{"id":244,"date":"2020-06-30T08:06:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T08:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ell\/?page_id=244"},"modified":"2026-04-09T15:08:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:08:28","slug":"single-major-b-a-honours-in-english-language-and-linguistics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/elts\/single-major-b-a-honours-in-english-language-and-linguistics\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Major B.A. (Honours) in English Language and Linguistics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\t\tSingle Major B.A. (Honours) in English Language and Linguistics\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/06\/banner07.jpg\" alt=\"banner07\" title=\"banner07\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tSingle Major B.A. (Honours) in English Language and Linguistics (Cohort 2024 onwards) (CHS students)\t<\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\tGraduation Requirements\t<\/h4>\n\t<p>Pass at least 60 units of EL or EL-recognised courses which include the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<ol>\n<li>EL1101E The Nature of Language<\/li>\n<li>A minimum of 28 units at level-3000 or higher, with<br \/>\n(i)\u00a0 a minimum of 12 units of EL-coded courses at level-4000 or higher, excluding EL4401 Honours Thesis and EL4660 Independent Study<strong>*<\/strong><br \/>\n(ii)\u00a0 a maximum of 4 units at EL level-5000 (subject to the Department&#8217;s approval)<\/li>\n<li>A maximum of 8 units of EL-recognised courses<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Note:<\/li>\n<li>List of EL-recognised courses:<\/li>\n<li>CL2280 Basic Translation or TRA2101 Basic Translation<br \/>\nCL2281 Translation and Interpretation or INT2101 Basic Interpreting<br \/>\nCL2291 Chinese Anthropolinguistics (in English) or <!--StartFragment -->CH3210 Chinese Anthropolinguistics<!--EndFragment --><br \/>\nCL3201 Communicating through Chinese Rhetoric and Metaphors<br \/>\nCL3207 Chinese Sociolinguistics or <!--StartFragment 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