Programme structure

The two year course of study consists of a total of 120 ECTS credits.

• Compulsory courses (20 credits)
• Elective courses (40 credits)
• Master¡¯s thesis (60 credits)

 

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	ENG4xxx ¨C Thesis writing course (new from spring 2025)	Elective course	Elective course
1. semester	ENG4301 ¨C Literary Theory in English	Elective course	Elective course
	10 credits	10 credits	10 credits

Course selection 

• Compulsory courses, 20 credits
  • ENG4301 ¨C Literary Theory in English
  • ENG4xxx ¨C Thesis writing course
• Master's Thesis, 30 or 60 credits
  • ENG4390 ¨C Master's Thesis in Literature in English (60 credits)
  • ENG4394 ¨C Master's Thesis in Literature in English (30 credits)
• Elective courses, 40 or 70 credits
  • At least one of your elective courses (10 credits) must be within English literature before 1900.
    • ENG4340 ¨C Nineteenth-Century American Literature
    • ENG4341 ¨C English Renaissance Literature
    • ENG4343 ¨C British Literature in the Age of the Enlightenment
    • ENG4344 ¨C The Romantic Period
    • ENG4345 ¨C The Victorian Period
    • ENG4367 ¨C Shakespeare
    • ENG4455 ¨C Reading Milton's Paradise Lost
    • ENG4500 ¨C British and American Political Literature in the Eighteenth Century

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
• 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.