The Programme consists of the following:

• Compulsory Courses
• Elective Courses
• MA Dissertation

For the MA in English and American Studies,  postgraduate students need to attend  and successfully complete 4 courses, one of which is a compulsory course and three are elective courses. Each course corresponds to 15 ECTS. Postgraduate students also need to  write a diploma thesis (30 ECTS). The total number of credits (ECTS) required for the MA is 90.

​Compulsory Courses:

• Lit 590 – Literary Theory and Research Methods

Elective Courses:

• Lit 500 – Major Authors
• Lit 510 – Literary Movements I
• Lit 511 – Literary Movements II
• Lit 516 – Topics in Early Modern Literature and Culture
• Lit 518 – Literature and Politics
• Lit 520 – Performing Arts
• Lit 521 – Drama, Culture, Society
• Lit 530 – Utopian and Dystopian Visions
• Lit 542 – Film Topics
• Lit 550 – Digital Narratives
• Lit 560 – Ethnic Studies
• Lit 565 – Post-colonial Literatures
• Lit 568 – Global Identities
• Lit 569 – Special Topics I
• Lit 570 – Gender Studies
• Lit 579 – Special Topics II
• Lit 580 – Literary Geographies
• Lit 598 – Ιnterdisciplinarity and Literature

Courses can be offered during the fall or spring semester. Students can select some of their elective courses.