Overview

The final program of Master of Arts in English is a 1-year graduate program of 42 credits. Along with sufficient Core and Elective courses of having importance in the arena of local, regional, and global English studies, a number of multidisciplinary courses have been included in the curriculum of this program as General Education courses to make the students competent for the competitive examinations as well as to inculcate moral and cultural values, managerial capacity, gender sensitivity, and global knowledge in the students. There are also two Capstone courses in the curriculum for developing students’ communicative and research skills.

Mission

The Department of English has set up the following missions to reach the above-mentioned vision:

• To convey the highest possible standard of teaching and research to the students to make them competent as global citizens
• To help students develop analytical and creative faculties as well as communicative competence in English
• To make the students aware of the local and global history and culture, and to develop interpersonal relationship for sustainable development
• To produce skilled graduates with digital literacy and leadership quality to face the challenges of the local and global job markets.
• To inculcate ethical sense, moral values, environmental consciousness, and gender sensitivity in the students.
• To engage the students in research works, and make them recognize the importance of life-long learning for the development of the country

Vision

The Department of English of The People’s University of Bangladesh strives to produce skilled graduates with digital literacy and a deep moral and cultural values to compete in the local and global job markets and to engage themselves in research works and life-long learning for the sustainable development of the country.

Objective

The objectives of the final program of Master of Arts in English are:

• To make the graduates able to evaluate and appreciate literary texts, their genres, and devices in the light of critical theories.
• To develop graduates’ ability to apply different ideas and critical concepts of both literature and theory in appropriate situations.
• To help the graduates develop critical understanding of society, culture, literature, and history etc. of different countries of the world.
• To help the graduates communicate and interact effectively with confidence, and express ideas spontaneously in English.
• To assist the graduates to develop critical thinking, and theoretical knowledge required for personal and professional life.
• To help the graduates acquire knowledge of international affairs, and world politics for developing political and critical sense.
• To instill tolerance, ethical sense, moral values, and gender sensitivity in the graduates for personal development.
• To encourage the graduates to be engaged in various research works in personal and professional level for life-long learning.
• To help the graduates achieve general knowledge of human resource management needed for teaching and other professions.

Intended Learning Outcome (ILO)

By the end of the final program of Master of Arts in English, students will be able to:

• Evaluate and appreciate literary texts, their genres, and devices in the light of postmodern, postcolonial and other critical theories.
• Apply different theories and advanced critical concepts of both literature and literary theory in appropriate situations.
• Demonstrate critical understanding of society, culture, literature, and history etc. of different countries of the world.
• Communicate and interact effectively with confidence, and express ideas clearly in written and oral communications.
• Display critical thinking, and theoretical knowledge required for personal and professional development.
• Demonstrate knowledge of international affairs, and world politics in social and professional communication.
• Apply tolerance, ethical sense, moral values, and gender sensitivity in personal, social and professional life.
• Engage themselves in various research works in personal and professional level for life-long learning.
• Demonstrate professionalism and the knowledge of human resource management in any chosen career.