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Undergraduate Calendar November 2017 ______

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH ______

Faculty of Science and Humanities Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology

UNDERGRADUATE CALENDAR

NOVEMBER 2017 ______

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

______DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH BANGLADESH ARMY UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SAIDPUR CANTONMENT, SAIDPUR, NILPHAMARI Web: www.baust.edu.bd, Email:[email protected], Phone: 01769675551~4

Contacts: Department Of English Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology (BAUST), Saidpur Cantonment, Saidpur Phone:+8801769675564 Email: [email protected]

Published By: Department of English Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology Saidpur, Bangladesh

Disclaimer

The information contained in this bulletin is intended to provide guidance to those who are concerned with undergraduate studies in English. No responsibility will be borne by the Department of English and/or the Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology if any inconvenience or expenditure is caused because of the information of this bulletin. Also the information contained in it is subject to change at any time without any prior notification.

Preface

Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology (BAUST) offers undergraduate courses on six major academic programs. This calendar is specially prepared for the undergraduate students of the Department of English of BAUST. Although this calendar has been written mainly for the students, Student advisors and teachers and other concerned personnel will find it valuable as a reference document.

This calendar furnishes general information including aim, objectives and location of the university. This also includes different aspects of the course system, such as rules and regulations relating to admission, grading system, performance evaluation, requirement for degrees, the course requirements, detailed course outline and courses offered in different terms have been elaborated.

The courses of the graduate program are focused on building up capacities to present and express subject matters and ideas clearly and fluently in English language. This will pave the path for the students’ future success in higher education. A graduate student will also learn various cutting-edge literary and linguistics theories which help them keep abreast with contemporary academic world. Furthermore, the students will attend a range of general courses to broaden their learning horizon, and to let them discover the interconnectivity among disciplines opening the door to pursue further interest on different branches of knowledge.

The revised curriculum as incorporated in this calendar was approved by the academic council, BAUST for the English undergraduate students. Some of the information recorded in this calendar is likely to be modified from time to time. Everyone concerned is advised to be in touch with the advisors or the undersigned regarding any modification to be introduced later by the university.

It is hoped that this course calendar will be useful to everyone concerned.

Head, Department of English Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology, Saidpur, Bangladesh. November 2017

CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1

GENERAL INFORMATION

1.1 Introduction ………………………………………………………1

1.2 Aim ………………………………………………………1

1.3 Objectives ……………………………………...……………….1

1.4 Location …………………………………………...………….2

1.5 Eligibility of Students for Admission in BA (Hons) in English ……..2

1.6 Admission Procedure …………………...………………………….2

1.7 Admission in the BA (Hons) in English Programme …..…………..3

1.8 Medical Checkup………………………...... ……………………3

CHAPTER 2

BA (HONOURS) IN ENGLISH PROGRAMME

2.1 Introduction ………………………...….………………………….4

2.2 Library and Internet Facilities of the Department……………………4

CHAPTER 3

RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME

3.1 Number of Terms in a Year (Level) .…...... ……………………..5

3.2 Duration of Terms .…………………...... ………………………...5

3.3 Programme Objective .…..…………….………………...... 6

3.4 Degree Requirement .…………………...…………………………...6

3.5 Registration .……………………….……………………………….6 3.6 Medium of Instruction &Examination……... .…..…………...... 7

3.7 The Grading System .……………...…….……………...... 7

3.8 Eligibility to Appear at the Final Examination……………………….8

3.9 Duration of Examination .…………...... …….……...... 8

3.10 Attendance………….. ..…………………..…………………....…...... 8

3.11 Teacher-Student Interaction………… ………..………………...... 9

3.12 Conduct and Discipline….. ………..…………………………...... 9

CHAPTER 4

COURSE TITLE AND CURRICULUMS

4.1 Level wise course distribution……...………..…………………..10

CHAPTER 5

DETAILED SYLLABUS FOR BA (HONOURS) IN ENGLISH PROGRAMME

Courses Details…….. .…………………..……………..……………12

CHAPTER – 1

GENERAL INFORMATION

1.1 Introduction With a view to meeting the increasing global demand for the development and dissemination of engineering, technological as well as business and arts, Bangladesh Armed Forces established Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology (BAUST) at Saidpur Cantonment that promises to provide facilities for higher technical as well as literature and language education for the students from home and abroad. BAUST started its journey on February 15 2015 by offering four-year Bachelor's degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) and Mechanical Engineering (ME). Later it started Bachelor’s degrees in Business Administration and English.

1.2 Aim:

The aim of BAUST is to conduct undergraduate courses in various disciplines of Engineering, Business Administration and Humanities according to syllabus leading to Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B. Sc. Engineering), BBA Programme and B.A. (Hons) in English Programme for the students from home and abroad.

1.3 Objectives:

The objectives of BAUST are:

1.3.1: To offer the following discipline in Engineering as well as Business and Arts with a view to meeting the increasing demands of the country:

Four-year bachelor’s courses and two year Master’s Programmes are: 1. Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), 2. Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) 3. Mechanical Engineering (ME) 4. Industrial and Production Engineering (IPE) 5. Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) 6. Civil Engineering (CE) 7. BA (Hons) in English 8. Master of Business Administration (MBA) 9. Masters of Arts in English (MAE)

1.3.2: To produce skilled, well disciplined, self-motivated and dedicated engineers, computer professionals and business and arts personnel.

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1.3.3: To make provisions for research and development and dissemination of knowledge in appropriate fields of science, technology, business and the arts.

1.4 Location:

BAUST is located at Saidpur Cantonment, Saidpur, Nilphamari; a hub of knowledge for Bangladesh Armed Forces. Saidpur Cantonment is a calm and quiet education village and free from all possible pollution of a city life. Whistling birds on the tree branches and overall bounty of nature adds to the already existing splendid academic atmosphere.

