The BA (Hons) and BA (Gen) programmes offered by the English Department constitutes its oldest and most extensive academic activity. On an average more than 250 students are given admission to the Hons. programme every year. The number of students from other related discipline willing to study in BA (Gen) varies every year, usually from 20 to 40.
The English syllabus has been revised in 2016. As decided by the University of Kalyani, the Programme is to be revised in Academic Year 2017-18.
Passion and curiosity marks the beginning of serious intellectual endeavour. The Department of English is a place where faculty and students freely and in spirit of learning discuss what they love—novels, poems, plays, and share ideas on paintings, films, and other art forms—along with theoretical and philosophical questions related to the study of literature and culture. To spark immediate intellectual excitement is the aim of intensive study, with the greater aim to build toward the larger end of a liberal education through these conversations. Through the wide variety of literary-critical approaches they encounter in classes, students of English Honours cultivate the analytical capacities that will continue to serve them in their personal and professional lives long after graduation.
Studying English at Kalyani Mahavidyalaya is very much like attending a liberal arts college: most courses are discussion-based classes, and professors closely mentor undergraduate students’ writing and intellectual development.
The mission of the Department of English undergraduate curriculum is to provide students with a thorough grounding in humanistic knowledge. Our students analyze fundamental questions about such topics as the formal qualities of individual works and literary genres, the status of literature within culture, the achievements of a particular author, the methods of literary scholarship and research, and the application of theory to literature. Drawing on the interdisciplinary tradition, the department encourages our students to integrate the concerns of other fields into their English studies along with other academic programs.
Methodology of teaching-learning includes conventional methods like Lecture and Discussions as also ICT. A Smart Class Room and English Language Laboratory is in the offing to upgrade and modernize the teaching-learning process.
Program Specific Outcomes are deeply linked with the Mission and Vision of the College.
CO1. Focussing on English Language: History and Usage
CO2. Comprehends English Literature from 408CE-1484CE
CO3. Explores English Literature from 1485CE to 1640CE
CO4. Enlightens on English Literature (1641-1788)
CO5. Elaborates English Literature (1789-1831)
CO6. Illustrates English Literature (1832-1913)
CO7. Explores English Literature (1914-2000)
CO8. Exemplifies Literary Theory, Critical Appreciation and Literatures outside the UK