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Undergraduate Calendar
November 2017 _____________________________________________________________________________________________
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH ______________________________________________________________________________
Faculty of Science and Humanities
Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology
UNDERGRADUATE CALENDAR
NOVEMBER 2017
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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH BANGLADESH ARMY UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
SAIDPUR CANTONMENT, SAIDPUR, NILPHAMARI Web: www.baust.edu.bd, Email:[email protected], Phone: 01769675551~4
Contacts:
Department Of English Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology (BAUST),
Saidpur Cantonment, Saidpur
Phone:+8801769675564
Email: [email protected]
Published By:
Department of English
Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology
Saidpur, Bangladesh
Disclaimer
The information contained in this bulletin is intended to provide guidance to those who are concerned with
undergraduate studies in English. No responsibility will be borne by the Department of English and/or the
Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology if any inconvenience or expenditure is caused because
of the information of this bulletin. Also the information contained in it is subject to change at any time without
any prior notification.
Preface
Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology (BAUST) offers undergraduate courses
on six major academic programs. This calendar is specially prepared for the undergraduate
students of the Department of English of BAUST. Although this calendar has been written
mainly for the students, Student advisors and teachers and other concerned personnel will find it
valuable as a reference document.
This calendar furnishes general information including aim, objectives and location of the
university. This also includes different aspects of the course system, such as rules and regulations
relating to admission, grading system, performance evaluation, requirement for degrees, the
course requirements, detailed course outline and courses offered in different terms have been
elaborated.
The courses of the graduate program are focused on building up capacities to present and
express subject matters and ideas clearly and fluently in English language. This will pave the
path for the students’ future success in higher education. A graduate student will also learn
various cutting-edge literary and linguistics theories which help them keep abreast with
contemporary academic world. Furthermore, the students will attend a range of general courses
to broaden their learning horizon, and to let them discover the interconnectivity among
disciplines opening the door to pursue further interest on different branches of knowledge.
The revised curriculum as incorporated in this calendar was approved by the academic council,
BAUST for the English undergraduate students. Some of the information recorded in this
calendar is likely to be modified from time to time. Everyone concerned is advised to be in touch
with the advisors or the undersigned regarding any modification to be introduced later by the
university.
It is hoped that this course calendar will be useful to everyone concerned.
Head, Department of English
Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology, Saidpur, Bangladesh.
November 2017
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1 Introduction ………………………………………………………1
1.2 Aim ………………………………………………………1
1.3 Objectives ……………………………………...……………….1
1.4 Location …………………………………………...………….2
1.5 Eligibility of Students for Admission in BA (Hons) in English ……..2
1.6 Admission Procedure …………………...………………………….2
1.7 Admission in the BA (Hons) in English Programme …..…………..3
1.8 Medical Checkup……………………….............……………………3
CHAPTER 2
BA (HONOURS) IN ENGLISH PROGRAMME
2.1 Introduction ………………………...….………………………….4
2.2 Library and Internet Facilities of the Department……………………4
CHAPTER 3
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME
3.1 Number of Terms in a Year (Level) .…...........……………………..5
3.2 Duration of Terms .…………………......………………………...5
3.3 Programme Objective .…..…………….……………….......................6
3.4 Degree Requirement .…………………...…………………………...6
3.5 Registration .……………………….……………………………….6
3.6 Medium of Instruction &Examination……... .…..…………...............7
3.7 The Grading System .……………...…….……………......................7
3.8 Eligibility to Appear at the Final Examination……………………….8
3.9 Duration of Examination .…………..................…….……...........8
3.10 Attendance………….. ..…………………..…………………....…......8
3.11 Teacher-Student Interaction………… ………..………………............9
3.12 Conduct and Discipline….. ………..…………………………........9
CHAPTER 4
COURSE TITLE AND CURRICULUMS
4.1 Level wise course distribution……...………..…………………..10
CHAPTER 5
DETAILED SYLLABUS FOR BA (HONOURS) IN ENGLISH PROGRAMME
Courses Details…….. .…………………..……………..……………12
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CHAPTER – 1
GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1 Introduction
With a view to meeting the increasing global demand for the development and dissemination
of engineering, technological as well as business and arts, Bangladesh Armed Forces
established Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology (BAUST) at Saidpur
Cantonment that promises to provide facilities for higher technical as well as literature and
language education for the students from home and abroad. BAUST started its journey on
February 15 2015 by offering four-year Bachelor's degrees in Electrical and Electronic
Engineering (EEE), Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) and Mechanical Engineering
(ME). Later it started Bachelor’s degrees in Business Administration and English.
1.2 Aim:
The aim of BAUST is to conduct undergraduate courses in various disciplines of
Engineering, Business Administration and Humanities according to syllabus leading to
Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B. Sc. Engineering), BBA Programme and B.A. (Hons)
in English Programme for the students from home and abroad.
1.3 Objectives:
The objectives of BAUST are:
1.3.1: To offer the following discipline in Engineering as well as Business and Arts with a
view to meeting the increasing demands of the country:
Four-year bachelor’s courses and two year Master’s Programmes are:
1. Computer Science and Engineering (CSE),
2. Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)
3. Mechanical Engineering (ME)
4. Industrial and Production Engineering (IPE)
5. Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
6. Civil Engineering (CE)
7. BA (Hons) in English
8. Master of Business Administration (MBA)
9. Masters of Arts in English (MAE)
1.3.2: To produce skilled, well disciplined, self-motivated and dedicated engineers, computer
professionals and business and arts personnel.
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1.3.3: To make provisions for research and development and dissemination of knowledge in
appropriate fields of science, technology, business and the arts.
1.4 Location:
BAUST is located at Saidpur Cantonment, Saidpur, Nilphamari; a hub of knowledge for
Bangladesh Armed Forces. Saidpur Cantonment is a calm and quiet education village and
free from all possible pollution of a city life. Whistling birds on the tree branches and overall
bounty of nature adds to the already existing splendid academic atmosphere.
1.5 Eligibility of Students for Admission in BA (Hons) in English Programme:
Students passing the Higher Secondary Certificate (H.S.C.) examination from an Education
Board of Bangladesh or a recognized equivalent examination from home and abroad may be
admitted to the programme of BA (Hons) in English in this University on terms and
conditions set by the University. For Admission, a student must have a minimum GPA 3.0 in
both S.S.C. and H.S.C. or equivalent examination with a total GPA 6.0 in S.S.C and H.S.C
combined.
