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CURRICULUM of ENGLISH BS & MS/Mphil CURRICULUM OF ENGLISH BS & MS/MPhil (Revised 2017) HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION ISLAMABAD CURRICULUM DIVISION, HEC Prof. Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Chairman Prof. Dr. Arshad Ali Executive Director Mr. Muhammad Raza Chohan Director General (Academics) Dr. Muhammad Idrees Director (Curriculum) Syeda Sanober Rizvi Deputy Director (Curriculum) Mr. Riaz-ul-Haque Assistant Director (Curriculum) 2 CONTENTS 1. Preface 4 2. Rationale of Curriculum Review and Revisions 10 3. Assessment Criteria 12 4. Indicative List of General Courses 13 5. Summary of Scheme of Studies for 4-year BS 14 6. Semester-wise Scheme of Studies BS English (Language & Literature) 18 7. Elective Subjects - BS English (Literature) 104 8. Elective Subjects –BS English (Linguistics) 112 9. Scheme of studies for MPhil Literature 131 10. Scheme of studies for MPhil Linguistics 133 8. MPHIL English (Literature) 135 9. Elective subjects MPhil English (Literature) 159 10. MPhil English (Linguistics) 190 11. ELECTIVES 212 10. Annexure A-F 248 3 PREFACE The curriculum, with varying definitions, is said to be a plan of the teaching-learning process that students of an academic programme are required to undergo to achieve some specific objectives. It includes scheme of studies, objectives & learning outcomes, course contents, teaching methodologies and assessment/ evaluation. Since knowledge in all disciplines and fields is expanding at a fast pace and new disciplines are also emerging; it is imperative that curricula be developed and revised accordingly. University Grants Commission (UGC) was designated as the competent authority to develop, review and revise curricula beyond Class-XII vide Section 3, Sub-Section 2 (ii), Act of Parliament No. X of 1976 titled “Supervision of Curricula and Textbooks and Maintenance of Standard of Education”. With the repeal of UGC Act, the same function was assigned to the Higher Education Commission (HEC) under its Ordinance of 2002, Section 10, Sub-Section 1 (v). In compliance with the above provisions, the Curriculum Division of HEC undertakes the revision of curricula regularly through respective National Curriculum Revision Committees (NCRCs) which consist of eminent professors and researchers of relevant fields from public and private sector universities, R&D organizations, councils, industry and civil society by seeking nominations from their organizations. In order to impart quality education which is at par with indigenous needs and international standards, HEC NCRCs have developed unified framework/ templates as guidelines for the development and revision of curricula in the disciplines of Basic Sciences, Applied Sciences, Social Sciences, Agriculture and Engineering. It is hoped that this curriculum document, prepared by the respective NCRCs, would serve the purpose of meeting our national, social and economic needs, and it would also provide the level of competency specified in Pakistan Qualification Framework to make it compatible with international educational standards. The curriculum is also placed on the website of HEC http://hec.gov.pk/english/services/universities/RevisedCurricula/Pages/d efault.aspx (Muhammad Raza Chohan) Director General (Academics) 4 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROCESS STAGE-I STAGE-II STAGE-III STAGE-IV CURRI. UNDER CURRI. IN FOLLOW UP CONSIDERATION DRAFT STAGE FINAL STAGE STUDY ST COLLECTION OF APPRAISAL OF 1 PREP. OF FINAL QUESTIONNAIRE DRAFT BY EXP. OF CURRI. REC COL./UNIV FINALIZATION OF INCORPORATION OF COMMENTS CONS. OF CRC. DRAFT BY CRC REC. OF V.C.C. PREP. OF DRAFT APPROVAL OF PRINTING OF BY CRC CURRI. BY V.C.C. CURRI. REVIEW Abbreviations Used: CRC. Curriculum Revision IMPLE. OF CURRI. BACK TO STAGE-I Committee VCC. Vice Chancellor’s Committee EXP. Experts COL. Colleges UNI. Universities PREP. Preparation ORIENTATION REC. Recommendations COURSES 5 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT CYCLE 6 CURRICULUM REVISION COMMITTEE 2017 Prof. Dr. Muhammad Safeer Awan, Dean, Faculty of Languages Convener 1. National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad Prof. Dr. Nasir Jamal Khattak 2. Dept. of English Member University of Peshawar, Peshawar. Dr. Humaira Ahmad 3. Associate Professor Secretary Iqra University Islamabad Campus. Dr. Saeed ur Rehman, Member/Inch Associate Professor & Former HoD, arge 4. Department of English, Literature Forman Christian College, Lahore. sub- committee Dr. Kamal ud Din, 5. Acting HoD, Department of English, Member Forman Christian College, Lahore. Dr. Asadullah Larik, Professor, 6. Department of Business Administration, Member Iqra University, Defence View, Shaheed-e-Millat Road, Karachi Dr. Zafar Iqbal, Dean, 7. Department of English, Member Imperial College of Business Studies, Canal Bank Road, Bahria Chowk, Lahore Dr. Azhar