This is one of the oldest departments in the Faculty of Arts, letters and Social Sciences. The department received the first students in 1961 and the first ever Ph.D. awarded by the University of Yaounde was defended by Tala Kashim Ibrahim, then a student of this department and now Professor emeritus.Because of its age and centrality to the national objective of full bilingualism, this department is not far away from the administrative building.
Academic result
Between January and December 2011 alone, this department has produced 5 high profile Ph.D./Doctorat scholars, namely: Atoh Julius Chenwi; Evangeline Agwa Fomukong; Fonka Hans; Kiwoh Terence N.; Sokeng P. Stéphane Celeste. There are about 10 doctorate students (all specializations considered) whose theses have been forwarded to external examiners for expertise, and another 20 to 25 others who are close to completing theirs. Student enrolment for 2011-2012: Level 1 – 450.
Specialisations
Level 1 and 2 : Fundamental courses and selected minor and complementary/transversal courses from other departments; bilingual training
Level 3 : 3 specialisations offered: Language; American and Commonwealth Literature; British Literature
Level 4 : Research methodology course and a computer course for everybody
Level 5 : Specialisations offered:
- English Language (phonology, syntax, morphology, semantics)
- Sociolinguistics
- American Literature
- Commonwealth Literature
- British Literature
Openings after Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) (Licence)
It should be borne in mind that in this department, we teach language, and if you understand language, you can operate in many systems. On graduation, our students have a wide margin of choices ahead of them. A few of these are enumerated here:
- B.A. (with language specialisation)
- Journalism; B.A. (and linguistics option)
- ENS national languages; B.A. (with history option)
- International Relations Institute of Cameroon IRIC; B.A. (any specialisation)
- ENS to become a language/literature lecturer; B.A. (any specialisation)
- ENS for science of education; school counselling; B.A. competitive entrance into professional schools
- ENAM; administrator of prisons, etc… B.A. then Masters and Ph.D. (BMD) for a brilliant/intellectual carrier in higher education
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