Course Description for MA Program

Term-wise Course Distribution with New Credit Calculation: 42 Credits

MA Program for Students with a BA in English (1-year)

Track: Literature and Cultural Studies

Term

Course Code

Course Status

Credit

Term 1

0232-055-501: Research and Study Methods

Core 1

3

 

0232-055-502: Advanced Literary Theory

Core 2

3

 

TBA

Elective 1

3

 

 

 

9

Term 2

0232-055-503: Cultural Construction of Shakespeare

Core 3

3

 

0232-055-504: Literature and Media

Core 4

3

 

TBA

Elective 2

3

 

 

 

9

Term 3

0232-055-505: Approaches to Cultural Theory

Core 5

3

 

0232-055-506: Reading Contemporary Transnational Literature

Core 6

3

 

TBA

Elective 3

3

 

TBA

Elective 4

3

 

 

12

Term 4

0232-055- 599: Dissertation

 

OR

2 Non-thesis courses

 

6

 

TOTAL

 

36

 

Track: Applied Linguistics and TESOL

Term

Course Code

Course Status

Credit

Term 1

0232-055- 507: Research Methods

Core 1

3

 

0232-055- 509: Theories on First and Second Language Acquisition

Core 2

3

 

TBA

Elective 1

3

 

 

 

9

Term 2

0232-055-511: English Language Learning and Teaching

Core 3

3

 

0232-055- 512: Linguistics for English Language Teaching

Core 4

3

 

TBA

Elective 2

3

 

 

 

9

Term 3

0232-055- 539: Advanced Sociolinguistics

Core 5

3

 

0232-055- 546: Teaching Practicum and Classroom Management

Core 6

3

 

TBA

Elective 3

3

 

TBA

Elective 4

3

 

 

12

Term 4

0232-055- 599: Dissertation

 

OR

2 Non-thesis courses

 

6

 

TOTAL

 

36

 

Track: Literature and Creative Writing

Term

Course Code

Course Status

Credit

Term 1

0232-055-513: Advanced Critical Reading I: Fiction & Creative Nonfiction

Core 1

3

 

0232-055-514: Advanced Critical Reading II: Poetry & Drama

Core 2

3

 

TBA

Elective 1

3

 

 

 

9

Term 2

0232-055-547: Writing Poetry

Core 3

3

 

0232-055-548: Fiction Writing

Core 4

3

 

TBA

Elective 2

3

 

 

 

9

Term 3

0232-055-549: Writing Creative Nonfiction

Core 5

3

 

0232-055-550: Playwriting

Core 6

3

 

TBA

Elective 3

3

 

TBA

Elective 4

3

 

 

12

Term 4

0232-055- 599: Dissertation

 

OR

2 Non-thesis courses

 

6

 

TOTAL

 

36

 

MA Program for Students from Other Disciplines (2-year)

Term-wise Course Distribution with New Credit Calculation: 54 Credits

Term

Course Code

Credit

Term 1

Core 1

3

 

Pre-requisite 1

3

 

Pre-requisite 2

3

 

 

9

Term 2

Core 2

3

 

Pre-requisite 3

3

 

Pre-requisite 4

3

 

 

9

Term 3

Core 3

3

 

Core 4

3

 

Elective 1

3

 

Elective 2

3

 

 

12

Term 4

Core 5

3

 

Core 6

3

 

Elective 3

3

 

Elective 4

3

 

 

12

Term 5

0232-055- 599: Dissertation

 

OR

2 Non-thesis courses

6

 

 

6

 

TOTAL

48

 

List of Pre-requisite Electives for 2-year Program for 3 tracks:

0232 - 013-1201/ ENG 1201: Introduction to Poetry and Drama

0232 - 013-1202/ ENG 1202: Introduction to Fiction and Non-fiction

0232 - 013-1203/ ENG 1203: Pronunciation (Phonetics and Phonology)

0232 - 013-2102/ ENG 2102: Writing about Literature

0232 - 013-2203/ ENG 2203: Literary Criticism (Sidney to Leavis)

0232 - 013-2201/ ENG 2201: Sociolinguistics

0232 - 013-3102/ ENG 3102: Psycholinguistics

0232 - 013-2205/ ENG 2205: Semantics and Pragmatics