{"id":13532,"date":"2025-01-24T03:46:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T03:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.pgihs.ac.lk\/?page_id=13532"},"modified":"2025-01-24T03:48:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T03:48:17","slug":"postgraduate-diploma-in-english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.pgihs.ac.lk\/index.php\/postgraduate-diploma-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Postgraduate Diploma in English"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13532\" class=\"elementor elementor-13532\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df6c722 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"df6c722\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5317822 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5317822\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 26-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\tThe Postgraduate Diploma in English is intended for those students who have little or a scant specialist knowledge of the discipline and hope to advance their knowledge in the field. The Diploma is an independent, standalone study programme. However,\u00a0\u00a0 it may also function as one of the prerequisites for a candidate\u2019s entry to the Master\u2019s degree programme in English.\n\nCourses offered:\n<table width=\"612\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"96\"><strong>Course Code<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"384\"><strong>Course Title<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"66\"><strong>Credits\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"66\"><strong>Status<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"96\">ENG 501<\/td>\n<td width=\"384\">Introduction to Critical and Cultural Theory<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">O<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"96\">ENG 502<\/td>\n<td width=\"384\">Introduction to the Study of Language I<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">O<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"96\">ENG 507<\/td>\n<td width=\"384\">Literatures of South Asia: Thematic Approaches<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">O<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"96\">ENG 503<\/td>\n<td width=\"384\">An Introduction to the Study of Language II<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">O<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"96\">ENG 506<\/td>\n<td width=\"384\">An Introduction to the Postcolonial Literatures\u00a0 in English<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">O<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"96\">ENG 505<\/td>\n<td width=\"384\">Shakespeare Our Contemporary<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">O<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"96\">ENG 508<\/td>\n<td width=\"384\">Drama and Performance: The Theatre of Our Times<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">O<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"96\">ENG 504<\/td>\n<td width=\"384\">Theories of Language Acquisition \/Learning<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">O<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"96\">ENG 509<\/td>\n<td width=\"384\">Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Translation<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">O<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"96\">ENG 510<\/td>\n<td width=\"384\">An Introduction to Twentieth- Century British American Poetry<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">O<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\nStudents are required to complete 27 credits from the above courses to complete the programme.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Postgraduate Diploma in English is intended for those students who have little or a scant specialist knowledge of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13532","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.pgihs.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.pgihs.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.pgihs.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.pgihs.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.pgihs.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13532"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/web.pgihs.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13540,"href":"https:\/\/web.pgihs.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13532\/revisions\/13540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.pgihs.ac.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}