The Bachelor of Arts in English is designed to train students to be able to use the language for scholarly and practical purposes. The program provides excellent preparation for any profession requiring a high degree of skill and comprehension in oral and written communication. The English major is a widely recognized and respected preparation for graduate degrees in teaching, journalism, management, and administration.
The Department of English offers undergraduate programs in English that give students an opportunity to discover more about the world they live in, learn to appreciate the artistic works of fellow human beings, and develop literary and linguistic aptitudes of their own.
The BA in English program is recommended for students interested in a broad general background in the humanities with a concentration in literature and language and for those interested in obtaining a firm foundation for further study in graduate school. It is specially designed as a foundation course for potential language teachers at secondary and tertiary levels.
The freshman and sophomore students will have the opportunity to do interdisciplinary courses to enable them to get a variegated general education. By the third year, they have the option of one or two of three streams: Language (Linguistics), Literature, and TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). Thus, they not only get a variety of options to choose from but also equip themselves with essential skills in specialized areas.
The department includes faculty members who have a broad range of professional competence in the study of literature and language, and who are trained to teach courses in language study, linguistics, comparative literature, translation and world cultures.
(Applicable for 163 Onwards students)
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Degree |
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123 credits |
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University Core Courses |
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54 credits |
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School Core |
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39 credits |
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Major Concentration |
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24 credits |
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Free Electives |
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6 credits |
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Year 1: 10 courses/30 credits |
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Year 1 Term 1 |
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ENG102 |
Introduction to Composition |
3 credits |
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HIS101 |
Bangladesh History and Culture |
3 credits |
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MIS105 |
Intro. to Computer Information System |
3 credits |
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Year 1 Term 2 |
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ENG103 |
Intermediate Composition |
3 credits |
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SOC101/ENV203/ GEO205/ANT101 |
Soc./Geog./Anthropology |
3 credits |
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MAT112/MAT116 |
College Algebra/Precalculus |
3 credits |
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Year 1 Term 3 |
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ENG111 |
Public Speaking |
3 credits |
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POL101/POL104 |
Political Science/Government |
3 credits |
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ECO101/ECO104 |
Macro Principles |
3 credits |
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BEN205 |
Bangla Language and Literature |
3 credits |
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Year 2: 11 courses/34 credits [30+34=64] |
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Year 2 Term 1 |
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ENG115 |
Literature |
3 credits |
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PHI101/PHI104 |
Philosophy/Ethics |
3 credits |
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BUS172 |
Statistics I |
3 credits |
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CHN/FRC/SPA/ ARB 101 |
Foreign Language-Introductory level |
3 credits |
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Year 2 Term 2 |
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ENG220/ ENG230 |
Introduction to Fiction/ Introduction to Poetry |
3 credits |
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HIS102 |
Introduction to World Civilization |
3 credits |
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PSY101/ENV107/ PBH101/CHE101/ PHYL107L/BIO103 |
Introduction to Psychology/Intro to Environmental Science/Introduction to Public Health/ Biology I/Physics I |
4 credits |
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Year 2 Term 3 |
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ENG210/ ENG260 |
Introduction to Linguistics/ Literary Theory |
3 credits |
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ENG216 |
Research Methodology for Humanities |
3 credits |
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CHN/FRC/SPA/ ARB 201/301 |
Foreign Language-Intermediate/advanced Level |
