REVISED
BA in ENGLISH CURRICULUM
(UGC
Recommendations Incorporated)
July 27, 2013
BACHELOR OF ARTS
IN ENGLISH (BA in English)
Curriculum:
The Bachelor of Arts in English is a four-year Liberal Arts degree. It is designed to train students to be able
to use the English language for academic and professional purposes. It provides excellent preparation for any
professional requiring a high degree of skill and comprehension in oral and
written communication, and creative capacity.
Students completing this degree program will easily be able to pursue a
graduate degree or a career in administration, management, journalism and
teaching.
Program
Design
Students need to complete a minimum of 120-credit
hours to be eligible for the BA in English degree. The degree requirements could be as high as 145 credits for students wishing to
receive a major. At a minimum, students
should complete 13 GEd (General
Education) courses (all courses are 3 credits) for 42 credits, 22 core courses for 66 credits, and 5 optional or elective courses for 15
credits. Credit requirement would
increase should students choose to get a major and/ or a minor.
Moazzam Hossain School of Business has recognized that
students under the BA in English program are required to take several basic
or introductory courses that are related to general business.
Therefore, students could be awarded a minor in general Business should they
complete additional 3 courses for 9-credit from the selected courses.
Admission
Requirements
To be eligible for admission in the BA in English program as
a regular student, the applicant should have passed: SSC and HSC with a minimum CGPA of 2.5 or
Second Division in each; or completed 5 subjects at O-Level and 2-subjects at
A-Level with GPA 2.0, or passed GED as directed by the University Grants
Commission (UGC).
Each applicant must demonstrate enough academic skills for
successfully completing university level course works. First, they apply for admission and submit
all previous academic documents, then are required to take an admission test.
Degree
Requirements
1. Complete required number
of credits
Minimum credits required: 120
Bachelor of English with a Minor: 129
Bachelor of English with double Major: 135
Bachelor of English with double Major
and Minor: 144
2. Attain cumulative
grade point average 2.25 or above on a scale of 4.0, and
3. Have no “F” grade
in any core course
Faculty
1. All faculty
members have advanced degrees in the field of English, English Language
Teaching and Literature.
2. All faculty
members have first class or very high second class (result) in their
undergraduate and graduate degrees from the leading public university in
Bangladesh and, or accredited universities in the United States or United
Kingdom.
3. All faculty
members are required to participate in teacher training programs to stay
updated with the latest developments in the areas of teaching.
4. All faculty members
are directly involved with Bangladesh English Language Teachers’ Association
(BELTA) and its teacher training programs including conducting workshops,
seminars and conferences.
5. All faculty
members except the fresh recruits have peer reviewed publications, presented
papers in international conferences.
6. List of current
faculty members:
Facilities
1. Well stocked
library for study and research. There
are approximately 750 titles (at least one copy each. Language 342, Literature 295, GEd 110.
2. Fully equipped classrooms
(whiteboard, multi-media projector, computer, sound system, adequate lighting
and ventilation) for lecture and seminar
2. All rooms are
air-conditioned
4. Access to the internet
and other IT services including printing, and
5. Common room, game
room and canteen.
Course
and Class Type
1. Generally, a
3-credit course means a total of 42 hours of in class or student-teacher
contact hours over a period of 15-week (referred to as a “semester”).
2. Most class
sessions are interactive in nature.
Students are encouraged to actively participate in class discussion and
group works.
Tutorial Classes
Students who have difficulties in coping with
the course of study may be assigned to take non-credit remedial courses or
tutorials.
Assessment
Students are continuously assessed through written
assignments, oral presentations, homework, quiz, project work, midterm and, or
final examinations.
Grading
Policy
The Department of English uses a letter grading
system for individual courses and reports a grade-point average on a scale of
0–4.0 for each semester. Also, a
cumulative grade-point average for all semesters is reported in students’ grade
reports and transcripts. The policy is
in line with uniform grading policy of UGC.
BA in ENGLISH: DEGREE STRUCTURE AND COURSES
|
Parts or Sections |
Courses x Credits |
Credits |
|
GEd courses (general education) |
13 x 3 |
39 |
|
Core courses |
22 x 3 |
66 |
|
Optional and Elective courses |
5 x 3 |
15 |
|
Total |
|
120 |
GED COURSES (39 credits required)
|
Course Codes & Titles |
Credit |
|
ENG
101 English Reading and Composition |
3 |
|
COM
107 Oral Communication Skills |
3 |
|
GBU
101 Introduction to Business |
3 |
|
OAD
111 Basic Computing Skills and Data Processing |
3 |
|
GBU 115 Principles of Accounting |
3 |
|
CSC
109 Introduction to Computer Science |
3 |
|
ENG
102 Advanced English Composition |
3 |
|
HIS
103 Bangladesh Studies |
3 |
|
GBU
127 Introduction to Economics |
3 |
|
PSY
121 Introduction to Psychology |
3 |
|
SOC
101 Introduction to Sociology |
3 |
|
REL
103 Survey of World Religions |
3 |
|
PHI
101 Introduction to Philosophy |
|
|
SCI
113 Fundamentals of Natural Science |
3 |
|
ENV
210 Introduction to Environmental Studies |
3 |
|
GOV
205 Governments of the World |
3 |
|
IRL
202 Peace and Conflict |
3 |
CORE COURSES (66 credits required)
|
Course Codes & Titles |
Credit |
|
ENG 241 Language Skills Development |
3 |
|
LIT 245 Introduction to Literature |
3 |
|
LIT 249 Cultural Studies |
3 |
|
ENG 253 Professional Communication |
3 |
|
LIT 257 Non-fiction Prose |
3 |
|
LIT 341 Short Stories |
3 |
|
LIT 343 Elizabethan and 17th Century Literature |
3 |
|
LIT 345 Romantic Poetry |
3 |
|
LIT 349 American Literature |
3 |
|
LIT 353 Creative Writing |
3 |
|
ENG 357 The English Language |
3 |
|
LIT 361 Victorian Literature |
3 |
|
LIT 365 Literature and Film |
3 |
|
ENG 369 Language Acquisition and Development |
3 |
|
LIT 441 Modernism |
3 |
|
ENG 445 Translation:
Introduction to Theory & Practice |
3 |
|
ENG 449 Sociolinguistics |
3 |
|
ENG 453 Stylistics |
3 |
|
LIT 457 Post Modernism |
3 |
|
LIT 480 Literary Criticism |
3 |
|
LIT 495 Comparative Literature |
3 |
|
ENG 498 Research Project |
3 |
OPTIONAL COURSES
For Literature Major, 15 credits required
|
Course Codes & Titles |
Credit |
|
LIT 367 South Asian Literature |
3 |
|
LIT 372 Classics in Translation |
3 |
|
LIT 376 Shakespeare |
3 |
|
LIT 471 Postcolonial Literature |
3 |
|
LIT 472 Great Tragic Plays |
3 |
|
LIT 476 Contemporary World Literature |
3 |
|
LIT 478 Seminar on Literary Classics |
3 |
|
LIT 491 African American Literature |
3 |
|
LIT 493 Latin American Literature |
3 |
For ELT major, 15 credits required:
|
Course Codes & Titles |
Credit |
|
ELT 371 Introduction to English Language Teaching |
3 |
|
ELT 375 History of English Language Teaching |
3 |
|
ELT 471 Principles of Materials Development & Syllabus
Design |
3 |
|
ELT 475 Teaching Techniques and Practice |
3 |
|
ELT 477 Computer Assisted Language Learning |
3 |
|
ELT 479 Testing & Assessment |
3 |
COURSE DESCRIPTION
COM 107 Oral Communication Skills: This course introduces
students to both theory and practice in oral communication. Students are given the opportunity to
participate in a variety of communication situations ranging from interpersonal
and small group communication to public speaking.
