Bachelor of Arts in English (Honors)
Objectives
The Department of English offers Bachelor of Arts in English (Honors) program with
concentration in English Literature and ELT (English Language Teaching). This program
aims at providing modern and extensive education in English language literature and
language teaching for preparing graduates equipped with knowledge and skills required
for professional success in different sectors. The program also aims at training students
In the basic skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening English.
To read analytically
To think critically and logically
To learn basic research methodology
To know about the major literary movements and periods, authors and their
representative works, and critical theories related to English literature
To develop competence in aesthetic appreciation of literature
To understand other countries and cultures
To train them in media communication , translation work and creative
writing.
To train learners to do research autonomously in literature and ELT
Specialization
Bachelor of Arts in
specialization/concentration
English
program
has
the
following
areas
as
a) English Literature
b) ELT (English Language Teaching)
Major in English Literature
Specific Objectives
Students who complete a major in English literature will be able to
Appreciate and enjoy literature
Train learners in creative writing
Develop critical and analytical skill in the learners
Enable the learners to write academic essay, assignments, research paper and
thesis
Trace the origin and development of English language
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Conduct research in accordance with prescribed guidelines
Familiarize learners with the major literary movements in Great Britain, USA,
Indian subcontinent and Africa
Analyze and evaluate literary works on the basis of critical theories
Write research papers in accordance with MLA(Modern Language
Association) guidelines
Major in ELT (English Language Teaching)
Specific Objectives
Major in ELT will help the students to attain
Proficiency in reading, writing, speaking and listening in different aspects of
language such as phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and
discourse
Confidence in the knowledge and use of a variety of instructional methods,
techniques and strategies for the enhancement of student learning
Knowledge and skills to familiarize learners with the different areas of
language teaching such as Syllabus Design, Materials design, approaches and
methods, testing and evaluation
Knowledge and application of effective characteristics and behaviors of
teachers
Knowledge and application of effective teaching and learning styles
Ability to communicate effectively with pupils, peers, parents and school
personnel
A high standard of professional ethics, integrity and personal character
Admission Requirements
Minimum GPA 2.5 in both S.S.C and H.S.C or equivalent
Duration of the Program
The duration of Bachelor of Arts in English program is 4 academic years with three
Semesters in each year.
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Academic Year & Semester System
Semester system is followed in this program. An academic year is of 3 (three) Semesters
and the duration of each Semester is of 4 months allotted in the following manner: It
takes a time period of 16 weeks where 14 weeks for instruction and 2 weeks for
registration and examination.
The schedule of an academic year will be as follows:
Semester
Title of the Semester
Duration
Semester I
Spring
January – April
Semester II
Summer
May – August
Semester III
Fall
September – December
Total Credit Hours Requirement
Bachelor of Arts in English program consists of minimum 123 Credit Hours.
Grading System (Letter Grade):
Numerical Grade
80% and Above
75% to less than 80%
70% to less than 75%
65% to less than 70%
60% to less than 65%
55% to less than 60%
50% to less than 55%
45% to less than 50%
40% to less than 45%
Less than 40%
Letter Grade
Grade Point
A+
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
D
F
4.00
3.75
3.50
3.25
3.00
2.75
2.50
2.25
2.00
0.00
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Evaluation Procedures
The evaluation system is based on class attendance, in course/class test,
assignments/term papers, mid-term and final examination. No. of classes, class test and
assignment/term paper will depend on respective course teacher. There will be a
mid-term in the middle of the Semester. The distribution of marks is as follows:
Class Attendance
:
05%
In course/ class test
:
10%
Assignment/Term paper
:
10%
Mid-Term
:
25%
Semester Final
:
50%
Lecture Hour per Course
The procedures of Credit Hour Semester system are practiced in the academic
programs of this university with involvement of 14 weeks of instruction in each
Semester. The courses may have different credit hours. Each credit hour will consist 14
instruction hours.
In this context, if a course is of 3 credit hours it will cover 42 instruction hours.
Program Structure:
The Bachelor of Arts in English program consists of
Orientation Course
Non Credit
General Education (5 courses × 3 Credit Hours each) 15 Credit Hours
English Foundation (3 courses × 3 Credit Hours each) 9 Credit Hours
Free Electives (5 courses × 3 Credit Hours each)
15 Credit Hours
English core Courses (20 courses × 3 Credit Hours each)
Hours
60
Credit
Specialization/Concentration
(6 courses × 3 Credit Hours each)
18 Credit Hours
Thesis
06 Credit Hours
Total
123 Credit Hours
Graduation
A total of 123 credit hours are required for the completion of Bachelor of Arts in
English program with major/concentration. A grade of “2.50” or higher CGPA is
required to obtain the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in English. In addition, students must
fulfill the professional development seminar and senior project requirements before
graduation. Students must also complete the thesis requirements and a mandatory
noncredit orientation course in 3 parts.
