Undergraduate Program

Course Credit: 4

The course primarily focuses on developing the major language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing, helping students to transition from higher secondary to tertiary level education. The course will be interactive, involving students in activities, such as pair work, group work, PowerPoint presentations, and class discussions, among others.

Course Credit: 4

This course teaches students how to analyse literature critically by exploring different literary texts. The course examines characteristics of literary and non-literary works to sensitize students to notions of literariness and the use of literary devices. The course aims to familiarize students with a variety of literary genres in order to foster their ability to appreciate and write on literary texts.

Course Credit: 4

The aim of this course is to provide students with a comprehensive study of Bangladesh since its independence in 1971. It introduces students to the history, politics, economy, society, culture and heritage of Bangladesh. In addition, this course will focus on the geography and demography of Bangladesh, constitutional development, and foreign policies of Bangladesh.

Course Credit: 4

This course provides students with foundational knowledge of computer hardware, software, networks, and the Internet, along with a comprehensive understanding of essential office applications, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and web browsing/searching. Through a blend of theoretical knowledge and practical exercises, students will develop proficiency in computer operation, document creation and formatting, spreadsheet management, presentation design, and effective online navigation. The course aims to equip students with practical computer skills required for both their academic pursuits and personal lives.

Course Credit: 4

This course focuses on developing students’ English essay writing skills to meet the demands of tertiary education. The basic types of formal essays and the steps and techniques of writing essays are introduced. Students will write on both literary and non-literary topics in order to be able to apply the acquired skills to other courses.

Course Credit: 4

This course introduces students to different forms of prose, such as reflective and personal essays, short stories, and a novel. Students will be taught to analyze and appreciate prose through their reading of selected texts. They will progress from using these techniques to examine shorter pieces to undertaking the study of a complete novel.

Course Credit: 4

This course introduces students to the world of English poetry. By reading a selection of poetic works, the students will engage with the contextual, thematic, and formal aspects of poetry. The course also traces the evolution of poetry and poetics from the Elizabethan to the Postmodern period of English literature. Students will be given some ideas of the literary-historical context of the poems through introductory lectures, and in reading the poems they will be trained in the techniques of literary analysis.

Course Credit: 4

Environmental Science is an engaging course that explores the interconnectedness between the natural world and scientific principles. Through a multidisciplinary approach, students will delve into topics such as ecology, climate change, biodiversity, and sustainable development. By examining the impacts of human activities on the environment and exploring innovative solutions, this course gives students a holistic understanding of environmental issues and fosters a sense of responsibility towards preserving our planet for future generations.

Course Credit: 4

The Introduction to Psychology course provides students with a comprehensive overview of the field of psychology. This course aims to introduce students to the scientific study of the mind and behavior, and to foster an understanding of the multidisciplinary nature of psychology. Through a combination of theoretical concepts, empirical research, and practical examples, students will gain insights into various subfields of psychology and develop critical thinking skills applicable to everyday life.

Course Credit: 4

The course focuses on developing students’ skills of writing academic essays in English using academic conventions and avoiding plagiarism. It adopts an integrated approach involving reading of academic texts for writing purposes. The course provides a transition from their previous course (Eng. 104) on writing formal essays to writing more critically and academically.

Course Credit: 4

The course surveys western drama starting from Ancient Greece to present times and introduces students to the way drama has evolved as a genre. Guided by Aristotle’s Poetics, it studies Sophocles’ King Oedipus to orient students to the ritualistic context of tragedy. The course then goes on a chronological journey covering morality plays and its transformation during the Renaissance period. Through the plays of Marlowe and Shakespeare, the transition from the Morality plays to Renaissance is explored. The course proceeds through the Restoration period to the birth of modern realism in English drama. A study of these plays and theatrical conventions provides an exciting understanding of the history, politics and the performativity of culture and society from ancient Greece to 20th century England.

Course Credit: 4

This course introduces students to a selection of works by major British Romantic poets. It familiarises them with the salient features of the Romantic Movement. The course will focus on the conflict between nature and industrialisation, childhood innocence and the disillusioning experience of adulthood. It also explores the role of race, class, gender, sexuality and the socio-political contexts of Romanticism.

Course Credit: 4

This course provides a chronological overview of the history and major civilisations of the world. It analyses the progress, attainments and contributions of major civilisations to world history. It also examines how those historical events have shaped the contemporary world.

Course Credit: 4

This course provides an overview of the major areas of linguistics. It focuses on the recent developments in the discipline, introducing students to the key concepts of different branches of linguistics. The course also attempts to develop an understanding of the relationship between linguistic theories and language learning.

