BA Hons & MA in English

Department of

ENGLISH

Bachelor of Arts in English

Master of Arts in English

Advancing Knowledge, Enriching Lives Mission

East Delta University is committed to excellence in all aspects of life both inside and

outside the classroom, to integrity, innovation that improves quality of life, respect for
diversity and enhancement of global learning through extensive collaborative efforts
with universities and businesses all around the world.

Welcome to
East Delta University

G reetings from East Delta University (EDU)!

U niversities are institutions of learning through higher standard of research, writing

and intellectual mentoring. The hallmark view of the academic profession since its
inception was that human knowledge is a never-ending pursuit of the truth; that there is
no humanly accessible truth that is not in principle open to challenge; and that no party,
ruler or intellectual faction can be assumed to have a monopoly or absolute control on
wisdom. Therefore, learning is most likely to thrive in an environment of intellectual
diversity that protects and fosters independence of thought and speech leading to
enrichment of individuals and social lives.

B ased on the principle of academic freedom, EDU opens its doors to those young

men and women of the 21st century who will be ready to provide leadership to the
community, society, nation and global community. As a dynamic, diverse, not-for-profit
independent private institution, EDU is dedicated to providing high quality educational
programs of distinction and preparing students for lifelong learning and leadership
roles in business and other professions, by attaining excellence in curriculum, faculties,
research, facilities and job placements which are the hallmark of the institution.

B eing aware of the current tendency to go abroad seeking quality education, this

institution is conveniently located at home in the port city of Chittagong which is the
commercial capital of Bangladesh.

E ast Delta University is a degree granting university offering both undergraduate and

post graduate degrees and approved by the government under the Private University
Act of Bangladesh. It is governed by the Chittagong Foundation.

We hope you will join us in our quest for lifelong learning and fulfilment through

education.

Bachelor of
Arts in English

Objective & Philosophy

U ndergraduate degree in English is a widely recognized and respected preparation for teaching, creative

writing, journalism, information technology, management and administration. The BA in English program is
designed to train students to be able to use English for scholarly and practical purposes by providing with a
broad general background in the humanities with a concentration on literature, language and linguistics.
Students interested in obtaining a firm foundation for further studies in graduate school will also find this
program suitable. This program can provide a foundation for potential language teachers at secondary and
tertiary levels. Focusing on enhancing the literary awareness of the learners, the program aims at excellent
preparation for any profession requiring a high degree of skill and comprehension in oral and written
communication.

Application Requirements
S.S.C/ H.S.C

S.S.C & H.S.C with total GPA of 5.00 or above with at least 2.50 in each examination.

O/A Levels

5 subjects in O-Level and 2 subjects in A-Level with minimum 4 Bs
(GPA 4.00 in each subject) and 3 Cs (GPA 3.5 in each subject). Total 26.5 points.

GCE A-Level and O-Level students who have passed the American High School Examination and
the International Baccalaureate Examinations are also eligible for admission.

The University may take other systems into consideration.

Program
Structure

T he program offers standard courses that cover all the parts of language, literature, and linguistics. The recent

developments in English as well as the traditionally formed areas will be the core of the discipline. At East Delta
University, Bachelor of Arts in English is a 120 credit hour program, which a student is expected to complete in
10 semesters (4 Years). These credits are divided into GED, core, and concentration courses. The total number of
courses required for this degree is 40, of which 7 are general education courses, 21 are core courses, 12 are
concentration courses. This program is a combination of two streams: Literature and LELT (Linguistics and
English Language Teaching).

Program Structure Tuition Fees

The curriculum is designed on the basis of Cost estimation for 1 (one) semester
the following five major sections :
Total Credits 12 (approx)
Language Skill 9 credits Rate BDT 4,000/-per credit
Computing Skill 3 credits Flat Fee Waiver 50%
University Program (UP) 9 credits Tuition Fee (after waiver) BDT 2,000/-per credit
Core Courses 63 credits Semester Fee BDT 11,000/-
Concentration Courses 36 credits Total BDT 35,000/-
( Literature+ELT )
Total 120 credits Admission Fee BDT 20,000/- [one time]
Admission Form Fee BDT 1,000/- [one time]
Student ID Card & Other Fee BDT 500/- [per semester]