1.5 Eligibility of Students for Admission in BA (Hons) in English Programme:

Students passing the Higher Secondary Certificate (H.S.C.) examination from an Education Board of Bangladesh or a recognized equivalent examination from home and abroad may be admitted to the programme of BA (Hons) in English in this University on terms and conditions set by the University. For Admission, a student must have a minimum GPA 3.0 in both S.S.C. and H.S.C. or equivalent examination with a total GPA 6.0 in S.S.C and H.S.C combined.

1.6 Admission Procedure: 1.6.1 Syllabus for Admission Test

Admission test is conducted on the basis of the syllabus of the English Language and vocabulary, comprehension and English writing, analytical ability and English (comprehension and functional) subjects of HSC examinations of all education boards. Admission test will be conducted out of 100 marks and the distribution of marks is given below:

Ser. Subject Marks

1 English Language and Vocabulary 30%

2 Comprehension and English 30% Writing

3 General Knowledge (Bangladesh 20% Affairs)

4 General Knowledge (Foreign 20% Affairs)

Total: 100%

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1.6.2 Final Selection:

Merit List will be finalized on the basis of marks as shown below:

Written Admission Test 60%.

GPA of SSC/ Dakhil / “O”level/ equivalent examination 20%.

Total GPA of HSC/ Alim/ “A” levels/ equivalent examinations 20%.

Total 100%

1.7 Admission in the Programme:

After final selection, the candidates are asked to go through a medical checkup at BAUST’s CMH to ascertain their medical fitness. The selected candidates must collect Admission Form from Admission Section of Registrar Office and complete admission and registration formalities within the given time frame with respective BAUST Admission Section and Faculty by paying required fees. The following rules will apply in this regard:

1.7.1 Candidate failing to complete admission formalities within the prescribed date and time, his/ her selection will be considered as cancelled.

1.7.2 Student who fails to attend the class within two weeks of the commencement of 1st semester class, his/her admission will be considered as cancelled.

In case, the prescribed vacancies are not filled up by the candidates in the first merit list, other merit list(s) will be published from the waiting candidates for admission, who will have to follow the same procedure for admission.

1.8 Medical Checkup:

Candidates selected through above procedure will go for medical checkup in BAUST/CMH, Saidpur Cantonment. If the medical authority considers any candidate unfit for study in university due to critical/contagious/mental diseases as shown in medical policy of university will be declared ineligible for admission.

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CHAPTER - 2 BA (HONOURS) IN ENGLISH PROGRAMME

2.1 Introduction:

The BA (Hons) in English programme aims at providing modern and better education in humanities, preparing students as well-trained communicator professionals to meet the needs of the national and international market. Through this programme students will develop their ability to understand necessary techniques for dealing with the economic, social, political and technological environment of the professional firms, especially quantitative techniques and communication skills. It also aims at developing in students a wide appreciation of relevant subjects and of their importance in solving business problems. The undergraduate degree programme maintains this extensive approach to communication. There are formal final examinations in all courses and all activities carried out in the programme are considered for overall assessment of students’ merit. A satisfactory record of class work will also be required at each stage for successful completion of BA (Hons) in English degree.

2.2 Library and Internet Facilities of the Department:

The Department endeavors to provide its faculty members and students suitable wi-fi campus and library facilities equipped with latest and oldest form of relevant books and documents.

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CHAPTER – 3

RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR MA IN ENGLISH PROGRAMME

3.1 Number of Terms in a Year (Level):

In each academic year (level) from Level -1 to Level-4, there will be two regular terms (Term-1 and Term-2). Each term shall have a time period of 24 (twenty four) weeks where 14 (fourteen) weeks are for class room teaching, class test, presentation etc. In each term there will be compulsory 5 (five) subjects and students have to pass at least 3(three) subjects for promotion to the next higher term. A student may appear in clearance examination for the subjects he/she fails in the term final examinations. From Level-1 Term- 2 and higher a student may have maximum of 4 back log subjects. Back log subjects are those subjects, which a student fails to pass even after clearance examination. A student may appear in the improvement examination for the subjects with letter grade less than ‘B’ in final examinations. The maximum letter grade in improvement examination will be ‘B’ and his/her former letter grade will be cancelled. A student will not be promoted to level-3 Term-1 until he/she clears all the Back Log subjects. The maximum letter grade in clearance and Back Log subjects will be ‘C’

3.2 Duration of Terms:

The duration of each of term will be as follows:

Events Durations

Academic Others Total

Classes 7 weeks

Mid Term Break 1 week

Classes after Mid Term Break 7 weeks

Preparatory Leave 2 weeks

Term Final Examination 3 weeks

Result Publication 2 weeks

Clearance/ Improvement/ Backlog Examination 2 weeks

Total 21 weeks 3 weeks 24 weeks

Each course is of 3 (three) credits and for each course there will be 3 (three) lectures per week.

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3.3 Programme Objective:

The objectives of the BA (Hons) in English Programme are as follows:

• Developing skilled, efficient and committed communicators for the private, public and Semi-government institutions of home and abroad.

• Providing contemporary and modern knowledge to the arts graduates for competent, meaningful and successful interaction with the competitive forces of the global professional environment.

• Developing future leaders for different sectors with up-to-date research exposures and sophisticated decision models to managerial responsibilities.

• Creating managerial resources from holistic view, prosperity, stability and cooperation for ensuring continuous success in the midst of growing complexities.

• Increasing oral and writing competence, decision making skills and sociability of the future managers with integrated communicative and ethical knowledge.

