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US6222002 - Bachelor of Arts in English For Professionals with Honours

  • OVERVIEW

    The programme, better known as BA EFP amongst USM community, emphasises the fundamentals and practical aspects of written and spoken competence, linguistics and applied linguistics, and critical and creative thinking commonly observed in professional environments. The courses aim to develop students’ understanding of the relationship between the modes of written and spoken communication with audience and professional communities.

    School of Languages, Literacies & Translation,
    Universiti Sains Malaysia,
    11800 Minden, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
    https://ppblt.usm.my/index.php/programmes/undergraduate/baefp

    Duration : 3 Years / 6 Semester
    Medium Instruction : English Language
    Semester Offered : Semester 1 (October) & Semester 2 (March)

  • REQUIREMENTS

    • General

      MINIMUM GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
      MINIMUM GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:

      ACADEMIC

      • Completed 12 years of Primary and High School Education and
      • Obtained High School Certificate (eg. A‐Level, HSC, SMU, & Matayom Suksa 6 (Thailand), International Baccalaureate ) or
      • Diploma in related field

      ENGLISH

      •  IELTS/IELTS Online minimum Band 5.0 or
      • TOEFL iBT minimum score of 40 or
      • TOEFL Essentials Online minimum score of 7.5 or
      • Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) minimum score of 154 or
      • Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) minimum score of 154 or
      • Cambridge English: Linguaskill Online minimum score of 154 or
      • PTE Academic / PTE Academic (Online) minimum score of 47 or
      • ELS Certified Intensive English Programme Level (CIEP Level) 107 or
      • Malaysian University English Test minimum Band 3.5
      • Candidate from an institution in which the medium of instruction is English

      Without any of the above English proficiency certificates, accepted students will be issued with a conditional offer letter to fulfill the English language requirements.

      INTERVIEW

      Candidates must undergo an interview session before being accepted by the respective faculty

    • Special

      HIGH SCHOOL CERTIFICATESDIPLOMA / A-LEVEL, IB, AUSMAT,SAM & OTHERS
      HIGH SCHOOL CERTIFICATES:

      Obtained High School Certificate Level or its equivalent with minimum entry qualification of CGPA 2.67

      And

      Minimum grade A- for English subjects and minimum grade B in any other subject.

      Note: Grading system is referred to each country academics qualifications
      DIPLOMA / A-LEVEL, IB, AUSMAT,SAM & OTHERS:

      Obtained Diploma in related fields with minimum CGPA of 2.75

      And

      Provided the course is not less than 5 semesters or 2 ½ years in the same accredited institution.

      And

      Obtained High School Certificate Level or its equivalent with minimum entry qualification of CGPA 2.67

      And

      Minimum grade C in any 2 subjects

      ‘A’ LEVEL CANDIDATES

      (AQA, Brunei, Cambridge, Edexcel, London, Maldives)

      • ‘O’ Level and ‘A’ Level result slip and certificates
      • Passed ‘A’ Level with minimum score of 9 and minimum grade C in 2 subjects

      AUSTRALIAN HIGH SCHOOL CANDIDATES

      Passed SAM / AUSMAT with minimum aggregate of 68 and the equivalent of C in any 2 subjects

      INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB) DIPLOMA CANDIDATES

      • Passed IB diploma with 26 points
      • Minimum of 4 score at High Level (HL) in any 1 subject at Standard Level (SL) in Mathematics

  • FEES

    • TYPE of feesAmount (USD)
      TYPE of fees: Total Tuition Fees
      Amount (USD):

      12,750.00
      TYPE of fees: Per semester
      Amount (USD):

      2,125.00
      TYPE of fees: Per year
      Amount (USD):

      4,250.00
      TYPE of fees: Recurrent Fee (Payable every semester)
      Amount (USD):

      112.50
      TYPE of fees: Non-Recurrent Fee (Payable upon registration)
      Amount (USD):

      1,325.00
      TYPE of fees: ** Fees are subject to change

  • LIST OF COURSE

      • Introduction to Languages
      • Reading, Writing, Grammar & Literature 
      • English Discourse, Phonetics & Lexis
      • Interlanguage
      • English in Society
      • Psychology of Language
      • English for Administrations
      • Public Relations and marketing
      • Media
      • Law & Social and occupational purposes

  • CAREER PROSPECTS

    • Human Resource
    • Teaching
    • Entrepreneur

    Related Industries:

    • Government agencies
    • Private sectors

Undergraduate

Student Admission Unit
Academic Management Division, Registry, Level 2, Chancellory Building, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia.

Tel : 1 300 888 876 / +604-6533196
Fax : +604 653 3328

Disclaimer

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Last Update: Friday 24 July 2026.

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