Recommended Texts:
1. Galvin, K.M., Cooper,P.J. (1998). The Basics of Speech:
learning to be a competent communicator. McGraw-Hill.
2. Ross, R. (1983). Speech Communication. Prentice-Hall.
3. Harrington, D and LeBeau, C. (2010). Speaking of Speech. MacMillan
Education Australia.
4. Carlin, D and Payne, J. (1995). Public Speaking Today. National Textbook Company.
CSC 109 Introduction to Computer Science: An introduction to the
Electronic Computer Systems. It covers the history and development of
computers, concepts and terminologies associated with computer, and the
maintenance of hardware and software.
Recommended Texts:
1. Norton, P. (2010). Peter Norton's Introduction to Computers. McGraw
Hill, USA.
ELT
371 Introduction to English Language Teaching: An introduction to the
current methodology of teaching the different language skills, both separately
and in an integrated form. The course links theories and principles that form
current trends in teaching with practice in classrooms.
New
This course introduces
learners to the current methodology of teaching different language skills, both
separately and in an integrated form. It also aims at developing learners’
knowledge of some of the key paradigms that seek to explain teacher’s classroom
practices and familiarizing them with some of the researches in teacher
development. The learners will also explore their own educational experiences,
observe teaching from a professional's point of view, and learn more about current
language teaching/learning strategies.
Recommended
Texts:
1. Kauchak, D. P. and Eggen, P.D. (2006). Introduction to Teaching: Becoming a Professional. Pearson College Division.
2. Desforges, C. (1995). Introduction to Teaching. John Wiley & Sons.
3. Johnson, J., Musial, D., Johnson, A. (2008). Introduction to
Teaching: Helping Students Learn. Rowman
& Littlefield Publishers.
4. Nicholls, G. (2004). An Introduction to Teaching: A Handbook for
Primary and Secondary School Teachers. Routledge Falmer.
5. Segall, W. E., Wilson, A. V. (2004). Introduction
to Education: Teaching in a Diverse Society. Rowman
& Littlefield.
ELT
375 History of English Language Teaching: A course that traces the history of teaching
English as a foreign language from the late 16th century but emphasizes
developments since the late-nineteenth century Reform Movement. It examines
various schools of thought that have dominated ELT, together with current
trends and new directions.
New
This course traces the history
of teaching English as a foreign language from the late 16th century
but emphasizes developments since the late-nineteenth century Reform Movement.
It briefly surveys the schools of thought and methods that dominated ELT in the
past, including the Classical Methods, the Direct Method, the Audiolingual
Method, and the Designer Methods of the 1970s; critically examines the current
communicative methods; and explores the new possibilities of the Post Methods
Era.
Recommended
Texts:
1. Howatt, A. P. R. A (2004). History of English Language Teaching.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2. Richards, J. C. & Rodgers, T. S. (2001). Approaches and
Methods in Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
ELT
471 Principles of Materials Development and Syllabus Design: This course explores the
current issues and underlying assumptions for ESL syllabus and materials design.
It will also guide students towards a systematic evaluation of ELT materials.
New
This course provides a firm foundation for
future professional practice in the field of English Language Teaching. It
introduces the learners to the objectives, principles and methods of syllabus
design and material development; explores a range of current approaches,
concepts, and theories; and critically evaluates the findings of the researches
investigating how need-based and learner-centered syllabi, courses and
materials are actually developed, evaluated and used in language teaching.
Recommended Texts:
1. White, R. V. (1998). The ELT Curriculum: Design,
Innovation and Management. Wiley .
2. McDonough, J. & Shaw, C. (2003). Materials and Methods in ELT.
Wiley.
3. David Nunan, D. (1998). Syllabus Design. Oxford: Oxford University
Press.
4. Dubin, F. & Olshtain, E. (1986). Course Design: Developing
Programs and Materials for Language Learning. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
5. Munby, J. (1981). Communicative
Syllabus Design: A Sociolinguistic Model for Designing the Content of
Purpose-Specific Language Programmes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
6. Wilkins, D. A. (1976). Notional
syllabuses: Taxonomy and its relevance to foreign language curriculum
development. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
ELT
475 Teaching Techniques and Practices: A practical course for teachers of English. A culmination of the
input provided in previous courses with the opportunity for tutorial and
classroom teaching experiences. Through a hands-on approach students will
acquire theoretical knowledge and practical skills. A portfolio of the personal
and professional development of the student-teacher will be maintained as a
class project for submission to
the department.
Recommended Texts:
1. Larsen-Freeman, D. (2000). Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2. Ur, Penny. (1999). A Course in Language Teaching: Practice and
Theory. Cambridge University press.
3. Harmer, J. (1991). The Practice of English Language Teaching.
Longman.
4. MacNaughton, G., Williams, G. & Williams, J. (2008).
Techniques for Teaching Young Children: Choices for Theory and Practice.
Pearson Education Canada.
5. Lydsay, Paul. Teaching
English Worldwide: A New Practical Guide
to Teaching English.”
6. Richards, Jack. The
Language Teaching Matrix
ELT
479 Testing & Assessment: This course examines testing and evaluation theory and different
methods of testing and assessment. It also explores different types or
reliability and validity of tests, test formats, techniques and
assessment. Student will have hands-on
experience of creating ESL test items.
New
This course examines testing and evaluation
theory and different methods of testing and assessment. It explores different
types or reliability and validity of tests, test formats, techniques and
assessment. Other topics include
purposes and forms of assessment, barriers to fair assessment of ELLs, and
designing or adapting assessment tools for varying levels of English language
proficiency. Students will have opportunities to both critically examine
assessment tools used in current practice and to apply their knowledge by
designing their own tools. Thus they will also have hands-on experience of
creating ESL test items.
Recommended Texts:
1. Hughes, A. (2002). Testing for Language Teachers. Cambridge
University Press.
2. O’Malley, J. Michael
and Valdez Pierce, Lorraine (1996). Authentic Assessment for English Language
Learners, Practical Approaches for Teachers Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.
3. Gottlieb, Margo (2006).
Assessing English Language Learners.Corwin Press.
4. Bachman, L. F. (1990). Fundamental Considerations in Language
Testing. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
5. Heaton, J. B. (1990).
Classroom Testing. Longman.
6. Bachman, L. F. and Palmer, A. S. (1996). Language Testing in
Practice: Designing and Developing Useful Language Tests. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
7. Douglas, D. (2000). Assessing Language for Specific Purposes.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
8. Chapelle, C. A. and Douglas, D. (2006). Assessing Language through
Computer Technology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
9. McNamara, T. and Roeve, C.
(2006). Language Testing: The Social Dimension. Wiley.
ENG 101 English Reading and Composition: Students develop their
reading skills by exploring a variety of genres in the English language. They
develop an awareness of organization in their writing as well as a sense of
purpose and audience. In addition to grammatical accuracy and lexical variety,
appropriacy and style is emphasized.
