Graduate Study

Master’s Degree in English Language


Accredited by the National Commission for University Evaluation and Accreditation (in Spanish, CONEAU), under Res. No. 153/17. Validated under Res. No. 219/99 by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (in Spanish, MECyT) 


Concentration: Applied Linguistics

Concentration: Literary Studies


This degree program proposes developing research skills, favoring and stimulating the acquisition of theoretical and empirical knowledge. The purpose of the Applied Linguistics Concentration is to offer academic studies related to English as a Second Language, while the Literary Studies Concentration focuses on the study of literature as a social practice.

Program duration

Students take the required courses within a period of two years. 

They then have a period of one year to write and submit their dissertation. 


Student profile

-Graduates from national, provincial or private universities accredited by competent authorities, holding an undergraduate degree related to the subject areas addressed in the Master's Degree curriculum. 

-Graduates from foreign universities holding a degree equivalent to an undergraduate degree awarded by the National University of Córdoba, in any program related to the subject areas addressed in the Master's Degree curriculum.


Academic body

Director:  Susana Liruso, M.A.

Co-director:  Florencia Giménez, M.A.

Academic Committee:

Lidia Soler, M.A.

Fabián Negrelli, M.A.

Cristina Elgue de Martini, Ph.D.

 

Curriculum

APPLIED LINGUISTICS CONCENTRATION

1. REQUIRED COURSES (66% of the program)

CONCENTRATION-SPECIFIC COURSES: Discourse Analysis

Textual Grammar

Pragmatics

Theories on the Acquisition of a Second Language

Genre Analysis

Sociolinguistics

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics

Dissertation writing

2. ELECTIVE COURSES* (34% of the program)

Situational Discourse Analysis

Education Technologies

English Phonetics and Phonology

Processes in English Language Reading and Writing

Processes and Strategies for Learning in a Second Language

English for Specific Purposes

Argumentative Discourse

Introduction to Statistics and to the SPSS Software

Scientific Research Methodology: Intercultural Problems

* The offering of elective courses may vary.


LITERARY STUDIES CONCENTRATION

1. REQUIRED COURSES (66% of the program)

 Discourse Analysis

Concentration-specific courses: Literary Theory

Literary Criticism

Comparative Literature

Contemporary Poetry in English

Contemporary Narrative and Theater in English

Literary Research Methodology

Dissertation writing

2. ELECTIVE COURSES* (34% of the program)

Metfiction

Ethnic Literature of the English Speaking Peoples

Women’s Narrative in English Literature in the Last Three Decades

Children’s and Youth Literature

The British and American Detective Novel

Scientific Research Methodology: Intercultural Problems

Argumentative Discourse

The Fictionalization of History

Writing the Self: Between Autobiography and Fiction

* The offering of elective courses may vary.



Contact information:

Susana Liruso, M.A.

Florencia Giménez, M.A.

E-mail: [email protected]

Thursdays 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and Fridays 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Tel: (+54) 351 434 3214/15/16/17/18, ext. 146