Presentation
The English and Anglo-American Studies course is aimed at students whose mother tongue or working language is English (national or international).
The course, which has a single curriculum, is structured around a first year in which students complete their language learning and study the literature of specific areas, including through an interdisciplinary approach. This is achieved through two compulsory courses. Optional groups/compulsory courses complete the first year, with at least one course in Italian and philology (allowing students to connect the cultures they are studying with their own, and international students to gain a deeper understanding of their host country and mutual cultural relations); with at least one course in metalinguistics (general linguistics), and with courses that already lead to distinct specialisations: language and its history, or literature, in its English and American contexts. A module in English language teaching allows students to embark on a path towards teaching.
In the second year, students can choose from linguistic or critical-literary and historical modules. As far as literature is concerned, choices can be oriented towards English or American literature. On the linguistic side, specialisation modules in translation are offered, with courses also dedicated to sectoral and technical languages, and specifically for the audiovisual media; a second module in English language teaching allows students to continue their in-depth study of teaching topics.
From the first year onwards, the course is supplemented by a series of related and complementary optional subjects ranging from digital information technology to other areas of Western culture, art history and philosophy.
The course is completed with an internship and, of course, a dissertation, which is worth 24 credits and is an opportunity to demonstrate advanced linguistic and rhetorical skills and the acquisition and implementation of research methodology, with a focus on originality. The areas of learning are: Modern Languages and Literatures; Linguistic, Philological, Comparative and Literary Translation Methodologies; Italian Linguistics and Literature; Foreign Language Teaching.