Syllabus for M.A (English Literature) 2017 – 2019 Batch Knowledge

Syllabus for

M.A (English Literature)

2017 – 2019 Batch

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1. Scheme of Examinations & Syllabus

a. Scheme of Examinations 05-07

b. Semester-wise Syllabus 08-44

2. Autonomous Examination System and Regulations

a. Examination Regulations 45-57

b. Grievance Form 58

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1. Scheme of Examination and Syllabus

SREE SARASWATHI THYAGARAJA COLLEGE [AUTONOMOUS], POLLACHI SCHEME OF EXAMINATIONS AND SYLLABI FOR M.A ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBCS) STUDENTS ADMITTED DURING (2017-2018) AND ONWARDS BATCH CODE: N7 MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION: ENGLISH PROGRAMME CODE: MEN

COURSE S.NO SPL COURSE HOURS CREDITS INT EXT TOTAL

SEM

CODE TYPE PART 1 Z N7MEN1T71 I III Core1 British Literature - I 6 5 25 75 100 2 Z N7MEN1T72 I III Core 2 Indian Writing in English 6 4 25 75 100 3 Z N7MEN1T73 I III Core 3 History of English Language and 6 4 25 75 100 Phonetics 4 Z N7MEN1T54 I III Core 4 English Language Teaching 6 4 25 75 100 5 A N7MEN1T75 I III Elective-I Theory of Comparative Literature and 6 5 25 75 100 Classics In Translation/ Translation Studies/ Skills For Communication 6 Z N7MEN1T56 I IV Yoga for Modern Age 3* 1# 50 - 50* Library 2* 30+ 5* 22+1* 500+ 50* 7 Z N7MEN2T61 II III Core 5 British Literature - II 6 5 25 75 100 8 Z N7MEN2T72 II III Core 6 American Literature 6 4 25 75 100 9 Z N7MEN2T73 II III Core 7 Common Wealth Literature 6 4 25 75 100 10 Z N7MEN2T74 II III Core 8 World Classics 6 4 25 75 100 11 A N7MEN2T65 II III Elective-II Green studies/ 6 5 25 75 100 Journalism and Mass Communication/ Personality Development 12 Z N7MEN2T66 II IV Quantitative Aptitudes & Verbal 5* 2# 100 100 Reasoning Library 1* 30+6* 22+2* 500+ 100*

COURSE S.NO SPL COURSE HOURS CREDITS INT EXT TOTAL

SEM

TYPE

CODE PART

13 Z N7MEN3T61 III III Core 9 British Literature- III 6 4 25 75 100 14 Z N7MEN3T62 III III Core10 Literary Criticism and Theory 6 4 25 75 100 15 Z N7MEN3T53 III III Core 11 Office Automation 3 2 25 75 100 16 Z N7MEN3P54 III III Core 12 Office Automation Lab 3 2 40 60 100 17 Z N7MEN3T75 III III Core13 Children’s Literature 6 4 25 75 100 18 A N7MEN3T56 III III Elective- 6 5 25 75 100 III English Literature For Competitive Examinations NET/SET/ Contemporary Literary Theory/ Advanced Skills For Spoken Communication Library 2*

30+2* 21 600

19 Z N7MEN4T71 IV III Core 14 British Literature - IV 6 4 25 75 100 20 Z N7MEN4T52 IV III Core 15 Research Methodology 5 4 25 75 100 21 Z N7MEN4T73 IV III Core 16 Gender Studies 5 4 25 75 100 22 Z N7MEN4T74 IV III Core17 Shakespeare 5 4 25 75 100 23 Z N7MEN4R56 IV IV Core 18 Project and Viva Voce 3 4 40 60* 100 24 A N7MEN4T55 IV III Elective- Approaches to Literature/ 6 5 25 75 100 IV English for Academic Purpose/ Writing Skills 25 N7MEN4T57 IV IV Professional Ethics 3* 1# 50 50 Library 3* 30+6* 25+1* 600+50* 90+4* 2200+200

# These are the Courses which are conducted during the special hours with Extra Credits. For these courses marks will be converted into grade.

Internship training carries 100 Marks (80% for evaluation of report and 20% for Viva)

* Project carries 40 marks Internal (based on 1st, 2ndand Final review) and 60 marks external (80% for evaluation and 20% for viva voce)

Classification of Total credits:90

S.No Number of Courses Total credits 1 Core 17 70 2 Elective 4 20 3 Extra credits 3 4

Expansions for the Titles

Spl : Z for compulsory one and A to X for alternatives (shall be indicated along with code connected by a hyphen mark) Course Code : Code number for each of the course Part : I to V for UG programs and Part III for PG programs Sem : I to X for first semester to last semester (Six for UG programs and four/six/ten for PG programs) Course Name : Title of the paper Hours : Contact allocated for each course Credits : Credit weightage allocated for each course ad total for each program Int : Maximum internal marks allocated for each course Ext : Maximum external marks allocated for each course Total : Maximum total marks allocated for each course

Semester – I Core 1 - BRITISH LITERATURE -I Credit: 5 Course Code : N7MEN1T71 Hours per Week:6 Total Instructional Hours:75

Learning Objective: To introduce students to authors and their select works so that they get a firsthand knowledge of the important literary works of the period.

To stimulate further reading so as to obtain a fuller understanding of the evolution of literary forms and literary movements and other works.

Unit I Credit Hours:15 Detailed Chaucer : Prologue to the Canterbury Tales (Modern Eng. Version by Nevil Coghil, Penguin) Non-Detailed Wyatt : Thy Flee from me When fortune Smiles Not,only Patience Comforth Ballads : Robin Hood and Alan a Dale The wife of Usher’s well Unit II Credit Hours:15 Detailed Donne : Valediction: Forbidding Mourning -The Funeral The Sun Raising Marvell : Thoughts in a Garden - To his coy mistress The Unfortunate Lover Non-Detailed Herbert : Affliction, The Pulley The Bible : The Book of Job Unit III Credit Hours:15 Detailed Bacon : Bacon’s essay - A General study, Of Studies, Of Friendship, Non-Detailed Bacon : Of Truth, Of Adversity, Of Parents and Children Of Revenge

Unit IV Credit Hours:15 Detailed Marlowe : Dr. Faustus Non-Detailed Ben Jonson : Every Man in His Humour Unit V Credit Hours:15 Detailed Spenser : Prothalamion Non-Detailed John Bunyan : Pilgrims Progress Learning Outcome: The realm of literature is revealed with a vivid insight into the classics.

Text Books: Geoffrey Chaucer, Wyatt-J., ed., Chaucer, The Prologue, University Tutorial Press, London 1997 Smeaton, Oliphant, ed., Francis Bacon's Essay, Dent, London, 1958. Christopher Marlowe: Jump John etc. Dr. Faustus B.I. Publications, Bombay.

Reference Books: Boulton, Marjorie, The Anatomy of Poetry, New Delhi, Kalyani Publishers, 1979 Peacock, R., The Art of Drama,London 1951. Dr.Faustus, Ramji Lal (Author) Rama Brothers, 2009. Francis Bacon Essays, Penguin Publishers, 29 th August, 1985. Interpretations: The General Prologue to the Canterbury tales Paperback, Harold Bloom 1 Mar 2012, Viva Books Publications.

Prepared by Verified By B.Abhinaya K.Mahalakshmi

Core 2 - INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH Credit:4 Course Code : N7MEN1T72 Hours per Week:6 Total Instructional Hours:75

Learning Objective: To familiarize the students with the major Indian writers writing in English and their important literary works. To make the students understand the evolution of this group of literary works as products in the context of India's problematic relations with the English race and language. To inculcate in the students great respect and admiration for that which is Indian.

Unit I CreditHours:15

Detailed Toru Dutt : The Lotus, The Casuarina Tree Sri Aurobindo : Tiger and the Deer, Rose of God Nissim Ezekiel : Morning Prayer, Enterprise Very Indian Poetry in Very Indian English Non-Detailed Sarojini Naidu : Village Song, The Parda Nashin R. Parthasarathy : A River Once, Under Another Sky Kamala Das : The Old Playhouse Unit II CreditHours:15

Chaman Nahal : Azadi Unit III CreditHours:15 Detailed GirishKarnad : Tale – Danda Non-Detailed Vijay Tendulkar : Silence, The Court is in Session.

Unit IV CreditHours:8 Detailed Khushwant Singh : The Train to Pakistan. Non-Detailed ShashiDeshpande : Roots and Shadows Unit V CreditHours:9

Detailed Sri Aurobindo : The Essence of Poetry Non-Detailed Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam : Orientation (Wings of Fire) Learning Outcome: On successful completion of the course, the students have acquired i) The Students get familiarize with the view about Indian Writing Authors ii) How native / non-native writers have presented their works in English. Text Books: Toru Dutt: Collected Prose and Poetry Oxford University Press, 2006 - Literary Collections Collected poems, 1952-1988 Oxford University Press, 1989 - Poetry An Equal Music. Vintage International, 2000, Girish Karnad: Tale Danda A Critical Study by Shubhra Tripathi (Author) Publisher: Prakash Book Depot (2012) Vijay Tendulkar's Silence! The Court is in Session Paperback – 2013 by Gopal Mallik Thakur (Author) Publisher: Indian Books View; 1 edition (2013) Reference Books: Train to Pakistan Paperback – 10 Feb 2009 by Khushwant Singh (Author) Publisher: Penguin India (10 February 2009) Roots and Shadows [Kindle Edition] Shashi Deshpande (Author) Publisher: Orient Blackswan Private Limited (4 June 2012) Patterns of the Present Paperback – Import, 28 Jun 2012 by Georges Van Vrekhem (Author) Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (28 June 2012) Toru Dutt: Collected Prose and Poetry Hardcover – 7 Nov 2005 by Lokuge Chandani (Author), Paranjape Makarand (Author) Toru Dutt: A Precursor of Indo Anglian Poetry Hardcover – 2013 by Ritu Sharma (Author)

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Core 3-HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND PHONETICS Credit:4 Course Code : N7MEN1T73 Hours per Week:6 Total Instructional Hours:75

Learning Objective: To make the students understand the impact of the historical and sociological factors in the growth of the English language. To provide the students with an in-depth knowledge of the phonology of the English language. To give the students an in-depth knowledge of the morphological and syntactical structure of the language.