4
Courses
A.
Orientation Course
SL.
Course Code
Course Title
1.
ORE 101
Freshmen Orientation *
2.
ORE 102
Continuing Orientation *
3.
ORE 103
Professional Orientation*
* ORE 101, ORE 102 & ORE 103 are combined courses and all these three
courses will be treated as a single course.
B. General Education
5 courses of 3.00 credit hours each and total credit hours are 15.
SL.
No.
Course
Code
Course Title
1.
CIS 101
Computer Fundamentals*
2.
HIS 202
History of Western Thought*
3.
BAG 201
Bengali Literature
4.
HIS 201
European History*
5
BAG 101
Bengali Culture and History
6.
HIS 203
History of Eastern Thought and Religion
7.
SOC 101
Introduction to Sociology
8.
PSY 101
Introduction to Psychology
9.
IR
International Relations
101
* SL. No 1, 2 & 4 are compulsory courses
5
C. English Foundation Courses
3 courses of 3.00 credit hours each and total credit hours are 9.
SL.
D.
Course Code
Course Title
1.
ENG 101
Listening and Speaking
2.
ENG 102
Reading
3.
ENG 103
Writing
4.
ENG 104
Public Speaking
5.
ENG 105
Composition
6.
ENG106
Technical writing
Free Electives
5 courses of 3.00 credit hours each and total credit hours are 15
1. ENG 201
Academic Writing
2. ENG 202
Professional Communication
3. ELT 401
English for the Media
4. ENGL 402
Translation Studies
5. ENGL 403
Cultural Studies: an Introduction
6. MGT 401
7. FIN 201
Fundamentals of Management
Principles of Business Finance
8. HRM 301
Manpower Planning and Personnel Policy
E. English Courses (Each course consists of 3.00 Credits Hours)
SL.
Course Code
Course Title
1.
ENGL 101
Introduction to English Literature: Poetry
2.
ENGL 102
Introduction to English Literature: Drama
3.
ENGL 103
Introduction to English Literature: Fiction
4.
ENGL 104
Introduction to English Literature: Non Fiction
5.
ENGL 201
Romantic Literature-I
6.
ENGL 202
Romantic Literature-II
7.
ENGL 203
Classics in Translation-I
8.
ENGL 204
Classics in Translation-II
9.
ENGL 301
16th and 17th Century Drama
10.
ENGL 302
16th and 17th Century Poetry
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11.
ENGL 303
18th Century Literature-I
12.
ENGL 305
19th Century Literature-Novel
13.
ENGL 304
19th Century Literature-Poetry
14.
ENGL 307
20th Century Literature-Poetry
15.
ENGL 306
20th Century Literature-Novel
16.
ENGL 309
American Literature-I (Poetry)
17.
ENGL 308
Advanced Reading and Writing
18.
ELT 301
Introduction to Language Studies
19.
ELT 302
Introduction to English Language Teaching
20.
ENGL 401
Literary Criticism-I
F. Concentration/Specialization
A student will have to choose 6 courses from one of the following specialization
areas (each course consists of 3.00 credit hours):
1. English Literature
Course Code
Course Title
a.
ENGL 404
Literary Criticism-II
b.
ENGL 406
American Literature-II
c.
ENGL 405
Shakespeare
d.
ENGL 407
17th Century Literature
e.
ENGL 408
20th Century British Drama
f.
ENGL 409
Other Literature in English
SL.
2. ELT (English Language Teaching)
SL.
Course Code
Course Title
a.
ELT 402
History of English Language Teaching
b.
ELT 403
Fundamental Concepts of ELT
c.
ELT 404
Psycho Linguistics and Socio Linguistics
d.
ELT 405
Discourse Analysis
e.
ELT 406
Practice Teaching
f.
