Available courses

ELS111: History of the English Language (2023)

This course covers the 1500-year history of the English language, from its remote Indo-European origin as a dialect to the present day as an international language. It provides substantial information about the English language at different periods using the main theoretical and technical concepts of historical linguistics. It discusses how external historical factors such as politics, socio-economics, and culture cause internal historical changes in terms of its phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics throughout the different historical periods of the development of the English language.

ELS221: Semantics of English 23-24

This course provides a comprehensive examination of linguistic semantics, exploring the principles that govern how meaning is constructed in the English language. Students will analyze the interplay between words, sentences, and discourse to develop a nuanced understanding of meaning creation. Through the study of semantic theories, pragmatic principles, and real-world applications, students will gain insights into the complexities of linguistic

ELS314: Computer-Mediated Communication (23-24)

This course focuses on some of the key theories that inform CMC, which are broadly understood as theories of the self, theories of dyadic interaction, and theories of large-scale interaction. These theories shall be discussed in specific contexts like organizational communication, group communication, interpersonal communication, and intrapersonal communication. It also illustrates how these theories may apply to social media, online influence, and politics. 

GEC4: Purposive Communication (BSA1-1)

Purposive Communication is a three-unit course that develops students’ communicative competence and enhances their cultural and intercultural awareness through multimodal tasks that provide them opportunities for communicating effectively and appropriately to a multicultural audience in a local or global context. It equips students with tools for critical evaluation of a variety of texts and focuses on the power of language and the impact of images to emphasize the importance of conveying messages responsibly. The knowledge, skills, and insights that students gain from this course may be used in their other academic endeavors, their chosen disciplines, and their future careers as they compose and produce relevant oral, written, audio-visual, and/or web-based output for various purposes

GEC4: Purposive Communication (DVM1-2)

Purposive Communication is a three-unit course that develops students’ communicative competence and enhances their cultural and intercultural awareness through multimodal tasks that provide them opportunities for communicating effectively and appropriately to a multicultural audience in a local or global context. It equips students with tools for critical evaluation of a variety of texts and focuses on the power of language and the impact of images to emphasize the importance of conveying messages responsibly. The knowledge, skills, and insights that students gain from this course may be used in their other academic endeavors, their chosen disciplines, and their future careers as they compose and produce relevant oral, written, audio-visual, and/or web-based output for various purposes

GEC4: Purposive Communication (DVM1-1)

Purposive Communication is a three-unit course that develops students’ communicative competence and enhances their cultural and intercultural awareness through multimodal tasks that provide them opportunities for communicating effectively and appropriately to a multicultural audience in a local or global context. It equips students with tools for critical evaluation of a variety of texts and focuses on the power of language and the impact of images to emphasize the importance of conveying messages responsibly. The knowledge, skills, and insights that students gain from this course may be used in their other academic endeavors, their chosen disciplines, and their future careers as they compose and produce relevant oral, written, audio-visual, and/or web-based output for various purposes

GEC4: Purposive Communication (BSA1-2a)

Purposive Communication is a three-unit course that develops students’ communicative competence and enhances their cultural and intercultural awareness through multimodal tasks that provide them opportunities for communicating effectively and appropriately to a multicultural audience in a local or global context. It equips students with tools for critical evaluation of a variety of texts and focuses on the power of language and the impact of images to emphasize the importance of conveying messages responsibly. The knowledge, skills, and insights that students gain from this course may be used in their other academic endeavors, their chosen disciplines, and their future careers as they compose and produce relevant oral, written, audio-visual, and/or web-based output for various purposes

Technical Writing for INC

This is a remedial course for those students who incurred a mark of INC last semester. You need to study the topics and pass the remedial examination in order to comply with your INC requirement. 

ENG 203 : History of the English Language

This course surveys the 1500 years history of the English language, from its origins as a dialect to the present day as an international language. It also focuses on larger social concerns about language use, variety, and change; the relationship between spelling and pronunciation; the notion of dialect and variation across geographical and class boundaries; the arguments concerning English as an official language and the status of standard English; the role of the dictionary in describing and prescribing usage; and the ways in which words change meaning, as well as the manner in which English speakers have coined and borrowed