B.A. (Hons) - English

Program Code 19061

Campus Kolkata

Institute Amity Institute of English Studies and Research, Kolkata

University Amity University, Kolkata

Eligibility 10+2 with English

Duration 3 Years

Selection Process

  • Program Fee (Rs. in Lacs)
  • 1st Year Non Sponsored Semester 0.50
Admission Not open

Course Structure

1st Year

Semester 1

  • Environmental Studies [Professional Ability Enhancement Courses]
  • Drama From Elizabethan to Restoration Age [Core Courses]
  • English Poetry From Chaucer to Blake [Core Courses]
  • History of English Literature [Core Courses]
  • Studies In Autobiography [Core Courses]
  • Communication Skills - I [Communication Skills]
  • Foreign Business Language
  • Open Elective Courses
  • Outdoor Activity Based Courses

Semester 2

  • Elementary Sociology- I [Professional Ability Enhancement Courses]
  • History -an Introduction [Professional Ability Enhancement Courses]
  • 20th Century Indian English Drama [Core Courses]
  • 20th Century Indian English Novel [Core Courses]
  • 20th Century Indian English Poetry [Core Courses]
  • English Poetry From Wordsworth to Tennyson [Core Courses]
  • Introduction to Communication Skills [Communication Skills]
  • Individual Society and Nation [Behavioural Science]
  • Foreign Business Language
  • Open Elective Courses
  • Outdoor Activity Based Courses

2nd Year

Semester 3

  • Summer Project - I [Supervised Independent Learning/ Non-Teaching Credit Courses]
  • Creative Writing in English [Employability & Skill Enhancement Courses]
  • American Novel [Core Courses]
  • English Novel [Core Courses]
  • Introduction to Literary Criticism [Core Courses]
  • Prose Down The Ages [Core Courses]
  • Communication Skills - II [Communication Skills]
  • Foreign Business Language
  • Open Elective Courses
  • Outdoor Activity Based Courses

Semester 4

  • Case Study - I [Supervised Independent Learning/ Non-Teaching Credit Courses]
  • History of English Language [Specialisation Elective Courses]
  • Literature and Secularism [Specialisation Elective Courses]
  • Popular Fiction [Specialisation Elective Courses]
  • Studies In Autobiography [Specialisation Elective Courses]
  • Creative Writing in English [Employability & Skill Enhancement Courses]
  • 20th Century Indian English Drama [Core Courses]
  • 20th Century Indian English Novel [Core Courses]
  • Introduction to Literary Theory [Core Courses]
  • Professional Communication for Recruitment and Employability [Communication Skills]
  • Values and Ethics for Personal and Professional Development [Behavioural Science]
  • Foreign Business Language
  • Open Elective Courses
  • Outdoor Activity Based Courses

3rd Year

Semester 5

  • Summer Project - II [Supervised Independent Learning/ Non-Teaching Credit Courses]
  • African Literature [Specialisation Elective Courses]
  • Classical Indian Literature in Translation [Specialisation Elective Courses]
  • Contemporary Canadian Fiction [Specialisation Elective Courses]
  • Introduction to Linguistics [Specialisation Elective Courses]
  • Seminar - I [Mandatory Courses]
  • Advanced Creative Writing in English [Employability & Skill Enhancement Courses]
  • Australian Literature [Core Courses]
  • Modern English Poetry [Core Courses]
  • Professional Ethics and Social Responsibility [Professional Ethics]
  • Receptive and Expressive Communication Skills [Communication Skills]
  • Group Dynamics and Team Building [Behavioural Science]
  • Foreign Business Language
  • Open Elective Courses
  • Outdoor Activity Based Courses

Semester 6

  • Major Project - I [Supervised Independent Learning/ Non-Teaching Credit Courses]
  • American Novel [Specialisation Elective Courses]
  • American Poetry [Specialisation Elective Courses]
  • Introduction to Psycholinguistics [Specialisation Elective Courses]
  • Introduction to Sociolinguistics [Specialisation Elective Courses]
  • Modern European Drama [Specialisation Elective Courses]
  • Modern English Novel [Core Courses]
  • Social Communication [Communication Skills]
  • Stress and Coping Strategies [Behavioural Science]
  • Foreign Business Language
  • Open Elective Courses
  • Outdoor Activity Based Courses