3.4 Degree Requirements:

To obtain the BA (Hons) in English degree a student will have to complete minimum 123 credits. Minimum credit requirements for the award of bachelor’s degree in BA(Hons) in English will be decided as per existing rules. The minimum CGPA requirement for obtaining a Bachelor’s degree is 2.20. A student is required to complete the whole course within 4 (four) years (8 terms). For an unavoidable case if a student fails to complete the course within stipulated time of 4 years he/she must complete all degree requirements within a maximum period of 6 (six) academic years (12 terms). Failure to complete all degree requirements within the given time frame may disqualify a student from continuation of his/her study at the university.

3.5 Registration:

3.5.1. A candidate shall attain studentship of the BAUST on admission to a programme as per rules. S/he will be required to be registered with the University through such processes and on payment of such fees as determined by the University.

3.5.2. A student shall never take admission in more than one programme other than certificate or diploma courses. If it is so reported/found, his/her studentship and examinations, if appeared, shall be immediately cancelled.

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3.6 Medium of Instruction and Examination: The medium of instruction will be in English.

3.7 The Grading System:

3.7.1 The Letter Grade

The total performance of a student in a given course is based on a scheme of continuous assessment. For theory courses this continuous assessment is made through a set of quizzes, class evaluation, class participation, homework, assignment and a term final examination. The assessment in laboratory courses is made by evaluating performance of the student at work during the class, viva-voce during laboratory hours and quizzes. Each course has a certain number of credits, which describes its corresponding weight ages. A letter grade with a specified number of grade points is awarded in each course for which a student is registered. A student’s performance is measured by the number of credits completed satisfactorily and by the weighted average of the grade points earned. A minimum grade point average (GPA) is essential for satisfactory progress. 60/36/48 credits have to be acquired in order to qualify for the degree. Letter grades and corresponding grade points will be awarded in accordance with the provisions shown below:

Numerical Markings Grade Grade Points 80% and above A+ 4.00 75% to below 80% A 3.75 70% to below 75% A- 3.50 65% to below 70% B+ 3.25 60% to below 65% В 3.00 55% to below 60% B- 2.75 50% to below 55% C+ 2.50 45% to below 50% С 2.25 40%to below 45% D 2.00 below 40% F* 0.00 Incomplete I - Withdrawal W -

* Subject in which the student gets ‘F’ grades will not be counted towards credits requirements and for the calculation of Grade Point Average (GPA)

3.7.2 Distribution of Marks:

Thirty percent (30%) of marks of a theoretical course shall be allotted for continuous assessment, i.e. quizzes/ class tests, class evaluation and class participation. The rest of the marks will be allotted to the term final. Distribution of marks for a given course is as follows:

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5% Class Participation/Observation

Class Attendance 5%

Class Tests/ quizzes 20%

Final Examination (3 hours) 70%

Total 100%

The number of quizzes of a course shall be n+1, where n is the number of credits of the course. Evaluation of performance in quizzes will be on the basis of the best n quizzes. The scheme of continuous assessment that a particular teacher wishes to follow for a course will be announced on the first day of classes.

3.8 Eligibility to Appear at the Final Examinations:

1. In order to be eligible for appearing the Final examination, a candidate shall be required to attend on an average not less than 60% of the total lectures. 2. The Controller of the Examinations shall issue admit card only to the eligible candidates as per rules and send these to the concerned Department/Faculty and the Head shall distribute to the candidates.

3.9 Duration of Examination:

Examination will be held on term basis. Time allotted for the Final Examination will be as follows:

3.0 Hours for 70 Marks

3.10 Attendance:

All students are expected to attend classes regularly. The university believes that attendance is necessary for effective learning. The first responsibility of a student is to attend classes regularly, and one is required to attend at least 60% of all classes held in any course, otherwise he/she shall not be allowed to sit for the final examination.

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3.11 Teacher-Student Interaction: The academic system in this university encourages students to come in close contact with the teachers. For promotion of high level of teacher-student’s interaction, a course coordinator (CC) is assigned to each course. Students are free to discuss with CC about all academic matters. Students are also encouraged to meet other teachers any time for help and guidance for academic matters. Heads of the Departments, Proctor, Advisor of Students Welfare (ASW) and Dean may address the students at some intervals.

3.12 Conduct and Discipline:

During their stay in BAUST, all students are required to conform to the existing rules, regulations and code of conduct. Students are strictly forbidden to form or be members of student organization or political party, club, society etc., other than those set up by university authority in order to enhance student’s physical, intellectual, moral and ethical development. Zero tolerance in regards of sexual abuse, harassment in any forms, drug abuse and addiction will be shown and all these activities will be strictly observed in the campus.

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CHAPTER – 4

COURSE TITLE AND CURRICULUM

4.1 Level wise Course Distribution:

Level-1, Term-I

Course Course Title Credit Total Code Credits ENG 1101 Listening and Speaking-1 3 15 ENG 1102 Reading-1 3 ENG 1103 Introduction to literature (A): Poetry 3 BS 1104 Bangladesh Studies 3 CSE 1105 Computer Fundamentals 3 Level-1, Term-II

Course Course Title Credit Total Code Credits ENG 1201 Introduction to Literature (B): Drama 3 15 ENG 1202 Introduction to Literature (C): Fiction and Essay 3 ENG 1203 Reading-II(Advanced Reading) 3 ENG 1204 Writing 3 ENG 1205 History of English Language 3 Level-2, Term-I

Course Course Title Credit Total Code Credits ENG 2101 Introductory Linguistics 3 15 ENG 2102 17th Century Prose, Poetry and Drama 3 BAN 2103 Introduction to Bangla Literature 3 ENG 2104 Romantic Poetry 3 ENG 2105 South Asian Literature in English 3 Level-2, Term-II

