DESCRIPTION OF COURSES

This course is designed for the freshman to study B.A. Honors in English. With this course they will familiarize themselves with various aspects of literary terms. It will also introduce various elements of English Literature.

This course is intended to give an introduction to English poetry. It covers some well-known poems of famous poets from different literary Movements and Ages.

Students will study novels for the first time. In this course, the salient features of novels would be introduced.

John Milton and Edmund Spenser are considered to be the best literary figures of 17th century poetry. This course will emphasize Milton’s style, presentation as well as biblical references. Religious influences on the literary works are reflected in Spenser’s works. Moral and intellectual responsibilities of the Writers receive a special attention in this course.

The course aims at giving the students knowledge of the basic working of mixed economy at the aggregate level. This will take into account the critical view of Islam on some aspects of conventional discussion which are inconsistent with Islamic ethico-legal principles. Topics to be covered include basic concepts in macroeconomics, measurement of national income and output, inflation and unemployment, fiscal policy, monetary policy, commercial and central banking, working of commodity and money markets, stabilization policy, international trade.

Ancient classical Greek Drama is introduced in this course which encompasses one of the oldest writers i.e. Sophocles to the modern playwright. G.B. Shaw. The course will certainly focus on the different literary works of different ages to draw a better picture of gradual development of English drama.

Two epics and three plays of ancient times have been included in this course in order to give learners a taste of the best.

This course aims at an understanding of origin and development of the English language and making students familiar with the salient features of Old, Middle and Modern English. Its aim is to make students acquainted with the global distribution of English in terms of ENL, ESL and EFL territories and promotes among them a sense of identity, continuity of different regional and non-native varieties of English such as South Asian And African varieties.

This course covers the development of drama and prose in English literature. Students will enjoy the works of William Congreve, John Bunyan and John Dryden in this course.

This course introduces learners to different tenets and schools of Linguistic thoughts. It aims at an understanding of the main line development of the subject. Topics include Study of language : Philology and Linguistics; American Structural Linguistics: Bloomfied: mentalism and behavioursim; European structuralism: Fardinand de Saussue: sign, signified and signifier; la langage, la langue, la parole; synchrony and diachrony; syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations; Noam Chomsky: Transformational Generative Grammar; Prague school: Functional sentence perspective.

This course gives an account of various beliefs and attitudes that people hold about grammar by exploring the subject from its origin through different tenets and traditions. It gives an account of what was involved in traditional grammar, and investigates some of the leading shibboleths of prescriptive grammar. This leads to a consideration of modern trends, and of the differences between ancient and modern approaches to grammar.

This courses introduces short stories and essays. The moral responsibilities of the writers and their view of life are presented here. Each writer has a different style which will enrich the minds of the students.

This course covers the study of English History from the Anglo-saxon period to the 20th Century literature. It deals strictly with different literary movements and age of English History.

This course attempts at a survey of different approaches and methods of language teaching with special reference to communicative approach to language teaching, and aims at making students enable of developing an appropriate methodology for their own ELT/L situations.

Principles of effective product innovations and management. Major emphasis on product concepts and tools relevant to product management, development of meaningful criteria for decision making in product areas, new product development and processes, management of existing products, and organizational considerations.

This course will start with an introduction to the legal system of Bangladesh. Topics to be covered include law of contract & law of partnership, company law.

The aim of this course is to provide an overview of ELT in Bangladesh - its past and present states. it explores different issues of ELT in Bangladesh- syllabus, curriculum, textbooks, teacher education, methodology and evaluation. It also explores different ELT projects such as ELTIP and American Peach Corps initiativefor the improvement of English language teaching and learning in Bangladesh.

The wit and religious elements in metaphysical poetry are the dominant features of this course. The religious tension within the mind is revealed here. Thelove of God and love of human beings are intertwined in these writers. A comprehensive picture would be drawn in this course.

This course aims to introduce students to the social factors that govern language learning. It explores specific sociolinguistic topics of relevance to language education; these include literacy, language attitudes, language contact situations, social and linguistic nature of dialects, language variation, language changeandsecond language learning in different regions.

The course aims at introducing the students to the psychological factors that govern language learning. It includes psycholinguistic theories of language learning from cognitive point of view with specific focus on the psychology of language learning. Furthermore, the paper will explore the implications of boththese areas for second/foreign language learning and teaching.

This course includes western thought from the Ancient Greeks and Romans to Darwin and Modern Analytical philosophy and Existentialism. Plato, Aristotle,Stories, to modern Philosophy, Romanticism, French Revolution, Darwin, Nietsche, Feminism, Pragmatism, Analytical Philosophy and Existentialism.

