Bachelor Major in English (120 ECTS): Sample Timetables for Full-Time Students

Disclaimer: The applicable legal regulations can be found in the framework ordinance (Rahmenverordnung) and the program regulation (Studienordnung) for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. The information below is for illustrative purposes only and should be regarded as a recommendation. In case of any contradictions between this document and the legal regulations or between the German version and a translation, only the legal regulations or the German version, respectively, have legal bearing.

Please note the following important points:

• It is not mandatory to complete one's studies in six semesters. In fact, even full-time students may want to plan with six to seven semesters of study, to allow for some flexibility in their study plan.
• The two advanced modules Writing Skills & Media Analysis: Explorations and Writing Skills & Media Analysis: Explorations (of which one has to complete at least one) or only offered in the spring semester. This means that it is a bit risky to wait until one's final semester before doing one of these modules. (If you were to fail the module, you'd have to wait until the next spring semester to be able to complete it, i.e. you would not be able to graduate until then.)

None of these sample timetables are binding; they are intended as examples or 'templates.'

• We strongly recommend that students start their studies in the fall semester.
• In the case of two-semester modules, the total number of ECTS points is 'spread out' over two semesters.
• While it is possible to go abroad at any point after the first two semesters, the 'template' semester for a stay abroad is semester 5. (Note: Not all UZH partner universities offer courses in Linguistics as well as in Literature.) Please consult the Stay Abroad section of the ES website for more details.
• The final semester is not ideal for a stay abroad.

* i.e. students are required to take at least 3 of the following 10 Bachelor Seminars in Literature (6 ECTS each):

• Literary Histories: Renaissance and Early Modern Period
• Literary Histories: The Long Nineteenth Century
• Literary Histories: The Long Twentieth Century
• Literary Histories: Cultural Contexts
• Literary Histories: Genres & Themes in Literature and Culture
• Literary and Cultural Analysis: Introduction to Theory
• Literary and Cultural Analysis: Texts and Their Afterlives
• Literary and Cultural Analysis: Intermediality
• Literary and Cultural Analysis: (Post-)Colonial Perspectives
• Literary and Cultural Analysis: Identities

** i.e. students are required to take at least 2 of the following 5 Bachelor Seminars in English Linguistics (6 ECTS each):

• Focus on Language Structure
• Focus on Language Use
• Focus on Variation and Change
• Focus on Language and the Mind
• Focus on Phonetics and Phonology

• We strongly recommend that students start their studies in the fall semester.
• In the case of two-semester modules, the total number of ECTS points is 'spread out' over two semesters.
• While it is possible to go abroad at any point after the first two semesters, the 'template' semester for a stay abroad is semester 5. Please consult the Stay Abroad section of the ES website for more details.
• The final semester is not ideal for a stay abroad.

* i.e. students are required to take at least 3 of the following 10 Bachelor Seminars in Literature (6 ECTS each):

• Literary Histories: Renaissance and Early Modern Period
• Literary Histories: The Long Nineteenth Century
• Literary Histories: The Long Twentieth Century
• Literary Histories: Cultural Contexts
• Literary Histories: Genres & Themes in Literature and Culture
• Literary and Cultural Analysis: Introduction to Theory
• Literary and Cultural Analysis: Texts and Their Afterlives
• Literary and Cultural Analysis: Intermediality
• Literary and Cultural Analysis: (Post-)Colonial Perspectives
• Literary and Cultural Analysis: Identities

** i.e. students are required to take at least 2 of the following 5 Bachelor Seminars in English Linguistics (6 ECTS each):

• Focus on Language Structure
• Focus on Language Use
• Focus on Variation and Change
• Focus on Language and the Mind
• Focus on Phonetics and Phonology

• We strongly recommend that students start their studies in the fall semester.
• In the case of two-semester modules, the total number of ECTS points is 'spread out' over two semesters.
• While it is possible to go abroad at any point after the first two semesters, the 'template' semester for a stay abroad is semester 5. Please consult the Stay Abroad section of the ES website for more details.
• The final semester is not ideal for a stay abroad.

* i.e. students are required to take at least 3 of the following 10 Bachelor Seminars in Literature (6 ECTS each):

• Literary Histories: Renaissance and Early Modern Period
• Literary Histories: The Long Nineteenth Century
• Literary Histories: The Long Twentieth Century
• Literary Histories: Cultural Contexts
• Literary Histories: Genres & Themes in Literature and Culture
• Literary and Cultural Analysis: Introduction to Theory
• Literary and Cultural Analysis: Texts and Their Afterlives
• Literary and Cultural Analysis: Intermediality
• Literary and Cultural Analysis: (Post-)Colonial Perspectives
• Literary and Cultural Analysis: Identities

** i.e. students are required to take at least 2 of the following 5 Bachelor Seminars in English Linguistics (6 ECTS each):

• Focus on Language Structure
• Focus on Language Use
• Focus on Variation and Change
• Focus on Language and the Mind
• Focus on Phonetics and Phonology

Note that sample timetables for part-time students are also available.