ELT 407
Research Methods in ELT
G. Thesis
6 credit hours
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COURSE CONTENTS OF BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGLISH (Honors)
Orientation
Freshmen Orientation
The purpose of orientation is to foster a sense of community that is open, just, nurturing, caring,
celebrative and supportive of excellence in teaching and learning. Orientation programs are also
designed to enhance the intellectual, cultural, social and spiritual experiences of the students. In
addition, orientation and assembly programs also focus on issues pertaining to leadership
development, quality of life and social responsibility. This program also informs rules and
regulation of this university, duties and rights of students during their program in daily academic
and related affairs.
This course provides entering freshmen with a background of the extra-curricular aspects of the
institution: the history, purpose, organization, policies and procedures of the university. The
student is introduced to academic survival skills, library skills, leadership development, study
skills, critical thinking, career planning, personal and social development and other relevant areas
necessary for a successful university experience. This course is required for all freshmen.
Students have to follow all rules and regulations of the University strictly without any deviation
as it is under the supervision of the University authority on hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and
yearly basis during the total program period. The management team will grade the set factors on
a pre set numerical grading system confidentially to assess the individual. This course is required
for all students.
Continuing Orientation
A Continuing Orientation is a continuation of Freshmen Orientation and in addition, this course
introduces freshmen to various learning styles, career planning, health-related issues and
personal and social development.
This course aims at training the students
To receive the course plan from every course teacher before or in the 1st class of
the Semester and follow it in the classes.
To inform, if student(s) are disturbed by any class fellow or by any other reason,
immediately by writing to the registration section with a copy to the executive in
charge of the President and Vice-Chancellor’s office.
To report, if student(s) feel that they are being deprived by the course teacher in
classroom or in student counseling session as per the course plan, to the head of the
department in writing with a copy to the executive in charge of the President and
Vice-Chancellor’s office.
To strictly follow all the rules and regulations of the University without any
deviation, as it is under supervision of the University authority on hourly, daily,
weekly, monthly and yearly basis. The management team will grade the set factors on
a pre set numerical grading system confidentially to assess the individual. This course
is mandatory for all students.
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Professional orientation
The aims are:
♦ To prepare students for practical job operation.
♦ To train them up by internship, on the job training in campus or outside of campus
♦ To prepare students to face interview on an artificial mock interview board by
inviting real reputed employers of our country and get the performance report
evaluated for the students by those employers with recommendations and
suggestions to improve students in general & in particular.
♦ To find out students’ main drawbacks and limitations to get the right job on the basis
of his/her qualifications and achievements during the program of this university
♦ To teach and make them learn how to make a good Curriculum Vitae
♦ To train the students dress up properly for an interview
♦ To train up students to answer the question to the point, with no irrelevant
explanation or exaggeration in reply to a question but standard explanation should
be given if the situation demands
A. General Education
5 courses of 3.00 credit hours each. Total credit hours: 15.
CIS 101: Computer Fundamentals
Introduction to basic concepts, Nature of computer & its evolution, History &
generations of computer, Capabilities & limitations of computer, Impact of computer on
society, Types of software, Operating System, Introduction to Windows & LINUX,
Algorithms & Flowcharts, Internet, Issues & objective of Computer security.
Word Processing: Creating a new document, Document alignment, Font selection,
Character Spacing, Super Script, Subscript, Paragraph Indentation, Line Spacing, Editing
using cut, copy and paste, Inserting Symbol, Bullet & Numbering, Header & Footer,
Border and shading, Tab Setting, Page setup, Printing a document, Working with picture
and drawing, Auto correction, Find & Replace, Using a spell checker, Using Bengali font,
Tables and Columns, Envelops, Labels, Mail Merge
Spread-sheet analysis: Row and column numbering, Inserting and deleting row and
column, Changing row height and column width; Freezing & Unfreezing pane; Paste
Special; Auto fill; Working with formulas; Conditional formatting; Cell formatting; Page
setup; Sorting; Data Filtering; Chart and graphs
Presentation software: Creating slide; Inserting new slides; Viewing slides; Applying
design; Slide transaction; Animation; Slide Show.
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SOC 101:
Introduction to Sociology
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PSY 101:
Definition, Scope and Nature of Sociology
Emergence of Sociology: Renaissance, Enlightenment, Industrial
Revolution, emergence of new economic order and new society.