3 credits |
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POL201/POL300/ LAW206/WMS201/ POL210/ |
International relations/intro. to Governance/ Intro. to constitutional Law/ Gender Studies/ Human Rights |
3 credits |
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Year 3: 10 courses/32 credits [30+34+32=96] |
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Year 3 Term 1 |
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PSY101/ENV107/ PBH101/CHE101/ PHYL107L/BIO103 |
Introduction to Psychology/Intro to Environmental Science/Introduction to Public Health/ Biology I/Physics I |
4 credits |
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ARC131 |
Music/Art/Design |
3 credits |
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HIS103 |
Emergence of Bangladesh |
3 credits |
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Year 3 Term 2 |
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ENG338/ENG302/ ENG361 |
Elizabethan and Jacobean drama/Phonetics & Phonology/ Introduction to Applied Linguistic |
3 credits |
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INT101/POL300/ LAW206/WMS201/ POL210/ |
International relations/intro. to Governance/ Intro. to constitutional Law/ Gender Studies/ Human Rights |
3 credits |
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LBA104 |
Introduction to Dramatics |
3 credits |
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ECO406 |
History of Economic Thought |
3 credits |
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Year 3 Term 3 |
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ENG336/ ENG307/ ENG366 |
17th Century Poetry and Prose/ Semantics & Pragmatics/ Theories of Second Language Acquisition |
3 credits |
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LAW410/ ECO203/ ANT203/ SOC201/ PAD301/TNM201 |
Comparative Legal Systems/ Microeconomics/ Anthropology II/ Sociology II/ Public Administration/ Media and Communication |
3 credits |
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PSY101/ENV107/ PBH101/CHE101/ PHYL107L/BIO103 |
Introduction to Psychology/Intro to Environmental Science/Introduction to Public Health/ Biology I/Physics I |
4 credits |
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Year 4: 9 courses/27 credits [30+34+32+27=123] |
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Year 4 Term 1 |
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ENG341/ENG312/ ENG371 |
The Rise and Growth of the Novel/Morphology & Syntax/ Principles of Syllabus Design & Material Development |
3 credits |
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ENG4xx |
Any elective course (from own concentration) |
3 credits |
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ETH201 |
Ethical Theory |
3 credits |
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Year 4 Term 2 |
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ENG346/ ENG334/ ENG377 |
19th Century Prose and Fiction/ Sociolinguistics/ Testing and Evaluation |
3 credits |
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ENG4xx |
Any elective course (from own concentration) |
3 credits |
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Free elective course (courses from any area university wide) |
3 credits |
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Year 4 Term 3 |
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ENG351/ ENG337/ ENG381 |
Modernism/Psycholinguistics/ Teaching Techniques & Practicum |
3 credits |
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ENG4xx |
Any elective course (from own concentration) |
3 credits |
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Free elective course (courses from any area university wide) |
3 credits |
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Requirements (for batches 142 and before): Total credit requirement for degree program is 123 credits.
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ENG 109 |
Academic English I |
ENG 110 |
Academic English II |
ENG 112 |
Reading Skill and Vocabulary Building |
ENG 118 |
Introduction to Fiction |
ENG 119 |
Introduction to Drama |
ENG 200 |
Structure of English |
ENG 202 |
Stylistics |
ENG 205 |
Advanced Writing |
ENG 210 |
Introduction to Linguistics |
ENG 211 |
Basic Theories of Second/Foreign Language Acquisition |
ENG 212 |
History of the English Language |
ENG 215 |
Language and Culture |
ENG 219 |
European Classics in Translation |
ENG 222 |
Survey of American Literature |
ENG 223 |
Survey of British Literature |
ENG 230 |
Introduction to Poetry |
ENG 310 |
Phonetics and Phonology |
ENG 311 |
Semantics |
ENG 335 |
Introduction to Literary Theory |
ENG 450 |
Teaching Techniques |
ENG 456 |
Testing and Evaluation |
ENG 490 |
Senior Tutorial |
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ENG 491 |
Teaching Practicum |
English requirements of 6 credits (ENG109 & ENG110) are automatically fulfilled in core requirements. A total number of 21 credits need to be completed:
| Computer Science/Science/MIS | 6 |
| Environmental Studies | 3 |
| Liberal Arts and Social Sciences | 9 |
| Psychology | 3 |
| Total | 21 |
Students select one of the following concentrations and complete 21 credits in it. They have an option of doing the remaining 15 credits from either (a) their own concentration, or (b) any of the other two concentrations, or (c) any other discipline.