New
ENG 101 English Reading and Composition: This course aims at
improving students’ reading and writing skills with a view to enabling them to
meet their academic as well as professional needs. For the development of
reading skills students will be exposed to a variety of materials which include
essays, newspaper articles, short stories, dialogues, and other materials in
which learners find interest. Their reading comprehension will be assessed
through MCQs, information gap filling, true/false statements, short question,
summary writing, etc. And for the improvement of their writing skill students
will be made to write extensively on various topics which may include
paragraphs, essays, dialogues, stories, reports, instructions, letters,
biographies, etc. Thus they will explore a variety of genres in the English
language. While developing both the skills focus will be given on grammatical accuracy,
lexical variety, context, coherence, cohesion, style, etc.
Recommended Texts:
1. Manual for English Students, Department of English, Presidency
University.
2. Mikulecky, B. S., Jeffries, L. (2005). Reading Power: Reading For
Pleasure, Comprehension Skills, Thinking Skills, Reading Faster. Longman.
3. Langan, J. (2010). College writing skills, with readings. McGraw-Hill.
4. Harris, J. and Moseley, A. (2000). Strategies for College Writing:
Sentences, Paragraphs, Essays. Allyn and Bacon.
5. Gower, Roger. Reading
Literature.
6. Sachs, U (1974). Now Read
On.
7.
. Jolly, D. (1990). Writing Tasks: An Authentic Task
Approach to Individual Writing Needs.
Cambridge: Cambridge U.P.
8.
Singh, M. &
Singh, O.P. (2002). Art of Effective English Writing. New Delhi: S.
Chand & Company.
9.
. Fragiadakis, H.
K., Rosenfield, E., & Tiemroth-Zavala, S. (2005). Grammar: Step by Step
3.New York: McGraw Hill.
10.
Tibbits, E.L.
(1982). Exercises in Reading Comprehensions. Harlow: Longman.
11.
Blass, L. &
Pike-Baky, M. (1996). A Content-Based Writing Book, 3rd edn. New
York: McGraw Hill.
ENG 102 Advanced Composition: In this course students develop fluency and
control of the writing process which
allow them to express themselves accurately, briefly and pointedly for a
particular target audience. There is an emphasis on organization, coherence and
cohesion. Students will also learn how to conduct an academic research and
produce a short-research paper. (Prerequisite ENG 101)
Recommended Texts:
1. Reynolds, J. (2000). Introduction to College Writing. Prentice
Hall.
2. Harris, J. and Moseley, A. (2000). Strategies for College Writing:
Sentences, Paragraphs, Essays. Allyn and Bacon.
3. Kanar, C. C. (2001). The Confident Writer. Houghton Mifflin.
4. Langan, J. (2010). College Writing Skills. McGraw-Hill Education.
5. The Little, Brown
Handbook (12th Edition, 2011) (Aaron Little, Brown Franchise) by H. Ramsey Fowler
and Jane E. Aaron
6. The Heath Guide to
Writing the Research Paper (1995) by Gerald Mulderig
ENG
241 Language Skills Development: An intensive course on the development of the
four language skills with emphasis on English grammar.
New
ENG 241 Language Skills Development: This course is
designed to develop students' speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
in English. The objective is to enable them to communicate clearly and
effectively in a range of situations, demonstrating advanced level of
linguistic competence and cultural context. For speaking and listening skills
students will be made to practise speaking English with peers and teacher
inside the classroom in the forms of dialogue, debate, discussion,
question-answer session and presentation. For improving reading and writing
skills students will be exposed to a wide variety of genres of texts from
advanced level. Emphasis will be given on their critical reading and writing
capacities along with linguistic and contextual appropriateness.
Recommended Texts:
1.
Gardener, P. S.
(2005). New Directions: Reading, Writing, and
Critical Thinking, 2nd edn. Cambridge: Cambridge U. P.
2.
Quirk, R. and
Greenbaum, S. (2006). A University
Grammar of English. Pearson Education India.
3. Quirk, R. and Greenbaum, S.
(2006). A University Grammar of English. Pearson Education India.
4. Langan, J. (2010). College Writing Skills with Readings.
McGraw-Hill.
5. Reynolds, J. (2000). Introduction to College Writing. Prentice Hall.
6. Grussendorf, Marion (2011). Oxford English for Presentations,
Express Series. Oxford University Press (including audio CD).
7. Gore, sylee and Smith, D. G. (2011). Oxford English for
Socializing, Express Series. Oxford University Press (including audio CD).
8.
Reynolds, J.
(2000). Introduction to College Writing. Prentice Hall.
9.
Bowman, D. (2010).
Bang! Writing with Impact. Precise Edit.
10.
Pipher, M. (2006).
Writing to Change the World. New York: Penguin.
ENG
253 Professional Communication: This course combines theory and the process of professional
communication. Topics will cover the
role of the audience, barriers to effective communication, non-verbal
communication, professional correspondence, oral presentation, job interview
and meeting; notes, memorandums, reports, letter, job application, CV,
tenders/quotations, office orders, notices, etc.
New
ENG 253 Professional Communication: This
course combines theory and the process of professional communication. Topics will cover the role of the audience,
barriers to effective communication, non-verbal communication, professional
correspondence, oral presentation, job interview and meeting; notes,
memorandums, reports, letter, job application, CV, tenders/quotations, office
orders, notices, etc. The overall
objective is to aid students communicate effectively with a wide variety
of specialized and non-specialized audiences.
Recommended Texts:
1.
Whalen, D. J. (2007). The
Professional Communications Toolkit, 2nd edn. London: Sage.
2.
Lesikar,R.V., Flatley, M.E.,
& Rentz, K. (2010). Business
Communication: Making Connections in a Digital World. McGraw-Hill
Education.
3. Krizan, A. C. Buddy, Merrier,P., Logan, J.P., and Williams, K. S.
(2008). Business Communication. South-western Cengage Learning.
4. Chapman, R. (2011). English
for Emails, Express Series. Oxford University
Press (including
audio CD).
5. Thompson, K. (2011).
English for Meetings, Express Series. Oxford University
Press (including
audio CD).
6.
Carey J. A. (2002). Business
Letters for Busy People, 4th edn. Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career
Press.
ENG
357 Introduction to the Study of the English Language: A study of descriptive linguistics
revealing the nature, scope and the characteristics and complexities of human
language. Much of the course consists of
learning the phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of modern
English. Attention will also be focused on the nature and diversity of the
rule-bond creativity underlying the tacit systematic use of human language.
Recommended Texts:
1. Yule, G. (2010). The Study of Language (4th
Ed). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2. Fromkin, V., Rodman, R.,
and Hyams, N. (2007). An Introduction to
Language. Boston: Wadsworth.
3. Roach, P. (1991). English
Phonetics and Phonology (2nd Ed). Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
4. Abercrombie, D. (1967).
Elements of General Phonetics. Edinburgh University Press.
5. Mathews, P. H. (1991).
Morphology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
6. Bloomfield, L. (2005). Language. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass
Publisher.
ENG
369 Language Acquisition and Development: A study of how children develop language
skills and how language learners of all ages acquire an additional language. It
examines the process of child and adult language learning, the developmental
features of learner language and the relationship of language to cognitive and
social development.
Recommended Texts:
1.
Clark, H. H., & Clark, E. V. (1977). Psychology and language:
an introduction to psycholinguistics. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
2.
Ellis, R. (1997). Second Language Acquisition. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
3.
Ingram, D. (1989). First Language Acquisition: Method, Description
and Explanation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
4.
Foss, D. J. & Hakes, D.
T. (1978). Psycholinguistics: An Introduction to the Psychology of Language.
Prentice-Hall.
