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BA HONOURS IN ENGLISH (HEL)

Additional entry requirements

A pass in the  BAA Level I examination with good marks in English

Level 2 :  A student shall take and pass 10 core courses and 2 options from the list below

Level 3 : A student shall take and pass 6 core courses and 2 options from the list below, and a Dissertation

Level Course Code Description Prerequisite Course Units Status
2 HEL0800 Language: An Introduction 10

Core
HEL0400 Language: Advanced Study  10
HEL0810 African Literature: Fiction   10
HEL0410 African Literature: Poetry, Drama & Orature   10
HEL0420 Literature & Socialism: Theory and practice outside Africa   10 
 HEL0430 European Literary Genres: Comic & Satiric Modes   10
HEL0440 European Literary Genres: Heroic poetry and Tragedy   10 
 HEL0820 Theories of Literature inAfrica and African Diaspora   10
HEL2210 Introduction to Creative Writing    10
HEL0460 Advanced Creative Writing   10
HEL2230 English Literature: Poetry and Drama  10

Optional
HEL0850 European Literature: Fiction    10
HEL0470 Latin American Literature   10
HEL0480 American Literature: Fiction   10
HEL0490 Children’s Literature and Orature   10
HEL0500 Literature and the Media: An Introduction   10
HEL0510 English Literature: Fiction   10
HEL0860 European Literature: Poetry and Drama   10
HEL0530 Asian and Pacific Literatures   10
HEL0540 American Literature: Poetry and Drama   10
HEL0550 Children’s Literature in Zimbabwe and Africa   10
HEL0560 Literature and the Media in Africa   10
3 HEL0570 Literature & Socialism in Africa 10

Core
HEL0580 Theories of Literature outside Africa   10
HEL0760 Zimbabwean Literature: Fiction   10
HEL0590 Zimbabwean Literature: Poetry, Drama & Orature   10
HEL0840 African American Literature   10
HEL0600 Caribbean Literature   10
HEL3370 Dissertation   40
HEL0610 Film & Literature: An Introduction   10 Optional
HEL0620 Popular Literature: Theory   10
HEL0630 Biographical and non-fiction writings in Africa   10
HEL0640 Russian Literature: Fiction   10
HEL0650 Film and Literature in Africa   10
HEL0660 Popular Literature: Practice   10
HEL0670 Biographical and non-fiction writings outside Africa   10
HEL0390 Russian Literature: Poetry and Drama   10
HEL0680 Literature & Gender Related Issues   10
HEL0690 Literature &  Social Movements   10

BA HONOURS IN FRENCH (HFR)

Level 1 :  A student shall take and pass 8 core courses from the list below and 4 courses from a subsidiary

                                        subject which will be either Portuguese or German or Spanish

                   

Notes:  Instead of POB (Portuguese) 1000 / 1090 / 1060 / 1080, a student may take GMB (German) or SPB (Spanish) 1000 / 1090 / 1060 / 1080, as a subsidiary subject on offer

                    Level 2:     A student shall take and pass 10 core courses and 1 core course (20 course units) as listed below

 Note:       Upon successful completion of Level II, a student may opt for either Honours in French or Dual Honours in

                    French and Portuguese at Level III as stipulated under 11.2.8 below.

                  Level 3:A student shall take and pass 9 core courses and a Dissertation

Level Course Code Description Prerequisite Course Units Status
1 HFR1010 Introduction to Translation from and into French 10

Core
 HFR1000 Translation from and into French   10
HFR1030 Survey of French Literature, 17th & 18th Centuries   10
HFR1040 Survey of French literature, 19th & 20th centuries   10
 HFR1090 Introduction to selected texts of African Literature   10
HFR1060 Selected texts of African literature   10
 HFR1070 Introduction to letter and essay-writing in French   10
HFR1080* Letter, essay and report-writing in French & oral   10

Core Courses for a subsidiary subject

  
POB1000 Portuguese Language    10
POB1090 Portuguese Language and Oral    10
POB1060 Introduction to topics from Portuguese History and Civilisation   

10
POB1080 Topics from Portuguese History and Civilisation   10
2 HFR0180* Introduction to Commentary 10 Core
HFR0190 Commentary   10
HFR0200 Non-Literary Translation into English   10
HFR0210 General Essay   10
HFR0220 Topics from 17th and 18th Century Literature   10
HFR0150 Topics from 19th and 20th Century Literature   10
HFR0160 African Literature   10
HFR0170 African and Caribbean Literature   10

POA2000

Portuguese Language: Unseen, Translation and

Composition

  

10
POA2050 Portuguese Language: Translation, Composition and Oral Skills  

10
 POA2060/40 Aspects of Portuguese Literature,  1700 to Present   10
3 HFR0230 Literary Translation into English 10

Core
HFR0240 Non-Literary Translation into French   10
HFR0250 Literary Translation into French   10
HFR0260 Specialised Essay   10
HFR0270 French Literature 17th & 18th Centuries   10
HFR0280 French Literature 19th & 20th Centuries & French for Commerce   10
 HFR0290 Special Subject: Colonial Francophone Literature/French Literature   10
HFR0300 Special Subject: Post-Colonial Francophone Literature/French Literature   10
 HFR0390 Oral French   10
HFR0370 Dissertation   40

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