English

THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

Established in 1994, the Department of English is as old as the institution.

It offers both Honours and General / Pass courses in addition to the AEC and the SEC courses as prescribed by the University of Gour Banga.

The student teacher ratio in the Honours classes is about 45:1.

Faculty members are actively involved in  research, publishing regularly in several reputed academic journals  in addition to presenting papers in national and international seminars and conferences.

Course Structure: English (Honours)

The B.A. Honours Course in English CBCS (Choice-Based Credit System) Syllabus is spread over 6 Semesters and comprises the following components:

1. Core/Discipline Core = C (also called DC)
2. Ability Enhancement Compulsory = AEC
3. Skill Enhancement Course = SEC
4. Generic Elective = GE
5. Discipline-Specific Elective = DSE

At the end of each semester, students are evaluated on a total of 50 marks for EACH PAPER (Internal Assessment = 10; Tutorial = 08; End Semester Exam = 32).

Course Structure: English (General)

In addition to Compulsory courses (Language Cores and Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses) a student has to select two disciplines as main disciplines (E.g., Discipline -A & Discipline-B) and one discipline as Generic Elective (GE)(Discipline-C).

At the end of each semester, students are evaluated on a total of 50 marks for EACH PAPER (Internal Assessment = 10; Tutorial = 08; End Semester Exam = 32).

The B.A. Honours Course in English covers a wide range of topics including European classical literature, British and American literatures, Postcolonial literatures, Philology, Rhetoric, Literary theory and criticism and Research methodology.

Classroom teaching consists of lectures, presentations and interactive sessions.

In addition to curriculum-based learning, students are encouraged to develop and nurture effective communication and critical thinking skills.

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