Factors affecting social life: Geography, Heredity, Culture Group
Primary Concepts: Society, Community, Association, Organisation,
Institution, Norms and Values
Culture: Material and Non-Material Culture, Cultural Lag, Cultural
Traits and Cultural Complex, Cultural Variation, Acculturation,
Culture and Civilisation
Social Processes: Adaptation, Assimilation, Accommodation,
Conflict, Co-Operation and Competition
Introduction to Psychology
Definition, nature and scope of psychology; Methods used in Psychology:
observation, Experimental, Introspection. Sensations and perceptions,
memory and imagination, attention, learning, intelligence, personality,
emotion and feeling, illusion and hallucination
Language: Definition, Characteristics and Criteria of language; Theories of
language development
Modern schools of psychology, behaviorism, psychoanalysis, mental
disorder.
HIS 202: History of Western Thought
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Platonism
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Neo-Platonism
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Scholasticism
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The Renaissance
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Rationalism and Empiricism
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Marxism
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Evolutionism
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Pragmatism and Logical Positivism
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Existentialism
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BAG 101: Bengali Culture and History
This course includes the intensive study of Bengali culture and History from its very
beginning to the present time.
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Old Period (1000 B C-1350 A D)
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The settlement of Vaddic race, from the age of Buddhist to the reign of Sen Dynasty.
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The Invasion by the Muslims (1001 A D- 1357)
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From the invasion of India by Mahmood to the establishment of Dhaka as a capital.
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The Reign of Mughal Emperors and the reign of the British. The pre-liberation and
post-liberation history of Bangladesh and the history of Bangladesh up to the present
time.
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HIS 203: History of Eastern Thoughts and Religions
Indian:
The Vedas, the Upanishad, Jainism, Carvaka, the Six Orthodox Schools, SankhyaYoga, Mimansa-Vendata, Nyaya-Vaisesikha, Bhakti, Indian Aesthetics
Chinese/Japanese:
Taoism, Confucianism, Zen Buddhism.
Islamic:
Schools of Muslim Philosophy, Muslim Contribution to Western Thought, Sufism
HIS 201: European History
Greco-Roman Civilizations, The Renaissance, The Reformation ,Industrial Revolution,
The Enlightenment, The American Revolution and The French Revolution
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B. English Foundation Courses
3 courses of 3.00 credit hours each. Total credit hours: 9.
ENG 102 : Reading
This course aims to help students develop their reading skills in English so that they can
understand appreciate and enjoy Literature better. The purpose of this course is to refresh and
reactivate students’ previously acquired knowledge of the language leading to better reading skills
and comprehension through intensive reading of prose and poetry.
In this course students will be taught how:
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To understand words in context and to select the meaning that fits the context;
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To interpret connotations and denotations of words;
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To understand and interpret figurative expressions;
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To react to sensory images suggested by words;
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To give meanings to units of increasing size : phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph,
and the whole section;
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To understand sentence structures;
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To recognize and understand the main idea and supporting details of the passages of
text;
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To perceive the organization of sentences in paragraph and of the passages of text;
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To perceive relationship : (i) part-whole, cause-effect, general-specific, (ii)
Place, time
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To make inferences, draw conclusions and supply implied details;
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To identify antecedents and pronoun references;
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To apply ideas from one’s past experience to those of the text;
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To identify formal / informal language;
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To comment on the style of writing;
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To identify the tone, mood and intent or purpose of the writer.
ENG 103: Writing
This course will mainly concentrate on different types of composition.
Students will learn the use of:
a) unity, order, coherence,
b) the topic sentence and thesis statement
c) techniques of paragraph and essay development
d) all forms of letter
e) techniques of précis / summary / amplification
The teacher in the composition classes will explain essential points of grammar, structure and
punctuation, like the following:
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Word classes and their structures
Word functions
Synonyms and antonyms
Use of articles and prepositions
Phrases and their structures
Clauses and their structures
Simple, complex and compound sentences
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Effective sentences
Agreement
Tense
Punctuation
ENG 101: Listening and Speaking
This course aims at helping students develop their listening and speaking skills of English by
providing extensive practice in the following sub-skills:
A. Listening :
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B. Speaking:
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Sound recognition
Recognising minimal pairs with the help of sentence context
Dictation
Dictocomp
Listening for specific information, e.g., answering specific questions, listening and
filling in gaps
Listening for general comprehension, e.g., giving the gist or summary after
listening to a text
Listening and note taking
Varieties of English
Speaking with acceptable (mutually intelligible level of) pronunciation
Speaking with natural speed (fluency)
Speaking with an acceptable level of grammar (accuracy)
Common notions, functions and situational expressions
Group/pair discussions on popular/familiar topics
Giving and taking interviews
Presentation skills
Extempore speech
At the same time the course gives primary knowledge of Phonetics and phonology
C.