Unit I CreditHours:15

Impact of the Renaissance and the Reformation on the growth of the English Language., Spelling Reform, The growth of vocabulary Unit II CreditHours:15 The Rise and Growth of Standard English, American English, Indian English Unit III Phonetics CreditHours:15 Classification and description of speech sounds, Phoneme and allophone, Word – accent, syllable Unit IV CreditHours:15 Features of connected speech: Stress - strong and weak forms Intonation Assimilation, Elision, juncture, prosodic features and paralinguistic features Transcription, Structure of English Unit V CreditHours:15

Morphology - Free and Bound Morphemes Inflexion and Derivation Syntax - Sentence and its parts Structure of Nominal, Verbal, Adverbial groups Immediate Constituent Analysis. TG Grammar: Deep and surface structure, Transformation, Recursiveness and Embedding Learning Outcome: A parallel reading on the history of the language and its pronouncing technicalities enables one to master the language. Text Books: F.T. Wood: An Outline History of the English Language, Laxmi Publications 2014. A.C. Baugh: The History of the English Language, Allied Publications, 1997. H. Bradley: The Making of English, Kindle Edition, 1969. T. Balasubramanian: A Textbook of English Phonetics for Indian Students, Macmillan, 2012. Palmer: Grammar, Penguin, 1972. Reference Books: C.L. Wren: The English Language, Vikas Publications Pvt Ltd, 2011. A.G. Gimson: An introduction to the Pronunciation of English. Hodder Arnold, 1989. Daniel Jones: Outline of English Phonetics, B.G.Teubnee, 1922. David Crystal: Sentence and its parts, CUP, 2003. Barbara Strang: Modern English Structure, Hodder, 2nd edition, 1968. Jacobs and Rosenbaum: English Transformational Grammar, Ginn&Co, 1960.

Prepared by Verified By R.Vennila Nancy Christina K.Mahalakshmi

Core 4-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING Credit: 4 Course Code : N7MEN1T54 Hours per Week:6 Total Instructional Hours:75 Learning Objective: To familiarize the students with the various aspects of language teaching in general and teaching of English in India in particular. To make them understand the relevance of the theories of the process of learning to language teaching. To help them understand the importance of contrastive linguistic studies to language teaching. To introduce them to the concept of remedial teaching and bridge course. To equip the students to teach English at the tertiary level. Practical work is an important part of this course. Unit I CreditHours:15 A brief history of language teaching- The present role of English in India-The state of English teaching in India

Unit II CreditHours:15 Approaches and methods in language teaching – their merits and demerits : Grammar Translation Method, Direct Method, Structural - Situational Approach, Audio – lingual Method, Communicative Language Teaching.

Unit III CreditHours:15 Theories of learning and their relevance to language teaching : Cognitive, Behaviourist- Learning and acquisition. Unit IV CreditHours:15 Contrastive linguistic studies – error analysis.- Remedial teaching, bridge course.

Unit V CreditHours:15 The Teaching of Literature – the use of literary texts for language teaching-The role of audio – visual aids, Computer and Language Laboratory in language teaching. Learning Outcome: English, the need of the hour is well propounded and inherited through both the technical and practical methods. Text Books: Krishnaswamy&Sriraman.: English Teaching in India ,T.R. Publication, 1994. Pit Corder: Introducing Applied Linguistics (Part III), Penguin Educational Publication,1973. Reference Books: Introduction to English Language Teaching – Vol. III, CIEFL (OUP),2002. GeethaNagaraj: English Language Teaching, Approaches, Methods and Techniques, Oreint Blackswan, 2008. A Basic Introduction to English Language Teaching Paperback – 2015 byRay Mackay (Author) Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching Paperback – 2015 by Jack C.Richards and Theodore S. Rodgers (Author) Third Edition. Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching Paperback – 10 May 2012 by Larsen- Freeman(Author)

Prepared by Verified By K.Mahalakshmi R.Vennila Nancy Christina

ELECTIVES- I THEORY OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND CLASSICS IN TRANSLATION Credit:5 Course Code : N7MEN1T75 Hours per Week:6 Total Instructional Hours:75

Learning Objectives: To introduce the students to the discipline of comparative study of more than one literature. To familiarize them with the concepts, approaches, problems and techniques of the study of comparative literature. To get them acquainted with select classics in translation.

Unit I CreditHours:15

Definition and theory of Comparative Literature – Scope, Methodology, Application – National Literature – Comparative Literature – French and American School. Unit II CreditHours:15

Influence and Imitation – Epoch, Period, Generation – Thematology, Comparing works on the basis of themes - Genres, Comparing works on the basis of form. Unit III CreditHours:15

Literature and Society, Literature and Religion, Literature and Psychology – Comparative Literature in India Unit IV CreditHours:15

Homer - Iliad (Robert Fitzerald Book I to VI) Aeschylus - Agamemnon Sophocles - Antigone Unit V CreditHours:15

Kafka - Metamorphosis Tolstoy - Anna Karenina Oman Khayyam - The Rubaiyat Learning Outcome:

On successful completion of the course, the students should have acquired. i.) The learners should be to familiar to the comparative study discipline with the deep understanding of various literature and its culture. ii.) Learners should be familiar to the language used by the translators of classic texts.

Text Book:

Ulrich Weistein - Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, Indiana University Press, 1974. Bhatnagar - Comparative English Literature, Atlantic Publishers 2000.

Reference Books: George K.M - Comparative Indian Literature, Macmillan, 1984. Prawar S.S. - Comparative Literary Studies An Introduction ,Gerald Duckworth , 1973. Narendra ed. Comparative Literature (Delhi University)2002.

TRANSLATION STUDIES

Credit:5 Course Code : N7MEN1T75 Hours per Week:6 Total Instructional Hours:75

Learning Objective: To introduce translation as a highly complex activity involving literature, linguistics and the understanding of different cultures. To make students acquire a sound knowledge in the aspects of translation theory.

Unit 1: CreditHours:15 History of Translation and Translation theory. Aspects of translation theory. Unit 2: CreditHours:15 Types of translation and tools of translation. Communicative and Semantic translation. Unit 3: CreditHours:15 Thirukural( Division I Aram-Truthfulness, Charity and Division II Porul-Knowing the Strengths, Country), Metamorphosis-Kafka, Outsider-Albert Camus Unit 4: CreditHours:15 Mother-Maxim Gorky, Hunchback of Notre-Dame-Victor Hugo, Unit 5: CreditHours:15 Ponniyen Selvan-Kalki(Part I) Learning Outcome:

On successful completion of the course, the students should have acquired . i.) Importance of Translation in Present world with its various theories. ii.) Should have an idea of translating world classic texts. Text Books: Bassnett Susan: Translation Studies, Psychology Press, 2002. Reference Books: Bassnett Susan &Lefevere Andre: Translation, History and Culture, Pinter Publishers, 1990. Bassnett Susan &Lefevere Andre: Constructing Cultures: Essays on Literary Translation Bassnett Susan &Trivedi Harish: Post-Colonial Translation , Cromwell Press, 1998. Newmark Peter: Approaches to Translation, Prentice Hall, 1988.

Prepared by Verified By K.Mahalakshmi R.Vennila Nancy Christina

SKILLS FOR COMMUNICATION

Credit:5 Course Code : N7MEN1T75 Hours per Week:6 Total Instructional Hours:75

Learning Objective: To improve the Communicative ability of the students and train them in all faculties. UNIT – I CreditHours:15 Language and Communication, Linguistic Communication, Barriers to Communication, Importance of Communication UNIT – II CreditHours:15 Non- verbal Communication, Personal appearance, Posture, Gestures, Facial expression, Eye contact, Space distancing UNIT – III CreditHours:15 Dyadic communication, Face to face conversation, Telephonic conversation Interviews, Instruction, Dictation UNIT – IV CreditHours:15 Seminars and conferences, Types of discussion groups, Regulating speech Conducting seminars, Organizing conferences UNIT – V CreditHours:15 Meetings and group discussions Purpose – Procedure – Chairmanship and Participation in meetings Group dynamics – Purposes and Organization of group discussions Learning Outcome: On successful completion of the course, the students should have acquired. i.) Learners should have Improved Communication skills knowing the various pros and cons of its theories and rules. ii.) Learners should have an idea of Preparation skills and ready to indulge themselves in the group discussions. Text Book: Krishna Mohan &MeeraBanerji .Developing Communication Skills.Macmillan,2011.

YOGA FOR THE MODERN AGE

Credits: 1 Course Code: 1T56 Total Instructional Hours – 50

OBJECTIVES: To improve students characteristic ,attitude through value added education -To make them realise the value of yoga and good heath- To evaluate their personality.

Unit – I Simplified Physical Exercises of 10 Hours SKY System

Simplified Physical Exercises Kayakalpa – Managing infatuation – Practice

Unit – II Meditation 10 Hours

Definition of Meditation – Mental Frequency – Types – General and Special meditations in SKY – Importance – Practices – Eye brow centre meditation – Genetic centre meditation – Clearence – Crown centre meditation.

Unit – III Management of life 10 Hours

Concepts of Life – Problems faced by Individual – Difference between Ego and Personality – Impact of Ego –Factors influencing Personality – Women empowerment - Individual difference – Role of Hereditary, Environment.

Unit – IV Law of Nature 10 Hours

Cause and effect - Unity in diversity – Consciousness and living – Relation between body and consciousness – Conciousness and Society – Concept of Action-Karmayoga – Role of karma yoga for self management – Impact of Qualities – Supremacy of love and compassion..

