Admission Requirements

(i) Candidates for entry into the M.A. Postgraduate programme of English studies: English Language and Literature in English, will normally be required to possess a first degree in English of at least Second Class upper standard.

(ii) However, a candidate with a good lower second class degree in English studies may be accepted, provided that the Department is satisfied that he/she has ability for postgraduate work, such as may have been revealed by an outstanding performance at the undergraduate level in an area of specialisation appropriate to the degree course for which he/she is applying.

(iii) Candidates for this degree are required to spend the first year on course work lasting for two semesters.

The thesis can be defended after 18 months into the MA programme.