Bachelor of Arts (Literature)

Code

Title

Units

SAS 201

Introduction to Research Methods (Required)

3

LTF 210

Fundamentals of Literature I – Drama (Required)

3

LTF 211

Art and Communication (Required)

3

LIT 210

Humanist Literary Theory (Core)

3

LIT 211

Fundamentals of Literature II –Poetry (Core)

3

LIT 212

Fundamentals of Literature III – Prose (Core)

3

*Any one of the following:

MUS 211

African Music & Dance

3

FMS 211

Film Analysis

3

THE 211

Script Making and Interpretation

3

PHL 210

Classical Logic

3

LIN 210

Introduction to Sociolinguistics

3

Code

Title

Units

SAS 202

Critical Thinking (Required) 3

3

LTF 220

Issues in Kenya Theatre (Required) 3

3

LTF 221

Issues in Kenyan Cinema (Required) 3

3

LIT 220

The East African Short Story (Core) 3

3

LIT 221

Fundamentals of Literature IV– Oral Literature (Core) 3

3

*Any two of the following:

FMS 221

Acting for the Screen

3

MUS 221

African Musical Instruments

3

THE 221

Dance Drama

3

PHL 223

Feminist Philosophy

3

Code

Title

Units

SAS 301

Contemporary Gender Issues (Required)

3

LTF 310

Research Methods in the Humanities (Required)

3

LTF 311

Art and Psychology (Required)

3

LIT 310

Critical Theory (Core)

3

LIT 311

Theories of Oral Literature (Core)

3

*Students to opt for one group and select one course from that group, for example they may opt for Group 1 and select LIT 314.

Group 1

Electives  

Units

LIT 312

European Poetry I 3

3

LIT 313

European Fiction I 3

3

LIT 314

European Drama I 3

3

Group 2

Electives  

Units

LIT 315

Caribbean Fiction 3

3

LIT 316

Caribbean Poetry 3

3

LIT317

Latin American Poetry 3

3

LIT 318

Latin American Fiction 3

3

Group 3

Electives  

Units

LIT 319

The Epic Tradition in Literature

3

LIT 330

North African Fiction

3

Electives  

Units

*Any one of the following:

Code

Title

Units

LIN 313

Theories of Editing

3

MUS 311

Western Music III: The Romantic Period

3

PHL 311

African Philosophy

3

THE 310

Theoretical & Critical Perspectives in Theatre

3

FMS 312

Television Journalism

3

Code

Title

Units

SAS 302

Entrepreneurship and Accounting (Required)

3

LTF 320

Copy Writing (Required)

3

LIT 320

Stylistics (Core)

3

LIT 321

Creative Writing I (Core)

3

*Students to opt for one group and select one course from that

group, for example, they may opt for Group 2 and select LIT 326.

Group 1

LIT 322

European Drama II

3

LIT 323

European Fiction II

3

LIT 324

Gothic Literature

3

Group 2

LIT325

Caribbean Drama

3

LIT 326

Latin American Drama

3

Group 3

LIT 327

South African Literature since 1948

3

LIT 328

West African Drama

3

THE 320

Technical Theatre III: Costume Design

3

MUS 321

Western Music IV: The Modern Period

3

FMS 320

Film Directing

3

LIN 323

Editing Skills

3

PHL 320

Aesthetics

3

Code

Title

Units

SAS 401

Policy Analysis and Project Management(Required)

3

LTF 410

Discourses on African Art (Required)

3

LTF 411

Literary Journalism (Required)

3

LIT 410

Literature and Postmodernist Theory (Core)

3

LIT 411

The African Novel (Core)

3

*Any two of the following:

MUS 412

Music and the Media

3

THE 412

Drama and Theatre in Education

3

FMS 410

Educational Television

3

PHL 410

African Aesthetics

3

HIS 401

Issues in African Historiography

3

Code

Title

Units

SAS 402

Disaster and Conflict Management (Required)

3

LTF 420

Discourses in African Cinema (Required)

3

LIT 420

Modern African Poetry (Required)

3

LIT 421

Major Literary Movements (Core)

3

LIT 422

The Autobiography (Core)

3

LIT 425

Studies in Post Colonial Discourse (Core)

3