Unit – V Management Techniques 10 Hours

Stress Management – Emotional Management - Self Management – Conflict Management – Peer Pressure Management – Self identity – Self Monitering – Self Evaluation – Self Reinfocement – Group dynamics – Team Management.

Learning and outcome:

To upgrade students character, physical health and mental health.

Reference Books:

1. Simplified Physical Exercises – Thathuvagnani Vethathiri Maharishi 2. Karma yoga - Thathuvagnani Vethathiri Maharishi 3. Journey of Conciousness – Thathuvagnani Vethathiri Maharishi 4. Yoga for modern age – Thathuvagnani Vethathiri Maharishi 5. Unified force – Thathuvagnani Vethathiri Maharishi 6. The History of universe and living beings – Thathuvagnani Vethathiri Maharishi 7. Genetic centre – Thathuvagnani Vethathiri Maharishi 8. Psychology - Robrt A. Baron.

Semester – II Core 5- BRITISH LITERATURE II Credit: 5 Course Code : N7MEN2T61 Hours per Week:6 Total Instructional Hours:75

Learning Objective: To introduce students to authors and their select works so that they get a first hand knowledge of the important literary works of the period. To stimulate further reading so as to obtain a fuller understanding of the evolution of literary forms and literary movements and other works.

Unit I CreditHours:15 Detailed Milton : Paradise Lost (Book II) Non-Detailed Milton : On the Late Massacre in piedmont, On His Blindness Unit II CreditHours:15 Detailed Dryden : Mac Flecknoe Non-Detailed Sheridan : Rivals Unit III CreditHours:15 Detailed Pope : The Rape of the Lock Non-Detailed Addison & Steele : Of the Club,Character of Will Wimble, Sir Roger at Church, , The Coverly Household (Selections from ‘The Coverley Papers’, Deighton (ed) MacMillan Unit IV CreditHours:15 Detailed Congreve : The Way of the World Non-Detailed Goldsmith : The Vicar of Wakefield Unit V CreditHours:15 Detailed Fielding : Joseph Andrews Non-Detailed Swift : Gulliver’s Travels: Book I – Voyage to Lilliput Learning Outcome: From Milton to Jonathan Swift the early stalwarts of English literature are well acquired and comprehended.

Text Book: John Milton Paradise Lost, Book II, Paperback – 1 Jan 2011 by Mansi Sachdeva (Author) Publisher: Anmol Publisher (1 January 2011) Dryden mac Flecknoe: edited with introduction, Text, paraphrase, notes, explanations Paperback – 2012 by S C Mundra (Author) Publisher: Prakash Book Depot (2012) Reference Books: Pope's the Rape of the Lock; Paperback – Import, 1 Sep 2011 by Alexander Pope (Author), Publisher: Nabu Press (1 September 2011) William Congreve's The Way of the World Paperback – 2007 by Shrishendu Chakrabarti (Editor) Publisher: Orient BlackSwan; First edition (2007) Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield Paperback – Import, 12 Sep 2013 by Oliver Goldsmith (Author) Publisher: Theclassics.Us (12 September 2013) Joseph Andrews Paperback – Import, 31 Jul 2013 by Henry Fielding (Author) Publisher: Rupa & Co (31 July 2013) Gulliver's Travels: I. a Voyage to Lilliput... Paperback – Import, 13 Feb 2012 by Jonathan Swift (Author) Publisher: Nabu Press (13 February 2012)

Prepared by Verified By I.Indusoodan R.Vennila Nancy Christina

Core 6 - AMERICAN LITERATURE Credit: 4 Course Code : N7MEN2T72 Hours per Week: 6 Total Instructional Hours:75

Learning Objective: To introduce the students to the world of American life and culture and provide an outline knowledge of various aspects of American Literature. To provide an idea of its vital links with the British Literature and the influence it received from British Literature. To make the students understand the influence of American literature on the literature of other countries.

Unit I CreditHours:15 Detailed Walt Whitman : Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking, Song at Sunset Emily Dickinson : A Bird Came Down the Walk. I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed E.A. Poe : The Raven, The Happiest Day Sylvia Plath : Daddy, Lady Lazarus Non- Detailed Emerson : Ode to Beauty, Apology Robert Frost : West Running Brook E.E. Cummings : Somewhere I Have Never Travelled Humanity I love You

Unit II CreditHours:15 Detailed Tenesse Williams : A Street car named desire Arthur Miller : All My Sons Non- Detailed Eugene o’Neil : The Hairy Ape Unit III CreditHours:15 Detailed Emerson : The American Scholar Edgar Allan Poe : Philosophy of Composition Non- Detailed William Faulkner : Noble prize Acceptance Speech

Unit IV CreditHours:15 Detailed Henry James : The Ambassadors Non- Detailed Tony Morrison : The Bluest Eye Unit V CreditHours:15 Detailed

Harper Lee : To Kill a Mocking Bird Non- Detailed John Steinbeck : Chrysanthemums Learning Outcome: On successful completion of the course, the students have acquired i) This course will examine the root of American literature by focusing on various Authors ii) Demonstrate proficiency by exceeding the writing, reading and the literature bench marks. Text Books: To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee,Cornerstone Digital (4 November 2014), Enhanced Edition The Hairy Ape; Anna Christie; The First Man, O''Neill Eugene , Hardpress Publishing (28 January 2013) The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison, RHUK (4 March 1999), 1 Edition All My Sons, Arthur Miller, Penguin Books; (14 June 2016) Reprint edition A Streetcar Named Desire,Tennessee Williams, Penguin UK (5 March 2009) 1 Edition The Bluest Eye: A Critical Study, Shakti Batra, Rama Brothers,2011, 1 Edition The New Anthology of American Poetry: Vol. I Edited by Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, Thomas Travisano, Rutgers University Press, 2012. Reference Books: Studies in Tony Morrison's 'the Bluest Eye' Paperback – Import, 1 Jun 2014 By Shymasree Basu (Author) Publisher: Booksway (1 June 2014) The Ambassadors (Wilco Classic Library) Hardcover – 2011 By Henry James (Author) Publisher: Wilco Publishing House (2011) The New Anthology of American prose Edited by Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, Thomas Travisano, 2000. Bobbin, Jay Gregory Peck is Atticus Finch in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird", (Alabama publications) 2006 ,third edition Kenneth Sacks: Understanding Emerson: "The American Scholar" and His Struggle For Self-Reliance. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2003. Second edition.Hurell, .The New Anthology of American poetry of Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, and Thomas Travisano, 2006 third edition

Prepared by Verified By C.Senthil Kumar R.Vennila Nancy Christina

Core 7 -COMMONWEALTH LITERATURE

Credit:4 Course Code : N7MEN2T73 Hours per Week:6 Total Instructional Hours:75

Learning Objective: To introduce the students to different genres of the Post Colonial Literatures. To make them understand that the Post Colonial Literatures can be interesting. Unit I CreditHours:15 Detailed Kamala Markandaya - Nectar in a Sieve

Derek Walcott - Ruins of a Great House Non- Detailed Wole Soyinka - Telephonic Conversation A.D.Hope - Death of the Bird Unit II CreditHours:15 Detailed Alice Walker - The Color Purple Isaac Bashevis Singer -Grandfather and Grandson Non- Detailed Taslima Nasrin - Lajja Unit III CreditHours:15 Detailed Wole Soyinka - Kongi’s Harvest Non- Detailed GirishKarnad - Hayavadhana Unit IV CreditHours:15 Detailed V.S. Naipaul - The House of Mr.Biswas Non- Detailed Arunthathi Roy - God of Small Things. Unit V CreditHours:15 Detailed M.G. Vassanji - Leaving R.K. Narayan - The Blind Dog Non- Detailed Mulk Raj Anand - The Lost Child Learning Outcome: The voice of the unvoiced is revealed through this paper.

Text Books: The Color Purple, Alice Walker, Orion Publishing Group (5 June 2014) 1 Edition A House for Mr Biswas, V.S. Naipaul, Picador, (7 January 2011), Reprints edition Novels of V.S. Naipaul. D.N. Ganjewar Power book house.. Chennai Reference Books: Critical Studies on Common Wealth Literature–R.A. Singh 2003. An Anthology of Common Wealth Poetry ed. by C. D. Narasimhaiah, Laxmi Publishers, 2008. The Commonwealth Pen: An Introduction to the Literature of the British Commonwealth By A. L. McLeod Cornell University Press, 1961 (second edition) Postcolonizing the Commonwealth: Studies in Literature and Culture By Rowland Smith Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2000 ( second edition)

Prepared by Verified By C.Senthil Kumar R.Vennila Nancy Christina

Core 8 - WORLD CLASSICS Credit: 4 Course Code : N7MEN2T74 Hours per Week: 6 Total Instructional Hours:75

Learning Objectives: To introduce students to select authors and their select works so that they get a firsthand knowledge of the important literary works of the period. To stimulate further reading so as to obtain a fuller understanding of the evolution of literary forms and literary movements and other works. Unit I CreditHours:15 Detailed Anton Chekhov : The Cherry Orchard Non- Detailed Henrik Ibsen : Wild Duck Unit II CreditHours:15 Detailed Bapsi Sidhwa : Ice Candy Man Non- Detailed Wole Soyinka : The Lion and the Jewel Unit III CreditHours:15 Detailed Graham Green : Brighton Rock Non-Detailed Anton Chekov : The Lady with the Dog, The Grasshopper Unit IV CreditHours:15 Detailed Pearl S. Buck : The Good Earth Non- Detailed Camus : Outsider Unit V CreditHours:15 Detailed Kalidasa : Shakuntala Non- Detailed Bertolt Brecht : Mother Courage and her Children Learning Outcome: The sap of literature is well inherited through classics from different parts of the world. Text Books: The Cherry Orchard Paperback – November 19, 2012 by Anton Chekov (Author), Tom Stoppard (Translator) Publisher: Samuel French, Inc. (November 19, 2012) Ice Candy Man, Bapsi Sidhwa, Penguin India,(14 October 2000), New edition The Outsider, Albert Camus, Penguin UK (1 August 2013), 1 Edition The Lion and the Jewel, OUP Oxford; (4 April 1974), Revised ed. Edition Reference Books: The Good Earth (Oprah's Book Club) Paperback – September 15, 2004 Kalidasa: Shakuntala, and Other Works (Forgotten Books) Paperback – January 24, 2008 Publisher: Forgotten Books (January 24, 2008)

Prepared by Verified By K.Mahalakhsmi R.Vennila Nancy Christina

ELECTIVE –II GREEN STUDIES Credit:5 Course Code : N7MEN2T65 Hours per Week:6 Total Instructional Hours:75

Learning Objective: To give awareness to the students on the role of literature in addressing contemporary issues such as environmental concerns. To expose care and concern for the environment. To advocate a more thoughtful and ecologically sensitive relationship of man to nature.