Free Electives
5 courses of 3.00 credit hours each. Total credit hours: 15
ENG 201: Academic Writing
The course will focus on the following sub-skills:
Focusing
Writing a good introduction
Writing a good conclusion
Structure and Organisation
Techniques of Development
Language and style
Writing for an Audience
Taking a position
Writer’s voice, tone, mood and attitude
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Contextualisation
Referencing skills
Academic Writing
Topics will include writing term papers, assignments, and research papers, writing
reviews and features.
ENG 202 : Professional Communication
This course will try to help students develop their awareness about the general
characteristics, format and style of different types of technical, business, and professional
writings. The course will cover different types of technical, business and professional
writing. It will include writing:
• Notes and memos
• Emails
• Notices for and minutes of meetings
• Tenders
• Advertisements
• Miscellaneous correspondence
• Official letters: Office order, Circular, Call for interviews, Job application, Cover
letter,
• Appointment letter, Joining letter, Reference letter, Letters of recommendation,
• Resignation letter
• Writing project proposals
• Writing Project reports
• Writing Press release
The course will also focus on Speaking in formal situation considering the socio-cultural context
and age groups.
ELT 401: English for the Media
Section-A
This section will introduce some basic theories of media and communication. It will specially
focus on the students’ understanding of the policies and politics in the use of English language in
media communication in Bangladesh. This section will cover:
• Theories of communication
• Nature, purpose and special features of media communication
• Language as communication
• Politics of media communication and communication ethics
• English in media in Bangladesh: ‘an imported world’
Section B- Practice
This section will be an application of the theoretical knowledge students acquire in ‘real-life’
situations. It will familiarise students with and train them in media writings such as
• News reports with catching captions/headings
• Subtitling
• Translating reports
• Writing special features for the press or electronic media
• Issuing press releases
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Editing
Focus will also be (if possible) on:
• Press briefing (oral and written)/conferences and preparing reports on the briefings
• Interviewing
• Conducting surveys and preparing reports for the media
• News casting with emphasis on pronunciation, stress, intonation, confidence and
naturalness
ENGL 402: Translation Studies
A. Theory:
i) Translation: Scope and Significance
ii) Translation, Language and Culture
iii) Translation and Literature
iv) History of Literary Translation
v) Literary Translation Theories
B. a) Evaluation of Translated Texts:
i) Selections from Of Women,Outcastes, Peasants and Rebels-A Selection of Bengali
Short Stories by Kalpana Bardhan
ii) Selections from Jibananda Das : Selected Poems, by Fakrul Alam
iii) gywbi ‡PŠayix, gyLiv igbx ekxKiY
iv) Shakespeares’ Sonnets – Selim Sarwar
v) Tagore’s Gitangali
b) Assignment on Translation:
Translation assignments will be from English into Bangla and from Bangla into English
ENGL 403: Cultural Studies: An Introduction
This course introduces students to the terms, analytical techniques, and interpretive strategies
commonly employed in cultural studies. Emphasis is on interdisciplinary approaches to exploring
how cultural processes and artifacts are produced, shaped, distributed, consumed, and
responded to in diverse ways. Through discussion, research, and writing, class members
investigate these varied dimensions of culture; learn to understand them in their broader social,
aesthetic, ethical, and political contexts.
This course will also discuss the basic elements of culture with special focus on:
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Social organizations
Religion
Customs and Traditions
Language
Arts and Literature
Economic System
Forms of Government
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MGT 401: Fundamentals of Management
Management theory & practice, Influence of environment in management, Nature &
purpose of planning, Objectives, strategies, policies, planning premises, Decision making
in management, Organizing, Organizational structure: Departmentation line/stuff
authority, decentralization, Human resource management & selection, Performance
appraisal, Managing change through manager and organization development, Human
factors and motivation in organization, Leadership, Group decision & making
committees, Communication in management, Controlling in management
HRM 301: Manpower Planning and Personnel Policy
This course is designed to equip students with the techniques of developing personal
policy and implementation. It includes a detailed study of environmental trend analysis,
manpower planning models, manpower needs and personal information system to
forecast manpower needs and considerations of some indicators of manpower
effectiveness. Policy issues considered include work force composition, wage and salary
administration in the context of developing countries.
FIN 201: Principles of Business Finance
This course covers basic concepts in finance and analytical tools used in business finance.
