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Bachelors Degree Programme (English and Lingustic)

BACHELORS DEGREE PROGRAMME

Preamble
The English language and linguistics is important in different fields. The market for grammarians and linguists has continued to broaden to areas such as teaching, lexicography, translation, media and language and speech therapy among others. This shift demands a curriculum that caters for the job market needs. It is for this reason that the Department seeks to redefine the role of linguists in academics and language-related fields. It trains professionals in linguists better suited to meet the challenges that linguistic diversity poses for the Kenyan academia and the society at large, today and in the future.

Rationale
The Department of English and Linguistics is one of the oldest and well established in the country. It believes it is important to train people who are well-grounded in English grammar and linguistics, both general and theoretical. English grammar is the bedrock of all the language skills. Now that the medium of instruction right from mid -primary to the tertiary level is English, a mastery of the grammar of English is imperative. In linguistics, the emphasis is on African languages because much of the literature available is mainly based on Western languages and thus does not account for a lot of the linguistic phenomena evident in African languages. It is, therefore, necessary to expose the students to our languages as well.
There aren鈥檛 enough linguists in the market and our graduates would be employed as consultants in language matters, curriculum developers, material developers, policy makers, teachers, tutors, lecturers, researchers, lexicographers, translators and media personnel among others.

Objectives

  1. To train grammarians and linguists
  2. To expose students to data from different languages, African ones included.
  3. To create a data bank of African linguistic phenomena in all components of language

Entry Requirements

  1. The common regulations for admission to the University shall apply.
  2. In addition to meeting the entry requirements for admission to the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, a candidate shall not have less than a B pass in English in the KCSE or its equivalent.

Course Requirements for B.A. Students
A candidate who combines English with another language e.g. Kiswahili or French shall not be required to take the units of the department of English and Linguistics which concern the general study of language or linguistics in the other language.

Degree Pattern

  1. 3:3:2:2 – A candidate takes three units in English in the first year, for units in the second year, and six units in the third and fourth year.
  1. 3:3:2:1- Three units in the first year, four in the second year, six units in the third year and twelve in the fourth year respectively.
  2. 3:3:2:1- Three units in the first year, four in the second year and twelve units in the third and fourth year respectively.

Courses Offered for Both B.A. and B.ED Students

Year I

Year II

Year III

Year IV

Core Units 听
  • AEN 100: An Introduction to the Study of Language
  • AEN 101: An Introduction to the Grammar of English
  • AEN 102 The Use of English for Academic purposes

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Core Units 听
  • AEN 200: An introduction to Phonetics and Phonology
  • AEN 201: Description of Modern English
  • AEN 202: Phonology of English
  • AEN 203: Morphology, Syntax and Semantics

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Core Units Elective Units
  • AEN 300: Phonetic and Phonological Analysis
  • AEN 301: Discourse Analysis
  • AEN 302: English Grammar and Usage
  • AEN 303: Second Language Acquisition
  • AEN 304: Comparative study of Language
  • AEN 305: Geographical Linguistics
  • AEN 306: Psycholinguistics
  • AEN 307: Research Methodology
  • AEN 308: Advanced study of style and Register in English
  • AEN 309: Linguistics and the Study of Literature
  • AEN 310: Origins and Development of English
    AEN 311: Language and Speech Disorders
    AEN 312: Principles of Text Writing
Core Units Elective Units
  • AEN 400: Advanced Theoretical
  • Studies in Grammar
  • AEN 401: Varieties of English
  • AEN 402: English Semantics and Pragmatics
  • AEN 403: Sociolinguistics
  • AEN 404: Linguistics and Language Teaching
  • AEN 405: Functional Grammar
  • AEN 406: Socio-Psychology of Language and Communication
  • AEN 407: Linguistic Typology and Language Classification
  • AEN 408: Dialectology
  • AEN 409: Research Project (2 units)
  • AEN 410: History of Linguistics