UNIT I : CreditHours:15

Ecocriticism Theory Cherryl Glotfelty : Literary Studies in an Age of Environmental Crisis William Howarth : Ecocriticism in Context Karren J. Warren : “What are the Ecofeminists saying? UNIT II : CreditHours:15 POETRY Gieve Patel: On Killing a Tree A.D. Hope: Moschus Mochiferous W.S Merwin : End of the Day Margaret Atwood: Red Fox Gary Snyder : From “Turtle Island UNIT III : PROSE CreditHours:15 Selections from Aldo Leopold’s Sand Country Almanac( The Land Ethic) Selections from Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire(Water,and Serpants of Paradise) UNIT IV : FICTION CreditHours:15 Amitav Ghosh : The Hungry Tide UNIT V : FICTION CreditHours:15 Rabindranath Tagore : Muktha Dhara Learning Outcome

On successful completion of the course, the students should have acquired. i.) Learners should be aware of the Eco system and the problems which the world is facing now. ii.) Learners should know the relationship between Literature and Ecosystem. Text Books: The Hungry Tide, Amitav Gosh, Haeper Collins, 2011. Muktha Dhara, Rabindranath Tagore, Sasta Sahitya Mandal, 2012. Reference Books: Beginning Theory, Peter Barry, Vinod Vasishtha, 2010, 3rd edition Ecofeminism, Maria Mies & Vandana Shiva, Rawat Publications 1993, 1Edition The Oxford Handbook of Eco criticism, Greg Garrard, Oxford University Press 2014, 1Edition The Green Studies Reader: From Romanticism to Eco criticism, Laurence Coupe Routledge (3 August 2000) 1Edition

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JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION Credit:5 Course Code : N7MEN2T65 Hours per Week:6 Total Instructional Hours:75

Learning Objective: To introduce the students to the growth and development of Mass Communication. To help them learn the different forms of Media such as the print media and electronic media. To make the students learn the techniques of advertisements. Unit I Introduction to Mass Communication CreditHours:15

What is Mass Communication? Growth and Development of Mass Communication Different kinds of Mass Communication Unit II The Print Media CreditHours:15

Role of the Press, Reporting – Types and Qualities, News Paper Writing Unit III Electronic Media I – TV and Radio CreditHours:15

Impact of Electronic Media, Broadcast Style, Programme Genres Unit IV Electronic Media II – Film and Internet CreditHours:15

Films and Society, Growth of Internet Unit V Advertisements CreditHours:15

Different types of Advertisements Format and Structure of Advertisements How to Design an Ad. Learning Outcome: Students should have acquired a thorough knowledge on journalism and mass communication Text Book: Mass Communication in India – Keval J. Kumar ,JAICO, 1994. Reference Book Writing for the Mass Media - Peter Grundy Professional Journalist – V. Kamath, Vikas Publication, 2009.

PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

Credit:5 Course Code : N6MEN2T65 Hours per Week:6 Total Instructional Hours:75

Learning Objective: To enhance the personality of the students in order to face the Global needs and the need of the hour.

UNIT I CreditHours:15 Introduction to Personality Development Theories of Personality – Eastern / Western Outlook Determines of Personality UNIT II CreditHours:15 Self Esteem and Self Evaluation, Self Motivation, Need for goal setting UNIT III CreditHours:15 How to Improve Personality, Attitude and Aptitude, Confidence UNIT IV CreditHours:15 Leadership Qualities, TQL (Total Quality Leadership), Problem Solving UNIT V CreditHours:15 Personality Oriented Job Skills, Conflict Management, Negotiation Skills Emotional Intelligence Learning Outcome: Enriches their soft skills and enables them to converge their hidden potentials. Imbibes confidence in them to face interview. Text Book: Daniel K Mroczek Hand Book of Personality Development, Psychology Press, 2006. Daniel Goleman. Working with Emotional Intelligence, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012. David R Shaffer. Social and Personality Development, aipi Publisher, 2009.

SEMESTER II QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE AND VERBAL REASONING Credits: 2 Course Code: N7MEN2T66 Hours per Week: 5 Total Instructional Hours:60

Learning Objective: To inculcate the managerial and problem solving skills among the students. Unit I (12 Hours) Analogy Coding and Decoding Direction sense Test Unit II (12 Hours) Series Completion Logical Venn diagram Data sufficiency Unit III (12 Hours) Profit and Loss Ratio & Proportion Percentages Unit IV (12 Hours) Problems on Numbers Problems on Ages Problems on Averages Unit V (12 Hours) Time and Work Time and Distance Problems on Train

Learning Outcome: After the completion of the course the student will be able to develop reasoning skills and face any competitive examinations with confidence.

Text Book: “Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations (Arts stream)”, Department of Mathematics”, Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College, Pollachi, 2016.

Reference Books: 1. R.S. Aggarwal, A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning, S. Chand & Company Ltd, 2011 Edition, New Delhi (For units I & II only). 2. R.S. Aggarwal, Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations, S. Chand & Company Ltd, 2012 Edition, New Delhi(For units III, IV, V). 3. B. S. Sijwali, Quantitative Aptitude, Arihand Publications (India) PVT LTD, 2007. 4. Abhijit Guha, Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations, McGraw Hill Companies, 2006.

Calculation of Exclusive Internal Marks For “Quantitative Aptitude And Verbal Reasoning” For All PG Programmes a) Average of two cycle tests – For a maximum of 25 marks b) Model Examinations – For a maximum of 50 marks c) Assignment marks – For a maximum of 05 marks d) Seminar marks – For a maximum of 10 marks e) Unannounced Quiz – For a maximum of 10 marks Total marks – 100 marks

Semester – III Core 9 - BRITISH LITERATURE III Credit:4 Course Code : N7MEN3T61 Hours per Week:6 Total Instructional Hours:60

Learning Objective: To introduce students to select authors and their select works so that they get firsthand knowledge of the important literary works of the period. To stimulate further reading so as to obtain a fuller understanding of the evolution of literary forms and literary movements and other works.

Unit I Detailed CreditHours:12 Wordsworth - Prelude Book I Coleridge - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Keats - Ode to Grecian Urn Shelley - Ode to a Skylark Non-Detailed Oliver Goldsmith - The Deserted Village Unit II CreditHours:12 Detailed Tennyson - Ulysses

Browning - Andrea delSartro Arnold - Immortality D.G. Rossetti - The Mirror Non-Detailed D.G.Rosetti - Blessed Damozel, Autumn Song Christina Rosetti - Mirage, Uphill Unit III CreditHours:12 Detailed Lamb - New Year’s Eve Hazlitt - My First Acquaintance with Poets. Non-Detailed Thomas Carlyle - Hero as Poet Unit IV CreditHours:12 Detailed Sir Walter Scott - Kenilworth Non-Detailed Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice Unit V CreditHours:12 Detailed Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist Non-Detailed George Eliot - Silas Marner Learning Outcome: On successful completion of the course, students will have thorough knowledge of 18th& 19th centuries. Text Books: Oliver twist paperback – 2014 by Charles Dickens (author), publisher: projapoti; 1st edition (2014) Oxford University Press, 2001 - Literary CriticisCharles Lamb Paperback – 27 Jan 2009 by Thomas Craddock (Author) Publisher: BiblioBazaar (27 January 2009) Reference Books: My First Acquaintance with Poets, 1823 (Revolution & Romanticism, 1789-1834) Hardcover – Facsimile, Import by William Hazlitt (Author) Publisher: Woodstock Books; Facsimile edition edition (24 July 1993) Thomas Carlyle on Shakespeare from the Hero as Poet (1904) Paperback – Import, 29 Jan 2010 by Thomas Carlyle (Author) • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing (29 January 2010) Sir Walter Scott - Kenilworth: "Look back, and smile on perils past." Paperback – Import, 28 Apr 2014 by Sir Walter Scott (Author) Publisher: A Word To The Wise (28 April 2014) Pride and Prejudice Paperback – 1 Oct 1999 by Jane Austen (Author) Publisher: Rupa Publications India; Seventeenth edition (1 October 1999) Silas Marner - The Weaver of Raveloe Paperback – 15 Apr 2014 by George Eliot (Author) Publisher: Arihant Publishers; First edition (15 April 2014) An Oxford Companion to the Romantic Age: British Culture, 1776-1832 Iain McCalman

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Core 10 -LITERARY CRITICISM AND THEORY

Credit: 4 Course Code : N7MEN3T62 Hours per Week: 6 Total Instructional Hours:75

Learning Objective: To provide students with information on the current literary theories. To familiarize the students with the works of significant modern critics. To acquaint them with important critical movements. To enable them to understand the present day literary criticism. Unit I CreditHours:15 John Crowe Ransom - Criticism Inc. Cleanth Brooks - The Language of Paradox

Unit II CreditHours:15 Carl Jung - Psychology and Literature Northrop Frye - The Archetypes of Literature

Unit III CreditHours:15 George Lucas - The Ideology of Modernism Raymond Williams - Realism and the Contemporary Novel

Unit IV CreditHours:15 Roland Barthes - Criticism as Language Wayne C. Booth - From the Rhetoric of Fiction Unit V CreditHours:15 Sigmund Freud - Creative Writers and Daydreaming Elaine Showalter - Towards a Feminist Poetics Learning Outcome: On successful completion of the course, students will be able to apply the theories on any literary piece.