1.6 Admission Procedure:
1.6.1 Syllabus for Admission Test
Admission test is conducted on the basis of the syllabus of the English Language and
vocabulary, comprehension and English writing, analytical ability and English
(comprehension and functional) subjects of HSC examinations of all education
boards. Admission test will be conducted out of 100 marks and the distribution of
marks is given below:
Ser. Subject Marks
1 English Language and Vocabulary 30%
2 Comprehension and English
Writing
30%
3 General Knowledge (Bangladesh
Affairs)
20%
4 General Knowledge (Foreign
Affairs)
20%
Total: 100%
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1.6.2 Final Selection:
Merit List will be finalized on the basis of marks as shown below:
Written Admission Test 60%.
GPA of SSC/ Dakhil / “O”level/ equivalent examination 20%.
Total GPA of HSC/ Alim/ “A” levels/ equivalent examinations 20%.
Total 100%
.
1.7 Admission in the Programme:
After final selection, the candidates are asked to go through a medical checkup at BAUST’s
CMH to ascertain their medical fitness. The selected candidates must collect Admission Form
from Admission Section of Registrar Office and complete admission and registration
formalities within the given time frame with respective BAUST Admission Section and
Faculty by paying required fees. The following rules will apply in this regard:
1.7.1 Candidate failing to complete admission formalities within the prescribed date and
time, his/ her selection will be considered as cancelled.
1.7.2 Student who fails to attend the class within two weeks of the commencement of 1st
semester class, his/her admission will be considered as cancelled.
In case, the prescribed vacancies are not filled up by the candidates in the first merit list,
other merit list(s) will be published from the waiting candidates for admission, who will have
to follow the same procedure for admission.
1.8 Medical Checkup:
Candidates selected through above procedure will go for medical checkup in BAUST/CMH,
Saidpur Cantonment. If the medical authority considers any candidate unfit for study in
university due to critical/contagious/mental diseases as shown in medical policy of university
will be declared ineligible for admission.
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CHAPTER - 2
BA (HONOURS) IN ENGLISH PROGRAMME
2.1 Introduction:
The BA (Hons) in English programme aims at providing modern and better education in
humanities, preparing students as well-trained communicator professionals to meet the
needs of the national and international market. Through this programme students will
develop their ability to understand necessary techniques for dealing with the economic,
social, political and technological environment of the professional firms, especially
quantitative techniques and communication skills. It also aims at developing in students a
wide appreciation of relevant subjects and of their importance in solving business problems.
The undergraduate degree programme maintains this extensive approach to communication.
There are formal final examinations in all courses and all activities carried out in the
programme are considered for overall assessment of students’ merit. A satisfactory record
of class work will also be required at each stage for successful completion of BA (Hons) in
English degree.
2.2 Library and Internet Facilities of the Department:
The Department endeavors to provide its faculty members and students suitable wi-fi
campus and library facilities equipped with latest and oldest form of relevant books and
documents.
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CHAPTER – 3
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR MA IN ENGLISH PROGRAMME
3.1 Number of Terms in a Year (Level):
In each academic year (level) from Level -1 to Level-4, there will be two regular terms (Term-1
and Term-2). Each term shall have a time period of 24 (twenty four) weeks where 14 (fourteen)
weeks are for class room teaching, class test, presentation etc. In each term there will be
compulsory 5 (five) subjects and students have to pass at least 3(three) subjects for promotion
to the next higher term. A student may appear in clearance examination for the subjects he/she
fails in the term final examinations. From Level-1 Term- 2 and higher a student may have
maximum of 4 back log subjects. Back log subjects are those subjects, which a student fails to
pass even after clearance examination. A student may appear in the improvement examination
for the subjects with letter grade less than ‘B’ in final examinations. The maximum letter grade
in improvement examination will be ‘B’ and his/her former letter grade will be cancelled. A
student will not be promoted to level-3 Term-1 until he/she clears all the Back Log subjects.
The maximum letter grade in clearance and Back Log subjects will be ‘C’
3.2 Duration of Terms:
The duration of each of term will be as follows:
Events Durations
Academic Others Total
Classes 7 weeks
Mid Term Break 1 week
Classes after Mid Term Break 7 weeks
Preparatory Leave 2 weeks
Term Final Examination 3 weeks
Result Publication 2 weeks
Clearance/ Improvement/ Backlog Examination 2 weeks
Total 21 weeks 3 weeks 24 weeks
Each course is of 3 (three) credits and for each course there will be 3 (three) lectures per
week.
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3.3 Programme Objective:
The objectives of the BA (Hons) in English Programme are as follows:
• Developing skilled, efficient and committed communicators for the private, public
and Semi-government institutions of home and abroad.
• Providing contemporary and modern knowledge to the arts graduates for competent,
meaningful and successful interaction with the competitive forces of the global
professional environment.
• Developing future leaders for different sectors with up-to-date research exposures and
sophisticated decision models to managerial responsibilities.
• Creating managerial resources from holistic view, prosperity, stability and
cooperation for ensuring continuous success in the midst of growing complexities.
• Increasing oral and writing competence, decision making skills and sociability of the
future managers with integrated communicative and ethical knowledge.
3.4 Degree Requirements:
To obtain the BA (Hons) in English degree a student will have to complete minimum 123
credits. Minimum credit requirements for the award of bachelor’s degree in BA(Hons) in
English will be decided as per existing rules. The minimum CGPA requirement for obtaining a
Bachelor’s degree is 2.20. A student is required to complete the whole course within 4 (four)
years (8 terms). For an unavoidable case if a student fails to complete the course within
stipulated time of 4 years he/she must complete all degree requirements within a maximum
period of 6 (six) academic years (12 terms). Failure to complete all degree requirements within
the given time frame may disqualify a student from continuation of his/her study at the
university.
3.5 Registration:
3.5.1. A candidate shall attain studentship of the BAUST on admission to a programme as
per rules. S/he will be required to be registered with the University through such
processes and on payment of such fees as determined by the University.
3.5.2. A student shall never take admission in more than one programme other than
certificate or diploma courses. If it is so reported/found, his/her studentship and
examinations, if appeared, shall be immediately cancelled.
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3.6 Medium of Instruction and Examination:
The medium of instruction will be in English.