5.
Slobin, D. I. (1971). Psycholinguistics. Scott, Foresman.
6.
Scovel, T. (1998). Psycholinguistics. Oxford: Oxford University
Press.
ENG
445 Translation: Theory & Practice: A course on the theory and practice of
translation, with a focus on special problems in style, form, imagery while
maintaining discourser equivalence and adopting to the target culture(s).
New
The aim of this course is to
familiarize students with the kindred relationships between language and translation
in terms of established theories in this field. Translation relates to
questions of culture, authorship and readership, with particular emphasis on
the role of translation in readers’ conceptions of world literatures. Students
will learn about different types of translations, problems with translations
and their solutions. They will also read a few fictions and non-fiction texts
translated to English from Bangla and the vice versa for understanding the
practice of translation in several cultures and contexts.
Recommended Texts:
1. Nida, E. A., and Taber, C.
R. (2003). The Theory and Practice of Translation. Leiden: Koninlikje Brill.
2. Robinson, D. (2003).
Becoming a Translator: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of
Translation. Taylor & Francis Group.
3. Larson, M. L. (2008). Translation: Theory and
Practice, Tension and Interdependence. Philadelphia: John Benjamin.
4. Weissbort, D., and Eysteinsson, A. (2006).
Translation Theory and Practice: a Historical Reader. Oxford: Oxford University
Press.
5. Steiner, George
(1975). After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translations
6. Venuti, L. (2000). The Translation Studies Reader. New
York: Routledge.
7.
Berman, S. & Wood, M. (Eds.). (2005). Nation, Language, and the
Ethics of Translation. Princeton: Princeton U. Press .
ENG
449 Sociolinguistics: A survey of language study which looks at the
complex relationship between language, society and culture; varieties of
language, language and culture, language and social clan, language and gender,
and language and power.
Recommended Texts:
1. Wardhaugh, R. (2010). An
Introduction to Sociolinguistics. West Sussex: Wiley.
2. Holmes, J. A. (2008). An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Pearson
Longman.
3. Trudgill, P. (2000).
Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to
Language and Society. Penguin.
4. Hymes, D. H. (1977).
Foundations in Sociolinguistics: An Ethnographic Approach. London: Routledge.
5. Bell, R. T. (1976).
Sociolinguistics: goals, approaches, and problems. B. T. Batsford.
6. Hudson, R. A. (1980). Sociolinguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
7. Sebba, M. (1997). Contact
Languages: Pidgins and Creoles. Palgrave Macmillan
ENG
453 Stylistics: This course is an in-depth study of the
methods and techniques used by writers to create particular effects with
language, especially with reference to the choice of linguistic form that
arises from the writers' attitude to the readers, to the subject matter, or to
the purpose of communication.
Recommended Texts:
1. Bradford, R. (1997). Stylistics. London: Routledge.
2. Wright, L., and Hope,
J. (1996). Stylistics: A Practical
Coursebook. London: Routledge.
3. Stockwell, P. (2007).
Contemporary Stylistics. London: Continuum.
4. Verdonk, P. (2001). Stylistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
5. Toolan, M. J. (1998).
Language in Literature: An Introduction to Stylistics. London: Arnold.
ENG 498 Research Project: Students will learn about the research
methods and apply the research techniques.
He or she will have two options: Track 1, a semester long internship
ending with a written report, or Track 2, write a long literature based
reflective essay using proper research format and style of documentation.
New
This
course has been designed to support graduate students in improving their
research skill. It will deal with the basics of academic research which will
guide them to approach to research with confidence. The course will provide
students with a general introduction to graduate research, its methodologies,
organization, resources, and challenges. Students will also be introduced to a
range of research tools in order to equip them to plan and organize their
research and thereby to communicate their findings with others.
Recommended Texts:
GBU 101 Introduction to Business: This course helps students
better understand the business world.
Students will become familiar with the major functional areas of business
including management, marketing, finance, accounting and human resource
development. (Equivalent to BUS 101).
Recommended Texts:
1. Jeff, M. (2007). Introduction to Business. Thomson.
2. Garpar, J. E. (2010). Introduction to Business. Cengage learning.
3. Williams, H. J. (2011).
Introduction to Business.(2nd
edition) HarperCollins.
GBU 115 Principles of Accounting: This course includes
introduction to basic accounting principles, accounting equation, fundamentals
of double entry system, journal, ledger, trial balance, errors and their
rectification, and adjusting and closing entries. Preparation of financial
statements for both the service and merchandising concerns is covered.
Technique of understanding and analyzing financial statements is introduced.
(Equivalent to ACN 115)
Recommended Texts:
1. Larson K. D. (2002). Fundamental
accounting Principles (16th Ed). McGraw-Hill.
2. Warren, C. S. (2002).
Accounting (2nd Ed). Thomson Learning.
3. Dyson J. R. (2001).
Accounting for non-accounting students (5th Ed). Prentice Hall.
GBU 127 Introduction to Economics: This course introduces the
basic concepts of microeconomics. Major topics include theory of demand and
supply, theory of utility, equilibrium of a firm under various markets, and
theory of production and cost. Issues of
Bangladesh’s economy will be discussed. (Equivalent to ECN 127)
Recommended Texts:
1.
Gwartney J. D. (2002).
Economics (10th Ed). Thomson.
2.
Bronfen, S. M. (1990).
Microeconomics (5th Ed). Houghton Mifflin.
3.
Mankiw N. G. (2001).
Principles of Macroeconomics (2nd Ed). Harcourt.
4.
McConnell C. R. (2002).
Economics: Principles, Problems and Policies (15th Ed), McGraw-Hill.
5.
M. G. Quibria
(1997). The Bangladesh Economy in Transition
GOV
205 Governments of the World: Analysis of the political structures of
various nations of the world in light of ideological theories. Emphasis will be on the systems that exist in
Bangladesh, China, India, the UK and the USA.
There will be case studies on recent international events.
Recommended Texts:
1. Charliton, R. (1986). Comparative
Government. London: Longman
2. Doel, D. (1982).
Comparative Government and Politics. New Delhi: Sterlin.
3. Mahajan, V. D. (2000) Select
Modern Governments. New Delhi: S. Chand & Co.
4. Grant, A. R. (1991). The
American Political Process.
(4th edition). Dartmouth.
5. Janda,K., Berry, J.M.,
& Goldman, J. (2001). The Challenge of Democracy. (7th Ed). Cengage
Learning.
6. Mackenzie, R. (1950). The English Parliament. Penguin, Harmondsworth.
7. Dragnich, A. N., & Rasmussen,
J. S. (1986). Major European Governments. (7th Ed) Dorsey Press.
HIS 103 Bangladesh Studies: It surveys the history of Bangladesh region
until 1947 and analyzes at a greater length the post partition events. Focus will be on issues involving the
liberation war and the subsequent events.
Recommended Texts:
1. Schendel, W. V. (2009). A History of Bangladesh (1st Ed).
Cambridge University Press.
2. Rahman, H. H. (1982). Liberation war Documents.
The Bangladeshi Ministry of Information.
3. Islam, S. History of
Bangladesh (Vol 1-3). Dhaka: Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
4. Rahman, S. (2010). Historical
Dictionary of Bangladesh. Maryland: Scarecrow Press Inc.
5. Ahmed, S. (2004). Bangladesh: Past and
Present. New Delhi: APH Publishing
6. Hānanāna, M. (2001).
Political history of Bangladesh: a brief political history of the Bengali
nation from ancient time up to independence in 1971. Anannya.