Course Credit: 4

This course introduces students to a select variety of poetry and prose from the seventeenth to eighteenth centuries. It examines the historical and socio-cultural philosophical contexts in which they were written. It also traces how changing ideologies affected literary traditions, such as forms of epic, mock epic, metaphysical poetry and satire to appreciate the distinctive features of the philosophical movements of the time. Students will develop an understanding of the influence and innovation of these authors’ works on traditional literary conventions.

Course Credit: 4

Drawing on concepts available in literary theory, this course explores the intricate relationships between the fictive worlds of selected novels and the world outside of those texts. The texts are carefully chosen from different periods and places to give students an idea about the emergence of the novel as a genre. Concurrently, the course applies various theoretical lenses such as Marxism, Structuralism, Feminism, Psychoanalysis, Deconstruction, Postcolonialism to enrich our reading experience.

Course Credit: 4

Introduction to Public Service is a dynamic course that provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the principles and practices of public service. Through interactive discussions and case studies, students will explore the role of public servants in promoting the public good, addressing societal challenges, and fostering civic engagement. By examining topics such as policy-making, decision- making, and public administration, students will acquire the necessary skills and knowledge to make a positive impact in the field of public service.

Course Credit: 4

This course is an overview of the discipline of sociology and introduces students to the complex and dynamic social world in which we live. It offers a comprehensive introduction to sociology and its foundational concepts and theories, with emphasis upon the application of these theories to the understanding of social institutions. This course focuses on how society functions and is organized, and how society impacts and influences individual motivation, understanding, action, and well-being. Topics such as social interaction, family, culture, socialization, religion, race, ethnicity and economic and political institutions are examined.

Course Credit: 4

This course will provide an overview of the major theories, methods and principles of English language teaching. It will introduce students to the major approaches and developments of language teaching focusing on both the traditional and communicative trends. Additionally, it will familiarize them with key concepts related to language learning styles and strategies, materials, and assessment among others. The course will sensitise students to the Bangladeshi context of language learning and teaching.

Course Credit: 4

This course provides students with knowledge and skills to express their opinions, develop and refine arguments as well as demonstrate analytical and critical thinking skills that are relevant to professional workplace environments. It intends to strengthen students’ oral and written language skills to function in professional contexts. Additionally, it equips students with language resources to communicate in professional contexts.

Course Credit: 4

This course introduces students to a wide array of texts written during the Victorian period. It identifies key social and economic features of Victorian England and discusses the underlying values of the rising urban middle class, imperial expansion and religious crises. It charts out the massive political, cultural and religious changes that occurred as a result of such powerful dynamics as colonialism, Darwinism and industrialisation. The course fosters an understanding of the social, political and intellectual contexts of this exciting and tumultuous period of English literature.

Course Credit: 4

This course focuses on a basic understanding of some central principles, concepts, and problems of philosophy. It provides students with the opportunity to explore some major philosophical traditions of the world and helps them become conversant with a wide range of societies and their ideational contexts.

Course Credit: 4

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to sociolinguistics to illustrate the integral relationships between language and society. It orients students with key terms and concepts in sociolinguistics to facilitate understanding of the complex interactions between language and social variables in a diverse range of contexts including Bangladesh. It combines theories and practices to explain how language is centrally tied to social phenomena such as ideology, power, solidarity or identity, influencing the attitudes and actions of individuals or communities with languages.

Course Credit: 4

This course introduces students to a variety of texts by North American authors from different ethnicities, including poetry, novels and drama, to make them aware of the significance of the cultural and contextual influences under which literary texts are written and received. It aims to give students some understanding of literary theories related to the texts and allows them to explore the experimental forms and techniques used by writers to portray the American socio-cultural and political milieu. This course presents students with a literary entity different from British literature.

Course Credit: 4

This course will survey a wide range of the critical and theoretical positions relevant for literary studies. Writer-critics and theorists will be taught to focus on how critics can carry out close readings and engage themselves in issues such as tradition, influence, race, coloniality, gender and subject formation. The course will extend students’ ability to interpret literary texts in the light of theory.

Course Credit: 4

This course intends to make students familiar with the works of key Bengali writers of different periods. It also focuses on introducing students to the core values of Bengali culture through its literature. A number of texts emphasize on the cultural artifacts leading to the creation of Bangladesh.

Course Credit: 4

The course primarily focuses on the basic skills of graphic design and animation. The course will provide an overview of the history of graphic design. Using visual examples, students will be introduced to the fundamental principles of graphic design, animation, and drawing. Students will also become familiar with the related design tools to create visual content and attractive design templates.

