Master of English Language Studies

A non-Malaysian applicant whose degree is from a university or institution of higher learning where the medium of instruction for that degree is not the English Language and where the applicant wishes to follow a programme and/or write his dissertation in the English language shall be required :

• To obtain a score of 550 for a paper-based total, a score of 213 for a computer-based total or a score of 80 for an internet-based total for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL); or
• To obtain a band of 6 for the Intenational English Language Testing System (IELTS)(ACADEMIC);

Graduates from this programme can work, for example,

• in the media, advertising and publishing industry (e.g. script-writers, journalists, writers, editors, copywriters, proof-readers);
• in corporate communication;
• in the education industry (e.g. corporate trainers, language teachers, teacher educators, programme/curriculum developers, education managers/administrators at government and private schools and institutions, researchers and lecturers in higher education);
• as English language consultants.

This Master’s programme consists of coursework and a research project. The programme is offered in English. Further information on the programme is as below (according to Admissions sessions)

Admission 2016/2017 session only

Candidates need to complete

• four core courses (Research Methodology, Social Dimensions of English, Structure of English & Varieties of English),
• one programme elective course (English Language Acquisition and Development or Language in English Literature), and
• three faculty elective courses (e.g. Semiotics & Multimodality, Language for Specific Purposes, Translation Studies, Pragmatics, Language & Cognition, Critical Discourse Analysis, Systemic Functional Linguistics or Sociolinguistics).

Students will also have to submit and pass a research project of not longer than 15,000 words to be awarded the Master’s in English Language Studies Degree.See here for the synopsis of course contents and guidelines for the research project.

Admission 2017/2018 session onwards

Candidates need to complete

• six core courses (Research Methodology, Social Dimensions of English, Structure of English, Varieties of English, English Language Acquisition and Development or Language in English Literature), and
• four faculty elective courses (e.g. Semiotics & Multimodality, Language for Specific Purposes, Translation Studies, Pragmatics, Language & Cognition, Critical Discourse Analysis, Systemic Functional Linguistics or Sociolinguistics).

Students will also have to submit and pass a research project of not longer than 15,000 words to be awarded the Master’s in English Language Studies Degree. See here for the synopsis of course contents and guidelines for the research project.

1. A bachelor’s degree with a CGPA of not lower than 3.0 or equivalent in the field of English language or linguistics studies, or
2. A bachelor’s degree with a CGPA of not lower than 3.0 or equivalent in a non-language related field; and a minimum of one year’s work experience in a field related to studies in language use or linguistics, or
3. A bachelor’s degree with a CGPA lower than 3.0 or equivalent; and a minimum of two years’ work experience in a field related to studies in language use or linguistics, or
4. Other qualifications approved by the Senate from time to time.

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