Bachelor of
Arts in English

COURSE CATALOG 120 CREDITS

Language Skill 9 credits
Credits Pre-requisite
Code Title
3 None
ENG 101 English Fundamentals 3 ENG 101
ENG 102 Advanced Composition 3 ENG 101
ENG 111 Advanced Academic Reading and Writing
3 credits
Computing Skill Credits Pre-requisite

Code Title 3 None

CIS 103 Contemporary Information System

University Program (UP) 9 credits

Code Title Credits Pre-requisite

ANT 101 Physical Anthropology 3 None
BCH 101 Bangladesh Culture and Heritage 3 None
BNG 101 Bangla Language and Literature 3 None
BPH 101 Bangladesh Political History 3 None
BUS 101 Introduction to Business 3 None
ECO 203 Bangladesh Economy 3 None
ENG 300 Critical Reading and Writing 3 None
FRN 101 Elementary French - 1 3 None
HIS 101 History of the Emergence of Bangladesh 3 None
IIR 101 Introduction to International Relation Theory 3 None
IGLE 300 International Graduate Leadership Experience 3 None
IGS 101 Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies 3 None
IPS 100 Introduction to Political Science 3 None
JRN 101 Mass Communication in Contemporary Theory 3 None
PSC 150 World Politics 3 None
PSY 101 Principals of Psychology 3 None
SDA 101 Public Speaking 3 None
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology 3 None
WPP 101 Western Political Philosophy 3 None

Core Courses 63 credits

Code Title Credits Pre-requisite

ENG 145 Introduction to Linguistics 3 None
ENG 154 Phonetics and Phonology 3 ENG 145
ENG 190 Introduction to Literature 3 ENG 101
ENG 195 Rhetoric and Prosody 3 ENG 190
ENG 204 History of Britain 3 None
ENG 205 History of English Language and Literature 3 ENG 204
ENG 206 History of Western Ideas 3 ENG 111
ENG 210 Old and Middle English in Translation 3 ENG 205
ENG 212 Classics in Translation 3 ENG190 & ENG 195
ENG 216 Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Prose and Poetry 3 ENG 190 & ENG 195
ENG 220 Romantic Poetry 3 ENG 216
ENG 230 Nineteenth Century Novels 3 ENG 220
ENG 303 Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama 3 ENG 190 & ENG 195
ENG 304 Restoration and Eighteenth Century Prose 3 ENG 216
ENG 305 Linguistic Theories 3 ENG 145, ENG 154 & ENG 207
ENG 307 Restoration and Eighteenth Century Poetry and Drama 3 ENG 216
ENG 309 Methodology of Language Teaching 3 ENG 305
ENG 338 Literary Criticism 3 ENG 210, ENG 212 & ENG 220
ENG 340 Literary Theory 3 ENG 338
ENG 345 Victorian Prose and Poetry 3 ENG 220
ENG 350 Theatre Studies 3 ENG 212, ENG 303 & ENG 307

Concentration Courses 36 CREDITS

Literature

Code Title Credits Pre-requisite

ENG 401 Modern Novels 3 ENG 230
ENG 403 Shakespeare–Comedies and Sonnets 3 ENG 303 & at least 6 other literature courses
ENG 405 Shakespeare–Histories and Tragedies 3 ENG 303 & at least 6 other literature courses
ENG 410 Continental Literature 3 At least 6 literature courses
ENG 422 American Literature (1620-1891) 3 ENG 190 & at least 6 other literature courses
ENG 425 Twentieth Century American Literature 3 ENG 422 & at least 7 other literature courses
ENG 435* Postcolonial Literature 3 At least 8 literature courses
ENG 445 Modern Poetry 3 ENG 345 & at least 7 other literature courses
ENG 450 Modern Drama 3 4 drama courses
ENG 455 Comparative Literature 3 At least 8 literature courses
ENG 457 Digital Humanities 3 CIS 103 & ENG 340
ENG 458 Literature and Film Studies 3 ENG 457
ENG 461 Research Methodology 3 ENG 340 & 10 Literature courses

Concentration Courses 36 CREDITS

Linguistics and English Language Teaching (LELT)

Code Title Credits Pre-requisite

ENG 402 Psycholinguistics 3 ENG 145
ENG 404 ENG 145
ENG 406 Sociolinguistics 3
ENG 407 ENG 145, ENG 154, ENG 305
ENG 409 Concepts of ELT 3 ENG 309
ENG 411 ENG 406 & ENG 309
ENG 412 Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis 3 ENG 406 & ENG 309