Course Course Title Credit Total Code Credits ENG 2201 18th Century Literature ( Prose, Poetry and Fiction) 3 15 ENG 2202 Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama 3 ENG 2203 Victorian Poetry 3 ENG 2204 19th Century Fiction 3 ENG 2205 20th Century English Poetry 3

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Level-3, Term-I Course Course Title Credit Total Code Credits ENG 3101 Old and Middle English Literature in Translation 3 15 ENG 3102 American Literature-I(Introduction) 3 ENG 3103 European Literature in Translation 3 ENG 3104 Writing for the Mass media 3 ENG 3105 Literary Criticism 3 Level-3, term-II

Course Course Title Credit Total Code Credits ENG 3201 20th Century English Fiction 3 15 ENG 3202 Introduction to Critical Theory 3 ENG 3203 English for Professional Purposes 3 ENG 3204 Phonetics and Phonology 3 ENG 3205 American Literature-II (Poetry) 3 Level-4, Term-I

Course Course Title Credit Total Code Credits ENG 4101 Classics in Translation 3 15 ENG 4102 American Literature-III(Fiction) 3 ENG 4103 20th Century English Drama 3 ENG 4104 Research Methodology and Thesis 3 *ENG 4105 Introduction to Philosophy 3 *ENG 4106 Discourse Analysis Level-4, Term-II

Course Course Title Credit Total Code Credits ENG 4201 Sociolinguistics and Psycholinguistics 3 18 ENG 4202 English Language Teaching (ELT) 3 ENG 4203 American Literature-IV (Drama) 3 ENG 4204 Shakespeare 3 ENG 4205 Case Study and Viva Voce 3 *ENG 4206 Translation Studies 3 *ENG 4207 Educational Psychology

Grand Total 123 *Students will choose any one from the alternatives in Level-4, Term-1 and Level-4, Term-2

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CHAPTER – 5

DETAILED SYLLABUS FOR BA(HONOURS) IN ENGLISH PROGRAMME

1. ENG 1101: Listening and Speaking- I

This course is designed to improve students’ ability to communicate with proficiency, self- confidence and poise in public speaking situations with emphasis on speaking with grammatical precision in an organized fashion. Spoken words, skills and good speaking style are expected to develop. This course will teach how to introduce oneself/someone else or ask how someone is or give and respond to good wishes, or start a conversation etc.

Books Recommended: a. Soars, L. & Soars, J. New Headway English Course b. Leech, G. et al, A Communicative Grammar of English c. Weston, J. Tape Recorder in the Classroom d. Strevens, P. Aural Aids in Language Teaching e. Strevens, P. Spoken Language

2. ENG 1102: Reading- I

Reading (Simple Passages):

Reading- I will incorporate vocabulary and basic sentence elements.

Books Recommended: a. Tibbits E.L. Exercises in Reading Comprehension b. Byrne, Donn, Intermediate Comprehension Passages c. Hornby A.S. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary d. Sinclair, J. et al (ed), Collins Cobuild English Dictionary e. Fries, C.C. Linguistics and Reading f. Leuris, N. How to Read Better and Faster g. Gray, W.S. On Their Own in Reading

3. ENG 1103: Introduction to Literature (A): Poetry

This course introduces students to the basics of English poetry. Emphasis will be given on literary terminologies, techniques, figures of speech and literary strategies used in poems. Students will learn the history of English poetry from its beginning to the present. This course will show students what poetry is and what it does, how elements (such as words, sounds, emotion, images etc.) work together to make a poem and what to look for when reading verses.

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Recommended Readings:

Poems Authors Sonnet 18 William Shakespeare

A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning John Donne

London 1802 William Wordsworth

My Last Duchess Robert Browning

Sonnet 13 Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost

Ambulances Philip Larkin

The Jaguar Ted Hughes

Digging Seamus Heaney

4. BS 1104: Bangladesh Studies

This course includes-

a. The intensive study of Bengali culture and History from its very beginning to the present time b. Ancient period c. The settlement of Veddoid race, from the age of Buddhist to the reign of Sen Dynasty. d. The Muslim periods from the invasion of Sultan Mahmood to the establishment of Dhaka as a capital. e. The Reign of Mughal Emperors and the reign of the British. The pre-liberation and post-liberation history of Bangladesh and the history of Bangladesh up to the present time. Bangladesh: Introduction - Emergence of Bangladesh – Topography- Climate, Economic Sectors: Agriculture and fisheries, Industry, Forestry, Energy, Minerals, Transport & Communication.

Some Aspects of the Constitution of Bangladesh: Fundamental Principles – Fundamental Rights – Executive Organs- Forms of Government- Bangladesh Parliament: working procedure.

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Society & Culture: Society – culture – Social structure of Bangladesh- Factors affecting social structure- Historical Development of Social Structure- Social Problems: Poverty, Unemployment, Drug Addiction, Corruption, Slums.

Financial Administration of GOB: Organizational setting of Ministry of Finance - Budgeting – Sources of revenues & Heads of expenditures – Parliamentary Committees relevant to financial administration. Economic Development: Basic requirements - obstacles to development – governance and development – Millennium development goal. Basic Issues of Development of Bangladesh: Population – Poverty – Balance of Trade - Balance of Payment – Role of Donors and International Agencies – NGO activities- Micro- credit program. Development Strategies of Bangladesh : Goals & objectives of five year plans and PRSP- Policies and strategies relevant to Agriculture – Industry – Energy- Mineral resources – Foreign trade – Human resource – Financial sector reforms. Foreign Aid & Foreign Investment: Types of foreign Aid – perception of Donors & Recipient countries – Flow of foreign Aid to Bangladesh- Foreign direct Investment- (FDI) Impact of FDI: Merits & demerits- MNCs- Positive & negative effect.

