Courses Offered and Degree Requirements

COURSE CATEGORIES	Course Categories
Compulsory (Ob)	3
Electives (Op)	45
External Internships (PE)	0
Final Master Project (TFM)	12
TOTAL CREDITS	60

MASTER OF ADVANCED ENGLISH STUDIES: LANGUAGES AND CULTURES IN CONTACT

The Master Of Advanced English Studies: Languages And Cultures In Contact is a one-year academic program (60 credits). Classes are held at the University of Salamanca during Fall semester, and at the University of Valladolid in the Spring.

Course values range from 3 to 6 credits (ECTS).

The Master is structured along three academic itineraries that offer students a wide range of possibilities. Students can choose from:

English Language and Linguistics Program. This itinerary offers advanced specialization in fundamental aspects of English language and linguistics, grammar, phonetics and phonology, semantics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, applied linguistics, corpus linguistics, English as a Second Language and Language teaching methodologies.
Literature and Culture Program. Modernity and Postmodernity: Discourses and Cultures in Contact. This itinerary offers advanced studies in the field of English and American literature and culture, which includes a survey of the main trends in critical theory and various literary movements, and which familiarizes students with the aesthetics and poetics of all major literary periods seen in their respective socio-historical context, literary genres, comparative studies of different forms of artistic expression, interdisciplinary studies (literature and film), genre studies (narrativity, drama, novel, poetry, short story, metafiction), gender studies, and postcolonial studies.
Combined Program: English Language, and Anglo-American Literature and Culture. Students have the opportunity to design their own itinerary according to their professional and academic goals. In addition to the compulsory requirements, students may design their own plan of study by choosing 45 credits among the subjects offered in both itineraries.

Compulsory Courses

All students, regardless of the itinerary they choose, must take the following compulsory subjects:

“Writing a Research Paper” 3 credits (ECTS), the only course that is compulsory for all students.
Javier Ruano García, Jesús Benito Sánchez
Each student must complete a Final Master Thesis (12 credits) under the supervision of a Project Advisor who is a member of the Faculty participating in the program.

Electives/ Optional courses

In addition, students must take an additional 45 credits provided in the following academic tracks:

Academic Itineraries

A) English Language and Linguistics. offers advanced specialization in fundamental aspects of English language and linguistics, grammar, phonetics and phonology, semantics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, applied linguistics, corpus linguistics, English as a Second Language and Language teaching methodologies.

Modules and Courses

Module: “Theoretical approaches”
*Corpus Linguistics and its applications* Pedro Fuertes Olivera, Isabel Pizarro Sánchez	Opcional	6cr.	Valladolid
*Discourse Analysis in English* Vasilica Mocanu, Luisa Mª González Rodríguez	Opcional	6cr.	Salamanca
Module: “Analytical approximations”
*Phonology, Dialects and Discourse* Javier Ruano García , Pilar Sánchez García	Opcional	6cr.	Salamanca
*Comparative Approaches to English Grammar* Izaskun Elorza	Opcional	6cr.	Salamanca
*Metacognitive Approaches to Discourse Semantics* Elisa Pérez, Ana Alonso Alonso	Opcional	6cr.	Salamanca
*Pragmatics and its Cross Cultural Perspectives* Consuelo Montes Granado	Opcional	6cr.	Salamanca
*Research on languages in Contact: the Importance of Linguistic Data* Raquel Fernández y Esther Álvarez	Opcional	6cr.	Valladolid
Module: “Methodological Approaches”
*Methodological and Research Resources for English Language Teaching* Enrique Cámara, Beatriz Méndez-Cendón	Opcional	3cr.	Valladolid
*Syllabus design, Production and Evaluation of Methodological material* Elena González Cascos, Laura Filardo	Opcional	3cr.	Valladolid
Prácticas de Lengua y Cultura en Lengua Inglesa Ana María Manzanas	Opcional	3cr.	Salamanca
Prácticas de Lengua y Cultura en Lengua Inglesa Anunciación Carrera de la Red y Maria José Carrera de la Red	Opcional	3cr.	Valladolid
*Academic Writing and Research Methods in English* Paula Barba Guerrero	Optional	3cr.	Salamanca

B) Literature and Culture Program. Modernity and Postmodernity: Discourses and Cultures in Contact. offers advanced studies in the field of English and American literature and culture, which includes a survey of the main trends in critical theory and various literary movements, and which familiarizes students with the aesthetics and poetics of all major literary periods seen in their respective socio-historical context, literary genres, comparative studies of different forms of artistic expression, interdisciplinary studies (literature and film), genre studies (narrativity, drama, novel, poetry, short story, metafiction), gender studies, and postcolonial studies.

Modules and Courses

Module: “The origins of modernity”
*Transitions between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance* Mark Hutchings	Opcional	3cr.	Salamanca
*The Age of Shakespeare and Cervantes* Berta Cano Echevarría y Ana Sáez	Opcional	6cr.	Valladolid
*The Rise and Development of the Novel* Miriam Borham	Opcional	3cr.	Salamanca
*The Romantic Imagination* Mª Eugenia Perojo Arronte y Santiago Rodríguez Guerrero-Strachan	Opcional	6cr.	Valladolid
Module: “Modernity and Postmodernity”
*Gender in Postmodernist Literary Discourse* Carlos Herrero Quirós	Opcional	3cr.	Valladolid
*American Poetry and Poetics* Viorica Patea Birk	Opcional	6cr.	Salamanca
*Postmodernist Aesthetics* Mª Eugenia Díaz Sánchez	Opcional	3cr.	Salamanca
Module: “Discourses and Cultures in Contact: Exodi, Frontiers and Identities”
*Representations of Spain in British and American Literature* José Manuel Barrio Marcos	Opcional	3cr.	Valladolid
*Trans-Nations in American Literature and Culture* Ana Mª Manzanas Calvo	Opcional	3cr.	Salamanca
*Migration and Space in American Culture* Jesús Benito Sánchez	Opcional	3cr.	Valladolid
*Metafiction in Literature and Film* Javier Pardo García	Opcional	3cr.	Salamanca
*Theatre on the Margins: Race, Gender and Empire* Jorge Diego Sánchez	Opcional	3cr.	Salamanca
*“The One and the Many”: The Short Story and the Short Story Composite* Mercedes Peñalba García	Opcional	3cr.	Salamanca
*Trans-Canadian Literatures* Ana Mª Fraile Marcos	Opcional	3cr.	Salamanca
*Academic Writing and Research Methods in English* Paula Barba Guerrero	Optional	3cr.	Salamanca

Mixed Itinerary: Language, literature and Anglo-American culture. unites closely linked disciplines, such as language and linguistic research, along with literature and culture. Students have the opportunity to design their own itinerary according to their professional and academic goals. In addition to the compulsory requirements, students may design their own plan of study by choosing 45 credits among the subjects offered in both itineraries.