Structure
Core Curriculum
MGSHSS has a Core Curriculum for its undergraduate studies. The interdisciplinary nature of the Core Curriculum aims to ensure that students graduating from this School with a Bachelor’s degree possess a broad foundation of knowledge and a diverse set of transferable skills. This enables them to emerge as reflective, empathetic, and historically informed individuals, with an understanding of both global and local current issues. The School has created six thematic clusters from which students will be required to take at least one course, each over the duration of the degree. These are:
Year 1 | Arts and Humanities Social and Behavioural Sciences STEM |
Year 2 | Contemporary Debates |
Year 3 & 4 | Great Authors Academic Writing |
The Core Curriculum will be completed over the course of the Bachelor’s degree.
Students are also required to complete 52 credits (13 courses) as part of the programme through a combination of core and elective courses.
Major Core | Code | Course Title | Credits |
Core 1 | CLCA 1000 | Engaging with Texts and Contexts | 4 |
Core 2 | CLCA 2222 | The Critical Lens: The Art of Filmmaking | 4 |
| OR | |||
CLCA 2310 | Fiction‐Writing Workshop | 4 | |
| OR | |||
CLCA 3000 | Methods in Comparative Literature | 4 | |
Program Structure
Graduation Requirement | 130 Credit Hours | |
| University Core | 8 Credit Hours (3 Courses) | |
| University Distribution | Outgroups | 9 - 12 Credit Hours (3 Courses) |
| Major Requirement | Major Cores Major Electives LANG Course Total | 8 Credit Hours (2 Courses) 40 Credit Hours (10 Courses) 4 Credit Hours (1 course) 52 Credit Hours (13 Courses) |
| Free Electives | Courses can be taken from any area to complete 130 Credit Hours. | |
10 Elective Courses – 40 credits:
In addition to the compulsory courses, students of this programme are required to complete 10 elective courses in any sub-fields of the discipline. Out of these, no more than three should be at the 100 level and at least three should be at the 300 and 400 level. CLCA majors will also have the option of completing a Senior Project which is equivalent to two courses (8 credits). Students may not take a Senior Project to fulfil the 300/400 level elective requirement. CLCA Senior Projects can be both scholarly (critical essay, film criticism, etc.) and creative (short narrative or documentary film, live-action or animation, novella, graphic novel, poetry, translations, etc.).