Books Recommended:

1. GOB : Constitution of People’s Republic of Bangladesh 2. GOB : Economic Surveys 3. World Bank & Bangladesh Centre for Advance Studies :Bangladesh – 2020. 4. Harun- Ar- Rashed :Geography of Bangladesh 5. S. U. Patwary :Financial Administration of Bangladesh 6. Michael P. Todaro :Economic Development 7. D. H. Perking et.al :Economies of Development 8. M. L. Jhingan :The Economies of Development & Planning 9. M. Khan :Bangladesh Society, Politics & Bureaucracy 10. A. F. Salahuddan Ahmed & Bazlur M. Chowdhuary :Bangladesh: National culture & Heritage. 11. RehmanSobhan :Governance & Development

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12. David Lewis :Bangladesh: Politics, Economy and Civil Society, Cambridge University Press, 201 13. Anu Mahmud : Inside Bangladesh Economy 14. Azizur Rahman Khan &Mahbub Hossain : The Strategy of Development in Bangladesh 15. Azizur Rahman Khan : The Economy of Bangladesh

5. CSE 1105: Computer Fundamentals

Contents:

a. Introduction to Computer: Invention, Brief History, Evolution and Generations of Computers, Classification and Different Types of computers b. Number Systems: Radix or Base of Number System, Introductory concepts of Binary, Octal, Decimal and Hexadecimal number systems & their arithmetic operations, conversion of different number systems c. Codes: SBC, BCD, Gray, ASCII and EBCDIC codes, Data representation d. Computer Organization: Details of Basic Organization of computers, Computer Bus System e. Computer Hardware: Different types of Hardware, Architecture, Motherboards and Micro-processors. Various Registers, Processor Speed f. Input Devices: Common Input Devices like Keyboard, Mouse, Touch Screen, Light pen, Joysticks, Trackball, Bar-code-Reader, Point-of-sale, Optical Mark Reader, Optical Character Reorganizations, Scanner, Graphics Pads, Video Digitizer, Digital Camera, etc. g. Output Devices: Common Output Devices like Monitor, Screen Display Devices, Different types of Printers, Plotters, Sound Systems, etc. h. Storage Devices: Details of Storage Devices; Main memories, Secondary Memory, Cache Memory, Different types of secondary memories like Magnetic Tap, Floppy Disks, Optical Storage Systems, Laser Card, Bubble Memories, CD-ROM, Hard Disk, etc, Memory Types and their purposes, Storage Hierarchies

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i. Computer Software: Software, Relation between hardware and software, classifications, Different types of application software, Operating system, steps to write program, software developing steps, Firmware, Humanware, Shareware and Freeware j. Computer Network Internet: Purposes of Computer Networks, LAN, MAN, WAN, topology, History, Basic Services, Different features and working techniques of Internet, Uses of the Internet, Uses of the World Wide Web and WWW Browser k. Maintenance of Computer: (a) Hardware maintenance like Power supply stability, grounding, effect of surge current and its protection, Stabilizer and UPS, Handling of computer cards and chips (b) Software maintenance like Routine maintenance of the programs, computer virus and protections

Experiment Sequences

Experiments Topics

Experiment – 1 Study of basic hardware (internal and external) components

Experiment – 2 Detail study of BIOS

No. 1 Tutorials/Quiz

Experiment – 3 Study of Windows, MS-DOS, UNIX, and LINUX Operating System

Experiment – 4 Details study of Windows operating systems

No. 2 Tutorials/Quiz

Experiment – 5 Study of Word processing software MS-WORD Commands

Experiment – 6 Practice on MS-WORD

No. 3 Tutorials/Quiz

Experiment – 7 Study of Spreadsheet Analysis software MS-Excel Commands

Experiment – 8 Practice on MS-Excel

No. 4 Tutorials/Quiz

Experiment – 9 Study of MS-Power Point Commands

Experiment - 10 Practice on MS-Power Point

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No. 5 Tutorials/Quiz

Experiment - 11 Use of Internet

Experiment - 12 Browsing through Internet

No. 6 Tutorials/Quiz

Books Recommended:

▪ Sinha, P.K. Computer Fundamentals ▪ Frence, C.S. Computer Science ▪ Norton. Introduction to Computers ▪ Warford. Computer Science ▪ Alomgir Hossain and Lutfur Rahman- Computer Fundamental

6. ENG 1201: Introduction to Literature (B): Drama This course introduces students with the basics of English Drama. Emphasis will be given on the terminology, techniques, figures of speech and forms of drama. Development of English drama from its beginning to the present should be discussed. This course will show students what drama is and what it does, how the elements (such as plot, story, trajectory line etc.) work together to make a play and what to look for while reading a dramatic work.

Textbooks:

Drama Author

Oedipus Rex Sophocles

Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare

Riders to the Sea J. M. Synge

Arms and the Man George Bernard Shaw

7. ENG 1202: Introduction to Literature (C): Fiction and Essay

This course introduces students with the basics of English fiction (short story and novel) and essay. Emphasis will be given on the terminology, techniques, figures of speech and styles of literature as applied to each genre. This course will show the students what fiction and essay

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Textbooks:

Short Novel

Animal Farm George Orwell

Short Stories

“The Garden Party” by Katherine Mansfield

“The Woman Who Rode Away” by D.H. Lawrence

“A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Essays

“Of Studies” Francis Bacon

“My Wood” E.M. Forster

8. ENG 1203: Reading- II (Advanced Reading)

This course is designed to focus on the following main useful items, categories and techniques of advanced reading-

a. Main ideas, subordinate ideas, thesis sentences and reference b. Explicit & implicit meanings. Inference/ implication /comparison/ contrast definition/ generalization/classification c. Claim with evidence/ unsupported claim o argument and its sequencing d. Writer’s approach/ attitude/ opinion/ intention e. Reader’s evaluation, style etc.

