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M.A.-Ph.D. in English Language Studies(International Program)

Weekend Program at Tha Prachan Campus

English Department, Faculty of Liberal Arts Thammasat University

www.tuenglish.org

Qualiffiifications1. ForM.A.Program:aBachelor’sdegree inanyfieldwiththe minimumGPAof2.50 ForPh.D.Program:aMaster’s degree inanyfieldwith the minimumGPAof3.25 ForM.A.continuingtoPh.D.Program:aBachelor’sdegreeinEnglish orrelatedfieldswiththeminimumGPAof3.502. ForbothM.A.andPh.D.Programs:oneofthefollowing Englishscores(scorereportsarevalidfortwoyears): TOEFL(Internet-based) nolessthan80 IELTS nolessthan6.5 TU-GET nolessthan550 (exceptthosewhocompletedadegreeprograminwhichEnglishis used as medium of instruction within two years prior to theapplicationdate)

Admission MethodsM.A.Program(Writtenexamandinterview)Ph.D.Program(Interviewand1,000-wordPh.D.researchproposal)

Application Documents 1. Completedapplicationform 2. Two1-inch-sizephotos 3. Acopyofofficialtranscripts 4. AcopyofcitizenIDcard(orPassportfornon-Thai candidates) 5. ValidEnglishtestscorereport 6. Acopyofbanktransferof1,000baht fornon-refundable applicationfee(Seedetailsintheapplicationform)

Additional Documents for Ph.D. Candidates1. A1,000-wordresearchproposal2. Twolettersofrecommendation

Notes: All photocopied documents must be verified, and theoriginal documents may be required for validation upon theProgram’snotification.

Application MethodDownloadanapplicationformatwww.tuenglish.org.PleasesubmitthecompletedapplicationformandtheapplicationdocumentstotheProgramOffice.

Applicantswhowishtosubmittheapplicationpackageinpersonat the Program Office should call the officials and make anappointment.

Tel.:0-2613-2651-2,0-2613-2570Fax:0-2222-8874www.tuenglish.orgE-mail:grad.eng@hotmail.com

Contact InformationGraduateOffice

EnglishDepartmentFacultyofLiberalArts

2PrachanRoad,PranakornBangkok,10200

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M.A. Core Courses(18credits)EG600 AcademicWritingEG610 AppliedLinguisticsinEnglishLanguageStudiesEG630 InterculturalCommunicationEG650 WorldLiteraturesEG680 ResearchMethodologyinEnglishLanguageStudiesEG781DirectedResearchinEnglishLanguageStudies

Ph.D. Core Courses(18credits)EG810 SelectedTopicsinAppliedLinguisticsEG811 WorldEnglishesEG830 SelectedTopicsinInterculturalCommunication

Program OverviewTheM.A.andPh.D.inEnglishLanguageStudiesisaninnovativeprogram established by the English Department, Facultyof Liberal Arts, Thammasat University. The program isdesignedtoprovideahigh-qualityandflexibleSouth-EastAsianinternationalalternative forM.A.andPh.D. inEnglishLanguageStudies.

After studying our core courses, students in both the M.A. andPh.D. programs choose electives, depending on their particularinterest.

Types of admission1. M.A.Program(forcandidateswithaBachelor’sdegree.Students

canchoosebetweenThesisandNon-thesisplans)

2.M.A.-Ph.D.Program(forcandidateswithaBachelor’sdegreeinanyfieldwhowillstartwithourM.A.ProgramintheThesisPlan,andcontinuetothePh.D.Program.AnupgradingexamisrequiredattheendofthethirdsemesteroftheM.A.Program)

3.Ph.D.Program(forcandidateswithaMaster’sdegreefromotherinstitutions)

Location: English Language Center Building, Thammasat University,ThaPrachanCampus

Academic System:Full-time,weekendprograms(Saturdaysand Sundays,9.00-12.00and13.00-16.00)

ElectivesEG716 MethodologyinEnglishLanguageInstructionEG717 DigitalLiteraciesEG718 LanguageAssessmentEG719 SyllabusandMaterialDesigninEnglishLanguageEducationEG726CriticalPerspectivesinEnglishLanguageStudies EG727CorpusLinguisticsinEnglishLanguageStudiesEG728 EnglishforSpecificPurposesEG736 Language,DiscourseandIdentityEG737IdentityandGlobalizationEG738DiscourseAnalysisinEnglishLanguageStudiesEG746ProfessionalCommunicationacrossCulturesEG756TrendsinLiteraryStudies EG757LanguageandStyle EG758LanguageandVoice EG771TopicalSeminarinEnglishLanguageStudies

EG850 SelectedTopicsinTextualStudiesEG880 AdvancedResearchMethodology in English Language

StudiesEG881 AdvancedDirectedStudies

Ph.D. Prescribed Electives (Chooseone)EG882 QuantitativeResearchMethodsinEnglishLanguageStudiesEG883QualitativeResearchMethodsinEnglishLanguageStudies

Thesis and Independent StudyEG800 Thesis(forM.A.ThesisPlan) 12 creditsEG780 IndependentStudy (forM.A.Non-thesisPlan) 6 creditsEG901 Thesis(forPh.D.) 48 credits

Summary of Required CreditsM.A.(Thesis) 39 creditsM.A.(Non-Thesis) 39 creditsM.A.-Ph.D. 96 creditsPh.D. 75 credits

M.A./Ph.D. Electives 9creditsforM.A.ThesisPlan 15creditsforM.A.Non-ThesisPlan 6creditsforPh.D.

Period of Study l M.A.(ThesisPlan) 5 semesters l M.A.(Non-thesis) 4 semesters l M.A.continuingtoPh.D. 11 semesters l Ph.D. 8 semesters

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