Overview of the Program
Program Title: MA English
Duration: 2 Years
Credit Hours: 72
Number of Semesters: 4 Semesters
Number of Courses: 24 or 22+Dissertation
Rules and Regulations
- Students will study 21 core (compulsory) courses and 3 elective courses during the course of studies spread over four semesters.
- All the courses, elective or compulsory, are of 3 credit hours each.
- The option of writing a dissertation of minimum 8000 words;is offered to only those students who maintain a minimum CGPA 3.00 in the first three semesters. The dissertation earns the students 6 credit hours and is the equivalent of two courses.
Core Courses
- LT 531 History of English Literature
- LT 402 18th & 19th Century Novel
- LT 412 Classical Poetry
- LT 519 Non-Fiction Prose (Renaissance, Victorian, Twentieth Century)
- LT 523 Short story
- LT 422 Classical Drama
- LT 527 Romantic & Modern Poetry
- LT 588 20th Century Novel
- LT 567 Modern Drama
- LT 548 Post-colonial Literature
- LT 532 Literary Criticism
- LT 590 Stylistics & Literary Discourse
- LN 433 Language Learning; Theories and Practice
- LN 444 Introduction to Linguistics
- LN 555 Phonetics & Phonology
- LN 597 Morphology & Syntax
- LN 559 Research Methodology
- LN 581 Psychology & Sociology of Language
- LN 538 Semantics & Pragmatics
- LN 415 Teaching Literature
- LT 412 Post-modern Literature
- LT 416 Critical Theory
Elective Courses
- LT 501 Twentieth Century Literature
- LN 463 Translation Studies
- LT 503 European Literature
- LT 504 Literature Written in Non- English Cultures
- LN 505 Literary Discourse
- LN 454 Creative Writing
- LN 487 Language and Literacy
- LN 491 Language and Gender
- LN 509 Language, Culture and Identity
- LN 510 World Englishes
- LT 511 Continental Literature
- LT 475 Pakistani Literature in English
- LN 513 Lexical Studies
- LT 514 American Literature
- LN 515 Project (3000-4000 Words) OR
- LT 516 Dissertation (minimum 8000 words) (6 Cr Hrs)
Admission Criteria
B.A / B.Sc/B.Com with 45%marks