Periods
(4-Sep-2017
– 22-Oct-2017)
(23-Oct-2017
– 15-Dec-2017)
(8-Jan-2018
– 4-Mar-2018)
(5-Mar-2018
– 27-May-2018)
DO NOTE that this teaching schedule only displays courses taught in languages other than Finnish and, therefore, does not display all English translation and interpreting courses, some of which are taught in Finnish. Nor does it display the school's (LTL) common core courses, nor general studies courses. To view all teaching in the Bachelor's Programme in English Language, Literature and Translation consult the Finnish version of the teaching schedule (language selection top right of the page).
Proficiency Evaluation Test for Optional Studies
For exchange students a separate proficiency evaluation test will be organized. Information for exchange students
Minor subject students for English Language, Literature and Translation are selected based on a proficiency evaluation test.
The proficiency evaluation test is held on Thursday 24.8. at 12-14 in Päätalo A1. No enrolment is required. A maximum of 25 minor students are selected based on the exam.
A student can be exempted from the optional studies proficiency evaluation test on one of two grounds: 1. They have scored higher than the lowest scoring admitted candidate in the latest English degree programme entrance exam. 2. They have completed English basic studies in another Finnish university. To get an exemption marked contact the degree programme Study Coordinator, preferably before the proficiency exam.
Information session for new students
See time and place info under the LTLY16 Orientation course.
Course enrolment
Course enrolment is predominantly done through the electronic enrolment system in NettiOpsu. A good way to enrol on courses is by browsing the electronic teaching schedule and using the Enrol buttons in course descriptions. This way you can be certain that you get all the necessary information about the course and any special enrolment procedures.
Enrolment times
Enrolment for courses starting in period I: 21.-31.8.
Enrolment for courses starting in period II: 9.-19.10.
Enrolment for courses starting in period III: 4.-14.12.
Enrolment for courses starting in period IV: 12.2.-22.2.
NB! English Language and Literature advanced studies theme courses have different enrolment times. For information on theme course enrolment see the MA teaching schedule.
Book exams etc.
Information on book exams, essays and other independent study alternatives.
Dropping out of courses
If a student has registered for a course but will not be taking it, he/she must cancel his/her registration by a set date before the course begins so that another student may take the course instead.
If a student does not participate in the course and does not cancel his/her enrolment, or if he/she discontinues the course, he/she will be assigned a fail grade for the course in question.
In The English Degree Programme students must cancel their registration within a week from the course’s first meeting.
Teaching schedule preview
A teaching schedule planning document, which has information on teaching before that information is published here.
This course offers you a flexible way to learn about American culture and get credits during the summer. The work consists of listening to a selection of podcasts, most taken from National Public Radio, This American Life, and The Moth, then reflecting (by which I mean writing) on the themes in the podcasts. In addition, there are a few research & reflect assignments.
The flexibility of the course should lend itself to a summer timetable. If your summer job involves a longish commute, you can listen to podcasts on your way to and from work. If you like hiking or running, you can listen while doing that (like I do). As you lie in your hammock in the back yard, you can ponder the themes and put together your own ideas and opinions. You will visit your computer on a regular basis to record those ideas and opinions in the form of reflections.
Contents
- Initial small research project on National Public Radio and the US media.
- Consumption of approximately 10 hours of podcasts that discuss different themes in US culture. There will be a number of required podcasts, but you will also discover and include podcasts of your own choosing.
- Final larger reflection on 1 of the themes in the podcasts
Enrollment and mode of study
Sign up for the course has been closed.
The self-study course will be conducted via Moodle.
You will need to have some kind of listening device and a tool for downloading podcasts.
The course is taught mostly online with a few in class meetings.
Cultural diversity has been identified as one of the major issues of the 21st century on both local and global levels. Referring to to a range of cultural phenomena between and within societies and social groups, the concept can be linked to different forms of cultural encounters from peaceful coexistence and multicultural exchange to violent colonial exploitation and the contemporary fear of terrorism. However, cultural diversity does not simply exist; instead, it is narrated and mediated, sociohistorically and politically produced, and mobilised for various ends and goals.
This Studia Generalia lecture series takes a critical look at different realities and discourses of cultural diversity in Anglophone societies. English-language societies around the world exhibit notable ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity due to their long history of colonialism, globalisation and human mobility. The course focuses on various forms of diversity in English-language societies both locally and globally; it offers perspectives on minority languages in the Anglosphere and varieties of English, analyses social identities on personal and collective levels, explores literary and cultural narratives of cross-cultural encounter and the geopolitics of diversity, and examines immigration and anti-diversity discourses.
The course is taught mostly online with a few in class meetings.
Cultural diversity has been identified as one of the major issues of the 21st century on both local and global levels. Referring to to a range of cultural phenomena between and within societies and social groups, the concept can be linked to different forms of cultural encounters from peaceful coexistence and multicultural exchange to violent colonial exploitation and the contemporary fear of terrorism. However, cultural diversity does not simply exist; instead, it is narrated and mediated, sociohistorically and politically produced, and mobilised for various ends and goals.
This Studia Generalia lecture series takes a critical look at different realities and discourses of cultural diversity in Anglophone societies. English-language societies around the world exhibit notable ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity due to their long history of colonialism, globalisation and human mobility. The course focuses on various forms of diversity in English-language societies both locally and globally; it offers perspectives on minority languages in the Anglosphere and varieties of English, analyses social identities on personal and collective levels, explores literary and cultural narratives of cross-cultural encounter and the geopolitics of diversity, and examines immigration and anti-diversity discourses.