3.7 The Grading System:
3.7.1 The Letter Grade
The total performance of a student in a given course is based on a scheme of continuous
assessment. For theory courses this continuous assessment is made through a set of quizzes,
class evaluation, class participation, homework, assignment and a term final examination. The
assessment in laboratory courses is made by evaluating performance of the student at work
during the class, viva-voce during laboratory hours and quizzes. Each course has a certain
number of credits, which describes its corresponding weight ages. A letter grade with a
specified number of grade points is awarded in each course for which a student is registered. A
student’s performance is measured by the number of credits completed satisfactorily and by the
weighted average of the grade points earned. A minimum grade point average (GPA) is
essential for satisfactory progress. 60/36/48 credits have to be acquired in order to qualify for
the degree. Letter grades and corresponding grade points will be awarded in accordance with
the provisions shown below:
Numerical Markings Grade Grade Points
80% and above A+ 4.00
75% to below 80% A 3.75
70% to below 75% A- 3.50
65% to below 70% B+ 3.25
60% to below 65% В 3.00
55% to below 60% B- 2.75
50% to below 55% C+ 2.50
45% to below 50% С 2.25
40%to below 45% D 2.00
below 40% F* 0.00
Incomplete I -
Withdrawal W -
* Subject in which the student gets ‘F’ grades will not be counted towards credits requirements
and for the calculation of Grade Point Average (GPA)
3.7.2 Distribution of Marks:
Thirty percent (30%) of marks of a theoretical course shall be allotted for continuous
assessment, i.e. quizzes/ class tests, class evaluation and class participation. The rest of the
marks will be allotted to the term final. Distribution of marks for a given course is as follows:
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Class Participation/Observation
5%
Class Attendance 5%
Class Tests/ quizzes 20%
Final Examination (3 hours) 70%
Total 100%
The number of quizzes of a course shall be n+1, where n is the number of credits of the course.
Evaluation of performance in quizzes will be on the basis of the best n quizzes. The scheme of
continuous assessment that a particular teacher wishes to follow for a course will be announced
on the first day of classes.
3.8 Eligibility to Appear at the Final Examinations:
1. In order to be eligible for appearing the Final examination, a candidate shall be
required to attend on an average not less than 60% of the total lectures.
2. The Controller of the Examinations shall issue admit card only to the eligible
candidates as per rules and send these to the concerned Department/Faculty and the
Head shall distribute to the candidates.
3.9 Duration of Examination:
Examination will be held on term basis. Time allotted for the Final Examination will be as
follows:
3.0 Hours for 70 Marks
3.10 Attendance:
All students are expected to attend classes regularly. The university believes that attendance
is necessary for effective learning. The first responsibility of a student is to attend classes
regularly, and one is required to attend at least 60% of all classes held in any course,
otherwise he/she shall not be allowed to sit for the final examination.
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3.11 Teacher-Student Interaction:
The academic system in this university encourages students to come in close contact with the
teachers. For promotion of high level of teacher-student’s interaction, a course coordinator
(CC) is assigned to each course. Students are free to discuss with CC about all academic
matters. Students are also encouraged to meet other teachers any time for help and guidance
for academic matters. Heads of the Departments, Proctor, Advisor of Students Welfare
(ASW) and Dean may address the students at some intervals.
3.12 Conduct and Discipline:
During their stay in BAUST, all students are required to conform to the existing rules,
regulations and code of conduct. Students are strictly forbidden to form or be members of
student organization or political party, club, society etc., other than those set up by university
authority in order to enhance student’s physical, intellectual, moral and ethical development.
Zero tolerance in regards of sexual abuse, harassment in any forms, drug abuse and addiction
will be shown and all these activities will be strictly observed in the campus.
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CHAPTER – 4
COURSE TITLE AND CURRICULUM
4.1 Level wise Course Distribution:
Level-1, Term-I
Course
Code
Course Title Credit Total
Credits
ENG 1101 Listening and Speaking-1 3 15
ENG 1102 Reading-1 3
ENG 1103 Introduction to literature (A): Poetry 3
BS 1104 Bangladesh Studies 3
CSE 1105 Computer Fundamentals 3
Level-1, Term-II
Course
Code
Course Title Credit Total
Credits
ENG 1201 Introduction to Literature (B): Drama 3 15
ENG 1202 Introduction to Literature (C): Fiction and Essay 3
ENG 1203 Reading-II(Advanced Reading) 3
ENG 1204 Writing 3
ENG 1205 History of English Language 3
Level-2, Term-I
Course
Code
Course Title Credit Total
Credits
ENG 2101 Introductory Linguistics 3 15
ENG 2102 17th Century Prose, Poetry and Drama 3
BAN 2103 Introduction to Bangla Literature 3
ENG 2104 Romantic Poetry 3
ENG 2105 South Asian Literature in English 3
Level-2, Term-II
Course
Code
Course Title Credit Total
Credits
ENG 2201 18th Century Literature ( Prose, Poetry and Fiction) 3 15
ENG 2202 Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama 3
ENG 2203 Victorian Poetry 3
ENG 2204 19th Century Fiction 3
ENG 2205 20th Century English Poetry 3
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Level-3, Term-I
Course
Code
Course Title Credit Total
Credits
ENG 3101 Old and Middle English Literature in Translation 3 15
ENG 3102 American Literature-I(Introduction) 3
ENG 3103 European Literature in Translation 3
ENG 3104 Writing for the Mass media 3
ENG 3105 Literary Criticism 3
Level-3, term-II
Course
Code
Course Title Credit Total
Credits
ENG 3201 20th Century English Fiction 3 15
ENG 3202 Introduction to Critical Theory 3
ENG 3203 English for Professional Purposes 3
ENG 3204 Phonetics and Phonology 3
ENG 3205 American Literature-II (Poetry) 3
Level-4, Term-I
Course
Code
Course Title Credit Total
Credits
ENG 4101 Classics in Translation 3 15
ENG 4102 American Literature-III(Fiction) 3
ENG 4103 20th Century English Drama 3
ENG 4104 Research Methodology and Thesis 3
*ENG 4105
*ENG 4106
Introduction to Philosophy
Discourse Analysis
3
Level-4, Term-II
Course
Code
Course Title Credit Total
Credits
ENG 4201 Sociolinguistics and Psycholinguistics 3 18
ENG 4202 English Language Teaching (ELT) 3
ENG 4203 American Literature-IV (Drama) 3
ENG 4204 Shakespeare 3
ENG 4205 Case Study and Viva Voce 3
*ENG 4206
*ENG 4207
Translation Studies
Educational Psychology
3
Grand Total 123
*Students will choose any one from the alternatives in Level-4, Term-1 and Level-4, Term-2
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CHAPTER – 5
DETAILED SYLLABUS FOR BA(HONOURS) IN ENGLISH PROGRAMME
1. ENG 1101: Listening and Speaking- I
This course is designed to improve students’ ability to communicate with proficiency, self-
confidence and poise in public speaking situations with emphasis on speaking with
grammatical precision in an organized fashion. Spoken words, skills and good speaking style
are expected to develop. This course will teach how to introduce oneself/someone else or ask
how someone is or give and respond to good wishes, or start a conversation etc.