7. Banglapedia: national
encyclopedia of Bangladesh Volume 6. (2003). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
HIS
207 History of Western Civilization: It looks into past civilizations to acquaint
students more fully with the civilization in which they live. This course will give a general background to
all histories and effects of European-American history today on other countries
and culture.
Recommended Texts:
1. Farah, M., Karls, A. B.
& National Geographic Society (U.S.). (2001). World History: The Human
Experience. Glencoe McGraw Hill, USA.
2. Dev, Arjun. (2009). Contemporary
World History (Eng Edn). Delhi: Orient Black Swan.
3. McNeill, W. H. (1986)
History of Western Civilization: A Handbook (6th Ed). University of
Chicago Press.
HRM
407 Training and Development: Nature
and scope of training and development function; strategy and training;
organizations of the training department; training needs assessment; learning
and behavior; designing of training programs; evaluation of training programs;
training techniques; technical training; training and development of managers;
training in organization development; theory and practice of career
development; developing career structures; identifying organizational needs;
institutionalizing the career development system; evaluating the system.
Recommended Texts:
1.
Kozlowski, S. W. J. and Salas, E.
(2010). Learning, Training, and Development in Organizations. New York:
Routledge.
2.
Wilson, J. P. (2005). Human Resource
Development: Training for Individuals & Organizations (2nd ED).
London: Kogan Page Limited.
3.
Grugulis, I. (2007). Skill, Training
and Human Resource Development: A Critical Text. Palgrave Macmillan.
IBS
363 International Business: The
course covers the nature and scope of international business and its
environment; the international monetary exchange; cultural and political
implication of international business; national boundaries, nationalism and the
multinational firm; financial trade- oriented institutions; international
liquidity; balance of payments; financial instruments; international trade laws
and scope of arbitration; fundamentals of export and import management;
economic integration, alliances and cooperation; inflation, devaluation,
appreciation, and depreciation, and their impact on the international trade;
global business strategy.
Recommended Texts:
1. Paul, J. (2011). International Business (5th Ed).
New Delhi: PHI Learning Limited.
2. Ajami, R. A. and Goddard, G. J. (2006).
International Business: Theory and Practice (2nd Ed). New York: M.E
Sharpe Inc.
3. Johnson, D. and Turner, C. (2010).
International Business: Themes and Issues in the Modern Global Economy (2nd
Ed). New York: Routledge.
LAW
121 Business Law:
This course deals with the laws that influence the business and business
environment. The course will cover the important aspects of the Law of
Contract: Agreement; Consideration; Misrepresentation; Void and voidable
contracts; Sale of goods: Discharge; Remedies; Law of Agencies; Negotiable
Instruments Act, Company Law. Labor Law and Acts concerning payment of Wages,
Employment and non-employment in factories, shops and establishments; Workmen's
Compensation; industrial disputes, Trade Unions and CBA, operation of Labor
Court will be discussed at length.
Recommended Texts:
1. Barnes A. J. (2000). Law of Business (7th
Ed). Irwin.
2. Cheeseman H. R. (2001). Business Law (4th Ed) Prentice Hall.
3. Kelly, D., Hayward, R., Hammer, R. and
Hendy, J. (2010). Business Law (6th
Ed). New York: Routledge.
LIT
245 Introduction to Literature: It includes a genre-based study of predominantly
modern literary works. Students will
analyze form and content with particular emphasis on vocabulary and techniques
germane to literature, investigate its attendant treatment as an academic
discipline, and explore its aesthetic connections to human experience.
New
This course intends to provide students with a basic foundation for studying literature. This is done by introducing them to elements of literature through the study of its various forms: poetry, drama, and fiction. Thus various forms of literary works will serve as the basis for studying the techniques in which writers consciously and creatively utilize language to produce aesthetic expressions that reflect experiences of the senses, intellect, emotions, imagination and chiefly “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”. Finally, reading and writing about different forms of literature will aid students to analyze them critically.
Recommended Texts:
1. Barnet, Sylvan (et al) (2006). An Introduction
to Literature: Fiction, Poetry and Drama. Peason Longman.
2. Rahman, M. Mostafiz. An ABC
of English Literature.
3. Abrams, M. H.
(2012). A Glossary of Literary Terms. (10th Ed). Wadsworth
Cengage Learning.
4. Beaty, J., Hunter, P. &
Bain, C. E. (1998). The Norton Introduction to Literature. (7th Ed).
W.W. Norton.
5. Kennedy, X. J. and Dana
Gioia (12 edition, 2011). Literature: A
Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing.
6. Gill,
Richard (2006). Mastering Literature
LIT
249 Cultural Studies: It explores an array of diverse cultural and
historical contexts through literature produced outside the common British and
American traditions.
Recommended Texts:
1. Matthews, R. and Platt, D.
(2010). Readings in the Western Humanities (Vol 1, 2). (7th Ed). McGraw Hill Education.
2. During, S. (2005). Cultural
Studies: A Critical Introduction. New York: Routledge
3. Hall, G. and Birchall, C.
(2006). New Cultural Studies: Adventures in Theory. Edinburgh University Press
Limited.
4. Chris Barker, C.
(2007). Cultural Studies: Theory and
Practice (3rd Ed). London: SAGE Publications Limited.
5.
During, Simon (1999). The Cultural Studies Reader
LIT
257 Non-Fiction Text: Study of important non-fiction writings,
speeches, diaries and other texts with an emphasis on those that have had
particular historical impact on various parts of the world. Texts by Cicero, Bacon, Woolf, T. S. Eliot,
Keynes, E. B. White, Orwell, Ellison, Capote may be include.
Recommended Texts:
1. Kennedy, X. J. and Dana
Gioia (12 edition, 2011). Literature: A
Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing
2. Zhuangzi
& Mair, V.
H. (1998) Wandering on the Way: Early
Taoist Tales and Parables of Chuang Tzu. University of Hawaii Press.
3.
Haley, Alex and Malcolm X (1965).
The Autobiography of Malcom X
4.
King Jr., Martin Luther 91963).
Letter from Birmingham Jail
5. Lindbergh, Charles
(1953). The Spirit of St. Louis
6. Machiavelli,
Niccolo (1532). The Prince
LIT 341
Short Stories: This course covers narratives including
folktales and 19th and 20th century short stories. Extensive reading and analysis of stories
leading to an understanding of the narrative impulse and the possibilities of
this literary form. Authors may include
but are not limited to Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Kipling, Maugham, Joyce,
Chekhov, Kafka, Hemingway, O’Henry, Mansfield, Borges and Bartholeme.
Recommended Texts:
1. Zaman, N. and Azim F. Galpa: Short
Stories by Women from Bangladesh. Dhaka: Writer’s Ink.
2. Joyce, J. (1914). Dubliners. London:
Grant Richards Ltd.
3. Hemingway, E. (1987). The Short
Stories. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
4. Prescott, P. S. (1988).
The Norton Book of American Short
Stories. W. W. Norton & Company.
LIT
343 Elizabethan and 17th Century Literature: This course acquaints students with the
various forms of literature produced by the major dramatists (e.g.
Shakespeare), poets (particularly the Metaphysical poets), and prose writers
(e.g. Sidney and Bacon) as well as with the socio-cultural background that led
to the production of this rich tradition.
