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Introduction: The course provides a general introduction to English Language studies. It focuses on English linguistics. The areas covered are the sound system, morphology, syntax and semantics. There are other areas like stylistics, pragmatics and discourse analysis which we shall also touch on.
Introduction: This course is a sequel to Theatre Workshop and it is designed to introduce students to a detailed
study of the history, genres, principles and practice of drama. The focus is on universal Drama –
African, English, American, and Asian. The idea is to widen or broaden the knowledge base of
students in relation to universal dramaturgy.
Introduction: The course will be taught for a period of fifteen weeks and it will be divided into three segments:
The first segment will concentrate on the background to the emergence and development of
Drama and Theatre. The second part will be an examination of types of Theatre, and Techniques
of Improvisation, while the third part will be purely practical in which a play conceived and
written by the students will be the focus.
Introduction: This is a-three unit course designed to expose students to the basic concepts in Mathematics that are useful for handling further analytical issues in the Social and Management Sciences generally. This course is the first part of introductory mathematics for Economists at the University entry level.
Introduction: This is a-two unit course designed to expand students' knowledge of the application of statistics in industries and/or organizational settings. It is a compulsory course for all Management and Social Science 200 level students in Augustine University.
Introduction: This is a-three unit course designed to introduce students to the basic concepts of econometric modeling. In addition, it is a course suitably okay for building econometric models for forecasting and prediction. It is a compulsory course for all 300 level Economics Students in Augustine University.
Introduction: This course is a sequel to Eng 157 – Practical Criticism 1 and it is designed to introduce students to a detailed study of literary theories and the rudiments of practical criticism. The focus is on practical application of literary theories to the analyses of literary texts The idea is to widen or broaden the knowledge base of students in relation to in depth analyses of literary texts from different theoretical standpoints.
Introduction: This course is designed to introduce students to a detailed study of the emergence and development of the novel genre in African literary landscape. The focus is historical as it traces the emergence of the African Novel from the time of Equano’s travel narratives to the contemporary times. The idea is to acquaint students with the relationships between contents and forms from the African literary perspective.
Introduction: This course designed to introduce students to Prose Fiction as a Genre
Introduction: This course focuses on the sociolinguistics of English in the world. It is concerned with the use of the English language in English speaking communities. In the course, we shall explore the concept of New Englishes, the problem of defining Standard English, the functions of English in countries where it is spoken, the changes in English, attitudes to the use and functions of English and the future of English.
Introduction: This course is a survey of the application of linguistic knowledge to language related phenomena. It practically deals with topics such as contrastive analysis, error analysis, discourse analysis, performance analysis, language acquisition in L1 and L2 situations, language teaching, learning and testing. The practical relevance of linguistics to other areas such as computer assisted language instruction, speech defects, artificial intelligence, etc. will also be briefly surveyed.
Introduction: This course provides an introduction to the history, methodology, basic concepts and applications of socio-linguistics. It considers the relationship between language and society, focusing attention on attitudes towards language varieties and social dialects, and the problems of multilingualism. It includes discussion on the importance of language in relation to development.
Introduction: The English Novel is a three credit unit course which focuses on the development of the English Novel from the origins to the present. The intention of the course is to provide students with adequate knowledge of the themes and styles of the novelists. A background to each novelist will be provided so that they will be able to understand their influences on each work.
The English Novel will widen the scope of students in relation to their understanding of the English culture and other economic, religious and socio-political issues of each age reflected in the novels. By reading the novels, they will also be expanding their vocabulary and expressions in English language.
Introduction: The Later Moderns focuses on the Period between 1910 and 1965. It is a very important period in the history of the world as it is in the history of Modern Literature. The period witnessed the two World Wars which changed the psyche of the whole world not least, Literature. How writers have reacted to this period forms part of the basis of this Course. The Course consists of fifteen weeks.
Introduction: This is a single semester course that concentrates on the application of statistical theory to research designs and surveys in economics. It is designed to expose students to various methods of statistical analysis used to provide solutions to some economic phenomena. It is a 3-unit compulsory course for all 300 level Economics students. The course is sub-sectioned into two parts: Theory and Practical.
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