Books Recommended:
a. Soars, L. & Soars, J. New Headway English Course
b. Leech, G. et al, A Communicative Grammar of English
c. Weston, J. Tape Recorder in the Classroom
d. Strevens, P. Aural Aids in Language Teaching
e. Strevens, P. Spoken Language
2. ENG 1102: Reading- I
Reading (Simple Passages):
Reading- I will incorporate vocabulary and basic sentence elements.
Books Recommended:
a. Tibbits E.L. Exercises in Reading Comprehension
b. Byrne, Donn, Intermediate Comprehension Passages
c. Hornby A.S. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
d. Sinclair, J. et al (ed), Collins Cobuild English Dictionary
e. Fries, C.C. Linguistics and Reading
f. Leuris, N. How to Read Better and Faster
g. Gray, W.S. On Their Own in Reading
3. ENG 1103: Introduction to Literature (A): Poetry
This course introduces students to the basics of English poetry. Emphasis will be given on
literary terminologies, techniques, figures of speech and literary strategies used in poems.
Students will learn the history of English poetry from its beginning to the present. This course
will show students what poetry is and what it does, how elements (such as words, sounds,
emotion, images etc.) work together to make a poem and what to look for when reading
verses.
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Recommended Readings:
Poems Authors
Sonnet 18 William Shakespeare
A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning John Donne
London 1802 William Wordsworth
My Last Duchess Robert Browning
Sonnet 13 Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost
Ambulances Philip Larkin
The Jaguar Ted Hughes
Digging Seamus Heaney
4. BS 1104: Bangladesh Studies
This course includes-
a. The intensive study of Bengali culture and History from its very beginning to the
present time
b. Ancient period
c. The settlement of Veddoid race, from the age of Buddhist to the reign of Sen Dynasty.
d. The Muslim periods from the invasion of Sultan Mahmood to the establishment of
Dhaka as a capital.
e. 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.
Bangladesh: Introduction - Emergence of Bangladesh – Topography- Climate, Economic
Sectors: Agriculture and fisheries, Industry, Forestry, Energy, Minerals, Transport &
Communication.
Some Aspects of the Constitution of Bangladesh: Fundamental Principles – Fundamental
Rights – Executive Organs- Forms of Government- Bangladesh Parliament: working
procedure.
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Society & Culture: Society – culture – Social structure of Bangladesh- Factors affecting
social structure- Historical Development of Social Structure- Social Problems: Poverty,
Unemployment, Drug Addiction, Corruption, Slums.
Financial Administration of GOB: Organizational setting of Ministry of Finance -
Budgeting – Sources of revenues & Heads of expenditures – Parliamentary Committees
relevant to financial administration.
Economic Development: Basic requirements - obstacles to development – governance and
development – Millennium development goal.
Basic Issues of Development of Bangladesh: Population – Poverty – Balance of Trade -
Balance of Payment – Role of Donors and International Agencies – NGO activities- Micro-
credit program.
Development Strategies of Bangladesh : Goals & objectives of five year plans and PRSP-
Policies and strategies relevant to Agriculture – Industry – Energy- Mineral resources –
Foreign trade – Human resource – Financial sector reforms.
Foreign Aid & Foreign Investment: Types of foreign Aid – perception of Donors &
Recipient countries – Flow of foreign Aid to Bangladesh- Foreign direct Investment- (FDI)
Impact of FDI: Merits & demerits- MNCs- Positive & negative effect.
Books Recommended:
1. GOB : Constitution of People’s Republic of Bangladesh
2. GOB : Economic Surveys
3. World Bank & Bangladesh Centre
for Advance Studies :Bangladesh – 2020.
4. Harun- Ar- Rashed :Geography of Bangladesh
5. S. U. Patwary :Financial Administration of Bangladesh
6. Michael P. Todaro :Economic Development
7. D. H. Perking et.al :Economies of Development
8. M. L. Jhingan :The Economies of Development & Planning
9. M. Khan :Bangladesh Society, Politics & Bureaucracy
10. A. F. Salahuddan Ahmed &
Bazlur M. Chowdhuary :Bangladesh: National culture & Heritage.
11. RehmanSobhan :Governance & Development
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12. David Lewis :Bangladesh: Politics, Economy and Civil Society,
Cambridge University Press, 201
13. Anu Mahmud : Inside Bangladesh Economy
14. Azizur Rahman Khan
&Mahbub Hossain : The Strategy of Development in
Bangladesh
15. Azizur Rahman Khan : The Economy of Bangladesh
5. CSE 1105: Computer Fundamentals
Contents:
a. Introduction to Computer: Invention, Brief History, Evolution and Generations of
Computers, Classification and Different Types of computers
b. Number Systems: Radix or Base of Number System, Introductory concepts of
Binary, Octal, Decimal and Hexadecimal number systems & their arithmetic
operations, conversion of different number systems
c. Codes: SBC, BCD, Gray, ASCII and EBCDIC codes, Data representation
d. Computer Organization: Details of Basic Organization of computers, Computer Bus
System
e. Computer Hardware: Different types of Hardware, Architecture, Motherboards and
Micro-processors. Various Registers, Processor Speed
f. Input Devices: Common Input Devices like Keyboard, Mouse, Touch Screen, Light
pen, Joysticks, Trackball, Bar-code-Reader, Point-of-sale, Optical Mark Reader,
Optical Character Reorganizations, Scanner, Graphics Pads, Video Digitizer, Digital
Camera, etc.
g. Output Devices: Common Output Devices like Monitor, Screen Display Devices,
Different types of Printers, Plotters, Sound Systems, etc.