ENG 413 Syllabus and Material Design 3 ENG 406 & ENG 309
ENG 414 ENG 406, ENG 309 & ENG 411
ENG 415 Teaching Language through Literature 3 ENG 402, ENG 404
ENG 416
ENG 417 Techniques of Teaching English 3 ENG 406

ENG 460 Language Skills ENG 414

Testing and Evaluation 3

Research Methodology in ELT 3

Language Policy and Planning 3

English for Specific Purpose 3

Problems And Prospects of 3

ELT in Bangladesh

ELT Research Project 3

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony,
and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.

-William Wordsworth

Master of
Arts in English

Objective & Philosophy

The recent two decades have witnessed a significant upsurge of job opportunities for students holding a

tertiary-level degree in English, an ever-increasing number of colleges and universities, in outsourcing sectors, in
marketing jobs and, of course, in banking sectors. A student, who can communicate in fluent English, both in
written and spoken form, is considered to possess better opportunities in every walk of life – be it professional,
social, or economic. With a view to instilling into students a firm confidence garnered from critical thinking,
analytical musing, persistent translation and, above all, in-depth research, East Delta University has launched MA
in English, a two-year program (one year as MA Preliminary and another as MA Final) with a strong hope that this
program will open new vistas of job opportunities for the learners. The courses of the syllabus focus on creative
and critical texts written in and translated into English that will enable students to re-examine and analyze
critically, in a comparative frame, literary manuscripts, locations, agencies, productions and history of the
reception of the texts. The syllabus aims to expose students to the richness and variety of English Literature in
all its genres chronologically, from Geoffrey Chaucer to W. H. Auden, Shakespeare to Beckett, Daniel Defoe to
Thomas Hardy. Apart from the concentration on literature, the syllabus includes applied linguistics, classroom
applications, the teaching of communicative skills, drilling translation skills, and ELT as core focuses on honing the
learners’ language skills and interview skills and thus giving career orientation to the syllabus.

Why study MA in English?

English graduates have a wide array of professional choices, including education, journalism, documentation

and public relation, marketing, communication, and management. Both the public and the private sectors
require people with a sound command over English since the graduates have excellent communicative skills,
research and analytical knowledge, and creative and evaluative understanding. In a global context, our
graduates will always have the upper hand since EDU strictly follows international standards in terms of quality,
educational management, and outcome.

Key features of the program

• Earn your degree which offers contemporary courses and specially designed syllabus
• Work closely with efficient and sincere faculty members specializing in their respec�ve fields
• Gain access to world-class library facili�es and electronic resources to sharpen your inner thirst for learning
• Convenient class �ming so that you can move up with your career as you study

Learning
Outcome

The objectives of the program are:

1 To develop sensibility and emotion of students with the purpose to enable them to relish literature;

2. To enable students to explore job-market beyond the conventional fields with the courses of applied
nature (such as ‘developing reading and writing skills’, ‘translation studies’, and ‘professional
communications’, etc.);

3. To include new literatures of different countries as a core course to give a contemporary thrust to
the syllabus;

4. To mould and chisel the communicative skills of students by eliminating the errors of articulation;

5. To make students more articulate and confident in english;
6. To motivate students for self-learning with the purpose of acquiring success in every walk of life;
7. To introduce students to contemporary approaches in literary criticism and linguistics theories;
8. To impart pedagogical skills to students by acquainting them with the structure of modern english,

the history of the english language, linguistics and methods of teaching english;
9. And, to prepare students through teaching to take up latest areas of language and literature studies

for further work and research.

Application Requirements

Before being formally admitted into the program,
a student must demonstrate proficiency in the following areas:

S.S.C & H.S.C
2.50 in each examination.

O-Levels / A-Levels
5 subjects in O-Level and 2 subjects in
A-Level with total minimum 26.5 points.

Minimum CGPA 2.00 in undergraduate degree.
Student must meet the admission requirements
for undergraduation program of
School of Liberal Arts & Social Science.

