BA English Language and Literature Programme opens the portals of the prospects and possibilities of English Language and Literature. The programme equips the students to communicate effectively through writing as well as speaking. It inculcates reading skills with critical faculties necessary in an academic environment empowering them to be competent in a complex world. The programme is dexterously designed to enhance the intellectual flexibility, creativity and cultural cohesiveness of the students to help them engage in life long learning. By developing a creative and aesthetic bend of mind, the students could empathetically involve in the discourses of the interdependent world. The academic temper of the curriculum enables them to perform research, analysis and criticism from the perspective of Language and Literature.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

1. CORE COURSES

Syllabus for Core Courses with effect from June 2019

SEMESTER	COURSE CODE	TITLE OF THE COURSE	HOURS/WEEK	CREDITS
1	ENG1B01	INTRODUCING LITERATURE	6	5
2	ENG2B02	APPRECIATING POETRY	6	5
3	ENG3B03	APPRECIATING PROSE	4	4
3	ENG3B04	ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND USAGE	5	4
4	ENG4B05	APPRECIATING FICTION	5	4
4	ENG4B06	LITERARY CRITICISM	4	4
5	ENG5B07	APPRECIATING DRAMA AND THEATRE	5	4
5	ENG5B08	LITERARY THEORY	5	4
5	ENG5B09	LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS	5	4
5	ENG5B10	INDIANWRITING IN ENGLISH	5	4
6	ENG6B11	VOICESOF WOMEN	5	4
6	ENG6B12	CLASSICS OF WORLD LITERATURE	5	4
6	ENG6B13	FILM STUDIES	5	4
6	ENG6B14	NEW LITERATURES IN ENGLISH	5	4
6	ENG6B15	ELECTIVES – LITERATURE OF THE MARGINALIZED	3	3
5 and 6	ENG6B21/ENG6B22	RESEARCH METHODOLOGY	2 per semester	2

2. COMMON COURSES

ENGLISH, HINDI AND MALAYALAM

COURSE STRUCTURE OF BA ENGLISH FOR COMMON COURSE ENGLISH

SEMESTER	COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE	HOURS/WEEK	CREDITS
1	ENG1A01	LITMOSPHE RE: THE WORLD OF LITERATURE	4	3
1	ENG1A02	FUNCTIONA L GRAMMAR AND COMMUNICA TION IN ENGLISH	5	4
2	ENG2A03	READINGS FROM THE FRINGES	4	3
2	ENG2A04	READINGS ON KERALA	5	4
3	ENG3A05	READINGS ON INDIAN LITERATURE S	5	4
4	ENG4A06	SONGS AND STORIES OF OUR WORLD	5	4

COURSE STRUCTURE OF BA ENGLISH FOR COMMON COURSE HINDI

SEMESTER	COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE	HOURS	CREDITS
1	HIN1A07(1)	PROSE AND DRAMA	4	4
2	HIN2A08(1)	GRAMMAR AND TRANSLATION	4	4
3	HIN3A09	POETRY IN HINDI	5	4
4	HIN4A10	NOVEL AND SHORT STORIES	5	4

COURSE STRUCTURE OF BA ENGLISH FOR COMMON COURSE MALAYALALM

SEMESTER	COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE	HOURS	CREDITS
1	MAL1A01	MALAYALA SAHITHYAM – 1	4	4
2	MAL2A02	MALAYALA SAHITHYAM – 2	4	4
3	MAL3A03	MALAYALA SAHITHYAM – 3	5	4
4	MAL4A04	MALAYALA SAHITHYAM – 4	5	4

3. COMPLEMENTARY COURSES

JOURNALISM AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

SEMESTER	COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE	HOURS	CREDITS
1	JOU1(2)C01	INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM	6	4
2	ICP1(2)CO2	INDIAN CONSTITUTION AND POLITICS: BASIC FEATURES AND GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURES	6	4
3	ICP4(3)CO3	INDIAN CONSTITUTION AND POLITICS: FEDERALISM, DECENTRALIZATION AND POLITICAL DYNAMICS	6	4
4	JOU4(3)C01	JOURNALISTIC PRACTICES	6	4

4. ABILITY ENHANCEMENT COURSES/AUDIT COURSES

These are courses which are mandatory for a programme but not counted for the calculation of SGPA or CGPA. There shall be one Audit Course each in the first four semesters. These courses are not meant for class room study. The students can attain only pass (Grade P) for these courses. At the end of each semester there shall be examination conducted by the college from a pool of questions (Question Bank) set by the University. The students can also attain these credits through online courses like SWAYAM, MOOC etc (optional). The list of passed students will be sent to the University from the colleges at least before the fifth semester examination. The list of courses in each semester with credits are given below:

AUDIT COURSES	SEMESTER	CREDITS
ENVIRONMENT STUDIES	1	4
DISASTER MANAGEMENT	2	4
HUMAN RIGHTS/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS/CONSUMER PROTECTION	3	4
GENDER STUDIES/GERONTOLOGY	4	4

The colleges can opt the Audit Courses in the third and fourth semesters.

5. OPEN COURSE

SEMESTER	COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE	HOURS/WEEK	CREDITS
5	ENG5D03	APPRECIATING LITERATURE	3	3

6. ADD ON COURSE

COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN ENGLISH

The Dept of English also has a state-of-the-art Language Lab to equip the students with the proper usage of grammar, pronunciation and the allied attributes of English Language and Literature.

COURSES AND CREDITS

COURSES	CREDITS
COMMON COURSES	22+16= 38
CORE COURSES INCLUDING PROJECT AND ELECTIVES	63
OPEN COURSES	3
COMPLEMENTARY COURSES	16
AUDIT COURSES	16
EXTRA CREDIT ACTIVITIES	4
TOTAL	140