Recommended Texts:
1. Norton Series, Elements of
Literature (Ed. Scholes, Comley, Klaus and Silverman), Oxford University Press
2. Abrams, M. H. (1993).
Norton Anthology of British Literature, volume 1 and 2. (6th Ed). W. W Norton
& Co Inc.
3. Bradley,
A. C. and John Bayley (1991). Shakespearean
Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth
4. Marlowe (1588). Dr. Faustus
5. Johnson, Ben (1609). The
Silent Woman
6. Shakespeare (1611). Macbeth
7. More, Henry (1648).
Philosophical Poems
LIT
345 Romantic Poetry: Romanticism is treated as a varied and
complex movement, focusing on the key works of English Romantic poets like
Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats.
Recommended Texts:
1. Scholes, R. (2004).
Elements of Literature: Poetry, Fiction, Drama. Oxford University Press.
2. Abrams, M. H. (1993).
Norton Anthology of British Literature, volume 1 and 2. (6th Ed). W. W Norton
& Co Inc.
3. Romantic Literature: A
Short Anthology (compiled by department)
4. Bowra, Sir C. Maurice
(1961). The Romantic
Imagination
LIT
349 American Literature: A survey of American literature from Colonial
period to late 20th century. Focus will
be on changes in American literature. (Can
be taught as Periods in American Literature.)
Recommended Texts:
1. Scholes, R. (2004).
Elements of Literature: Poetry, Fiction, Drama. Oxford University Press.
2. Baym, N. (2012). Norton
Anthology of American Literature. (8th Ed). W. W. Norton Limited.
3. Arteseros, S. (1992). American
voices: best short fiction. Hyperion.
4. Morrison, T. (2007). The
Bluest Eye. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
5. Salinger, J. D. (2010). The
Catcher in the Rye. Penguin Books, Limited.
6. Steinbeck, J. (2000). Of
Mice and Men. Penguin Books Limited.
LIT
353 Creative Writing: Practical seminar in writing fiction, poetry
or drama. Emphasis will be on critical
discussion of participants work. Some
theories will be covered.
Recommended Texts:
1. Harper, G. (2006). Teaching Creative
Writing. London: Continuum
2. Harper, G. (2008). The Creative Writing
Guidebook. London: Continuum.
3. Smith, J. L. (2002). Creative Writing: Primary
4. Hackett, T. C. (2005). Creative Writing: Using
Fairy Tales to Enrich Writing Skills. Prufrock Press Inc.
LIT
361 Victorian Literature: An study of the writings that were in
response to the crisis and transition symbolized through the industrial
revolution, the idea of progress; the conflicting claims of liberty and
equality and empire and nation, theology and natural selection, the romantic
inheritance, art-for-art's sake.
Recommended Texts:
1. Scholes, R.(2004). Elements
of Literature: Poetry, Fiction, Drama. Oxford University Press.
2. Abrams, M. H. (1993).
Norton Anthology of British Literature, volume 1 and 2. (6th Ed). W. W Norton
& Co Inc.
3. Dickens, C. (2012). Great
Expectations. Sovereign.
4. Eliot, G. (2012). Silas
Marner. Penguin Books Limited.
5. Hardy. T. (2012)The Return
of the Native. Tredition Classics
6. Bronte, C. (2011). Jane
Eyre. ABDO Group.
LIT
365: Literature & Film: A study of styles, components, and techniques
of literary genres, with particular attention to the medium of film as it
relates to literary expressions. Weekly
meeting will entail screening of films followed by discussion and analysis.
Recommended Texts:
1. Bordwell, D. and Thompson,
K. (2012). Film Art: An Introduction. (10th Ed). McGraw-Hill
Education.
2. Stam, R. (2005).
“Introduction: The Theory , and Practice of Adaptation.” Literature and Film: A
Guide to the Theory and Practice of Film Adaptation. London: Blackwell.
3. Petrie, D. & Boggs, J. (2011).
The Art of Watching Films. (8th Ed).
4. Desmond, J. & M.
Hawkes, P. J. (2006). Adaptation: Studying Film & Literature. McGraw-Hill
LIT
367 South Asian Literature: A survey of Literature by South Asian writers
either written in or translated into English.
This course will touch on the rich diversity of late 20th and
21st century literatures published internationally by award-winning writers of
South Asian descent from Britain, the U.S., Canada, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka,
Nepal and Bangladesh. Writers range from established celebrities (Rushdie,
Naipaul, Kureishi, Arundhati Roy, Jhumpa Lahiri, Ondaatje, Selvadurai, Ghosh)
to promising new stars (Kiran Desai, Hari Kunzru, Tahmima Anam, Monica Ali,
Daniyal Mueenuddin). The course will
consider how writers craft new idioms and forms to address multiple audiences
in global English, how they explore or foreground emergent concerns of
postcolonial societies and diasporic, migrant, or transnational peoples in a
rapidly evolving yet unequal world.
Recommended Texts:
1. Alam, Fakrul and Chakraborty, Radha.
(2011) The Essential Tagore. Harvard University Press.
2. Alam, Fakrul. (1999). Jibananada Das:
Selected Poems (Translated with Introduction, Bibliography and Glossary). Dhaka:
University Press Ltd.
3. Anam, Tahmina (2007). A Golden Age.
Published by John Murray.
4. Sanga, J. C. (2004). South Asian Literature in English: An
Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press.
5. Coppola, C. (1974). Marxist
influences and South Asian literature (Volume 1). Asian Studies Center,
Michigan State University.
6. Mohan, A. (2012). Utopia
and the Village in South Asian Literatures. Palgrave Macmillan.
7. Dalmia, V. (1999).
Narrative strategies: essays on South Asian literature and film. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
LIT
372 Classics in Translation: A study of Greek and Roman mythologies and the representative
authors of the Western literary tradition such as Homer, Plato, Aristotle,
Aeschylus, Sophocles, Seneca, Machiavelli, whose ideas laid the foundation of
English literature.
Recommended Texts:
1.
Clinton, J. W., Irele, F.
A., James, H. (2009). Norton’s Anthology
of World Literature, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. (2nd Ed). W.W.
Norton & Company.
2.
Hornby, Mary Snell. (1988). Translation
Studies: An Integrated Approach. JB Publishing.
LIT
376 Shakespeare: An in depth study of representative types of Shakespeare's comedy
and poetry.
Recommended Texts:
1. William Shakespeare: The
Complete Works, Ed. Alfred Harbage, Pelican
2. Bradely, A.C. Shakespearean
Tragedy: Chapter on Hamlet
3. Tillyard, E.M.W. The
Elizabethan World Picture: Introduction
4. Kermode, Frank.
Shakespeare’s Language
5. Bloom, Harold. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human
6. Kott, Jan, Shakespeare Our
Contemporary: Essay on Hamlet
7. Drakasis, John. Alternative
Shakespeares, Vol. 1
8. Childs, Peter (editor). Post-Colonial Theory and English Literature
9. Greenblatt, Stephen.
Shakespearean Negotiations
10. Coleridge, S.T., Lectures
on Shakespeare
11. Knight, Wilson Knight. The Wheel of Fire
LIT
441 Modernism: This course will focus on the poetry, fiction
and drama of authors such as Yeats and the modernists including Eliot, Joyce
and Pound. The formal and thematic
innovations that characterized the literature of the period will be
highlighted.
Recommended Texts:
1.
Childs, Peter, C. (2000).
Modernism. New York: Routhledge.
2.
Chris, R. and C. Garrat
(2001). Introducing Modernism. Icon.
3.