Text Book: 20th Century Literary Criticism –David Lodge, 1972. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism (Second Edition) Hardcover – Dolby, 2010. Reference Books: Modern Literary Criticism and Theory: A History byM.A.R. HabibMcLeod Cornell University Press,1992 (Third Edition) Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory - Humanities Reference PN 44.5 .H37 2000 Jeremy Hawthorn. 4th ed. London ; New York : Arnold, 2000.(first edition) Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature - Humanities Reference PN 81 .G8 2005 Wilfred L. Guerin ... [et al.]. 4th ed. New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.(second edition) Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism Edited by Michael Groden and Martin Kreiswirth. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1994.

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Core: 11 - OFFICE AUTOMATION Credit: 2 Course Code: N7MEN3T53 Hours per week: 3 Total Instructional Hours: 45

Learning Objective: The Course presents Essentials for a modern office management

UNIT I CreditHours:9 Office Nuts and Bolts: A survey of Office programs – Starting an office program-Finding your way around the office interface – Saving Your files – Navigating the save as an open dialog boxes – Opening and closing files – Reading and recording file properties- Locking a file with a password. [Book 1, Chapter 1]

UNIT II CreditHours:9 Word Processing: Introduction the word screen – Creating a new document – Getting a better look at your documents – Selecting text in speedy ways – Moving around quickly in documents – Inserting a whole file into a Document- Entering information quickly in a computerized form – Laying out text and pages: Paragraphs and formatting – Inserting a section break – Line Break-Starting a new page - Setting Margins – Indenting paragraphs – Numbering – Headers & Footers – Adjusting space between lines & Paragraphs – Number & Bulleted list – Working with tabs. [Book II, Chapter 1&2]

UNIT III CreditHours:9 Word Styles: All about styles – Applying styles to text and paragraphs – Creating a new style – Modifying a style – Creating and managing templates. Desktop publishing with word: Making use of charts, diagrams, shapes, clip arts and photos – Construction the perfect table – Positioning and wrapping objects relative to the page and text – Working with the drawing canvas – Choosing a theme for your document – Putting newspaper style – Working with text box – Sprucing up your pages – Dropping in a drop cap- Water marking for the elegant effect- Landscape documents – Printing on different sizes of paper. [Book II, Chapter 3 & 4]

UNIT IV CreditHours:9 Spread Sheet: Creating a new excel workbook – Getting acquainted with excel – Entering data in a worksheet – Enter data with the auto fill – Formatting numbers , Dates and Time – Conditional formats for calling attention to data – Establishing Data-validation rules. Refining your worksheet: Editing worksheet data- Moving around in a worksheet – Getting a better look at the worksheet – Comments for documenting worksheet – Selecting cells in a worksheet – Deleting , Copying and moving data – Handling worksheets – Keeping others from tampering with worksheets Formulas: How formulas work – The basics of entering a formula [Book V, Chapter 1, 2 & 3]

UNIT V CreditHours:9 Presentation: Getting started in Power point: Getting acquainted with power point – Creating new slides – Getting a better view – Selecting, moving and deleting slides – Putting together a photo album. Fashion look: Themes and background-Choosing a theme – Creating slide background – Changing a background – Live presentation: Transition and animation – Audio part in presentation – Playing videos on slides. [Book IV, Chapter 1, 2 & 4] Learning Outcome: On successful completion of the course, the students have expertise in word processing, spread sheet and presentations. Text Book: 1. Peter Weverka, “Microsoft Office 2010 All in one for Dummies”, Wiley India, 2010. Reference Books: 2. John Walkenbach, Herb Tyson et.al, “Microsoft office 2010 Bible”, Wiley India, 2010. Web Reference links: 1. http://office.microsoft.com

Core: 12 - OFFICE AUTOMATION LAB

Credit:2 Course Code : N7MEN3P54 Hours per Week:3 Total Instructional Hours:45

Learning Objective: To implement the Office Automation Software features covered in the syllabus List of Programs Word Processing CreditHours:15

1. Creating and Formatting a document with bulleted and Numbered list, adding

Headers, Footers and Page numbers) 2. Creating and formatting a document with charts and diagrams 3. Creating a Resume. 4. Creating a Newspaper Column Electronic Spreadsheet (MS Excel) CreditHours:20 5. Formatting the worksheets (Formatting the cell, rows and columns) 6. Working with functions and formulae. 7. Presenting Data with Charts Power Point CreditHours:15 8. Presentation using Text with animation 9. Creating a photo album 10. Creating a Presentation with Audio and Vide

Core 13- CHILDREN’S LITERATURE Credit: 4 Course Code : N7MEN3T75 Hours per Week: 6 Total Instructional Hours:75

Learning Objective: To introduce the students to the serious academic study of children’s literature. UNIT-I R.L.Stevenson : My Shadow Ted Hughes : Tiger Roald Dahl : Little Red Riding Hood and the Woolf UNIT II Vishnu Sharma : Panchatantra J.M.Barrie : Peter Pan Non Detail Brothers Grimm : Hansel and Gretel UNIT III Rudyard Kipling : Jungle Book E.B.White : Charlotte’s Web Non Detail J.K.Rowling : Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone UNIT IV Dr.Seuss : The Cat in the Hat Enid Blyton : Five Go off To Camp Non Detail Anushka Ravishankar : Tiger on a Tree UNIT V Folk Tales Fables Non Detail Epic Literature Myths and Mythic Heroes Learning Outcome: A new genre of Literature will motivate the students in enriching their flair for literature. Text Books: Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Bloomsbury, 1997. Rudyard Kipling, Jungle Book,Macmillan, 1991. Reference Books:

Dr.Seuss, The Cat in the Hat, Harper Collins, 2003. Ted Hughes, Collected Poems for Children, Faber and Faber, 2005. Enid Blyton, Five Go off To Camp, Hodder Headline,1995. Children’s Literature in the Elementary School, Charlotte S. Huck& Doris Young Kuhn, Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1968

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Elective - III ENGLISH LITERATURE FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS NET/SET Credit:5 Course Code : N7MEN3T56 Hours per Week:6 Total Instructional Hours:75

Learning Objective: To give a bird’s eye view of English literature to students. To enable students to face NET/SET. UNIT – I : LIFE AND WORKS OF MAJOR AUTHORS CreditHours:15

Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, Shakespeare, James Joyce, E. M. Forster, Tennessee Williams, Oliver Goldsmith, John Steinbeck, Graham Greene, Thomas Hardy, Hawthorne, Anthony Trollope, H.G. Wells, Harold Pinter, Rudyard Kipling, Mark Twain, George Eliot, George Meredith, George Orwell, Walter Scott, William Faulkner, Margret Atwood, Saul Bellow, Arnold Bennett, Aldous Huxley, Thomas Carlyle, T. S. Eliot, Charles Dickens, George Bernard Shaw, D. H. Lawrence UNIT – II : LITERARY FORMS AND TERMS CreditHours:15

Lyric, Ode, Sonnet, Elegy, Idyll, Satire, Heroic Couplet, Terza Rima, Rhyme Royal, Ottava Rima, Dramatic Monologue, Irony, Soliloquy, Allegory, Blank Verse, Catharsis, Euphemism, Interludes, Metaphor, Objective Correlative, Onomatopoeia, Sprung Rhythm, Stream of Consciousness, Surrealism UNIT – III : LITERARY CRITISM AND THEORIES CreditHours:15

Criticism: Aristotle, Sydney, Dryden, Pope, T. S. Eliot and I.A. Richards Theories: Post-Modernism, Structuralism, Post-Structuralism, Semiotics, Deconstruction, Feminism, Marxist Criticism, New Criticism, Eco Criticism, Gay Criticism UNIT – IV : IMPORTANT EVENTS AND MOVEMENTS CreditHours:15

Aesthetic Movement, The Theatre of the Absurd, Angry Young Men, University Wits, Black Mountain School, The Cockney School, Confessional Poetry, Theatre of Cruelty, Graveyard Poets, Lake Poets, Metaphysical Poets.

UNIT – V : MAJOR LITERARY CHARACTERS AND WELL KNOWN QUOTATIONS CreditHours:15

Popular Quotations and well known characters from the plays of Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw – from the novels of Charles Dickens and D. H. Lawrence – from the essays of Bacon Learning Outcome: A Thorough knowledge on literature and NET/SET exams would have acquired by the students.

Text Book:

Drabble, Margaret. The Oxford Companion to English literature. Oxford: OUP, 2006.

Reference Books: Masih K. Ivan, et al . An Objective Approach to English Literature for NET, JRT, SLET and Pre-Ph.D. New Delhi: AtlanticPublishers, 2007.

Abrams, M.H. and Geoffrey Galt Harphan. A Handbook of Literary Terms. New Delhi: Cengage Learning, 2009.

Anderson, Robert and John Malcolm Brinnin. Ed. Elements of Literature. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston Inc., 1952.

Lodge, David . Ed. Modern Criticism and Theory: a Reader. Delhi: Pearson Education Ltd., 2004.

Ousby, Ian. The Wordsworth Companion to Literature in English. London: Wordsworth References, 1992.