Merit-based Scholarship Packages for MA in English Program (Effective from Spring-2020)

A. Chairman’s Excellence Scholarship

Fee Structure of One Year Program

Items Current Fee Waiver Effective Fee Credit/Times Total
25,000
Admission Fee 25,000.00 0 25,000.00 1 34,000
6,000
Semester Fee 17,000.00 0 17,000.00 2 65,000 BDT *

Tuition Fee 5,000.00 96.667% 166.67 36

Total Fees

Condition(s): BA (Hons) in English degreebearing a CGPA of3.50 or above

B. Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah Memorial Scholarship

Fee Structure of One Year Program

Items Current Fee Waiver Effective Fee Credit/Times Total

Admission Fee 25,000.00 0 25,000.00 1 25,000

Semester Fee 17,000.00 0 17,000.00 2 34,000

Tuition Fee 5,000.00 89.444% 527.78 36 19,000

Total Fees 78,000 BDT *

Condition(s): BA (Hons) in English degree bearing a CGPAranging from 3.00 to less than 3.50

C. Syed Mujtaba Ali Memorial Scholarship

Fee Structure of One Year Program

Items Current Fee Waiver Effective Fee Credit/Times Total

Admission Fee 25,000.00 0 25,000.00 1 25,000

Semester Fee 17,000.00 0 17,000.00 2 34,000

Tuition Fee 5,000.00 82.444% 877.78 36 31,600

Total Fees 90,600 BDT *

Condition(s): BA (Hons) in English degree bearing a CGPAranging from 2.50 to less than 3.00

D. Begum Rokeya Memorial Scholarship

Fee Structure of One Year Program

Items Current Fee Waiver Effective Fee Credit/Times Total
Admission Fee 1 25,000
Semester Fee 25,000.00 0 25,000.00 2 34,000
36 47,800
Tuition Fee 17,000.00 0 17,000.00 1,06,800 BDT *
Total Fees
5,000.00 73.444% 1,327.78

Condition(s): BA (Hons) in English degree bearing a CGPA ranging from2.00 to less than 2.50

* The authority deserves theright to amend the structure without any prior notice.

N.B. Anyone with fulltime experience of teaching Englishin reputed higher-secondary/tertiary level institutions can
also apply for grants which will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis upon the discretion of the Advisory Panel.

Course Catalog

Preliminary (First year)

Semester 1

Code Title Credits Pre-requisite

ENG 501 Fundamentals of English 3 N/A
ENG 502 Introduction to Literature 3 N/A
ENG 503 History of English and American Literature 3 N/A
ENG 504 Teaching the English Language 3 N/A
ENG 505 English Poetry: From Chaucer to Auden 3 N/A
ENG 506 English Fiction: 18th and 19th Centuries 3 N/A
ENG 507 Developing Reading and Writing Skills 3 N/A

Semester 2 Credits Pre-requisite

Code Title 3 N/A
3 N/A
ENG 508 English Drama: From Shakespeare to Beckett 3 N/A
ENG 509 English Non-fictional Prose: From Bacon to Orwell
ENG 510 Introduction to American Literature: From Puritanism 3 N/A
to Modernism 3 N/A
ENG 511 English Literary Criticism 3 N/A
ENG 512 Introduction to Sociolinguistics
ENG 513 Introduction to Psycholinguistics Pre-requisite

MA in English (Final year) N/A
N/A
Semester 3 N/A
N/A
Code Title Credits N/A
N/A
ENG 601 British Literature since 1960 3
ENG 602 American Literature since 1960 3 Pre-requisite
ENG 603 20th Century World Literature in English Translation 3
ENG 604 Modernism and Postmodernism 3 N/A
ENG 605 Translation Studies: Theories and Practices 3 N/A
ENG 606 Biography and Autobiography 3 N/A
N/A
Semester 4 Credits N/A
N/A
Code Title 3 N/A
3
ENG 607 South Asian Literature in English since 1960 3
ENG 608 African American Literature 3
ENG 609 Cultural and Media Studies 3
ENG 610 English Teaching Methodology 3
ENG 611 South Asian Literature in English Translation 3
ENG 612 Professional Communications 6
ENG 613 Research Methodology
ENG 614 MA Dissertation

Program
Structure

Duration of the program: 2 years (Divided into 4 semesters of 6 months each)
Total credits: 72 (36 credits per year; 18 credits per semester)

Semesters:

a. Preliminary (1 year: Semester 1 and 2): For students who do not have BA (Hons) in English degree
b. MA in English (1 year: Semester 3 and 4): Mandatory for all

Participants
International Graduate Leadership Experience. (Fall 2019)

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