h. Storage Devices: Details of Storage Devices; Main memories, Secondary Memory,
Cache Memory, Different types of secondary memories like Magnetic Tap, Floppy
Disks, Optical Storage Systems, Laser Card, Bubble Memories, CD-ROM, Hard Disk,
etc, Memory Types and their purposes, Storage Hierarchies
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i. Computer Software: Software, Relation between hardware and software,
classifications, Different types of application software, Operating system, steps to
write program, software developing steps, Firmware, Humanware, Shareware and
Freeware
j. Computer Network Internet: Purposes of Computer Networks, LAN, MAN, WAN,
topology, History, Basic Services, Different features and working techniques of
Internet, Uses of the Internet, Uses of the World Wide Web and WWW Browser
k. Maintenance of Computer: (a) Hardware maintenance like Power supply stability,
grounding, effect of surge current and its protection, Stabilizer and UPS, Handling of
computer cards and chips (b) Software maintenance like Routine maintenance of the
programs, computer virus and protections
Experiment Sequences
Experiments Topics
Experiment – 1 Study of basic hardware (internal and external) components
Experiment – 2 Detail study of BIOS
No. 1 Tutorials/Quiz
Experiment – 3 Study of Windows, MS-DOS, UNIX, and LINUX Operating
System
Experiment – 4 Details study of Windows operating systems
No. 2 Tutorials/Quiz
Experiment – 5 Study of Word processing software MS-WORD Commands
Experiment – 6 Practice on MS-WORD
No. 3 Tutorials/Quiz
Experiment – 7 Study of Spreadsheet Analysis software MS-Excel Commands
Experiment – 8 Practice on MS-Excel
No. 4 Tutorials/Quiz
Experiment – 9 Study of MS-Power Point Commands
Experiment - 10 Practice on MS-Power Point
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No. 5 Tutorials/Quiz
Experiment - 11 Use of Internet
Experiment - 12 Browsing through Internet
No. 6 Tutorials/Quiz
Books Recommended:
▪ Sinha, P.K. Computer Fundamentals
▪ Frence, C.S. Computer Science
▪ Norton. Introduction to Computers
▪ Warford. Computer Science
▪ Alomgir Hossain and Lutfur Rahman- Computer Fundamental
6. ENG 1201: Introduction to Literature (B): Drama
This course introduces students with the basics of English Drama. Emphasis will be given on
the terminology, techniques, figures of speech and forms of drama. Development of English
drama from its beginning to the present should be discussed. This course will show students
what drama is and what it does, how the elements (such as plot, story, trajectory line etc.)
work together to make a play and what to look for while reading a dramatic work.
Textbooks:
Drama Author
Oedipus Rex Sophocles
Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare
Riders to the Sea J. M. Synge
Arms and the Man George Bernard Shaw
7. ENG 1202: Introduction to Literature (C): Fiction and Essay
This course introduces students with the basics of English fiction (short story and novel) and
essay. Emphasis will be given on the terminology, techniques, figures of speech and styles of
literature as applied to each genre. This course will show the students what fiction and essay
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are and what they do, how the elements work together to make a fiction or an essay and what
to look for when reading fictions and essays.
Textbooks:
Short Novel
Animal Farm George Orwell
Short Stories
“The Garden Party” by Katherine Mansfield
“The Woman Who Rode Away” by D.H. Lawrence
“A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Essays
“Of Studies” Francis Bacon
“My Wood” E.M. Forster
8. ENG 1203: Reading- II (Advanced Reading)
This course is designed to focus on the following main useful items, categories and
techniques of advanced reading-
a. Main ideas, subordinate ideas, thesis sentences and reference
b. Explicit & implicit meanings. Inference/ implication /comparison/ contrast
definition/ generalization/classification
c. Claim with evidence/ unsupported claim o argument and its sequencing
d. Writer’s approach/ attitude/ opinion/ intention
e. Reader’s evaluation, style etc.
Moreover, the course will be divided into two major working areas for developing the
reading skills:
• Extensive reading
• Intensive reading
Extensive Reading:
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Mode of teaching: Students will spend two weeks on a recommended book and at the end of
the 2nd week one will be able to discuss plot, character and the book as a whole. But in the
first stage only the facts of the story will be concentrated on. Most of the reading is done out
of class, and class time is given to-
• The routine work of checking that the reading has been done;
• Discussion that ranges over large units of text as a whole when the book has been
completely read.
Books prescribed for extensive reading:
Texts will be selected by the course teacher.
Intensive Reading:
Intensive reading aims at the fullest possible comprehension of a text.
Mode of teaching: Students need to be involved intensively in reading some carefully chosen
texts preferably at least twice a week to achieve the reading skills mentioned above.
Moreover, reading will focus on comprehending passages. Sub-skills of reading (skimming,
scanning, guessing etc.) should be emphasized at this level.
After completing this course students are supposed to achieve the following skills of a good
reader:
- Deducing the meaning and use of unfamiliar lexical items
- Understanding explicitly stated information
- Understanding information when not explicitly stated
- Understanding conceptual meaning
- Understanding the communicative value (function) of sentences and
utterances
- Understanding relations within the sentence
- Understanding relations between the parts of a text through lexical
cohesion devices
- Understanding cohesion between the parts of a text through
grammatical cohesion devices
- Interpreting text by going outside it
- Recognizing indicators in discourse
- Identifying the main point or important information in a piece of
discourse
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- Distinguishing the main idea from supporting details
- Extracting salient points to summarize (the text, an idea etc.)
- Selective extraction of relevant points from a text
- Basic reference skills
- Skimming
- Scanning to locate specifically required information
Books Recommended:
1. Levin, G.: Prose Models
2. Greenall, S. & Swan, M.: Effective Reading
3. West, M.: Learning to Read a Foreign Language
4. Mathieu, G.: Advances in the Teaching of Modern Languages
5. Fries, C.C.: Linguistics and Reading
10. ENG 1204: Writing
The course is designed to enable students to write a) Descriptive, b) Narrative, c) Expository,
d) Comparative, e) Cause and Effect, f) Process paragraphs and essays using appropriate and
grammatically correct sentences, paragraphing, sectioning and summarizing, essential
elements of good writing, developing a good writing style etc. Moreover, stylistic elements as
well as technique will be taught. At the same time, the course is supposed to develop
students’ skills in writing formal essays on literary and linguistic themes.
The following things should be emphasized while teaching this course:
a. Cohesive Devices
b. Coherence
c. Paragraph Development Techniques
d. Précis writing
e. Essays, Report writing, Book reviews etc.
