Bachelor of Arts in English Literature (BA)

Programme’s Mission & Objectives:

To afford a High Quality Under Graduate Degree in English (B.A) through Distance Learning mode to the students in order to make them appropriate English literature and develop a critical outlook. The students will be able to become creative writers and teachersin the field of English language and literature.

The objectives of the programme include:

1. To make the students appropriate and evaluate the prescribed English prose.
2. To make the students appropriate and evaluate the prescribed English poetry.
3. To make the students appropriate and evaluate the prescribed English drama.
4. To make the students appropriate and evaluate the prescribed English fiction.
5. To develop the habits of effective reading.
6. To develop effective writing skills especially for academic purpose.

Relevance of the Programme with Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research’s Mission and Goals:

In order to align with the mission and goals of Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research the B.A. English Programme is planned to deliver in Distance Learning mode which may reach the maximum number of student aspirants who are unable to thrive to spend nonelastic timings of formal conventional class room education. Such a higher education in Arts subject with appropriate practical experiences will enrich the students with the literary concepts and literary genre so as to make them appreciate and evaluate literary works. Thus they would become in future veteran teachers and critics.

Nature of Prospective Target Group of Learners:

This B.A. English Programme through Distance Learning mode is developed bykeeping in mind to give opportunity to economically and socially excluded people includes graduates of various socio-economic status viz., unemployed youths, employed with marginalized salary due to lack of sufficient knowledge in English literature. Also, the target group of learners includes various level employees of hospitals, secondary –level school teachers, research aspirants, women taking care of family –the important unit of the community, etc.,

Appropriateness of programme to be conducted in Distance learning mode to acquire specific skills and competence:

B.A. English Programme through Distance Learning mode is developed in order to give subject-specific skills including i) knowledge about communication skills ii) knowledge about English language teaching iii) knowledge about English grammar