Sampson, George. The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature. New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

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CONTEMPORARY LITERARY THEORY Credit:5 Course Code : N7MEN3T56 Hours per Week: 6 Total Instructional Hours:75

Learning Objective: To provide students with information on the current literary theories. To enable them to understand the present day literary criticism. Unit 1: Postmodernism CreditHours:15

Jean Francois Lyotard: Answering the Question: What is Postmodernism?

Terry Eagleton: The Illusions of Postmodernism Unit 2: CreditHours:15

Patricia Waugh: Postmodernism and Feminism (1998) Leslie Fielder: Close the Gap, Cross the Border: Postmodernism Unit 3: Post-Structuralism CreditHours:15

Ann Jefferson: Structuralism and Post-Structuralism Roland Barthes: The Death of the Author Jacques Derrida: Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse of Human Sciences Unit 4: Post-Colonialism CreditHours:15

Helen Tiffin: Post-Colonialism, Postmodernism and the Rehabilitation of Postcolonial History Edward Said: Two visions in ‘Heart of Darkness’ (From Culture and Imperialism (1993)) Unit 5: New Historicism CreditHours:15

Louis Montrose: The Poetics and Politics of Culture (1989) Stephen Greenblatt: Towards a Poetics of Culture Learning Outcome: It helps to provide lucid, concise explanations of myriad approaches to literature

Text Book:

Modern Literary Criticism and Theory: A History Paperback – Import, 11 Dec 2007 by M. A. R. Habib (Author)

ADVANCED SKILLS FOR SPOKEN COMMUNICATION Credit:5 Course Code : N7MEN3T56 Hours per Week:6 Total Instructional Hours:75

Learning Objective: To make the students understand the advanced skills used in Spoken Communication. To help them understand the importance of overall development of personality. Unit I - Grammar CreditHours:15

Tenses – Voices – Concord – infinitives – gerunds and participles – words often confused and misused – idioms and phrases – clauses – type of sentences. Unit II - Conversation in Select Contexts CreditHours:15

Introductions, permission, request, offer, greetings, sympathy.apology, suggestion, persuasion, telephonic conversation, complaint, warning, gratitude. Unit III – Public Speaking CreditHours:15

Welcome Speech – Introducing guests – Vote of Thanks – Speech on current topics like use of cell phones, beauty contests, pollution, etc.,

Unit IV – Personality Development CreditHours:15

Soft skills – International Body language – Goal setting – positive attitude – emotional intelligence, Leadership qualities – Problem solving – Human Values Unit V – Communication for Career CreditHours:15

Preparing a C.V. – Group discussion – Interviews – standard, panel, walk-in, group, stress, mock interviews (Practice) 27 Learning Outcome: Learners can understand speak, write and read English and want to further enhance their English Language skills

Text Book:

Dr.T.M.Farhathullah: A Hand book of GRE, 2000. Dr. T.M. Farhathullah: Communication Skills for Under Graduates, 2000.

Semester – IV Core 13- BRITISH LITERATURE - IV

Credit: 4 Course Code : N7MEN4T71 Hours per Week:6 Total Instructional Hours:75

Unit I Detailed CreditHours:13 W.B. Yeats - Byzantium (D) G.M Hopkins - The Windhover Non-Detailed W.H. Auden - Musee’des Beaux Arts Stephen Spender - I think continually of those who were really great, , an era’s Crown C. Day Lewis - The Conflict

Unit II CreditHours:16 Detailed G.K Chesterton - The Contented Man, Advantages of having one leg A.G Gardiner - All about a Dog, A Fellow – Traveller Robert Lynd - In Praise of Mistakes J.B Priestley - Student Mobs James Thurber - My university Days Non-Detailed

E.V.Lucas - A Funeral Stephen Leacock - My Lost Dollar Unit III CreditHours:16 Virginia Woolf - To a Light House George Orwell - Animal Farm Unit IV CreditHours:15 Detailed T.S. Eliot - Cocktail Party Non-Detailed Harold Pinter - Birthday Party Unit V CreditHours:15 Detailed Stanley Houghton - The Dear Departed W.W.Jacobs - The Monkey`S Paw Non-Detailed J.B.Priestly - The Mother`s Day Learning Outcome: On successful completion of the course, students will have detailed knowledge of 19th& 20th centuries. Text Book: The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats Paperback – September 9, 1996 by William Butler Yeats (Author), Richard J. Finneran (Editor) Publisher: Scribner; 2nd Revised edition (September 9, 1996) Reference Books: Poetry of G.M. Hopkins (Notes on English Literature) Paperback – September, 1969 by H.C. Sherwood (Editor) Publisher: Blackwell Publishers (September 1969) Nineteenth Century Essays (Classics of British Historical Literature) Paperback – March 31, 1972 by John Morley (Author), Peter Stansky (Editor) Publisher: University of Chicago Press (March 31, 1972) Virginia Woolf Paperback – October 5, 1999 by Hermione Lee (Author) Publisher: Vintage (October 5, 1999) Animal Farm Paperback – August 31, 2013 by George Orwell (Author) Publisher: Rupa; First Edition edition (August 31, 2013) Murder in the Cathedral Paperback – March 18, 1964 by T. S. Eliot (Author) Publisher: Harcourt (March 18, 1964) Mother's Day: Play (Acting Edition) Paperback – Import by J.B. Priestley (Author) Publisher: Samuel French Ltd Modern one act plays,2007,Macmillan.

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Core 14 - RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Credit:4 Course Code : N7MEN4T52 Hours per Week:5 Total Instructional Hours:75

Learning Objective: To introduce the students to the areas of research and its methodology. To make them understand the different kinds of discourse, the fundamental of research, collection of material style and mechanics of a thesis.

Unit I Rhetoric CreditHours:15 (i) Definition & Description (ii) Characteristics of Composition Unity, Coherence, Emphasis (iii) Composition of a Paragraph (iv) Four kinds of discourse Expository, Argumentative, Descriptive, Narrative Unit II Research Methodology CreditHours:15 The Fundamentals of Research Unit III Collection of Material CreditHours:15 Data Collection, Primary & Secondary sources, Use of Quotations Unit IV – Style CreditHours:15 Format, Style Unit V Mechanics of a Thesis CreditHours:15 Footnote, Bibliography, Parenthetical Documentation, First draft and final draft, Proof correction Learning Outcome: On successful completion of the course, students will be the master in Research area. Text Book: MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers Paperback – January 1, 2003 by Joseph Gibaldi (Author), Phyllis Franklin (Foreword)

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Core -15- GENDER STUDIES Credit: 4 Course Code : N7MEN4T73 Hours per Week:5 Total Instructional Hours:75

Learning Objective: To introduce the students to a different form of literary works. To make students acquire a sound knowledge in Gender Studies

Unit I CreditHours:12 Kamala Das : Blood Katherine Mansfiel : The Man with the Wooden Leg Genny Lin : Wonder Woman Adrienne Rich : Living in Sin Unit II CreditHours:13 Dale Spender : Women and Literary History TorilMoi : Feminist, Feminine, Female Unit III CreditHours:15 Lorraine Hansbery : A Raisin in the Sun. Uma Parameswaran : Lesson of a Different Kind. Unit IV CreditHours:15 Alice Walker : Everyday Use Virginia Woolf : The New Dress.

Unit V CreditHours:20 Charlotte Bronte : Jane Eyre GithaHariharan : Thousand Faces of Night Learning Outcome: On successful completion of the course, students will be the wise Gender studies and they can analyse the state of a particular Gender.

Text Book: Women in Literature: Life Stages Through Stories, Poemsand Plays. Sandra Eagleton (ed.)Prentice Hall. 1988. The Feminist Reader (2nded.) Catherine Belsey (ed) Macmillan, 1997. Reference Books: Charlotte Bronte ‘s Jane Eyre(1st ed) Christel R Devadawson (ed)Macmillan,2000 GithaHariharan’s Thousand Faces of Night (1st ed) The Penguine Books,1992 Lorraine Hansbery’s A Raisin in the Sun (1st ed) Vintage Books, 1994. Working with Feminist Criticism(2nd ed) Mary Eagleton-Blackwell Publishers, 1995 Feminist Literary Theory (3rd ed) Blackwell Publishers, 2010

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Core -16 -SHAKESPEARE Credit:4 Course Code : N7MEN4T74 Hours per Week:5 Total Instructional Hours:75

Learning Objective: To make the students understand the greatness of Shakespeare as a master craftsman in the genre.To help them appreciate the original and creative use of language. To make the students read, enjoy and appreciate the poetry in his plays. To help them understand the working of the human minds and their numerous emotions from a study of Shakespeare's myriad characters.

Unit I : Romeo and Juliet CreditHours:15 Unit II : Richard II CreditHours:15 Unit III : King Lear CreditHours:15 Unit IV : The Winter’s Tale CreditHours:15 Unit V : General Shakespeare CreditHours:15 (i) Shakespeare’s Theatre and Audience (ii) Shakespeare’s Criticism (iii) Shakespeare as a Sonneteer (iv) Shakespeare’s Imagery Learning Outcome: On successful completion of the course, the students have acquired i) a complete outline & detail structure about Shakespeare ii) The original essence of the Sonnets & language of Shakespeare

Text Book:

The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works 2nd EditionHardcover– August 1, 2005 by William Shakespeare(Author),

Reference Books: Muir, Kenneth, Shakespeare's Tragic Sequence, 1972. Brown, John Russell: Shakespeare and His Comedies, London, Methuen, 1957. Charlton, H.B.: Shakespearean Comedy, London, Methuen, 1957. Knights, L.C.: Shakespeare: The Histories, London, The British Counil, 1962. (Writers and Their Work Series)

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PROJECT AND VIVA-VOCE

Credits: 4 Course Code: N7MEN4R56 Hours per week: 3 Total Instructional Hours: 30

The primary objective of the project is to put forth an opportunity to the students in comprehending the critical theories and the application of the various critical schools on the work of art , thereby it stands as a platform for them in the perusal of their research career.