Moreover, the course will be divided into two major working areas for developing the reading skills:

• Extensive reading • Intensive reading

Extensive Reading:

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Mode of teaching: Students will spend two weeks on a recommended book and at the end of the 2nd week one will be able to discuss plot, character and the book as a whole. But in the first stage only the facts of the story will be concentrated on. Most of the reading is done out of class, and class time is given to-

• The routine work of checking that the reading has been done;

• Discussion that ranges over large units of text as a whole when the book has been completely read.

Books prescribed for extensive reading: Texts will be selected by the course teacher.

Intensive Reading: Intensive reading aims at the fullest possible comprehension of a text.

Mode of teaching: Students need to be involved intensively in reading some carefully chosen texts preferably at least twice a week to achieve the reading skills mentioned above.

Moreover, reading will focus on comprehending passages. Sub-skills of reading (skimming, scanning, guessing etc.) should be emphasized at this level.

After completing this course students are supposed to achieve the following skills of a good reader:

- Deducing the meaning and use of unfamiliar lexical items - Understanding explicitly stated information - Understanding information when not explicitly stated - Understanding conceptual meaning - Understanding the communicative value (function) of sentences and utterances - Understanding relations within the sentence - Understanding relations between the parts of a text through lexical cohesion devices - Understanding cohesion between the parts of a text through grammatical cohesion devices - Interpreting text by going outside it - Recognizing indicators in discourse - Identifying the main point or important information in a piece of discourse

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- Distinguishing the main idea from supporting details - Extracting salient points to summarize (the text, an idea etc.) - Selective extraction of relevant points from a text - Basic reference skills - Skimming - Scanning to locate specifically required information

Books Recommended: 1. Levin, G.: Prose Models 2. Greenall, S. & Swan, M.: Effective Reading 3. West, M.: Learning to Read a Foreign Language 4. Mathieu, G.: Advances in the Teaching of Modern Languages 5. Fries, C.C.: Linguistics and Reading

10. ENG 1204: Writing

The course is designed to enable students to write a) Descriptive, b) Narrative, c) Expository, d) Comparative, e) Cause and Effect, f) Process paragraphs and essays using appropriate and grammatically correct sentences, paragraphing, sectioning and summarizing, essential elements of good writing, developing a good writing style etc. Moreover, stylistic elements as well as technique will be taught. At the same time, the course is supposed to develop students’ skills in writing formal essays on literary and linguistic themes.

The following things should be emphasized while teaching this course:

a. Cohesive Devices b. Coherence c. Paragraph Development Techniques d. Précis writing e. Essays, Report writing, Book reviews etc.

Books Recommended: 1. Imhoof, M. &Hudson,H.: From Paragraph to Essay 2. Joly L.: Writing Tasks 3. Kristine, B. & Susan, H.: Writing Matters 4. Taylor, S.: Model Business Letters & Other Business Documents 5. Gurrey, P.: The Teaching of Written English 6. Hill, L.A.: Picture Composition Book 7. Imhoof M.; From Paragraph to Essay 8. Islam J.; A Handbook of Paragraph Writing 9. Imhoof, M. & Hudson, H. From Paragraph to Essay

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10. Joly, L. Writing Tasks 11. Brown ,K. & Hood, S. Writing Matters 12. Taylor, S. Model Business Letters & Other Business Documents 13. Gray, W.S. The Teaching of Reading and Writing 14. Chaplen, F. Paragraph Writing 15. Fraser, H. & O’Donnell W.R.(eds), Applied Linguistics and the Teaching of English

10. ENG 1205: History of English Language

The course includes

a) The history of the English Language from Ancient to Medieval Times b) The history of English Language from the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century c) The English Language in America d) The development of New Literature in English

Books Recommended: a. A History of the English Language Barber, C L b. The Story of Language by Albert C Baugh c. A Short History of English Language by Roy, R N d. The English Language by Wrenn, C L e. A Brief History of English Language and Literature by Meiklejohn, J. M. D. f. Short Oxford History of English Literature by Andrew Sanders g. A History of English Literature by Michael Alexander

11. ENG 2101: Introductory Linguistics

The objective of this course is to introduce basic linguistic items to learners. The course is supposed to cover-

a) Language, definition and characteristics b) Basic Concepts of Linguistics: Phonology and Phonetics c) Relation Between Linguistics/Language and Literature d) Socio-linguistics: dialects, pidgin, creole, register etc. e) Psycholinguistics

Books Recommended:

Abercrombie, D: Elements of General Phonetics

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Gimpson, A C: An Introduction to the Pronunciation of English Crystal, D: Linguistics Corder: Introducing Applied Linguistics Yule, G: The Study of Language Jackson, H: Analyzing English

12. ENG 2102: 17th Century Prose, Poetry and Drama

Francis Bacon: Selected Essays

John Milton: Areopagitica, Paradise Lost (Book X)

William Congreve: The Way of the World

John Bunyan: Pilgrim’s Progress

Edmund Spenser: The Faerie Queene( Book I )

John Donne: Selected Poems

John Dryden: MacFlecknoe

13. ENG 2103: Introduction to Bangla Literature

This course will give students an overview of Bangla Language and Literature. It will cover the origin and development of Bangla poetry, novels, dramas and essays, and analyze them critically.

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14. ENG 2104: Romantic Poetry

William Wordsworth : “Tintern Abbey”, “Ode: Intimations of Immortality”

S. T. Coleridge : The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, “Kubla Khan”, “Dejection: an Ode” John Keats : “Ode to a Nightingale,” “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” “Ode to Autumn.”

