
| Media Discourse | 5.0 |
| Mythological Vocabulary | 5.0 |
| Romance Onomastics | 5.0 |
| Textology | 5.0 |
| The Latin Language and Texts | 5.0 |
| variant Linguistics: Introductory Courses | 5.0 |
| Introduction of Contrastive Grammar | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Applied Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Germanic Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Romance Philology | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Typology of Languages | 5.0 |
| variant Literature | 5.0 |
| Ancient Literature | 5.0 |
| British Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults | 5.0 |
| Classical Russian Novel | 5.0 |
| Current Aspects of Lithuanian Literature | 5.0 |
| Introduction to Feminist Critical Theory | 5.0 |
| Literary Discourse Analysis | 5.0 |
| Modern Literature of Eastern and Central Europe | 5.0 |
| Polish and Russian Nobel Laureates: Authors and Ideas | 5.0 |
| Reflections of Architecture in Literature | 5.0 |
| Representations of Gender in Contemporary Lithuanian Literature and Culture | 5.0 |
| The Bible and Literature | 5.0 |
| Travel Writing | 5.0 |
| Western Literature (Middle Ages-Romanticism) | 5.0 |
| Western Literature: Realism vs. Modernism | 5.0 |
| Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 20.0 |
| Semester 8 Spring | |
| Compulsory Courses | 15.0 |
| Bachelor Final Thesis (Study field: Philology by language) | 15.0 |
| Optional Courses | 15.0 |
| group internship (for all the students) | 15.0 |
| Practical Work and Internship: Corpus Linguistics | 15.0 |
| Practical Work and Internship: English as a foreign language teaching | 15.0 |
| Practical Work and Internship: Intercultural Communication | 15.0 |
| Practical Work and Internship: Translation | 15.0 |
* Individual study courses鈥痠nclude a list of courses students can choose from, in particular:
鈥� 20+ languages: English, French, Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Russian, Polish, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Ancient Greek, Modern Greek, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, Finnish, Hungarian, Slovenian, Croatian, Romanian, Turkish and Georgian;
鈥� optional courses from the same and/or other study fields;
鈥� General University Studies (GUS) modules covering a wide range of study fields throughout the University (for the complete list see鈥痟ere);
鈥� Minor Studies in another study field.
Key Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the English Philology programme are able to:
- Analyse, synthesise, summarise and discuss the main principles underlying the structure and use of language
- Show an awareness of the different frameworks of literary and cultural theory and apply them in the analysis of a literary text
- Interpret the historical and cultural background of English-speaking countries
- Communicate in English at an advanced level (C1鈥揅2), as well as use ESP (English for Specific Purposes) and EAP (Academic English) skills (writing reports, reviews, research papers and other genres), and apply their skills in translations
- Carry out linguistic/ literary research
Programme Specific Requirements
English language proficiency (at a level no lower than B2 following CEFR), certified by one of the international exams:
鈥� IELTS score: 6+,
鈥� TOEFL score: 500 (paper based) or 60+ (iBT Internet鈥揵ased test)
鈥� Cambridge English exam: 173+,
鈥� Pearson PTE Academic: 65+,
鈥� LanguageCert IESOL B2,
鈥� Duolingo English Test: 105+,
Or other document certifying the English language proficiency at a level no lower than B2 following CEFR
In addition, all applicants have to fulfil the general admission requirements.
Why choose this programme?
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What comes after?A degree in English Philology can lead to a successful career in a wide variety of fields:
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