Topics include: functions, principles, sources of fund- short-term, intermediate and longterm finance; basic principles of corporate finance; analysis of risk and return; analysis of
time value of money; elementary capital budgeting; lease financing; financial market of
Bangladesh.
C. ENGLISH CORE COURSES
20 courses of 3 credit hours each. Total credit hours: 60
ENGL 101: Introduction to Poetry
1. Rhetoric & Prosody
2. Poetry :
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
Theme
Structural devices : Contrast, illustration, repetition
Mood
Imagery
Tone
Principal verse-forms : descriptive, lyrical, narrative, reflective and others
Interrelationships
Effect
Rhetoric
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The following texts will be used in class :
William Shakespeare
Jonathan Swift
Anne Finch
P. B. Shelley
Emily Bronte
Robert Browning
Christina Rossetti
Dickinson
Robert Frost
Ted Hughes
Langston Hughes
Adrienne Rich
Archibald McLeish
Sonnet 19
A Description of the Morning
A Nocturnal Reverie
Ozymandias
No Coward Soul is Mine
My Last Duchess
An Apple Gathering
I Like to See It Lap the Miles
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Pike
Rivers
Aunt Jennifer’s Tiger
Ars Poetica
ENGL 102: Introduction to Drama
1.
DRAMA
a) Action
b) Plot and its Structure
c) Conflict
d) Characterization
e) Style
f) Dialogue
For Special Study :
G. B. Shaw
Oscar Wilde
J.M. Synge
Arms and the Man
The Importance of Being Earnest
Riders to the Sea
ENGL 103: Introduction to Fiction
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
Point of view
Plot
Characterization
Setting
Style
Narrative technique
For Special Study :
Graham Greene
Katherine Mansfield
Joyce
Narayan
W. Somerset Maugham
The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen
Her First Ball
Araby
The Financial Expert
The Luncheon
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ENGL 104 : Introduction to Non Fiction
a) Theme
b) Structure
c) Style
For Special Study :
Charles Lamb
Francis Bacon
J.B. Priestley
James Thurber
Virginia Woolf
Jonathan Swift
M. L. King
George Orwell
Dream Children-A reverie
Of Studies
On Doing Nothing
The Rabbits Who Caused All the Trouble
Profession for Women
A Modest Proposal
I Have a Dream
A Hanging
ENGL 201: Romantic Literature-I
W. Blake:
W. Wordsworth:
S.T Coleridge:
Byron
Selection from Songs of Innocence & of Experience
Lucy Poems, Michael, Tintern Abbey, Ode: Intimations of Immortality
The Rime of Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan, Dejection: An Ode
Don Juan (Canto-I)
ENGL 202: Romantic Literature-II
J. Keats
P.B. Shelly
C. Lamb
W. Hazlitt
: Ode to a Nightingale. Ode on a Grecian urn, To Autumn, Ode on Melancholy
: Ode to the West Wind, To a Skylark, Adonais , Hymn to Intellectual Beauty
: Selected Essays
: Selected Essays
ENGL 203: Classics in Translation-I (Epic)
Homer
Virgil
Dante
ENGL 204:
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The Iliad, Books 1&2
The Aeneid (Dido Episode)
Inferno (Canto 1-10)
Classics in Translation-II (Drama)
Sophocles
Aeschylus
Euripides
Aristophanes
Oedipus Rex
Agamemnon
Medea
Lysistrata
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ENGL 301: 16th and 17th Century Drama (Excluding Shakespeare)
Christopher Marlowe
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Doctor Faustus
Thomas Kyd
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The Spanish Tragedy
John Webster
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The White Devil
Ben Jonson
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The Alchemist
ENGL 302: 16th and 17th Century Poetry
Edmund Spenser
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Fairie Queene (Book-I & II)
John Milton
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Paradise Lost (Book-9 & 10)
John Donne
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Selected Poems*
Andrew Marvell
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Selected Poems
*As in Grierson’s Metaphysical Lyric and poems
ENGL 303: 18th Century Literature-I
Daniel Defoe
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Robinson Crusoe
Jonathan Swift
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Gulliver’s Travels
Alexander Pope`
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The Rape of the Lock
John Dryden
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Mac Flecknoe
ENGL 305: 19th Century Literature-Novel
Charles Dickens
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A Tale of Two Cities
Thomas Hardy
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Tess of the D’Urbervilles
George Eliot
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Silas Marner
Charlotte Bronte
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Jane Eyre
ENGL 304: 19th Century Literature-Poetry
Alfred Tennyson
