The entry qualifications to this programme of the Open University of Tanzania [OUT] are:

1. Two principal passes with a total of 4 points in arts subjects, one of which must be English language subject.
2. Recognition of Prior Learning Qualification which is B+ grade (where A =75-100, B+ = 65-74, B=50-64, C =40-49, D = 35-39, F = 0-38).
3. C) Foundation Certificate with a minimum GPA of 3.0 calculated from the six subjects taught in the programme.
4. d) At least four O’-Level passes (Ds and above) or NVA Level III with less than four O’Level passes or equivalent foreign qualifications as established by either NECTA or VETA.

AND

 Ordinary Diploma (NTA Level 6) in education, languages, journalism, mass communication, public relations, communication skills, law and tourism with a GPA of 3.

1. e) At least four O’-Level passes (Ds and above) or NVA Level III with less than four O’ Level passes or equivalent foreign qualifications as established by either NECTA or VETA.

AND

Ordinary Diploma in education, languages, tourism, journalism, mass communication, public relations, law and communication skills, with average of B.

Level 1

Payments are done per unit where as one unit costs 60,000. In addition to tuition fee, students will be required to pay other charges like examination fees, essential reference books, stationeries and other related costs for research projects.

A bachelor’s degree in Literature forms students into skilled, knowledgeable, and ethical interpreters of texts mostly in the English literary tradition and offers students the opportunity to nurture their ability to produce literary texts. The degree is designed to help students understand the process of communicating and interpreting human experience through literary representation; in doing so they develop reading, writing and analytic skills; learn historical contexts and disciplinary methodologies; and become ethical communicators. As students study how individuals in specific historical, cultural, and rhetorical circumstances represent their experience and ideas through the medium of language, they learn how to formulate their own ideas critically, creatively, and persuasively. They learn to raise significant questions, gather relevant evidence, reach well-reasoned conclusions, weigh alternative systems of thought, and write as means of intellectual inquiry and creative expression, all crucial skills necessary to be effective thinkers and communicators in the current information-intensive society. Students also develop an ethical orientation to living as their study of literature encourages them to value human actions, motivations, and differences.

The assessment shall consist of a two-hours written test in the middle of the academic year and a three-hours annual examination, at the end of the academic year. The test will contribute 30% while the annual examination will contribute 70% to the final grade, to make the total of 100%. A pass mark for both the test and examinations combined is 40%. In additional in the practical (Research paper) is assessed out 100% i.e. OLT 337- Creative Writing Project.