Pervaiz, Professor, 8. Department of English Member University of Sargodha, Ibn-e-Khaldun-Block, Sargodha. Dr. Fauzia Janjua Associate Professor, 9. Department of English, Member International Islamic University, Islamabad. Dr. Muhammad Saeed Akhter, 10. Chairperson / Associate Professor, Member Department of English, 7 Women University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Bagh, Azad Kashmir. Dr. Riaz Ahmed Mangrio, HoD, 11. Department of English, Member Hafiz Hayat Campus, University of Gujrat, Gujrat. Dr. Muhammad Asim Mahmood Chairperson / Associate Professor, 12. Member Department of Applied Linguistics, Government College University, Faisalabad. Dr. Sarwat Rasul, Associate Professor/ Chairperson, 13. Department Of English Member Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi. Dr. Habibullah Pathan, Director / Associate Professor English Languages Development Centre, 14. Member Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro Dr. Rehana Yasmin Anjum, Assistant Professor, 15. Department Of English, Member Government College Women University, Sialkot. Dr. Nadia Anwar, Assistant Professor, Department of English Language & Literature, 16. Member Library Building, Level-5 , University of Management & Technology, C-11, Johar Town, Lahore,. Dr. Sadia Zulfiqar Assistant Professor, 17. Department Of English, Member Lahore College For Women University, Jail Road, Lahore. Dr. Rizwan Akhtar, Assistant Professor, 18. Member Department of English, University of The Punjab, Lahore. Dr. Muhammad ismail Wali, 19. Assistant Professor, Member 8 Department Of English, Institute of Management Sciences, 1-A, Sector E-5, Phase-VII, Hayatabad, Peshawar. Dr. Abdus Samad, Lecturer, 20. Department of English, Member Kohat university of Science & Technology, Kohat. Dr. Qaisar Khan, Assistant Professor, 21. Department of English Member University of Malakand, Chakdara Dir (Lower)- KPk. Dr. Rooh ul Amin Assistant Professor, 22. Member Department of English, Gomal University, D. I. Khan Mr. Faheem Arshad, Lecturer, 23. Member Department of Sargodha, Ibn-e-Khaldun-Block, Sargodha. Mr. Fahad Aftab, Assistant Professor, 24. Member Forman Christian College University, Lahore. Mr. Riaz-ul-Haque 25. Assistant Director Curriculum, Coordinator HEC, Islamabad. Acknowledgment In the preparation of this new curriculum of English, apart from the members of NCRC, a number of friends and colleagues have contributed in developing certain very important courses, at our request. We are especially grateful to Dr. Sibghatullah Khan, Ms. Khadeeja Mushtaq, Ms. Uzma Aziz, and Ms. Asma Haseeb Qazi from National University of Modern Languages (NUML) Islamabad; Dr. Aroosa Kanwal and Ms. Asma Mansoor from International Islamic University Islamabad. The courses they developed are Pakistani Writings in English, Diasporic Literatures, Postcolonial Studies, South Asian Literature, Women’s Writings, War Literature, Shakespearean Studies, and Critical Theories. 9 Rationale of Curriculum Review and Revisions Societies, states, individuals remain in a state of constant change and flux. The purpose of education, in Bertrand Russell’s words, is to replace an empty mind with an open one. However, if the means, materials and sources of education remain frozen in time and place, education cannot bring about the desirable change in the individuals and society at large. Keeping in view this spirit, the HEC constituted committees to review and revise Pakistan’s national curricula. The committee formed for the revision of English studies prepared the following syllabi for BS and MS levels. As the focus in humanities is shifting and growing towards more interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary concerns, the English Studies program is developed for a more inclusive vision about society and culture by realigning language and literary studies with cultural studies in general. Parameters of Review and Revision In the beginning of meeting in Lahore, the chair of the committee laid down some parameters that may serve as the guiding principles governing all proposed amendments, revisions, deletions and additions: 1. To make the syllabi more global as well as regional and local in their ethos as, at present, the courses and the selection of authors and their works are more Euro-American centric. 2. To observe the principle of progression and sequencing in the proposed syllabi from BS/MA level to MPhil and PhD level so that the students may get maximum learning exposure about new writers and their works. 3. To incorporate pressing/critical issues for English studies with special focus on inculcating environmental consciousness, introductory knowledge of Muslim narratives, basics of translation studies, literature and film, women’s writings etc. In language studies, Metro-linguistics, eco-linguistics, corpus, computational, forensic linguistics and speech therapy
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