This course aims at a systematic presentation of various areas of English grammar and usage from pedagogic point of view. First, it defines grammar and its place and role in language teaching ; it then draws an essential distinction between 'knowing grammar' and 'knowing about grammar' and explores different techniques and strategies of teaching grammar. This leads to an account of the main aspects of grammar, Second, it introduces usage as the way in which the elements of language produce meaning: this includes accent, pronunciation, spelling, punctuation, words and idioms. It also raises certain issues of usage controversies, usage guidance and usage criticism: topics include social and cultural factors in usage; correctness, rules and convention; formal, informal and standard usage; British and American usage; usage and authority.

This period is called neo-classical age. The objective is to introduce 18th century poetry and prose. The special feature of the poetry of this period is the use of poetic diction as well as satire in prose and poetry.

The objective of this course is to introduce essays and prose writings of different ages. The students will be familiar with standard English prose of the 18th century which was regarded by Mr. Arnold as the classical period in English prose.

This course introduces students to two aspects: first, phonetics, the study of speech sounds (It has three branches viz. i) Articulatory Phonetics, the study of sounds as they are made or pronounced, ii) Acoustic Phonetics, the study of sound as they are heard, and iii) Experimental Phonetics, which involves the manipulation of waveforms and makes psycho-acoustic tests to identify aspects that are essential for understanding and recognition of linguistic categories) and second, English phonology, the study of sound patterns of English language.

This course aims to the study of meaning: different types of meaning and different approaches to the study of meaning. It studies different aspects of meaning both within language and in relation between language and the world.

This course, on the first hand, will examine the assumptions underlying syllabus design by looking at fundamental considerations of curriculum development such as language policy, needs analysis, setting goals and defining objectives, deciding about the pedagogic approach, specification of 'how' and 'what' of a language syllabus, selection and grading of items and tasks, and development of testing scheme and evaluation policy. It examines types of syllabus and the elements of an appropriate second/foreign language course syllabus in Bangladesh situation. Students will be able to develop their own sample syllabus and examine its rationale. On the second, this course will look at how to assess the relevance of existing teaching materials to one's teaching situation. It will help students develop materials of their own. It is concerned with the principles of material evaluation development, adaptation, supplementation and production.

The objective of this course is to familiarize with romantic tradition and various aspects of the age, suggestiveness, longing for the past and the ideal, the spirit of adventure and love of nature are reflected in the poetry of the age.

Analysis, design, and implementation of information systems for organizations. Major emphasis on tasks involved in system analysis and design and on the relationship between designers and users of a system. It includes systems development methodology, the nature of systems development, and tools for system analysis.

Victorian age is an age of scientific development, loss of faith and age of religious conflict. All these are dealt with in the poetry of the period. The students will love to read the poetry of Tennyson, Browning and Matthew Arnold.

The aim is to introduce modern American Fiction and Drama.

This course introduces students to the aspects of testing and evaluation as a means to measure learning and teaching, which has taken place over a period of time. It also introduces different purposes of test- placement, progress and attainment, different forms of test items and evaluation tools and explores the reliability and validity of test items.

Victorian age is an age of novels Objective of this course is to familiarize the students with a vast range of novels in the Victorian age. Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens & Emile Bronte are the prominent figures.

The objective is to open a new horizon of Modern Poetry and Drama to the students.

The purpose is to study the dramas of English literature called as the literature of the Renaissance period in English.

This module will look at the importance of looking at language education with an enquiring mind. It will introduce students to research methods and format of writing empirical research paper and will discuss the major tools of eliciting and analyzing data. It will also provide students the practicum (hands-on practice) to bridge theory and practice. Research will be carried out in both quantitative and ethnographic manner. Students will prepare and submit a dissertation on any of the issues of ELT in Bangladesh.

This course will give knowledge of how great a playwright Shakespeare is. His two comedies and three great tragedies are included in this course.

This course is designed to give an introduction to the new approach, theme and style of modern writing, particularly in English Fiction. Some noted Novelists like James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence and William Golding are included in this course.

This course covers a vast area of literary, criticism from 10th to 20th Century. This course will prepare the students for critical appreciation of any work of literature.

GP 1101 Introduction to Political Science
SOC 1101 Introduction to Sociology
GP 1205 Comparative Political System
SOC 1103 Comparative Social System
Econ 2309 Comparative Economic System
IS 1207 Islamic Ethics
ID 1103 Islamic History
GP 3623 Political Development in Bangladesh