When choosing the courses you would like to attend as an exchange student at the
Department of English and American Studies, please be sure to consider the following:

How far along in your studies are you? The Department offers 1st and 2nd cycle
programmes leading to the B.A. degree (Years 1, 2, and 3) and to the M.A. degree (Years
1 and 2 – in 2012–2013, only Year 1). You will normally be expected to attend courses
corresponding to your level at your home university, although courses from different
years can be combined if appropriate (please be aware of potential schedule clashes).

What are your academic interests? The Department offers courses in three related
fields: English linguistics, literatures in English, and English language teaching, with a
number of specialist courses (such as Cultural Modules). In some cases, courses at the
Department of English and American Studies can be combined with those at the
Department of Translation (http://www.prevajalstvo.net/department-of-translation),
Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology
(http://etnologija.etnoinfolab.org/en/Default.asp?type_informacij=0&id_meta_type=),
and Department of Psychology (http://psy.ff.uni-lj.si/en/).

What are your language competences? The language of instruction at the Department is
English and the students’ entry level according to the Common European Framework of
Reference will usually be a good B2. All learning is done at a C1/C2 level. In some
courses, such as Translation or Contrastive Phonetics, good Slovene language skills are
required; please read the course descriptions carefully and choose accordingly.

How many ECTS credits do you need? Please note that with some courses ECTS credits
can only be awarded for a module as a whole and not for its various parts; English
Language I-III and Cultural Modules are cases in point.

How long are you staying? Most of the courses offered by the Department are all-year
courses: they start in the first term and continue in the second, with continuous and/or
final assessment. The courses you can take if you come for one term only are suggested
below.
One-term exchange
If your exchange is for one term only, you can choose from among the following options:
A One-term courses
The following are all one-term courses and can be chosen freely.
Autumn Term
BA, Year 1
Course/Module
Hrs/week ECTS
Introduction to General Linguistics
2
3
English Medieval Literature
2
3
BA, Year 3
Course/Module
Hrs/week ECTS
American Drama
2
3
English Accents and Dialects and Contrastive Phonetics
2
4
Knowledge of Slovene required
MA, Year 1
Course/Module
Hrs/week ECTS
Modern Linguistic Theories
2
3
Anglo-American Literary Theory
2
3
Methods and Techniques of Teaching English
4
7
Idiomaticity and Stylistics*
2
3
Introduction to Corpus Linguistics*
2
3
Introduction to English Psycholinguistics*
2
3
Twentieth Century British Poetry*
2
3
Children’s Literature in English*
2
3
Anglo-American Literature and Media* - not in 2013-14
2
3
Literary Translation*
2
3
Knowledge of Slovene required
Business Communication in English*
Anglo-American Feminist Literary Studies*
MA, Year 2
Course/Module
Scientific Research and MA Seminar
Idiomaticity and Stylistics*
Introduction to Corpus Linguistics*
Introduction to English Psycholinguistics*
Twentieth Century British Poetry*
Children’s Literature in English*
Anglo-American Literature and Media* - not in 2013-14
Literary Translation*
2
2
3
3
Hrs/week ECTS
4
5
2
3
2
3
2
3
2
3
2
3
2
3
2
3
Knowledge of Slovene required
Business Communication in English*
Anglo-American Feminist Literary Studies*
Anglo-American Literary Theory for Teachers
Methodological Aspects of Learning and Teaching English
2
2
6
11
3
3
9
15
*Elective course: may not be carried out in certain years
Spring Term
BA, Year 1
Course/Module
Hrs/week ECTS
Language and Culture
2
3
New English Literature
2
3
MA, Year 1
Course/Module
English Generative Grammar*
Discourse Intonation*
Hrs/week ECTS
2
3
2
3
Semantics and Pragmatics*
2
3
Lexicography and Language Reference Manuals*
2
3
Selected Chapters from Comparative Germanic Linguistics*
2
3
English Historical Phonetics*
2
3
Youth Literature in English*
2
3
Contemporary English Drama*
2
3
Contemporary American Drama* – not in 2013-14
2
3
MA, Year 2
Course/Module
Hrs/week ECTS
English Generative Grammar*
2
3
Discourse Intonation*
2
3
Semantics and Pragmatics*
2
3
Lexicography and Language Reference Manuals*
2
3
Selected Chapters from Comparative Germanic Linguistics*
2
3
English Historical Phonetics*
2
3
Youth Literature in English*
2
3
Contemporary English Drama*
2
3
Contemporary American Drama* – not in 2013-14
2
3
*Elective course: may not be carried out in certain years
B “Double” two-term courses
The following are two-term courses that can be completed in one term by attending twice
the usual number of sessions (generally with different teachers).
BA, Year 1
Course/Module
Hrs/week ECTS
Language in Use I
8
5
BA, Year 2
Course/Module
Hrs/week ECTS
Language in Use II
6
4
BA, Year 3
Course/Module
Hrs/week ECTS
Language in Use III
4
3
MA, Year 1
Course/Module
Hrs/week ECTS
Language Competences
4
3
C Two-term courses done in one term
With many two-term courses students can make special arrangements with the course
teacher to cover all of the content in one term. Please note that this will mean an additional
workload for the student and cannot be done in cases of courses with an important practical
component (such as English Language I-III).
Some courses where such arrangements have been made in the past:
BA, Year 1
Course/Module
Special Elective Course: English Poetry Between the 16th and 19th
Centuries
Special Elective Course: English Poetry After the 19th Century
Introduction to Literary Theory
spring term only
BA, Year 2
Course/Module
Hrs/week ECTS
Introduction to the History of English
2
5
The 19th Century English Novel
2
5
BA, Year 3
Course/Module
Hrs/week ECTS
English Historical Grammar
1
3
MA, Year 1
Course/Module
Hrs/week ECTS
th
English-Language Fiction of the 20 Century
2
6
Hrs/week ECTS
2
5
2
1
5
3