Programme structure

4. semester	30 or 60 credits M.A. Thesis
3. semester	60 credits M.A. Thesis
	Elective courses / study abroad / EUS4900 ¨C International Project Semester, European Languages
2. semester	ENG4000 ¨C Thesis Writing for English Literature, American and British Studies	Elective course	Elective course
1. semester	ENG4550 ¨C Theory and Method in American and British Studies or ENG4301 ¨C Literary Theory in English	Elective course	Elective course
	10 credits	10 credits	10 credits

Course selection If you write your Master's thesis in American or British Studies

• Compulsory courses, 20 credits
  • ENG4550 ¨C Theory and Method in American and British Studies
  • ENG4000 ¨C Thesis Writing for English Literature, American and British Studies
• Elective courses, 40 or 70 credits
• Master's Thesis, 30 or 60 credits

Course selection if you write your Master's thesis in Literature in English

• Compulsory courses, 20 credits
  • ENG4301 ¨C Literary Theory in English
  • ENG4000 ¨C Thesis Writing for English Literature, American and British Studies
• Elective courses, 40 or 70 credits
  • At least one of your elective courses (10 credits) must be within English literature before 1900.
• Master's Thesis, 30 or 60 credits

Literary Translation (This is only an option if you are fluent in Norwegian)

4. semester	ENG4490 ¨C Masteroppgave i litter?r oversettelse fra engelsk til norsk
3. semester	TRANS4300 ¨C Litter?rt oversetterseminar 2	Elective course	Elective course
2. semester	Elective course / study abroad	Elective course / study abroad	Elective course / study abroad
1. semester	ENG4301 ¨C Literary Theory in English	ENG4491 ¨C Praksisseminar i litter?r oversettelse fra engelsk til norsk	Elective course
	10 credits	10 credits	10 credits

• Compulsory courses, 30 credits
  • ENG4491 ¨C Praksisseminar i litter?r oversettelse fra engelsk til norsk
  • ENG4301 ¨C Literary Theory in English
  • TRANS4300 ¨C Litter?rt oversetterseminar 2
• Elective courses, 60 credits
  • We recommend you choose:
    • ENG4106 ¨C Contrastive analysis: Syntax, lexis, discourse
    • ENG4158 ¨C Translation into English (discontinued)
    • Study abroad
• Master's Thesis, 30 credits
  • ENG4490 ¨C Masteroppgave i litter?r oversettelse fra engelsk til norsk

Thesis proposal

You will be writing a thesis proposal for your Master¡¯s thesis in either ENG4000 ¨C Thesis Writing for English Literature, American and British Studies or TRANS4300 ¨C Litter?rt oversetterseminar 2. You will be assigned a supervisor based on your thesis proposal. If you are on exchange abroad and are unable to attend one of these courses you must still make sure to hand in a thesis proposal to your study advisor no later than May 31.