Prerequisite courses for this course are: EN218E Reading and Responding (passed) and EN208E Academic Writing and Rhetoric I (passed) and EN221E Introduction to English Grammar (passed) and EN220E Phonetics (passed) and EN222E Culture and Representation (passed) and EN223E Language Analysis (passed) and EN224E Approaching the English Canon (passed) and EN209E Academic Writing and Rhetoric II (passed) and [EN214E Literary and Cultural Theory (passed) or EN225E Language and Soci
The course can normally be included as part of a general degree at undergraduate level.
The aim of this course is to allow the student to focus on a research topic within the field of English Studies, perform an independent, supervised research into the topic, present it in writing, and defend it in an academic seminar.
The aim of this course is to allow the student to focus on a research topic within the field of English Studies, perform an independent, supervised research into the topic, present it in writing, and defend it in an academic seminar.
Knowledge and understanding
After finishing this course, the student:
• understands and can show knowledge of what independent academic work entails;
• can show knowledge of theories and methods pertaining to the study of language, literature, or culture, and
• can show knowledge of Malmö University’s perspectives: International Migration and Ethnic Relations, Nature and Resource Management, and Equality and Gender.
Skills and ability
After finishing this course, the student:
• can formulate a research issue in the field of language, literature, or culture;
• is able to link the research issue productively to a relevant theory or theories;
• can search, select, evaluate, read, and refer to primary and secondary material/literature;
• can engage with relevant methods and methodological problems;
• can perform a linguistic, literary, or cultural analysis and draw conclusions from the analysis;
• can present the research in a paper which follows pertinent conventions of presentation and language;
• can, recognising their own competence, finish the research within the agreed time frame;
• can critically and constructively respond to another student’s paper in an academic seminar, and
• can apply knowledge of Malmö University’s perspectives to issues pertaining to language, literature, or culture.
Critical skills and approach
After finishing this course, the student:
• can reflect on their knowledge academically
A combination of resources is available, including seminars, group work, self-study, library research, independent, supervised research, and a formal opposition seminar.
This course is examined through an independently produced Bachelor Research Paper, which is defended in an academic seminar and graded by a faculty member other than the supervisor. The student also has to oppose another student’s paper in a seminar.
Ramage, John D., John C. Bean and June Johnson. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Writing. 5th ed. New York: Pearson and Longman.
Graff, Gerald and Cathy Birkenstein. 2010. They Say/I Say - The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing. New York: Ww Norton & Co.
Primary and secondary reading for the research paper is selected in cooperation with the supervisor.
All students are offered an opportunity to give oral and written feedback at the end of the course. A summary of the results will be made available in the school’s web-pages.
The course is compulsory within the programme English Studies (HGENS).