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The University Of Georgia MA in English Philology
The University Of Georgia

MA in English Philology

Tbilisi, Georgia

2 Years

English

Full time

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Aug 2025

USD 4,550

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Introduction

The program aims to train a highly qualified specialist with the ability to fully and purposefully use in practice the theories and research methods relevant to the field of English Philology.

The program provides the student with the ability to comprehend in-depth interdisciplinarity, polyparadigmaticity, and interparadigmaticity of the field of English philology, to understand the exploratory potential and practical value of the theories relevant to the thinking spaces of linguistics and literature, cultural studies and sociology. More precisely, the goal of the program is to:

Develop:

  • in-depth knowledge of the history of the English language and specificity of the dynamics of the English language, as well as the skills for critical analysis of the causes of the changes in the English language;
  • in-depth knowledge of the essence of the mutual determination of language, culture, mental representations, and social behavior, scientific characteristics of paradigms and trends, as well as the skills for applying the principles of constructing the objects of the study of modern linguistics;
  • in-depth knowledge of the principles of the analysis of fiction, as well as the skills for interpreting fiction considering linguistic and sociocultural contexts, and philosophical, aesthetic, political, and social perspectives;
  • knowledge of the specificity of literary text processing, as well as the skills for analyzing texts based on the theoretical and methodological approaches of structuralism and cognitive linguistics

Form:

  • knowledge of the principles of constructing the texts (competent use of language - C1) with various communicative intentions, the strategies and ethical norms of effective intercultural and professional (business) communication, as well as the skills for conducting effective intercultural and business communication, developing reasoned conclusions on the on issues relevant to the field of philology, formulating and presenting issues consistently and clearly;
  • knowledge of the methods and tools of project management and the specificity of the project life cycle, as well as the skills for preparing and managing the project

Generate:

  • a sense of responsibility for one’s professional development by adhering to the relevant ethical norms, as well as by maintaining academic honesty while representing the data in the papers prepared by him/her (term paper, small-scale research, and master thesis)

Program details

The content and structure of the Master's program in English Philology include teaching and research components: 120 ECTS allowed for the Master's degree in English Philology includes: 108 ECTS for the main subjects of the program (including preparation and defense of the master's thesis - 30 credits); 12 ECTS for elective subjects.

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