Lawrence, D.H. (2003). Sons
and Lovers. Fine Creative Media, Inc.
4.
Shaw, G.B. (2007). Arms and the Man. Filiquarian Publishing, LLC
5.
Eliot, T.S. Selections
LIT
457 Post Modernism: This course underlining the differences
between modernism and postmodernism, the course reads the works of the Beat and
Confessional schools of poets, the drama of the Absurdist’s and the works of
the novelists such as Pynchon, Heller and Doctrow.
Recommended Texts:
1. Bertens, J. W. and Fokkema,
D. W. (1997). International Postmodernism: Theory and Literary Practice.
Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
2. Brewer, R. K. (2002).
Postmodernism: What You Should Know and Do About It. (2nd Ed). New
York: iUniverse
3. Cameron, James (2009).
Avatar (movie).
4. Connor, S. (2004). The Cambridge
Companion to Postmodernism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
5. Coppola, Francis Ford. (1979).
Apocalypse Now (movie).
6. Doctorow, E. L.
(1975). Ragtime. Random House
7. Fredric Jameson, F. (1991). Postmodernism, Or, the Cultural Logic
of Late Capitalism. Duke University Press.
8. Heller, Joseph (1961).
Catch-22. Simon & Schuster.
9. Kundera, M. (2008). The
Unbearable Lightness of Being: A Novel. HarperCollins
10. Levin, Ira. (2011). The
Stepford Wives. HarperCollins.
11. Marquez, G.G. (1994). Strange
Pilgrims. Penguin Books.
12. Powell, J. (2007). Postmodernism
for Beginners, Steerforth Press.
13. Pynchon,Thomas (1966). A
Journey into the Minds of Watts. New York Times (Article).
14. Vonnegut, K. (2010). Breakfast
of Champions. RosettaBooks.
15. Williamson, Kevin. (1996). Scream
(movie).
LIT 471 Postcolonial Literature: This course will deal with key concepts in
postcolonial theory in relation to works of major writers like Salman Rushdie,
Chinua Achebe, V. S. Naipaul, Amitav
Ghosh, Nadine Gordimer, Gabriel Garcia Marques, Isabel Allende and others.
Recommended Texts:
1. Madsen, D. L. (1999).
Post-Colonial Literatures: Expanding the Canon. London: Pluto Press.
2. Nayar, P. K. (2008).
Postcolonial Literature: An Introduction. Delhi: Dorling Kindersly.
3. Boehmer, E. (2005). Colonial and Postcolonial Literature
(2nd Ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
4. Edwards, J. D. (2008). Postcolonial literature. Palgrave Macmillan
5. Chew, S. and Richards, D. A
(2010). Concise Companion to Postcolonial Literature. Willey-Blackwell.
6. Innes, C. L. (2007). The
Cambridge Introduction to Postcolonial Literatures in English. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
7. Fanon, Frantz. The Wretched of the Earth. Richard Philcox
(translation, 2004)
8. Naipaul, V. S. (1977). India:
A Wounded Civilization. Publisher: Andre Deutsch.
9. Soyinka, Akinwande Oluwole
"Wole" . Death and the King’s
Horseman. (drama, 1975)
10. Roy, Arundhati (1997). God of Small Things. IndiaInk.
LIT
472 Great Tragic Plays: The dimensions of tragic
experience as expressed in world literature.
Oedipus Rex, Hamlet, Death of a Salesman, Kings Horseman, etc.
Recommended Texts:
1. Bushnell, R. (2008). Tragedy: A Short
Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
2. Bradley, A. C. (2000). Shakespearean
Tragedy. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers.
3. Leech, C. (2002). Tragedy. Taylor &
Francis e-Library.
4. Kuhns, R. (1991). Tragedy:
Contradiction and Repression. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
5. Valency, M. (1991). Tragedy. New Amsterdam
LIT
476 Contemporary World Literature: Readings in contemporary literature which reflects the significant
problems and concerns of contemporary society. Topics and authors for intensive
study are selected from 1914 to the present.
Recommended Texts:
1. Sturrock, J. (1996). Oxford Guide To: Contemporary World Literature. Oxford:
Oxford University press.
2. Reddy, P. Bayapa (2008).
Aspect of Contemporary World Literature. New Delhi: Altantic
3. Weagel, D. F. (2009). Women
and Contemporary World Literature: Power, Fragmentation, and Metaphor. New
York: Peter Lang Publishing.
4. Dali, K., Dilevko, J. and
Garbutt, G. (2011). Contemporary World
Fiction: A Guide to Literature in Translation. California: ABC-CLIO
LIT
478 Seminar on Literary Classics: The students will examine the works of a great writer who is
considered to be part of the great tradition of English writings. The student will engage in an intensified,
focused, well-defined study of one of the following greats: Chaucer, Shakespeare and Milton.
Recommended Texts:
LIT 480 Literary Criticism: This course examines the
work of some major literary theorists and critics since Aristotle. The focus is on British, American and
European critics and theorists. The course will familiarize students with some
of the main themes and currents of literary theory, and give some scope for
students to explore issues of particular interest to them.
Recommended Texts:
LIT 491:
African-American Literature
This course is a survey of writings by African-American authors. The student will study selected fiction, poetry, drama, autobiography and nonfictional writings by African Americans authors. We will also examine the interconnections between African American writing and music, visual arts, and folklore.
Recommended Texts:
Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass, an American Slave
W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk
Zora Neale Hurtson, Their Eyes Were Watching God (Virago: London, 1986)
Langston Hughes, Collection of Poems( 50-50, Acceptance, April Rain Song, Ardella, As
I Grew Older, Bad Morning, Bound
No’th Blues, Bouquet, Brass Spittoons, Catch)
Richard Wright, Native Son
James Baldwin,
Fire Next Time
Toni Morrison,
Bluest Eyes (Picador: London, 1988)
Alice Walker, Color Purple
LIT 493: Latin
American Literature
This course will include Latin American authors from 1900 to
present. Translated works of prominent
authors including Gaston Suarez, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mario Vargas Llosa,
Jorge Luis Borges, Isabel Allende, Pablo Neruda, Gabriela Mistral, Paulo Coelho, and Jorge Amado will be discussed and analyzed.
Recommended Texts:
1.
Isabel Allende, The
Island Beneath the Sea, The Stories of Eva Luna
2.
Pablo Neruda, The Yellow Heart, The Essential Neruda:
Selected Poems
3.
Gaston Suarez, Vertigo
4.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
5.
Jorge Luis Borges, The Garden of Forking Paths
6.
Gabriela Mistral, Sonnets
of Death
7.
Jorge Luis Borges, The Aleph
8.
Jorge Amado, The
Golden Harvest
LIT 495: Comparative
Literature
The study of comparative literature situates literature in an international perspective; examines connections between literary history, literary criticism, critical theory and poetics; and works toward an understanding of the sociocultural functions of literature. Interpretive methods from other disciplines that interrogate cultural discourses also play a role in the comparative study of literature; among these are philosophy, history, religion, classical and area studies, gender studies, cultural studies, music and the history of art.
In the comparative study of Bengali and English literature students are required to have a reading knowledge of both the languages adequate to the advanced study of these literature. This course may require reading knowledge of the related languages as a prerequisite for admission.
Recommended Texts:
1. Rabindranath Tagore, Ghare-Baire (Inside and Outside the Home)
2. Kazi Nazrul Islam, Mrityukshuda (Hunger for Death)
3. Syed Wali Ullah, The Rootless
4. Jasim Uddin, selected poems
5. Jibananda Das, selected poems
6.