Course Credit: 4

This course explores the theories, strategies and techniques of teaching the four basic skills of reading, writing, speaking, listening as well as grammar and vocabulary. The course will also provide experience in designing tasks and activities to develop the various skills following an integrated approach. In addition, the course attempts to incorporate new research developments related to teaching these skills and situate discussions in the pedagogic context of Bangladesh as appropriate.

Course Credit: 4

This course studies a selection of texts by some leading British poets and playwrights of the twentieth century. It engages the students with some of the major twentieth-century literary trends predominant in the works of these authors. The texts are contextualized within the historical background of Irish independence movements as well as the two World Wars and their aftermaths. The course considers such critical issues as the role of literature in the fast-changing cultural and political milieus of the twentieth century, cultural nationalism, internationalism and transnationalism, the power and limits of language, and the problems and achievements of literary modernism.

Course Credit: 4

Grounded in the view that research is essential for generating knowledge as well as building sustainable communities, this course orients the students with the fundamental concepts of research methodology in the broad areas of English literatures and Applied Linguistics/ELT. It attempts to familiarize the students with the contemporary trends of research methods in literature and language, both nationally and globally.

Course Credit: 4

This course is designed to make students aware of the different ways that the teaching of language and literature can converge in mutually beneficial methodologies and approaches. It attempts to sensitise students to the importance of literature as a resource for language teaching as well as the ways in which language- based approaches and stylistic analysis can help students in their study and understanding of literature.

Course Credit: 4

This course gives students a glimpse of antiquity through some of the earliest and finest epics in the world. This is designed to create an awareness of the diverse origins and growth of world civilisations across time and place.

Course Credit: 4

This course is designed to introduce students to the socio-political and cultural aspects of language by means of which the world has been gendered. It includes the English language as well as its literature. The course will focus on the connection between English language and literature and how this has contributed to creating a gendered view of the world. The course also provides a constructive criticism of the gendered view of the world.

Course Credit: 4

This course introduces students to the experiences of mobility and dislocation in a globalised world. It fosters an understanding of how post-World War II migrations, both forced and voluntary, have led to the development of our contemporary multicultural world. These transnational movements will be examined for their impact upon identity construction and culture. The course specifically focuses on Asian migrations to European and North American centres of the developed world since WWII.

Course Credit: 4

This course introduces the principal dramatic genres of Shakespeare (tragedies, histories, comedies, and romances) and investigates the historical, social, cultural, political and intellectual contexts in which he wrote. It will create an awareness of how contemporary world politics and cultural processes impact the understanding and interpretation of the plays. The course will adopt a multimodal approach to the plays by moving beyond textual reading and engaging with other versions such as stage performances, film adaptations and translations.

Course Credit: 4

This course is designed to familiarise students with key concepts of modernism and features of the modern novel, and some contemporary developments in the novel in English. It examines works set in diverse geographical regions of Europe, Africa and Asia. In addition to focusing on a close analysis of the novels, the course also highlights the social and historical background of the texts.

Course Credit: 4

This course introduces a range of literary and theoretical texts from around the world focusing on the environment and the nature of human interactions with the environment. It examines social, political and cultural responses to pressing global environmental issues, including climate change, making the course interdisciplinary. Environmental literary history, the intersections between environment, culture, gender, neoliberal growth concerns, and transcultural environmental matters are also addressed. The course also introduces students with the burgeoning discursive and linguistic aspects of environment, ecology and sustainability. It critically analyzes how language issues are intricately bound with our interactions with the environment and our perceptions about biodiversity and climate change.

Course Credit: 4

The course introduces the fundamental concepts, principles and processes of media communication. It examines the interplay of competing discourses and visual semiotics, and the role of media in shaping ideologies and culture in society. Additional focus is given on the language and different modes of journalism- specifically the different elements of report writing and feature writing. The course adopts a practical approach in supplementing lectures with field visits and screening of documentaries and movies.

Course Credit: 4

This course is strategically designed to guide students in the identification and exploration of a research problem grounded in the texts studied throughout their undergraduate programme. It enables students to apply appropriate theory and methodology to craft a well-structured thesis. Under the guidance of a faculty supervisor, students will delve into the nuances of literary analysis, contributing meaningfully to the scholarly conversation in English language and literature.

Course Credit: 4

This course is designed to develop students’ ability to understand and appreciate cultural and linguistic diversity through engagement with critical concepts such as culture, identity, ethnocentrism and othering, intercultural communicative competence and global citizenship. It will introduce them to different analytical tools and approaches to the study of cultural practices and communicative events. It is hoped that the heightened awareness of cultural differences and communication practices will help them in future as they embark on higher studies abroad or take up jobs in a multicultural workplace.