Books Recommended:
1. Imhoof, M. &Hudson,H.: From Paragraph to Essay
2. Joly L.: Writing Tasks
3. Kristine, B. & Susan, H.: Writing Matters
4. Taylor, S.: Model Business Letters & Other Business Documents
5. Gurrey, P.: The Teaching of Written English
6. Hill, L.A.: Picture Composition Book
7. Imhoof M.; From Paragraph to Essay
8. Islam J.; A Handbook of Paragraph Writing
9. Imhoof, M. & Hudson, H. From Paragraph to Essay
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10. Joly, L. Writing Tasks
11. Brown ,K. & Hood, S. Writing Matters
12. Taylor, S. Model Business Letters & Other Business Documents
13. Gray, W.S. The Teaching of Reading and Writing
14. Chaplen, F. Paragraph Writing
15. Fraser, H. & O’Donnell W.R.(eds), Applied Linguistics and the Teaching of
English
10. ENG 1205: History of English Language
The course includes
a) The history of the English Language from Ancient to Medieval Times
b) The history of English Language from the Renaissance to the
Twentieth Century
c) The English Language in America
d) The development of New Literature in English
Books Recommended:
a. A History of the English Language Barber, C L
b. The Story of Language by Albert C Baugh
c. A Short History of English Language by Roy, R N
d. The English Language by Wrenn, C L
e. A Brief History of English Language and Literature by Meiklejohn,
J. M. D.
f. Short Oxford History of English Literature by Andrew Sanders
g. A History of English Literature by Michael Alexander
11. ENG 2101: Introductory Linguistics
The objective of this course is to introduce basic linguistic items to learners. The course is
supposed to cover-
a) Language, definition and characteristics
b) Basic Concepts of Linguistics: Phonology and Phonetics
c) Relation Between Linguistics/Language and Literature
d) Socio-linguistics: dialects, pidgin, creole, register etc.
e) Psycholinguistics
Books Recommended:
Abercrombie, D: Elements of General Phonetics
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Gimpson, A C: An Introduction to the Pronunciation of English
Crystal, D: Linguistics
Corder: Introducing Applied Linguistics
Yule, G: The Study of Language
Jackson, H: Analyzing English
12. ENG 2102: 17th Century Prose, Poetry and Drama
Francis Bacon: Selected Essays
John Milton: Areopagitica, Paradise Lost (Book X)
William Congreve: The Way of the World
John Bunyan: Pilgrim’s Progress
Edmund Spenser: The Faerie Queene( Book I )
John Donne: Selected Poems
John Dryden: MacFlecknoe
13. ENG 2103: Introduction to Bangla Literature
This course will give students an overview of Bangla Language and Literature. It will cover
the origin and development of Bangla poetry, novels, dramas and essays, and analyze them
critically.
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14. ENG 2104: Romantic Poetry
William Wordsworth : “Tintern Abbey”, “Ode: Intimations of Immortality”
S. T. Coleridge : The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, “Kubla Khan”,
“Dejection: an Ode”
John Keats : “Ode to a Nightingale,” “Ode on a
Grecian Urn,” “Ode to Autumn.”
P.B Shelly : The Odes P.B. Shelley : “Ode
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the West Wind”, “To Skylark”
15. ENG 2105: South Asian Literature in English
1. Tagore, Rabindranath.: Gitanjali( Selected pieces )
2. Rokeya, Begum. : Sultana’s Dream
3. R. K. Narayan : The Guide
4. Ghosh, Amitava. : The Shadow Lines
5. Lahiri, Jhumpa : The Lowland
16. ENG 2201: 18th Century Literature (Prose, Poetry and Fiction
Addison and Steele : Coverley Papers (Selected)
Jonathan Swift : Gulliver’s Travels
Henry Fielding : Tom Jones (Book 1)
Jane Austen : Pride and Prejudice
Alexander Pope : The Rape of the Lock
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Thomas Gray : Elegy Written in Country Churchyard
Oliver Goldsmith : The Deserted Village
William Blake : Songs of Innocence and of Experience (Selections)
17. ENG 2202: Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama
Thomas Kyd : The Spanish Tragedy
Christopher Marlowe : Doctor Faustus
William Shakespeare: Macbeth and As You Like It
John Webster : The Duchess of Mulfi
Books Recommended:
• Boas, S. An Introduction to Stewart Drama.
• Boas, S. D. An Introduction to Tudor Drama.
• Bradbrook, M. C. The Growth and Structure of Elizabethan
Comedy.
• Bradbrook, M. C. Themes and Conventions in Elizabethan Tragedy.
• Lucas, F. L. Seneca and Elizabethan Drama.
• Schelling F. E. Elizabethan Drama.
• Vaughn. Types of Tragedy.
• Symonds, J. A. Shakespeare’s Predecessors in English Drama.
18. ENG 2203: Victorian Poetry
Lord Alfred Tennyson: “The Lotus-Eaters”, “Tithonus”, In Memoriam (Selected)
Robert Browning: “Andrea delSarto”, “Rabbi Ben Ezra”, “Fra Lippo Lippi”, “Love among
the Ruins”, “My Last Duchess”
Matthew Arnold: “The Scholar Gipsy”, “Dover Beach”, “Thyrsis”
19. ENG 2204: 19th Century Fiction
Charles Dickens : Great Expectations
Thomas Hardy : Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Emily Bronte : Wuthering Heights
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20. ENG 2205: 20th Century English Poetry
T. S. Eliot : “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, The Waste Land
W. B. Yeats : Selected Poems
W. H. Auden : Selected Poems
Dylan Thomas : Selected Poems
21. ENG 3101: Old and Middle English Literature in Translation
Anonymous : Beowulf
Anonymous : The Seafarer, Dream of the Rood
Chaucer : The General Prologue(Selections)
22. ENG 3102: American Literature-I (Introduction)
Bradford; Edwards; Crevecoeur; Jefferson, Emerson; Thoreau
Books Recommended:
▪ Bradford:Of Plymouth Plantation
▪ Edwards: Freedom of the Will
▪ Crevecoeur: Letters from an American Farmer
▪ Jefferson: The Declaration of Independence
▪ Emerson: Self-Reliance and Other Essays
▪ Thoreau: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack River
References:
• Gallager, Edward J. and Thomas Werge:Writings about William Bradford, 1669-1971
• b.Miller, Perry, John E. Smith, and Harry S. Stout, eds:The works of Jonathan
Edwards. 26 vols.
• J.M. Dent & Sons: Letters from an American Farmer.