Arundhati Roy, The
God of Small Things
7.
Chinua Achebe, Things
Fall Apart
8.
Toni Morrison, Home
9. Robert Frost, selected poems
10. William Shakespeare, selected love sonnets
MGT
111 Principles of Management: The
course will cover: The meaning and importance
of management; evolution of management thought; decision making process,
environmental import on management, corporate social responsibility, basic
functions of management, human resource management, motivation, problem
solving.
Recommended Texts:
1. Morden, T. (2004). Principles of
Management. Burlington: Ashgate Publishing
2. Tripathi,P. C. and Reddy, P. N. (2008).
Principles of Management. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill.
3. Griffin, R. W. (2007). Principles of
Management. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
MGT
161 Organizational Behavior:
This course will cover: The nature
and scope of Organizational Behavior (OB); evolution of OB; individual
behavior- personality, learning, and perceptions; values, attitude, and
beliefs; motivation; group dynamics; inter-group and intra-group communication;
group decision making process; power, politics and conflict; process of
resolving conflicts; theories of leadership; elements of organizational
culture; organizational change and development, technique for dealing with
resistance to change.
Recommended Texts:
1. Knights, D. and Willmott, H. (2007). Introducing Organizational Behavior &
Management. London: Thomson Learning
2. Harris O. J. and Hartman, S. J. (2002). Organizational Behavior. New York: Best
Business Books
3. Phillips, J. M. and Gully, S. M.
(2010). Organizational Behavior: Tools
for Success. Mason: South-Western Cengage Limited
4. Champoux, J. E. (2011). Organizational
Behavior: Integrating Individuals, Groups, and Organizations (4th
Ed). New York: Routledge.
MGT
302 Human Resource Management: This course is designed to orient the
students with the principles of human resource management and contemporary
practices. Topics include nature and scope of human resource management,
evolution of human resource management, environmental constraints, human
resource planning and forecasting, job design and analysis, recruitment and
selection, training and development, wage and salary administration, fringe
benefits, labor relations management, human resource audit and research.
Recommended Texts:
1. Ashly, P. (2000). Introduction to Human
Resource Management. Oxford.
2. Price, A. (2011). Human Resource
Management. Mason: South-Western Cengage Limited
3. Kleynhans, R. (2006). Human Resource
Management. Cape Town: Pearson South Africa.
4. Dransfield, R. (2000). Studies in
Economics and Business: Human Resource Management. Oxford: Heinemann
Educational Publisher.
5. Mathis, R. L. and Jackson, J. H. (2009). Human Resource Management:
Essential Perspectives. Mason: South-Western Cengage Limited
6. Werner, S. W., Schuler, R. and Jackson,
S. (2009). Human Resource Management. Mason: South-Western Cengage Limited
7. Martin, J. (2009). Human Resource Management. London: SAGE
Publication Limited.
MGT
429 Entrepreneurship and Business Plan Management: This course aims at orienting the
students with the process of entrepreneurship development along with tools and
techniques for managing small business enterprises.
Recommended Texts:
8. Kuratko, D. F. (2008).
Entrepreneurship: Theory, Process, Practice. Mason: South-Western Cengage
Limited
9. Scarborough, N. (2011). Essentials of Entrepreneurship and
Small Business Management. Pearson Education, Limited
10. Cynthia L. Greene, C. L. (2008).
Entrepreneurship: Ideas in Action. Mason: South-Western Cengage Limited
11. Kraten, M. (2010). Business Planning
and Entrepreneurship: An Accounting Approach. New York: Business Expert Press
MKT
207 Introduction to Marketing: The course introduces the role and functions
of marketing; evolution of marketing as a science; elements of marketing mix;
analyzing marketing environment and activities; defining products; regulation
of prices and competition; principles of distribution; role and functions of
promotion.
Recommended Texts:
1. Botha J., Strydom, J., Bothma, C. and
Brink, A. (2004). Introduction to
Marketing (3rd Ed). Cape Town: Juta and Co. Limited.
2. Palmer, A. (2004). Introduction to
Marketing: Theory and Practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
3. Drummond, G. and Ensor, J. (2005).
Introduction to Marketing Concepts. Butterworth-Heinemann.
4. Pickton, D. and Masterson, R.
(2010). Marketing: An Introduction.
London: SAGE Publication Limited.
MKT
409 Advertising and Sales Management: The topics
are: Definition,
scope and function of advertising; classification of advertising, advertising
media; nontraditional advertising; message development, layout and copy
writing, non-media advertising: corporate advertising and public relations;
agency-client relations; agency-client relationship; social, legal, and ethical
issues of advertising.
Recommended Texts:
1. Tellis, G. J. (1998). Advertising and Sales Promotion Strategy.
Addison-Wesley
2. Trehan, M. and Trehan, R. (2009) Advertising and Sales Management. New
Delhi: VK Enterprises.
3. Thakur, D. (2005). Advertising,
Marketing And Sales Management. Deep & Deep Publications
4. Mathur, U. C. (2005). Advertising
Management: Text and Cases (2nd Ed). New Delhi: New Age
International Limited.
OAD 111 Basic Computing Skills and Data Processing: Builds proper keyboarding
skills and professional document formatting skills using word processing
software.
Recommended Texts:
1. Hanson, O. J. Z. (2002). College Keyboarding & Document Processing. New York:
McGraw-Hill.
2. VanHuss, S. H., Forde, C.
M., Woo, D. L. and Hefferin, L. (2009).
Keyboarding & Word Processing. Belmont: Wadsworth.
3. Hanson, R. N. and Rigby, D.
S. (1981). Keyboarding for information processing. New York: McGraw-Hill.
4. Robinson, J. W. (1994).
Applied keyboarding. South-Western Pub. Co.
PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology: An overview of psychology,
the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes and the variables
that influence these processes. Topics
covered in the course include motivation, emotions, intelligence, sensory
processes, perception, learning, thinking, mental health, and psychotherapy.
(equivalent to PSY 121)
Recommended Texts:
1. McMahon J., McMahon, F.,
and Romano, T. (1995). Psychology and You. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co.
2. Kalat, J. W. (2010).
Introduction to Psychology. Belmont: Wadsworth.
3. Feldman, R.S. (2008).
Understanding Psychology (8th Ed). New York: McGraw-Hill.
4. Witting, A. F. (2001).
Introduction to Psychology. New York: McGraw-Hill.
REL
103 Survey of World Religions: A comparative study of the living religions
of the world including Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Jainism and
Judaism (smaller groups will also be covered).
Recommended Texts:
1. Molloy, M. (2012). Experiencing
the World's Religions. (6th Ed). McGraw-Hill Education.
2. Brodd. J. (2009). World
Religions: A Voyage of Discovery. (3rd Ed). Winona: Saint Mary's
Press.
3. Matthews, W. (2007). World
Religions. Belmont: Wadsworth.
4. Fox, J. (2008). A World
Survey of Religion and the State. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
5. King James Version. The Holy Bible.
SCI
113 Fundamentals of Natural Science: Topics will cover the water system, weather
pattern and selected environmental issues.
Recommended Texts:
1. Cunningham, W. and
Cunningham, M. (2007). Principles of Environmental Science: Inquiry and Applications. (7th
Ed). McGraw Hill Education.
2. Buck, J. D. (2010). An
Introduction to Natural Science. Kessinger
Publishing.