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The Lotos-Eaters, Ulysses, Lockley Hall,
Tithonus, In Memoriam (Selected)
Robert Browning
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A Grammarian’s Funeral, Fra Lippo Lippi,
Andrea del Sarto, Porphyria’s Lover
Mathew Arnold
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The Scholar Gipsy, Dover Beach, Thyrsis
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ENGL 307: 20th Century Literature-Poetry
T. S. Eliot
: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock; Portrait of a Lady;
The Hollow Man
W. H. Auden
: The Quest; The Sea and the Mirror; The Shield of Achilles
W. B. Yeats
: Selected Poems
Dylan Thomas
: Selected Poems
ENGL 306: 20th Century Literature-Novel
Conrad
D.H Lawrence
James Joyce
Virginia Woolf
: Heart of darkness
: Sons and Lovers
: A portrait of the Artist As a Young Man
: To the Light House
ENGL 309: American Literature-I (Poetry)
Whitman
: Song of Myself (Selection), When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard
Bloom’d
Dickinson
Frost
Wallace Stevens
: Because I Could not Stop for Death
The Narrow Fellow in the Grass
A Route of Evanescence
Apparently with No Surprise
As Imperceptibly as Grief
I taste a Liquor Never Brewed
Further in Summer than the Birds
Behind Me Dips Eternity
These are the Days When Birds Come Back
There’s a Certain Slant of Light
: The Wood-Pile
The Death of the Hired Man
Birches
Tree at My Window
Mending wall
The Road not Taken
After Apple Picking
Design
Mowing
West-running Brook
Sunday Morning
The Idea of Order at Key West
Anecdote of the Jar
Peter Quince at the Clavier
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ENGL 308: Advanced Reading and Writing
This course includes Intensive and Extensive Reading, Critical Analysis and Interpretation
of Texts, Writing Essays, Reports, Book Reviews, Research Papers.
ELT 301: Introduction to Language Studies
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Nature of Linguistics
Definition and Characteristics of Language
Basic areas of Linguistics: Phonology; Morphology, Syntax, Semantics
Stylistics
Sociolinguistics: varieties of language; dialect; pidgin; creole; register;
status; situation
• Psycholinguistics
• Discourse and Speech Acts
ELT 302: Introduction to English Language Teaching
• Theories of Language Learning
• Linguistics, Sociology , Psychology and Language Teaching
• Approaches to and Methods of Language Teaching :
• Grammar- Translation Method; Structural Approach; Audiolingual
Method;
• Direct Method; the Natural Approach;
• Communicative Language Teaching ,Post communicative developments.
• Course (Syllabus) Design : Theory and Practice
• Materials Design,; Evaluation and Adaptation : Theory and Practice
• Testing and Evaluation :
• Types of Language Tests; Reliability and Validity of Language Tests;
• Designing Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening Tests.
ENGL 401: Literary Criticism-I
Aristotle
: Poetics (Penguin Translation)
Philip Sydney
: An Apology for Poetry
Samuel Johnson
: Preface to Shakespeare
Wordsworth
: Introduction to Lyrical Ballad
F. SPECIALIZATION/MAJOR
6 Courses of 3.00 credit hours each will have to be chosen from any of the
following areas:
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1. English Literature
ENGL 404: Literary Criticism-II
T.S. Eliot
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Tradition and Individual Talent
T. Eagleton
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Marxist Literary Criticism
Edward Said
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Introduction to Orientalism
L. Trilling
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Freudian Literary Criticism
ENGL 406: American Literature-II (Novel)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
: The Scarlet Letter
Herman Melville
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Moby Dick
Earnest Hemingway
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Old Man and the Sea
Tony Morrison
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The Bluest Eye
ENGL 405:
Shakespeare
Richard-II
Julius Caesar
Macbeth
Taming of the Shrew
ENGL 407:
17th Century Literature
Frances Bacon
: Selected Essays
John Milton
: Areopagetica
William Congreve
: The Way of the World
John Bunyan
: Pilgrim’s Progress
ENGL 408:
20th Century British Drama
G. B Shaw
John Osborne
Beckett
Harold Pinter
ENGL 409:
Narayanan
Achebe
Anita Desai
Monika Ali
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Man and Superman
Look Back in Anger
Waiting for Godot
The Dumb Waiter
Other Literature in English
: The Guide
: Things Fall Apart
: Clear Light of Day
: Brick Lane
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2. ELT (English Language Teaching)
ELT 402:
History of English Language Teaching
The course will introduce the students with the history of English Language Teaching.