• Berman, Eleanor Davidson: Thomas Jafferson Among the Arts: An Essay in Early
American Esthetics”. New York Philosophical Library, 1947
• L. Rosenwald, ed.: Selected Journals.
• Woodlief, Ann: Henry David Thoreau
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23. ENG 3103: European Literature in Translation
Dante : “Inferno” (Cantos 1-10) from the Divine Comedy
Tolstoy: The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Ibsen : A Doll’s House
Brecht : Mother Courage and Her Children
24. ENG 3104: Writing for the Mass Media
a. News report writing: Staff correspondent
b. News report editing
c. Press release
d. Press notes
e. Book/ Movie Review
f. Features
g. Advertisement
h. Copy writing
References:
▪ Stovall, James. G. Writing for the Mass Media.
▪ Nelson, Marlan D., and G. Rhoades. Basics of Writing for the Mass Media.
▪ Adams, Paul. Writing Right for Today’s Mass Media:
A Textbook and Workbook with Language Exercises.
25. ENG 3105: Literary Criticism
Books Recommended:
Aristotle : Poetics ( Penguin Translation )
Samuel Johnson : Preface to Shakespeare
William
Wordsworth
: Preface to the Lyrical Ballads
S. T. Coleridge : Biographia Literaria (Selections) as in
Chikera
Matthew Arnold : The Study of Poetry
T.S. Eliot : Tradition and Individual Talent
26. ENG 3201: 20th Century English Fiction
Joseph Conrad : Heart of Darkness
D.H. Lawrence : Sons and Lovers
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E.M. Forster : A Passage to India
Doris Lessing : The Golden Notebook
27. ENG 3202: Introduction to Critical Theory
This course will teach some of the key trends of twentieth-century literary theory. Lectures
will provide background for the readings and explicate them where appropriate. It will also
attempt to develop a coherent overall context that incorporates textual, philosophical, social,
historical, psychoanalytical, and racial and gender perspectives on the recurrent questions
regarding literature, its production, understanding of literature, and its purpose. Having
attended this course students will be able to understand and analysis both literary and non-
literary texts from a broader perspective. The course includes-
a) Russian Formalism the New Criticism
b) Structuralism
c) Post-structuralism
d) Psychoanalysis and literature
e) Feminist literary theories
f) Marxist literary theories
g) Postcolonial literary theory
Books Recommended:
a. Barry P.: Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural
Theory.
b. Eagleton, T.: Literary Theory: An Introduction
c. Rivkin, J.: and Ryan, M, ed: Literary Theory: An Anthology
d. Culler J.: Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
e. Eagleton T. After Theory
f. Rabaté J. The Future of Theory
28. ENG 3203: English for Professional Purposes
Business English:
Business Reports, Business Letters, Job Applications, International Memorandums,
Translation, Editing, Developing Press Copies.
Technical Writing:
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Instruction and practice in writing technical reports relevant to current work situations.
(Student will use information from their particular areas of specialization to produce
professional-quality documents.)
Newspaper Editing:
Students will develop skills in news and feature writing, interviewing, peer review, writing to
deadline, newspaper management, cartooning, photojournalism, and newspaper design and
layout.
Books Recommended:
1. Writing Tasks by Joly, L.
2. Writing Matters by Brown, K. & Hood, S
3. Model Business Letters & Other Business Documents by Taylor, S.
4. Technical Writing Warren, T.L.
5. Writing for the Technical Professions by Trzyna, T.N.
29. ENG 3204: Phonetics and Phonology
• Speech Organs
• English Vowels and Consonants: Classifications, Places and Manners of
Articulation
• Different Groups of Sounds: their descriptions
• Differences between Phonetics and Phonology
• Phonology of English: phonemes and allophones
• Allophonic Processes: aspiration, assimilation, elision etc.
• IPA Transcription of words and connected speech
• Stress: syllables, word stress, sentence stress, accentuation patterns etc
• Factors of stress prominence, rules of stress placement
• Introduction to Tonic Variations, tone groups, the nucleus of a tone group
etc.
References: Roach, P, English Phonetics and Phonology
Ambercombie, David, Elements of General Phonetics
Varshney, Dr. R. L. Phonetics and Phonology
Daniel Jones
A.C Gimson
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Pit Corder
30. ENG 3205: American Literature-II (Poetry)
Whitman; Dickinson;
Books Recommended:
Frost; Williams
• Walt Whitman: Selected Poems
• Emily Dickinson: Selected Poems
• Robert Frost: Selected Poems
• Williams: Selected Poems
References:
• David S. Reynolds: Walt Whitman
• Douglas Wilson & Cynthia Dickinson, eds: Emily
Dickinson: The Poet at Home
• Chelsea C. Moye: Frost: An Otherworld Tale
• John E. Seery: A Political Companion to Walt Whitman
• Christopher Benfey: Emily Dickinson: Lives of A Poet
• Edward Lanthem: The Poetry of Robert Frost
31. ENG 4101: Classics in Translation
Homer : The Iliad
Euripides : Medea
Aeschylus : Agamemnon
Seneca : Phaedra
32. ENG 4102: American Literature-III(Fiction)
Melville; Hawthorne, Hemingway; Bellow; Morrison
Books Recommended:
Herman Melville: Billy Budd, Sailor
Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter
Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises
Saul Bellow: Seize the Day
Morrison: Beloved
References:
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• Andrew Delbanco: Melville: His World and Work
• Berlant, Lauren: The Anatomy of National Fantasy: Hawthorne, Utopia and
Everyday Life.
• Putnam, Thomas: Hemingway on War and Its Aftermath
• Hitchens, Cristopher: Remembering Saul Bellow
• Duvall, John (2000): The Identifying Fictions of Toni Morrison: Modernist
Authenticity and Postmodern Blackness
33. ENG 4103: 20th Century English Drama
Oscar Wilde : The Importance of Being Earnest
John Osborne : Look back in Anger
Samuel Beckett : Waiting for Godot
Harold Pinter
References:
: The Caretaker
• Mendelshon, Daniel: The two Oscar Wildes
• Michael Billington: Look Back in Anger: How John Obsorne
Liberated Theatriacal Language
• Pipenburg, Erik: Anthony Page of Waiting for Godot Teaches
Us how to Pronounce Its Title
• Inan, Dilek: Harold Pinter: The Wordsmith: Celebration
• Charles Grimes: Harold Pinter and the new British Theatre
34. ENG 4104: Research Methodology and Thesis
This course will provide students with knowledge on how to write research papers, theses and
articles. They will become familiar with both APA (American Psychological Association)
and MLA (Modern Language Association) styles of documentation.
