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Bachelor of Arts in English

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Bachelor of Arts in English program of AMA Computer University is a ten – trimester program designed to provide a world – class bachelor’s education in English that is not only nationally accredited but also globally competitive and to produce graduates who will be professionally competent, morally upright, and socially responsible contributors to national development.

The curriculum is based on the standards and minimum requirement of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and is benchmarked from the curricula of leading academic institutions, national and international, offering similar program.

Program Objectives

The program leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English has the following objectives:
  1. Produce competent and effective teachers who are articulate speakers of English and Foreign Language, which skill would make them globally competitive leaders in the field of education.
  2. Enable graduates to demonstrate a high level of English proficiency both in oral and written forms;
  3. Enable graduates to reason clearly and logically and to express themselves forcefully either orally or in writing.
  4. Enable graduates to analyze, synthesize and probe approaches to different human problems and to marshal relevant information on a given topic or problem.
  5. Enable graduates to utilize facts or information in projects or activities designated to enlighten the people or to improve their physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual conditions.
  6. To enable students to acquire the theoretical and practical skills needed to be globally competitive and nationally certified a professional English Teachers.
  7. To enable students to get a broad liberal education in the arts and letters, social sciences and philosophy, natural science and mathematics.
  8. To enable students to develop the cultural sensitivity, ethical responsibility, and social consciousness needed to become upright citizens of the Philippines and the world.

Career Path

The study of English develops the skills required in the workplace - creative problem solving, accurate research, persuasive writing, and confident public speaking. It may lead to jobs in any of the following areas:

  • Advertising
  • Government and Civil Service
  • Research
  • Administration
  • Public Relations
  • Management
  • Radio and Television
  • Journalism
  • Publishing & Printing
  • Languages and Linguistics
  • Writing
  • Consulting
Specifically, students graduating from this program apply their skills and abilities in professions requiring exceptional communication skills such as public relations staff, editor, writer, desktop publisher, reporter, legal assistant, and research assistant.

SUMMARY

Duration The Bachelor of Arts in English program of AMA Computer University is a ten-trimester program.
Recognition The AB English curriculum is based on the standards and minimum requirement of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and is benchmarked from the curricula of leading academic institutions, national and international, offering similar program.
Intakes Three intakes per year
  • First Trimester: May to August
  • Second Trimester: September to December
  • Third Trimester: January to April
Subjects Languages and Literature – 74 credit units
Mathematics and Natural Sciences Technology – 20 credit units
Humanities and Social Sciences – 18 credit units
Miscellany – (16) credit units
Electives – 21 credit units
Professional Courses – 90 credit units
  • Introduction to Language Study
  • Introduction to Linguistics
  • Speech Communication 3 (Argumentation & Debate)
  • Structure of the English Language
  • Cross - Cultural Communication
  • Language and Society
  • Registers in English
  • Language in Culture
  • Creative Writing
  • Afro - Asian Literature
  • Anglo - American Literature
  • European Literature
  • Approaches to College Teaching
  • Essay and Essay Writing
  • Methods of Research
  • Research Writing
  • Practicum
  • Professional Ethics & Values