Syllabus for
BA (English/Honours/Honours with Research)
Academic Year  (2023)

The programme has a blend of submissions and centralized examinations. 

The department’s academic work began at the Bannerghatta Road Campus in May 2016. With academic programs that have been designed to provide a comprehensive learning environment through faculty members trained in institutions of various national and international repute, the department provides a holistic approach to engaging with language, literature and culture. The department promotes an intellectual climate of critical and creative ideation that aims to inculcate among its students a critical reading of the word and the world alike. It has geared its academic engagements towards moulding students into responsible and socially sensitive citizensthrough programsthat are designed to facilitate holistic development. The academic programs seek to build academic, social and professional competencies along with an ethical outlook. The academic programs offered by the department are aligned with the University’s vision and mission. Offering programs at the undergraduate, postgraduate, and research levels, the core areas of enquiry range from domain in language and literature, to those in and around culture. Programs currently offered include BA English (Hons); BA (Liberal Arts); MA (English and Cultural Studies), and PhD (Cultural Studies). The Department of English and Cultural Studies (BGR Campus) has consistently worked towards evolving novel and pertinent learning environments that are highly learner-centric, firmly locating its academic exercises in our contemporary world. The courses designed are a vibrant confluence of valuable engagements with disciplinesincluding history,sociology, philosophy, linguistics, ethics, comparative literature and culture, among others. With faculty members having developed their expertise in a variety of fields including Gender Studies, Popular Culture, Postcolonial Studies, Screen Studies, Language Instruction, and Sociolinguistics among others, its academic exercises provide for immense scope for students to learn, unlearn, and relearn, and work towards more informed and effective social citizenship.

Vision: To enable a transformative learning experience through critical, creative and intellectual engagements.

Mission: The Department of English and Cultural Studies works towards the advancement of knowledge through creative and critical modes of enquiry that would equip the student to be socially and ethically aware. We enable this awareness through an inclusive and transformative learning ecosystem in which learners can explore nuances of language, literature and culture. By promoting critical thinking, multicultural competence and respect for diverse perspectives, we aim to nurture a community of socially sensitive and empathetic individuals.

The BA (English/ English Honours/ English Honours with Research) is a three/ four-year rigorous programme that provides an avenue for learners to acquire knowledge and skill sets in the areas of Literary Studies, Cultural Studies, and Linguistics. Over the course of three/four years, the programme enables holistic development among the learners by exposing them to the latest discourses in the field. The three-year programme is structured in such a way that it provides foundational knowledge of various theories, methodologies, and skills that are intrinsic to the discipline through innovative pedagogical and andragogical practices. The fourth year of the English Honors programme is designed to enable the learners gain an exposure to the various professional fields that aligns with the discipline through industry exposure and related activities. The fourth year of the English Honours with Research programme offers them the opportunity to involve in capstone projects which enables the learners to gain first-hand exposure to various field-based research and studies through community engagements and our NGO partners. The programme is highly learner-centric. Distinct from a traditional approach, the programme offers courses that are highly interDisciplinaryand multiDisciplinaryin nature providing an exposure to the learners in the areas of Visual Culture and Film Studies, Urban Studies, Digital Humanities, Critical Food Studies, Folklore Studies, Translation Studies, Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Semiotics, Multilingualism, Content Designing and Development, Editing and Publishing, Critical Pedagogic Studies, Gender and Intersection Studies, along with the conventional English Literature courses. The program is very dynamic in nature as it enables the learners to grow beyond academic and hone the skill sets by participating and organizing various conferences, seminars, and fests and make them professionally ready. The programme provides valueadded courses that focus on managing mental and emotional well-being of the learners to successfully manoeuvre the challenges according to the times

Programme Outcome/Programme Learning Goals/Programme Learning Outcome:

PO2: Utilise LSRW skills to communicate effectively to support academic endeavours by consistent and systematic involvement in collaborative peer engagements and assignments, research, and internship projects.

PO3: Apply critical thinking skills to cultural texts, socio-political contexts, movements, and events while participating in curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities.

PO4: Evaluate the discourses on citizenship, nation-state, gender and diversity, hegemonic practices and sustainability within local, regional, national and global contexts by employing the frameworks and concepts introduced in various courses.

PO5: Generate research outputs by identifying and incorporating appropriate research methods and methodologies through engagements in the classroom, fieldwork, internship, and guided research.

PO6: Practise and display the skills of leadership and problem-solving by participating in and organising group assignments, national and international seminars, conferences, workshops, research projects, internships, apprenticeships, and cocurricular and extra-curricular activities.

PO7: Develop employability skills such as communication, research, translation, datalabelling and annotation, content creation and production, and editing and publishing through academic, societal and industry engagements.