Syllabus for

Academic Year  (2022)

Will be specific to the discipline and clusters the student chooses.

The department’s academic work began at the Bannerghatta Road Campusin May2016.With academic programs that have been designed to provide a comprehensive learning environment through faculty members trained in institutions of variousnational and international repute, the department provides a holistic approach to engaging with language, literature andculture. The department promotes an intellectual climate of critical and creative ideation that aims to inculcate among itsstudents a critical reading of the word and the world alike. It has geared its academic engagements towards moulding students into responsible and socially sensitive citizens through programs that are designed to facilitate holistic development.The academic programs seek to build academic, social and professional competencies along with an ethical outlook. Theacademic 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 domaini n language and literature, to those in and around culture. Programs currently offered include BAEnglish(Hons); BA(LiberalArts); MA(EnglishandCultural Studies), and PhD (Cultural Studies). The Department of English and Cultural Studies (BGR Campus) hasconsistently worked towards evolving novel and pertinent learning environments that are highly learner-centric, firmlylocating its academic exercises in our contemporary world. The courses designed are a vibrant confluence of valuable engagements with disciplines including 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 immenses cope for student stolearn, unlearn, and relearn, and work towards more informed and effective social citizenship.

Vision

Toenablecriticalandcreativereflection oftheselfandtheworld.

Mission

The Department of English and Cultural Studies works towards advancement of knowledge through creative and criticalmodesofenquirythat would help equip thestudentto besocially, critically,and ethically aware.

The BA in Liberal Arts is a cross-disciplinary degree that draws on the combined expertise of the faculties of Historical Studies, Arts, Business and Industries, Media Studies, Global Economics, Law and Political Science. It is an interdisciplinary program stemming from the philosophy of Humanities, exploring global issues from political science, economic, sociological, and historical lens – especially keeping the extraordinary times we live in. It is designed keeping the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations in mind - Building on the principle of ‘leaving no one behind’, emphasizes a holistic approach to achieving sustainable development for all. The Program also emphasizes on a research orientation in the syllabus, pedagogy and all other initiatives. The core strength is to make students of the program, high value candidates in the placement sector and in centers of advanced learning too. 1.2 PROGRAMME DESCRIPTION The influence and presence of the past is felt everywhere and every day in our lives. Movies, newspapers or the internet bombard us and expose us to the past – both familiar and unfamiliar. However, the barrage of information and the forces of globalization have led to increasing questions on the relevance and the value of the past – indeed a denial even. The Liberal Arts Program refers to the concept of globalization in all its forms – including political, biological, digital, cultural, economic, and most importantly – historical. This will be an interdisciplinary exploration of a set of global issues through a very comprehensive lens and will delve into people, commodities, ideas, heritage and even diseases moving around the world - with a focus shifting to integrate mathematical, logical, analytical and creative skills in higher education. The Liberal Arts Program is meant to foster innovative problem solving by providing students with a variety of methods and analytic tools. We at Christ, firmly believe that new ideas come from ‘thinking outside the box’ and developing new perspectives that combine diverse ways of knowing the world. And with our enabling environment, empowered leadership and governance structure, we are breaking away from the pattern of conventional and rigid program and creating student-centric, flexible learning systems, and allow students to explore and curate their own visions and aspirations – incorporating creative expressions like music, theatre, art and sports into the curriculum as well.