P.B Shelly : The Odes P.B. Shelley : “Ode to the West Wind”, “To Skylark”

15. ENG 2105: South Asian Literature in English

1. Tagore, Rabindranath.: Gitanjali( Selected pieces ) 2. Rokeya, Begum. : Sultana’s Dream 3. R. K. Narayan : The Guide 4. Ghosh, Amitava. : The Shadow Lines 5. Lahiri, Jhumpa : The Lowland

16. ENG 2201: 18th Century Literature (Prose, Poetry and Fiction

Addison and Steele : Coverley Papers (Selected) Jonathan Swift : Gulliver’s Travels Henry Fielding : Tom Jones (Book 1) Jane Austen : Pride and Prejudice Alexander Pope : The Rape of the Lock

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Thomas Gray : Elegy Written in Country Churchyard Oliver Goldsmith : The Deserted Village William Blake : Songs of Innocence and of Experience (Selections)

17. ENG 2202: Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama

Thomas Kyd : The Spanish Tragedy

Christopher Marlowe : Doctor Faustus

William Shakespeare: Macbeth and As You Like It

John Webster : The Duchess of Mulfi

Books Recommended:

• Boas, S. An Introduction to Stewart Drama. • Boas, S. D. An Introduction to Tudor Drama. • Bradbrook, M. C. The Growth and Structure of Elizabethan Comedy. • Bradbrook, M. C. Themes and Conventions in Elizabethan Tragedy. • Lucas, F. L. Seneca and Elizabethan Drama. • Schelling F. E. Elizabethan Drama. • Vaughn. Types of Tragedy. • Symonds, J. A. Shakespeare’s Predecessors in English Drama.

18. ENG 2203: Victorian Poetry

Lord Alfred Tennyson: “The Lotus-Eaters”, “Tithonus”, In Memoriam (Selected)

Robert Browning: “Andrea delSarto”, “Rabbi Ben Ezra”, “Fra Lippo Lippi”, “Love among the Ruins”, “My Last Duchess”

Matthew Arnold: “The Scholar Gipsy”, “Dover Beach”, “Thyrsis”

19. ENG 2204: 19th Century Fiction

Charles Dickens : Great Expectations Thomas Hardy : Tess of the D’Urbervilles Emily Bronte : Wuthering Heights

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20. ENG 2205: 20th Century English Poetry

T. S. Eliot : “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, The Waste Land

W. B. Yeats : Selected Poems

W. H. Auden : Selected Poems

Dylan Thomas : Selected Poems

21. ENG 3101: Old and Middle English Literature in Translation Anonymous : Beowulf

Anonymous : The Seafarer, Dream of the Rood

Chaucer : The General Prologue(Selections)

22. ENG 3102: American Literature-I (Introduction)

Bradford; Edwards; Crevecoeur; Jefferson, Emerson; Thoreau

Books Recommended:

▪ Bradford:Of Plymouth Plantation ▪ Edwards: Freedom of the Will ▪ Crevecoeur: Letters from an American Farmer ▪ Jefferson: The Declaration of Independence ▪ Emerson: Self-Reliance and Other Essays ▪ Thoreau: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack River References:

• Gallager, Edward J. and Thomas Werge:Writings about William Bradford, 1669-1971 • b.Miller, Perry, John E. Smith, and Harry S. Stout, eds:The works of Jonathan Edwards. 26 vols. • J.M. Dent & Sons: Letters from an American Farmer. • Berman, Eleanor Davidson: Thomas Jafferson Among the Arts: An Essay in Early American Esthetics”. New York Philosophical Library, 1947 • L. Rosenwald, ed.: Selected Journals. • Woodlief, Ann: Henry David Thoreau

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23. ENG 3103: European Literature in Translation

Dante : “Inferno” (Cantos 1-10) from the Divine Comedy Tolstoy: The Death of Ivan Ilyich Ibsen : A Doll’s House Brecht : Mother Courage and Her Children

24. ENG 3104: Writing for the Mass Media

a. News report writing: Staff correspondent b. News report editing c. Press release d. Press notes e. Book/ Movie Review f. Features g. Advertisement h. Copy writing

References:

▪ Stovall, James. G. Writing for the Mass Media. ▪ Nelson, Marlan D., and G. Rhoades. Basics of Writing for the Mass Media. ▪ Adams, Paul. Writing Right for Today’s Mass Media: A Textbook and Workbook with Language Exercises.

25. ENG 3105: Literary Criticism

Books Recommended: Aristotle : Poetics ( Penguin Translation ) Samuel Johnson : Preface to Shakespeare William : Preface to the Lyrical Ballads Wordsworth S. T. Coleridge : Biographia Literaria (Selections) as in Chikera Matthew Arnold : The Study of Poetry T.S. Eliot : Tradition and Individual Talent

26. ENG 3201: 20th Century English Fiction Joseph Conrad : Heart of Darkness D.H. Lawrence : Sons and Lovers

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E.M. Forster : A Passage to India Doris Lessing : The Golden Notebook

27. ENG 3202: Introduction to Critical Theory This course will teach some of the key trends of twentieth-century literary theory. Lectures will provide background for the readings and explicate them where appropriate. It will also attempt to develop a coherent overall context that incorporates textual, philosophical, social, historical, psychoanalytical, and racial and gender perspectives on the recurrent questions regarding literature, its production, understanding of literature, and its purpose. Having attended this course students will be able to understand and analysis both literary and non- literary texts from a broader perspective. The course includes-

a) Russian Formalism the New Criticism b) Structuralism c) Post-structuralism d) Psychoanalysis and literature e) Feminist literary theories f) Marxist literary theories g) Postcolonial literary theory

Books Recommended:

a. Barry P.: Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory. b. Eagleton, T.: Literary Theory: An Introduction c. Rivkin, J.: and Ryan, M, ed: Literary Theory: An Anthology d. Culler J.: Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction e. Eagleton T. After Theory f. Rabaté J. The Future of Theory

28. ENG 3203: English for Professional Purposes

Business English:

Business Reports, Business Letters, Job Applications, International Memorandums, Translation, Editing, Developing Press Copies.