Project Period: The Project Commences on December and goes up to the month of March

Learning Objective:

 Apply critical theories as per the genre of the work of art  To understand the value of life through a work of art  To understand the sustenance of life through the constant struggle between life and via art

Organization Guide:

Students will be allocated to teachers, who may guide them in the process of selecting the genre or a writer or a work of art. A keen insight will be rendered towards the selected title from the guide. The guide may:

 Facilitate the students in the collection of secondary materials  Progress in the work will be constantly reviewed  Regular discussions will be carried out with the students.  The course of the project will be followed through the consensus of the guide and the student

SCHEDULE

Duration of the Project : Six months

IV Semester

December : To select a work of art (genre and a writer)

January : Collection of Review of Literature

February : Methodology and critical analysis to be started

March : Final draft correction

Elective -IV APPROACHES TO LITERATURE Credit:5 Course Code : N7MEN4T55 Hours per Week:6 Total Instructional Hours:75

Learning Objective: This paper aims to sharpen the critical ability of students by learning the various literary theories. Unit I CreditHours:15

The Moral Approach : Literature and Moral Ideas Unit II CreditHours:15 The Psychological Approach: Literature in light of Psychological Theory.

Unit III CreditHours:15 The Sociological Approach : Literature and Social Ideas Unit IV CreditHours:15 The Formalistic Approach : Literature as Aesthetic Structure Unit V CreditHours:15 The Archetypal Approach : Literature in the light of Myth

Learning Outcome: Learners can apply all the theories in their Research Text Book:

Wilbur S.Scott : Five Approaches of Literary Criticism , Macmillan, 1996.

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ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSE

Credit: 5 Course Code : N7MEN4T55 Hours per Week: 6 Total Instructional Hours:75

Learning Objective: To instruct students in academic writing. To help students acquire necessary vocabulary, grammar and language to effectively communicate in an academic setup. To expose students to various styles that are followed in writing research papers. UNIT IWord Power CreditHours:15

Enriching vocabulary using Word list, Word Classes- synonyms, antonyms, verbal analogy, sentence completion, cloz tests Unit IIReading Comprehension CreditHours:15

Developing a good reading habit, improving reading speed, Skimming& Scanning, reading for general& specific information UNIT III Listening Skills CreditHours:15

Listening to lectures, participating in seminars& conferences, interactive listening, working with audio/video tutorials Unit IV Academic Writing CreditHours:15

Taking Notes, developing hints, summarizing, writing descriptive, analytical& argumentative essays UNIT V Writing & Presenting Papers CreditHours:15

Choosing a research topic, gathering & organizing information, preparing the research paper and following style sheet, presenting the research paper in a seminar. Learning Outcome: Learners can get an in depth understanding of the factors that these learners perceive are contributing to their transition

Text Book:

Developing communication skills- by Krishna Mohan & Meera Banerji, Laxmi Publication, 2009. Reference Books:, English for Competitive Examinations by R.P.Bhatnagar & Rajul Bhargava, 2014 Effective English Communication for you by V.Shyamala-Emerald PubYou can win by Shivkera , 2nd edition, 2002.

WRITING SKILLS

Credit:5 Course Code : N7MEN3T55

Hours per Week:6 Total Instructional Hours:75

Learning Objective: To inculcate the importance of technical Writing for the students and channelize their writing ability

UNIT – I CreditHours:15

Report Writing, Letter Writing UNIT – II CreditHours:15

E-Mail Drafting, Preparing Agenda and Writing Minutes for Meetings UNIT – III CreditHours:15

Developing Hints, Effective use of SMS UNIT – IV CreditHours:15

Resume writing, Applying for Jobs UNIT – V CreditHours:15

Cover letter, Advertisement Learning Outcome: Learners can present themselves as an expert

Text Book:

Communication skills – a multi skill course --- Macmillan, 2002 English Practice Book for Undergraduates – T.M.Farhathullah. Emerald Publishers, 2001.

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS Credit:1 Course Code : N7MEN4T57 Hours per Week:3 Total Instructional Hours:45 Learning Objectives: To provide students with an introduction to the philosophical foundation of ethics and values based decision making and behavior. To aid the students in relating Professional Code of Ethics and how to apply them in their own work place. To provide the students with resources that may assist them in appreciating Universal Human Values.

UNIT I: NATURE AND SCOPE OF BUSINESS ETHICS CreditHours:9 Introduction – Scope of business ethics- Religion and Ethics- Types of Ethics – Sources of business Ethics- Factors influencing business Ethics –Importance of business Ethics UNIT II: PROFESSIONAL ETHICS CreditHours:9 Introduction –professional Ethics – Ethical problems faced by managers – New skill required for managers – Managing ethical conduct in modern times UNIT III: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND CSR CreditHours:9 Principles of corporate Governance – Issues involved in corporate Governance- theories of corporate Governance –CSR – Introduction – various dimensions – Argument for and against CSR UNIT IV: ETHICS IN INDIA CreditHours:9 Religious foundations of ethics-Hinduism-Buddhism-Jainism-Ethical values of Gandhi,Vivekananda, Aurobindo and Tagore. UNIT V: CONTEMPORARY ETHICS CreditHours:9 Personal ethics - Marketing ethics – Technology ethics – Environmental ethics. Reference Books: Indian ethos and values in Management:R.Nandagopal,AjithSankar R N,TataMcgraw Hill Education Private Limited, New Delhi (2010). Business Ethics and corporate Governance,S.Prabakaran,Excel books(2010),I edition

EXAMINATION SYSTEM UNDER AUTONOMY

1. Pattern of Examinations: The college follows semester pattern. Each academic year consists of two semesters and each semester ends with the End Semester Examination. A student should have a minimum of 75% attendance out of 90 working days to become eligible to sit for the examinations. 2. Internal Examinations: The questions for every examination shall have equal representation from the units of syllabus covered. The question paper pattern and coverage of syllabus for each of the internal (CIA) tests for PG programs other than MBA and MCA are as follows. i) First Internal Assessment Test

Syllabus : First Two Units Working Days : On completion of 30 working days, approximately Duration : Two Hours Max. Marks : 50

For the First internal assessment test, the question paper pattern shall be as given below. Question Paper Pattern Section A Attempt all questions (three each from both units) 06 questions – each carrying one mark 06 X 01 = 06 No Choice Section B Attempt all questions (two each from both units) 04 questions – each carrying five marks 04 X 05 = 20 Inbuilt Choice [Either / Or] Section C Attempt all questions (Minimum one question shall be asked from each unit) 03 questions - each carrying eight marks 03 X 08 = 24 Inbuilt Choice [Either / Or]

Reduce these marks to a maximum of 05 i.e., (Marks obtained/50) X 5 === A ii) Second Internal Assessment Test

Syllabus : Third and Fourth Units Working Days : On completion of 65 working days approximately, Duration : Two Hours Max. Marks : 50 For the Second internal assessment test, the question paper pattern shall be as given below. Question Paper Pattern Section A Attempt all questions 06 questions – each carrying one mark 06 X 01 = 06 No Choice Section B Attempt all questions (two each from both units) 04 questions – each carrying five marks 04 X 05 = 20 Inbuilt Choice [Either / Or] Section C Attempt all questions (Minimum one question shall be asked from each unit) 03 questions - each carrying eight marks 03 X 08 = 24 Inbuilt Choice [Either / Or]

Reduce these marks to a maximum of 05 i.e., (Marks obtained/50) X 5 === B iii) Model Examinations Syllabus : All Five Units Working Days : On completion of 85 working days approximately, Examination : Commences any day from 86th working day to 90th working day. Duration : Three Hours Max. Marks : 75

For the model examinations, the question paper pattern shall be the same for all UG and PG programs, as given below.

Question Paper Pattern Section A Attempt all questions 10 questions – each carrying one mark 10 X 01 = 10 No Choice Section B Attempt all questions 05 questions – each carrying five marks 05 X 05 = 25 Inbuilt Choice [Either / Or] Section C Attempt all questions 05 questions – each carrying eight marks 05 X 08 = 40 Inbuilt Choice [Either / Or]

Reduce these marks to a maximum of 10 i.e., (Marks obtained / 75) X 10  C

The following is the Question Paper Pattern for the courses ‘Yoga for the modern age’ & ‘Professional Ethics’

Syllabus : All Five Units Duration : Three Hours Max. Marks : 50 Question Paper Pattern Section A (5 x 10 = 50 marks)

Five Questions of “either / or” type. Each question carries 10 marks.

