Admission Criteria & Process of Admission :
Courses Offered
The department offers M. A. (Honours) in English with special focus on contemporary and emerging areas of literary studies. In keeping with the latest developments in evaluative techniques, the course follows a credit based grading system. Also, in order to prepare the students with a broad-based and socially relevant approach to their subject as well as keeping pace with the current inter-disciplinary approach in the major institutions across the world, the degree has courses designed to meet this academic need of the students.
Course |
Duration
(Years) |
System |
Reserved |
M.A. (Honours) |
2 |
Semester |
As per Govt. Policy |
M.Phil. |
1 |
Semester |
Ph.D. |
|
Eligibility
M.A. (Honours) : Bachelor’s Degree in Faculty under 10+2+3 system with at least 50% marks in aggregate or at least 45% marks in Elective English. OR B.A. (Hons. School) in English.
M.Phil.: M.A. in English with 55% marks or equivalent Grade Point Average.
The admission will be based exclusively on the merit of a candidate in the Entrance Test to be conducted by the Department.
Special Features
The thrust areas of teaching and research include Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theories, Modern English, American and World Fiction, Indian Creative Writing in English and Translation, Applied Linguistics and Phonetics, Linguistic Theories, Drama Across the Ages, Classic and Contemporary Poetry etc.
The department also publishes annually a literary research periodical Punjab Journal of English Studies.
The department has a very rich, open-shelf library with about nine thousand books and research journals, along with its audio and video collection, apart from an almost equal number of books in the subject in the main library.