A. Concentration Electives for Language: |
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ENG 204 |
Introduction to Applied Linguistics |
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ENG 208 |
An Introduction to Journalism |
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ENG 315 |
Electronic Journal Workshops |
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ENG 316 |
Introduction to Creative Writing |
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ENG 319 |
Fundamentals of Language Acquisition and Development |
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ENG 320 |
Discourse Analysis |
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ENG 370 |
Business Communication |
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ENG 401 |
Contrastive Grammar |
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ENG 402 |
Modern English Transformational and Generative Grammar |
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ENG 410 |
Sociolinguistics |
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ENG 411 |
Psycholinguistics |
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ENG 412 |
Modern Schools of Linguistics |
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ENG 414 |
English for Public Relations |
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ENG 470 |
Theory and Practice of Translation |
B. Concentration Electives for Literature: |
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ENG 201 |
The Short Story |
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ENG 225 |
Survey of South Asian Literature in English |
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ENG 301 |
Poetry of the English Renaissance: From Spenser to Milton |
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ENG 304 |
Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama Excluding Shakespeare |
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ENG 305 |
Shakespeare Studies |
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ENG 306 |
Restoration and Augustan Literature |
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ENG 323 |
The Rise of the Novel |
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ENG 326 |
Romantic Poetry |
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ENG 331 |
Nineteenth-Century British Fiction |
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ENG 332 |
Victorian Poetry and Prose |
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ENG 333 |
Nineteenth-Century American Fiction |
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ENG 380 |
Literary Theory I: From Plato to Johnson |
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ENG 405 |
Modernism and Postmodernism in Poetry: From Yeats to Ginsberg |
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ENG 415 |
Twentieth-Century Fiction in English |
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ENG 418 |
Twentieth-Century Drama in English |
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ENG 426 |
Literary Theory II: From Wordsworth to Derrida |
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ENG 428 |
Nineteenth-and Twentieth-Century Feminist writings |
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ENG 430 |
Senior Seminar in Literature |
C. Concentration Electives for TESOL (Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages): |
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ENG 318 |
Principles of Materials Development |
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ENG 319 |
Fundamentals of Language Acquisition and Development |
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ENG 401 |
Contrastive Grammar |
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ENG 402 |
Modern English Transformational and Generative Grammar |
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ENG 410 |
Socio linguistics |
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ENG 411 |
Psycholinguistics |
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ENG 434 |
Syllabus Design |
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ENG 451 |
Teaching Reading |
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ENG 452 |
Teaching Grammar |
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ENG 453 |
Teaching Composition |
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ENG 454 |
Teaching Listening and Speaking |
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ENG 455 |
Computer Assisted Language Learning |
Dual Major Program in English (Summer 2014 & before students)
BA in English students can complete dual major in any two of the three concentrations (Linguistics, Literature or TESOL). Requirements will be as follows:
Total credits: 129
Breakdown is given below:
| Core | : 66 credits |
| General Education courses | : 21 credits |
| Concentration Electives: | |
| First Concentration | : 21 credits (7 courses) |
| Second Concentration: | |
| Open - 15 credits | |
| Additional - 06 credits | : 21 credits (5 open + 2 additional courses) |
Major in English For Students of Other Academic Departments/Programs: 45 Credits
Minimum CGPA requirement is 2.5
| Course ID | Course Title | Credits |
| ENG 112 | Reading Skill and Vocabulary Building | 3 |
| ENG 118 | Introduction to Fiction | 3 |
| ENG 119 | Introduction to Drama | 3 |
| ENG 210 | Introduction to Linguistics | 3 |
| ENG 212 | History of the English Language | 3 |
| ENG 215 | Language and Culture | 3 |
| ENG 219 | European Classics in Translation | 3 |
| ENG 230 | Introduction to Poetry | 3 |
| ENG 310 | Phonetics and Phonology | 3 |
| ENG 3xx | Any Three courses | 9 |
| ENG 4xx | Any Three courses | 9 |
Note: Students who have taken BUS251 (Business Communication) may not take ENG370 (Business Communication).
Minor program in English for students of other academic departments / programs
Total credits: 30
Core 12 credits
Concentration Elective 18 credits
The students must take 12 credits (One course from each of the 4 levels, i.e. levels 100 through 400) from the core courses. The student who has done ENG 103 or ENG 105 may be credited with a 100 level course. S/he needs to take 18 credits from the following three disciplines of concentration elective: Language, Literature and TESOL. Of these 18 credits, s/he will take 12 credits from concentration minor and 6 credits from the remaining two concentrations.
Recommended Course Path:
B.A. in English - Literature