Foreign Languages and Literatures Program

Code: 050200)
(201109 Version)

Students shall choose 1 second foreign language.

SFL Foreign Languages and Literatures discipline was authorized to offer master’s degree programs in 1985 and doctoral degree programs in 1993. A postdoctoral center was established upon the approval of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security in 2003. In 2010, the discipline was authorized as first-level to offer the doctoral degree in foreign languages and literatures. With strong teaching faculty of 20 professors and 50 associate professors, the discipline is the key discipline of SJTU 211 and 985 projects. 9 well-equipped research centers/institutions are set up in different subject fields.

1. Program Education Objectives
After graduation from the Translation and Interpreting program, the graduates are expected to:

Have deep understanding of the subject, and understand the status quo, world trends and the frontiers of academic research;
Be able to conduct research with academic or practical value, and show innovation in academic achievements;
Have a perfect command of 1 foreign language and preferably excellent command of another foreign language.

2. Main Research Fields

3. Study Duration and Credit Requirements
2.5 years (full time);
Total credits credit≥30 (credits of degree courses≥19)
In principle, master courses should be completed within the first year.

4. Courses

Program Type	Course Code	Course Name	Credits	Semesters (Spring/Fall)	Compulsory/Elective
Degree Course	G230001	The Theory and Practice of Socialism in China	2	Spring，Fall	Compulsory
Degree Course	G230002	The Theory of Social Science in Marxism	1	Spring，Fall	Compulsory
Degree Course	S140503	Literature reading and academic report	2	Spring
Degree Course	X140502	Second Foreign Language (Japanese)	2	Spring，Fall	Compulsory
Degree Course	X140503	Second Foreign Language (German)	2	Spring，Fall	Compulsory
Degree Course	X140504	Second Foreign Language (French)	2	Spring，Fall	Compulsory
Degree Course	X140505	Academic English Writing	2	Fall	Compulsory
Degree Course	X140506	Introduction to Linguistics	2	Fall	Compulsory
Degree Course	X140508	English Literature	2	Fall	Compulsory
Degree Course	X140509	American Literature	2	Fall	Compulsory
Degree Course	X140513	Language Testing	2	Fall	Compulsory
Degree Course	X140515	Semantics	2	Fall	Compulsory
Degree Course	X140522	Second Foreign Language (English)	2	Spring，Fall	Compulsory
Degree Course	X140525	Japanese Classical Literature	2	Fall	Compulsory
Degree Course	X140526	Japanese Syntactics	2	Fall	Compulsory
Degree Course	X140528	Second Language Acquisition	2	Spring	Compulsory
Degree Course	X140533	Semantics (German)	2	Fall	Compulsory
Degree Course	X140534	Pragmatics (German)	2	Fall	Compulsory
Degree Course	X140535	Textual Linguistics (German)	2	Spring	Compulsory
Degree Course	X140601	Syntactics	2	Fall	Compulsory
Degree Course	X140606	Narratology	2	Spring	Compulsory
Degree Course	X140607	Japanese Translation Theories and Practice	2	Fall	Compulsory
Degree Course	X140608	Pragmatics	2	Fall	Compulsory
Degree Course	X140609	German Sociolinguistics	2	Fall	Compulsory
Degree Course	X140610	Introducing Japanese Linguistics	2	Fall	Compulsory
Degree Course	X140611	An Introduction to Contemporary Japanese Literature	2	Fall	Compulsory
Degree Course	X140612	Contemporary Foreign Literature Criticism	2	Fall	Compulsory
Degree Course	X140613	Introducing Translation Studies	2	Spring	Compulsory
Non-degree Course	F140503	Intercultural Communication	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140504	British Romantic Poetry	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140506	Afro-American Literature	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140507	20th-Century British and American Fiction	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140509	Comparative Studies of Chinese and English Poetry	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140510	19^th-Century British and American Proses	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140511	Sociallinguistics	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140512	Syllabus Design	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140519	Selected Readings of English and American Literature	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140520	Academic Communication	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140522	Cognitive Linguistics	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140523	An Introduction to Japanese Linguistics	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140524	Sino-Japanese Comparative Literature	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140527	Discourse Analysis	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140529	Western Classics	2	Fall	Compulsory
Non-degree Course	F140530	Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140533	Psycholinguistics (German)	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140535	Translation Theories and Criticism(German)	2	Fall	Compulsory
Non-degree Course	F140536	Translation Practice(German)	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140603	Corpus Linguistics	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140607	Stylistics	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140611	An Introduction to Contemporary Japanese Literature	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140612	Study and Criticism of Chinese and Western Translation Theories	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140613	women’s Literature and Gender Studies	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140614	Systemic Functional Linguistics	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140615	Narratology	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140616	An Introduction to Contemporary German Literature	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140617	German Academic Writing	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140618	German Syntactics	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140619	Japanese Stylistics	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140620	A Study of Japanese Classic Poems	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140621	Translation Culture Studies (Japanese)	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140622	Japanese Literature Criticism Theories	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140623	The Study of Second Language Acquisition (Japanese)	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140624	English Teaching Methodology	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140626	Introducing Comparative Literature	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140627	Forensic Linguistics	2	Spring
Non-degree Course	F140628	Statistics in Linguistics	2	Spring

5.Mid-term Evaluation
The mid-term evaluation of masters should be completed within the first month of the third semester. Mid-term evaluation requirements include: have proper learning attitude, pass all required courses, attain the required credits (both total credits and degree course credits) with an average credit of degree courses above 2.00, work orderly and smoothly with the dissertation.

6. Dissertation Proposal
Following the mid-term evaluation, the master-degree dissertation proposal should be completed before the end of the third semester in accordance with SJTU Master Program Regulations.

7. Dissertation
See SJTU Dissertation Regulations.

8. Published Papers
Students should have at least 1 paper published in official journals.

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