Offered at Gramin Adarsha College under Tribhuvan University
The MA English courses offer students insights into literature, language, culture, and history. Besides studying the required core courses that reflect the nature of the discipline, students will have the flexibility of selecting courses from different areas such as language, literature, rhetoric, and humanities.
While retaining the fundamental philosophy of humanistic education, this syllabus aims at developing students' creative, critical, and communicative skills that they need in their academic and professional life. Focus on writing, intensive study of literary genres, emphasis on interpretive and cultural theories, and the incorporation of interdisciplinary and comparative study are some of the underlying features of the courses. The syllabus requires a participatory and inquiry-based pedagogy for effective teaching and learning.
The syllabus reflects the current trends in English Studies that have radically expanded the scope of the discipline. Taking into account the curriculum models adopted in many universities across the world, it recognizes and draws upon multiple traditions, communities, and literatures.
The syllabus, therefore, comprises a productive mix of canonical and non-canonical texts, traditionally-recognized literary and semi-literary genres, and expressive artifacts from multiple cultural traditions. The goal is to enable students to read, interpret and critique texts in a wide range of modes, genres and media. The syllabus, hence, envisions the following general objectives:
The mission of MA Program in English at Gramin Adarsha College is to provide students with ample opportunities for developing their communicative, critical, academic, and professional skills at a reasonable cost. The program intends to broaden outlook and create a rational point of view so that a new Nepal is built.
It is in the interest of society that education should be imparted to develop the adaptability of students in order to compete in the 21st-century world of globalization.
Aspiring candidates should have passed a Bachelor's level Examination with English as their major subject. They will have to take the Entrance Test Examination conducted by Tribhuvan University (TU) and qualify in the final selection for admission.
Except for the writing-intensive courses, the internal continuous evaluation for each course comprises 40% of the total grade, distributed as follows:
There will be final examinations for each course at the end of the semester, and they carry 60% of the total grade.