Topics may include-
a) classroom research and its techniques;
b) approaches and aspects of classroom research (experimental/ naturalistic/
action, reliability/ validity);
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c) issues in data collection, analysis and research design;
d) data collection procedures (main components, single group design, design
using control groups);
e) benefits, drawbacks and adaptation of the observation systems;
f) sorting, displaying, describing data, analyzing data (similarities and
differences, procedures for conducting qualitative research, procedures and
uses for describing research);
g) putting data together from proposal to report (reporting and summarizing,
interpreting results, components of research paper) etc.
As a part of the course, students are to produce an article of thesis of not more than 4000 (and
not less than 3000) words at the end of the course.
Books Recommended:
• M.L.A. Handbook (latest edition)
• Action Research for Language teachers by Wallace
• Observation in the Language Classroom by D. Alright
• Research Methods in Language Learning by David Nunan
35. ENG 4105: Introduction to Philosophy (Optional course)
The Greek and the Romans: The Pre-Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
The Medieval World View
The Renaissance: Erasmus, More, Machiavelli, Bacon
The Rise of the New Science: Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Locke, Hegal, Marx,
Nietzsche, Sartre
References:
From Socrates to Sartre by T. Z. Lavine
Chadwik, Owen. The Specularization of the European Mind in The 19th Century
Aquinas, St. Thomas.St. Thomas Aquinas on Politics and Ethics
Hobbes, ThomasLaviathanRousseau, Jean-Jaques. Rousseau’s Political Writings
Russell, B. History of Western Philosophy
36. ENG 4106: Discourse Analysis (Optional course)
In this course students will be introduced to spoken and written discourse analysis. The
course will enable students to analyze spoken interaction and valuable written texts with
reference to context, cohesiveness, illocution, inference etc.
Recommended Reading:
• Pragmatics And Discourse by Joan Cutting
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• Pragmatics by George Yule
• Discourse Analysis by Gillian Brown & George Yule
• Text And Discourse Analysis by Raphael Salkie
37. ENG 4201: Sociolinguistics and Psycholinguistics
This course offers a basic introduction to social factors that govern language learning. It
explores the specific topics of relevance to language education and teaching. Topics include
the Variationist theory in sociolinguistics, different types of code-switching and code-mixing,
different elements such as idiolects, dialects, regional dialects, dialect areas, isogloss, accents,
lexical differences, lingua francas, the pidgins and creoles, styles/registers, slangs and
jargons, euphemisms, language, sex and gender, marked and unmarked forms etc.
This course will also include psycholinguistics elements: child language acquisition, the
relation between mind, human speech and language, difference between animals and humans
in language acquisition, different stages of child language acquisition, novelty and creativity
in a child’s language acquisition, the main stages of language production, LAD, TG or UG
etc.
Books recommended:
• Sociolinguistics by A. Hudson
• A Study of Language by G. Yule
• Psychology and Language by H. Clack and E. Clack
• Psychology in foreign language teaching by S. Mcdonough
• Fundamentals of language teaching by Stem
38. ENG 4202: English Language Teaching (ELT)
This course is designed to enable students to implement positive management techniques in
their classrooms. Focuses should be on principles and procedures underlying effective social
and academic development and the use of positive motivational methods with children and
youth.
a. Course curriculum and Syllabus designing
b. Methods of Teaching and Learning
c. Learning conclusion to the best possible way of learning
Books Recommended:
• Teaching English Worldwide by Lindsey, Paul
• Essentials of English Language Teaching by Edge, Julian
• Course in Language Teaching by Ur, Penny
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• The Practice of English Language Teaching by Harmer, Jeremy
• Effective Class Management by Underwood, Mary
• English Language Teaching by Nagraj, Geetha
39. ENG 4203: American Literature-IV (Drama)
Miller; O’ Neil; Albee; Williams
Books Recommended:
Henry Miller : Tropic of Cancer
Eugene O’ Neil : Long Day’s Journey into Night
Edward Albee : The Zoo Story
Walter Williams : Nightmare’s Paradise
References:
a. Gelb, Arther: O’ Neil’s Birthplace is Marked By Plaque at Times Square Site
b. Henderson, Kathy: The Tragic Roots of Eugene O’ Neil’s Desire Under the Elms
c. Mel Gussow: Edward Albee: A Single Journey
d. Helen A. Harrison, Constance Ayers Denne: Hampton Bohemia: Two Centuries of Artists
and Writers on the Beach
e. Cellini, Benvenuto:Autobiography
f. Abelard, Pierre:The Story of My Misfortunes
g. Gray, John: The Thinker’s Dictator: Emperor Augusts Makes for Thrilling Fiction
h. Boyle, Brendon: The Truth of History
40. ENG 4204: Shakespeare
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Hamlet
Measure for Measure
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King Lear
Tempest
Henry IV
41. ENG 4205: Case Study and Viva Voce
Students will be sent for a research project and they will later submit the research report. The
assessment will be done on the basis of performance at research work and presentation.
Additionally, questions will be asked by the viva board regarding the texts students had
undertaken throughout their undergraduate studies.
42. ENG 4206: Translation Studies (Optional course)
This course acquaints students with the theories and techniques of translation. This will be
supplemented by intensive and extensive practice in translating literary and non-literary
writings from Bangla to English and vice versa.
Students will translate texts either from English to Bangla or from Bangla to English. The
texts (excerpts from different types of texts such as novel, poetry etc.) which a student
intends to translate have to be approved by the Departmental Committee, or the course
teacher can select texts for their students. The course does not require any tutorial tests
because the nature of the work is entirely practical.
Books Recommended:
a Translation Studies by S. Bassnett
b A Linguistic Theory of Translation by Catford
c The Translator’s Art by W. Radice
d Translation: An Advanced Resource Book by B. Hatim and J. Munday
43. ENG 4207: Educational Psychology (Optional course)
This course is designed to familiarize students with principles of psychology relative to the
educational process. It shall include the contributions of leading theories and/or theorists, the
study of research of teacher characteristics and behaviours affecting the learner, motivation,
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principles of measurements and evolutions, introductory statistics, testing and classroom
management using supports of computer and information technology.
Books Recommended:
Elements of Educational Psychology by Susan Bassnett
