English Studies University of Pécs

Overview

Key Features:

The English Studies MA program from  University of Pécs students have thorough knowledge and understanding of the literature, culture and the social and political systems of English-speaking countries, including Great Britain, Ireland and Canada, the major trends and research fields of modern theoretical and applied linguistics and their results that mainly apply to the English language. 

They can apply the acquired knowledge in the business sector, the media, education, diplomacy, at institutions engaged in international relations, in tourism, the publishing sector, tender agencies, local, regional and national government offices and, in general, in the cultural public sphere. They are prepared to pursue studies in doctoral degree programs.

The graduates of the English Studies degree program from University of Pécs are qualified for:

• carrying out tasks and filling positions that require special expertise and education; conceptual and abstract thinking; and practical skills in the field of English Studies,

• pursuing their profession in theory and practice in an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary manner,

• independent research,

• carrying out independent scholarly work and publishing original studies on the culture, history and literature of English-speaking nations and the English language,

• mediating between English-speaking and Hungarian-speaking cultures at a high level in cultural, economic, political, etc. areas,

• transmitting knowledge pertaining to the English language, English-speaking cultures and societies.