English Philology is a three-year, six-semester bachelor's programme at the Faculty of Philology of the University of Bialystok, with a general academic profile led by linguistics. It suits anyone who wants to master English and understand how the language, its literature and the cultures behind it work.
Practical English runs through the first three years of the programme. You work on reading for detail and for general understanding, listening, extended speaking and building arguments for and against an idea, including speaking without preparation. Phonetics is a strong thread: you learn how sounds are produced, use phonetic transcription, and practise connected speech, stress, rhythm and intonation.
Alongside this, you study linguistics through introductory general linguistics, the descriptive grammar of English, the history of the English language and a first introduction to translation.
Elective groups of subjects let you deepen your own interests in three areas:
The programme includes an internship in which you broaden and apply what you have learned, find out how an organisation works, and practise cooperating with a group and liaising with customers. The internship is unpaid and is based on a signed agreement. Voluntary work, a full-time job or training can count towards it, as long as they lead to the required learning outcomes.
A second modern language is part of the plan – you can choose French, Russian, Spanish or German and learn it in dedicated classes next to your English studies.
By the end of the programme you are prepared to:
Based on the programme pages and curriculum documents of UwB.