How the quest for a plausible basis of language teaching moved through different phases
and experimented with different teaching methods and approaches over ages. And it will
also focus on what need and what goal have inspired these investigations.
ELT 403: Fundamental Concepts of ELT
This course will introduce with a few fundamental concepts of English Language
Teaching. It will focus on Historical Perspectives, Concepts of Language, Concepts of
Society, Concepts of Language Learning, and Concepts of Language Teaching.
ELT 404: Psycho Linguistics and Socio Linguistics
This course will introduce with language variation and change, language and gender,
language and culture, language policy, planning; Perception, production and
comprehension of speech in language acquisition, along with the key terms and
approaches- relationship between language and society
And with varieties of language; dialect; pidgin; creole; register; status; situation, styles and
register-standard language and developing a standard variety.
This will also give an introduction of different branches of psycholinguistics- relationship
between psycholinguistics and psychology of language. Language acquisition in the early
years : communicating with language- what young children talk about – how young
children use their utterances – how adults talk to young children.
Stage in language acquisition: The babbling stage- holophrastic stage- the two –word
stage.
ELT 405:
Discourse Analysis
The aim of this course is to promote critical thinking through critical analysis of actual
discourse/texts.
There will be two major components of the course:
(1) Critical discourse analysis:
A) What does it involve?
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From Critical reading to Critical discourse analysis
Language and ideology
Language and power
Power of encoders and decoders
Language and Power in cross gender discourse
Language and power in inter-class discourse
Race and Class in discourse
(B) Different Approaches to CDA (CriticalDiscourse Analysis):
Fairclough’s approach of CDA
Vandijk’s approach to CDA
Woodak’s approachto CDA
Role of Historicism and intertextuality in CDA
(2) Practical Analysis:
(i)Analysis of the power of encoders and decoders with reference to advertising
discourse
(ii) Analysis of political discourse ( Some famous political speeches from home
and abroad, e.g. Gettysburg Address of Abraham Lincoln, President Bush’s
speech declaring Iraq war, Presidential address of South African President in the
VIII Non-Alignment Movement), and speeches by political leaders of Bangladesh
and the sub-continent)
(iii) Analysis of literary discourse
(iv) Analysis of media discourse
ELT 406: Practice Teaching
The purpose of this course is to prepare students as effective ESL/EFL teachers. Students
will be required to operate in actual classroom situations. The course incorporates
different teaching methods and their pedagogical implications. Students will be required
to implement theoretical insights they received about approaches and methods of
language and literature teaching in real teaching. They will plan lessons and teach lessons
for teaching the different skills and their sub-skills, and will teach 2 or three lessons each
in their own class where the other students of the class will be the learners. Each
student will also teach two lessons in first year honours class. Special classes will be
arranged with first year students throughout the year to facilitate real and authentic
practice of teaching. The practice teaching classes will also be observed by two
concerned teachers who will continually assess the students’ performance (which will be
part of final assessment) and will keep record. Teachers and other students in the
classroom will comment on the teaching performance of each lesson. Teachers will also
provide constructive feedback on the performance of each lesson. Of the two lessons
with first year students, the last lesson will be evaluated by the course teachers. Students
will also submit their lesson plans for each lesson.
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ELT 407: Research Methods in ELT
This is an advanced course that aims at introducing students to the approaches and
methods of ELT research so that they can understand the problems of English language
teaching in Bangladesh and recommend some solutions to those problems. The areas
for this course will include:
A. Idea about ELT Research
Steps in research: Selecting a topic, defining the research question/research
problem, doing primary literature survey, finalizing focus, Extensive
literature survey, deciding about methods of data collection, analysis of data,
presenting results.
Important concepts in ELT research: Reliability, validity, Triangulation etc.
Types of Research: Qualitative and quantitative research, Inductive and
Deductive research, Experimental and empirical research
Methods of Data collection: Questionnaire Survey, Interviews, Document
analysis, Diary Studies, ethnography, case study, Observation etc.
Designing tools for investigation
Administering the study
Process of Data Collection and data analysis: tabulating data, planning an
analysis in keeping with the objectives, Frequency counts, central tendency
and some other types of data analysis
Presenting Results
Referencing Style: APA and MLA styles of referencing
B. Doing a mini research project/ Writing a research proposal
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