Technical Writing:

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Instruction and practice in writing technical reports relevant to current work situations. (Student will use information from their particular areas of specialization to produce professional-quality documents.)

Newspaper Editing:

Students will develop skills in news and feature writing, interviewing, peer review, writing to deadline, newspaper management, cartooning, photojournalism, and newspaper design and layout.

Books Recommended:

1. Writing Tasks by Joly, L. 2. Writing Matters by Brown, K. & Hood, S 3. Model Business Letters & Other Business Documents by Taylor, S. 4. Technical Writing Warren, T.L. 5. Writing for the Technical Professions by Trzyna, T.N.

29. ENG 3204: Phonetics and Phonology

• Speech Organs • English Vowels and Consonants: Classifications, Places and Manners of Articulation • Different Groups of Sounds: their descriptions • Differences between Phonetics and Phonology • Phonology of English: phonemes and allophones • Allophonic Processes: aspiration, assimilation, elision etc. • IPA Transcription of words and connected speech • Stress: syllables, word stress, sentence stress, accentuation patterns etc • Factors of stress prominence, rules of stress placement • Introduction to Tonic Variations, tone groups, the nucleus of a tone group etc.

References: Roach, P, English Phonetics and Phonology Ambercombie, David, Elements of General Phonetics Varshney, Dr. R. L. Phonetics and Phonology Daniel Jones A.C Gimson

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Pit Corder 30. ENG 3205: American Literature-II (Poetry)

Whitman; Dickinson; Frost; Williams

Books Recommended: • Walt Whitman: Selected Poems

• Emily Dickinson: Selected Poems

• Robert Frost: Selected Poems

• Williams: Selected Poems

References: • David S. Reynolds: Walt Whitman • Douglas Wilson & Cynthia Dickinson, eds: Emily Dickinson: The Poet at Home • Chelsea C. Moye: Frost: An Otherworld Tale • John E. Seery: A Political Companion to Walt Whitman • Christopher Benfey: Emily Dickinson: Lives of A Poet • Edward Lanthem: The Poetry of Robert Frost

31. ENG 4101: Classics in Translation

Homer : The Iliad Euripides : Medea Aeschylus : Agamemnon Seneca : Phaedra

32. ENG 4102: American Literature-III(Fiction) Melville; Hawthorne, Hemingway; Bellow; Morrison

Books Recommended:

Herman Melville: Billy Budd, Sailor

Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter

Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises

Saul Bellow: Seize the Day

Morrison: Beloved

References:

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• Andrew Delbanco: Melville: His World and Work • Berlant, Lauren: The Anatomy of National Fantasy: Hawthorne, Utopia and Everyday Life. • Putnam, Thomas: Hemingway on War and Its Aftermath • Hitchens, Cristopher: Remembering Saul Bellow • Duvall, John (2000): The Identifying Fictions of Toni Morrison: Modernist Authenticity and Postmodern Blackness

33. ENG 4103: 20th Century English Drama

Oscar Wilde : The Importance of Being Earnest

John Osborne : Look back in Anger

Samuel Beckett : Waiting for Godot

Harold Pinter : The Caretaker

References: • Mendelshon, Daniel: The two Oscar Wildes • Michael Billington: Look Back in Anger: How John Obsorne Liberated Theatriacal Language • Pipenburg, Erik: Anthony Page of Waiting for Godot Teaches Us how to Pronounce Its Title • Inan, Dilek: Harold Pinter: The Wordsmith: Celebration • Charles Grimes: Harold Pinter and the new British Theatre

34. ENG 4104: Research Methodology and Thesis

This course will provide students with knowledge on how to write research papers, theses and articles. They will become familiar with both APA (American Psychological Association) and MLA (Modern Language Association) styles of documentation.

Topics may include-

a) classroom research and its techniques; b) approaches and aspects of classroom research (experimental/ naturalistic/ action, reliability/ validity);

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c) issues in data collection, analysis and research design; d) data collection procedures (main components, single group design, design using control groups); e) benefits, drawbacks and adaptation of the observation systems; f) sorting, displaying, describing data, analyzing data (similarities and differences, procedures for conducting qualitative research, procedures and uses for describing research); g) putting data together from proposal to report (reporting and summarizing, interpreting results, components of research paper) etc. As a part of the course, students are to produce an article of thesis of not more than 4000 (and not less than 3000) words at the end of the course.

Books Recommended:

• M.L.A. Handbook (latest edition) • Action Research for Language teachers by Wallace • Observation in the Language Classroom by D. Alright • Research Methods in Language Learning by David Nunan

35. ENG 4105: Introduction to Philosophy (Optional course)

The Greek and the Romans: The Pre-Socrates, Plato, Aristotle The Medieval World View The Renaissance: Erasmus, More, Machiavelli, Bacon The Rise of the New Science: Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Locke, Hegal, Marx, Nietzsche, Sartre References:

From Socrates to Sartre by T. Z. Lavine Chadwik, Owen. The Specularization of the European Mind in The 19th Century Aquinas, St. Thomas.St. Thomas Aquinas on Politics and Ethics Hobbes, ThomasLaviathanRousseau, Jean-Jaques. Rousseau’s Political Writings Russell, B. History of Western Philosophy

36. ENG 4106: Discourse Analysis (Optional course)

In this course students will be introduced to spoken and written discourse analysis. The course will enable students to analyze spoken interaction and valuable written texts with reference to context, cohesiveness, illocution, inference etc.