Answer all questions Q.1 (a) ______or (b) ______

Q.2 (a) ______or (b) ______

Q.3 (a) ______or (b) ______

Q.4 (a) ______or (b) ______

Q.5 (a) ______or (b) ______iv) Assignments Each student is expected to submit at least two assignments per course. The assignment topics will be allocated by the course teacher. The students are expected to submit the first assignment before the commencement of first Internal Assessment Test and the second assignment before the commencement of second Internal Assessment Test. Typed/computer print outs and photo copies will not be accepted for submission. Scoring pattern for Assignments

Punctual Submission : 2 Marks

Contents : 4 Marks

Originality/Presentation skill : 4 Marks

Maximum : 10 Marks x 2 Assignments = 20 marks

Reduce these marks to a maximum of 5 i.e., (Marks obtained / 20) X 5 === D v) Seminars Each PG student is expected to present the two assignments as seminar in the class. Scoring pattern for Seminars

Logical and clear presentation : 3

Illustration : 3

Originality / Presentation skill : 4

Maximum : 10 Marks x 2seminars = 20marks

Reduce these marks to a maximum of 5 i.e., (Marks obtained / 20) X 5 === F

Calculation of Internal Marks for all PG and Parallel programs:

1. Internal Assessment Test : Average of the two tests. Reduced to a Maximum of 05 Marks (A+B)/2

2. Model Examination : Reduced to a Maximum of 10 Marks (C)

3. Assignment : Reduced to a Maximum of 05 Marks (D)

4. Seminars : Reduced to a Maximum of 05 Marks (F)

Internal Marks Scored = ((A + B)/2) + C + D + F

Calculation of Exclusive Internal Marks For “Quantitative Aptitude And Verbal Reasoning” For All PG Programmes

f) Average of two cycle tests - For a maximum of 25 marks g) Model Examinations – For a maximum of 50 marks h) Assignment marks - For a maximum of 05 marks i) Seminar marks – For a maximum of 10 marks j) Unannounced Quiz – For a maximum of 10 marks

Total marks – 100 marks

Calculation of Internal Marks for Yoga and Professional Ethics all PG

1. I Cycle Test : 50 marks test is reduced to the maximum to 15 Marks 2. II Cycle Test : 50 marks test is reduced to the maximum to 15 Marks 3. Model : 75 marks test is reduced to the maximum to 20 Marks ------

50Marks ------vi) Practical Examination The Internal Assessment marks for practical examinations are based on the following criteria. The assessment is for 40 % marks of each practical course. I Cycle Test - 5 II Cycle Test - 5 Model - 10 Lab Performance - 12 Record - 8 ------Total 40 ------vii) Project and Viva Voce The Project assessment will be done for 100 marks for each Project / Research work. 40 marks for Internal assessment mark and 60 marks for External assessment mark. The Internal Assessment mark for project evaluation is based on the following criteria. a. I Review (Title, Objective) 10 b. Pre Final Review( analysis and interpretation) 15 c. Final Review & Mock Viva 15 ------Total 40 3. External Examinations:

The external examinations for theory courses will be conducted for 75 % marks, for all UG and PG degree programs. The external theory examinations will be conducted only after the completion of 90 working days in each semester. Normally, the external practical examinations will be conducted before the commencement of theory examinations. Under exceptional conditions these examinations may be conducted after theory examinations are over. The external evaluation will be for 60 % marks of each practical course. The External Assessment marks forpractical examinations are based on the following criteria. The assessment is for 60 % marks of each practical course.

Programmes(2*24) 48(Algoritham 12 marks, Key and execution12 marks) Record 12 ------Total 60 ------The external viva voce examinations Research / project works also will be conducted after completion of theory examinations. The external assessment is for 60 % marks of the project / research work / Dissertation. The External Assessment mark for project evaluation is based on the following criteria. a) Assessment (80%) 48 b) Viva (20%) 12

Total60 ------a. Methodology 10

b. Analysis 18

c. Logical Presentation & result 10

d. Regularity with Punctuality 10 ------Total 48

End Semester Examination Question Paper Pattern Syllabus : All Five Units Working Days : On completion of a minimum of 90 working days. Duration : Three Hours Max. Marks : 75 Question Paper Pattern For the End semester external theory examinations, the question paper pattern shall be the same for all UG and PG programs, as given below, except in the case of Part – II English. Section A Attempt all questions

10 questions – each carrying one mark 10 X 01 = 10 No Choice Section B Attempt all questions 05 questions – each carrying five marks 05 X 05 = 25 Inbuilt Choice [Either / Or] Section C Attempt all questions 05 questions – each carrying eight marks 05 X 08 = 40 Inbuilt Choice [Either / Or]

4. Grade System for Extra Credit Courses S.No Marks Grade 1 90-100 O-Outstanding 2 80-89 D-Distinction 3 70-79 A-First class 4 60-69 B- Second class 5 50-59 C- Third class 6 Less than 50 R- Reappear

5. Essential conditions for the Award of Degree / Diploma / Certificates: 1. Pass in all components of the degree, i.e., Part–I, Part–II, Part–III, Part – IV and Part–V individually is essential for the award of degree.

2. First class with Distinction and above will be awarded for part III only. Ranking will be based on marks obtained in Part – III only.

3. GPA (Grade Point Average) will be calculated every semester separately. If a candidate has arrears in a course, then GPA for that particular course will not be calculated. The CGPA will be calculated for those candidates who have no arrears at all. The ranking also will be done for those candidates without arrears only.

4. The improvement marks will not be taken for calculating the rank. In the case of courses which lead to extra credits also, they will neither be considered essential for passing the degree nor will be included for computing ranking, GPA, CGPA etc.

5. The grading will be awarded for the total marks of each course.

6. Fees shall be paid for all arrears courses compulsorily.

7. There is provision for re-totaling and revaluation for UG and PG programmes on payment of prescribed fees. 6. Classification of Successful Candidates [Course-wise] RANGE OF MARKS GRADE POINTS GRADE DESCRIPTION (In percent)

90 - 100 9.0 - 10.0 O OUTSTANDING

80 - 89 8.0 - 8.9 D+ EXCELLENT

75 - 79 7.5 - 7.9 D DISTINCTION

70 – 74 7.0 - 7.4 A+ VERY GOOD

60 – 69 6.0 - 6.9 A GOOD

50 – 59 5.0 - 5.9 B AVERAGE

40 – 49 # 4.0 - 4.9 C SATISFACTORY

00 – 39 0.0 U RE-APPEAR

ABSENT 0.0 U ABSENT

Reappearance is necessary for those who score below 50% Marks in PG **; those who score below 40% Marks in UG*; # only applicable for UG programs Individual Courses

Ci= Credits earned for course “i” in any semester

Gi= Grade Point obtained for course “I” in any semester

'n' refers to the semester in which such courses were credited.

GRADE POINT AVERAGE [GPA] = ΣCi G i

ΣCi

Sum of the multiplication of grade points by the credits of the courses

GPA = ------

Sum of the credits of the courses in a semester

Classification of Successful Candidates: CGPA GRADE CLASSIFICATION OF FINAL RESULT

9.5 to 10.0 O+ First Class - Exemplary * 9.0 and above but below 9.5 O

8.5 and above but below 9.0 D++

8.0 and above but below 8.5 D+ First Class with Distinction *

7.5 and above but below 8.0 D

7.0 and above but below 7.5 A++

6.5 and above but below 7.0 A+ First Class

6.0 and above but below 6.5 A

5.5 and above but below 6.0 B+ Second Class 5.0 and above but below 5.5 B

4.5 and above but below 5.0 C+ # Third Class 4.0 and above but below 4.5 C #

0.0 and above but below 4.0 U Re-appear

“*” The candidates who have passed in the first appearance and within the prescribed semester of the Programme (Major, Allied and Elective Course alone) are eligible.

“#” Only applicable to U.G. Programme

Σn Σi Cni Gni

CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE [CGPA] = ------

ΣnΣi Cn i

Sum of the multiplication of grade points by the credits of entire program

CGPA= ------

Sum of the Courses of entire Program

In order to get through the examination, each student has to earn the minimum marks prescribed in the internal (wherever applicable) and external examinations in each of the theory course, practical course and project viva.

Normally, the ratio between internal and external marks is 25:75. There is no passing minimum for internal component. The following are the minimum percentage and marks for passing of each course, at UG and PG levels for external and aggregate is as follows:

Passing Minimum in Percent S.No Program External (75) Aggregate (100) 1 UG Degree 40% (30) 40% (40) 2 PG Degree 50% (38) 50% (50) However, the passing minimum marks may vary depending up on the maximum marks of each course. The passing minimum at different levels of marks is given in the following table: UG & PG Passing minimum for UG Passing minimum for PG S. Maximum Marks No Agg. Int. Ext. Total Int. Ext. Int. Ext. Agg. 50% 40% 1 25 75 100 - 30 40 - 38 50 2 50 150 200 - 60 80 - 75 100 3 40 60 100 - 24 40 - 30 50 4 80 120 200 - 48 80 - 60 100 5 80 20 100 - 8 40 - 10 50 6 160 40 200 - 16 80 - 20 100 7 15 60 75 - 24 30 - 30 38 8 50 - 50 20 - 20 25 - 25 9 - 50 50 - 20 20 - 25 25 10 - - 100 - - - - 50 50 11 20 30 50 - - - - 15 25 12 - - 200 - - - - 100 100 13 10 40 50 - - - - 20 25 Reappearance The students having arrears shall appear in the subsequent semester (external) examinations compulsorily. The candidates may be allowed to write the examination in the same syllabus for 3 years only. Thereafter, the candidates shall be permitted to write the

52 examination in the revised / current syllabus depending on various administrative factors. There is no re-examination for internals. Criteria for Ranking of Students:

1. Marks secured in core and elective(Part III) the courses will be considered for PG Programs and marks secured in core and allied courses (Part-III) will be considered for UG programs, for ranking of students. 2. Candidate must have passed all courses prescribed chosen / opted in the first attempt itself. 3. Improvement marks will not be considered for ranking but will be considered for classification. External Examination Grievances Committee: Those students who have grievances in connection with examinations may represent their grievances, in writing, to the chairman of examination grievance committee in the prescribed proforma. The Principal will be chairman of this committee.

SREE SARASWATHI THYAGARAJA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) THIPPAMPATTI, POLLACHI - 642 107 Student Grievance Form (Forms Available at Utility Stores) Date: Place: From Register No : ………………………………………...... , Name : ………………………………………...... , Class : …………………………………………....., Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College, Pollachi – 642 107 To The Principal / Examination-in-charge, Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College, Pollachi – 642 107 Through: 1. Head of the Department, Department of ……………….………., Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College, Pollachi – 642 107 2. Dean of the Department Faculty of ………………………………., Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College, Pollachi – 642 107

Respected Sir / Madam, Sub: ……………………………………………………………………………... - reg. NATURE OFGRIEVANCE: .………………………………………………………………...……………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………… Thanking you, Yours Truly,

Signature Forwarded by: 1. HOD with comments / recommendation ………………………………………………………………………………………...... 2. Dean with comments / recommendation ………………………………………………………………………………………...... 3. Signature and Directions of the Principal ………………………………………………………………………………………...... 4. Controller of Examinations: ………………………………………………………………………………………......