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| Department Overview: | |
The Department of English and Cultural Studies, in consonance with its mission statement, is committed to promoting an intellectual climate through artistic creation, critical mediation and innovative ideation. The department encourages students to engage critically with literary aesthetics, historic and socio-cultural debates and develop a unique perspective in liberal arts. Located at Delhi-NCR, the Department of English & Cultural Studies offers courses in core areas of literary and cultural studies along with hands-on modules in multimedia production. Our dual focus on literary studies and communication enable our students to pursue diverse careers in academia and industry. The department also has a range of extra-curricular activities through department association and clubs which enable a well-rounded development of our students. The Value-Added Courses offered by the department are designed to enhance the potential for employability of our graduates. | |
| Mission Statement: | |
Vision Towards a critical reading of the Self, the Society and the Imagined. Mission The Department of English aspires to promote an intellectual climate through artistic creation, critical mediation and innovative ideation in a culture of reciprocal transformation. | |
| Introduction to Program: | |
The three-year BA in Media and Public Affairs at CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Delhi NCR is a first of its kind programme in India, modelled after similar academic initiatives in premiere universities across the globe, while incorporating the guidelines of National Education Policy 2020. The programme covers theoretical perspectives in Communication, Journalism in all formats – print, electronic and online, Advertising and Public Relations. It also explores the theory and practice of Public Policy, key themes in Political Science and Economics, and governance in the digital era. Bachelor of Arts in Media and Public Affairs, an industry-integrated course will equip the students to acquire the knowledge and skills required to build a successful career in media industry and policy research. | |
| Program Objective: | |
Programme Outcome/Programme Learning Goals/Programme Learning Outcome: PO1: Comprehend and analyze the contemporary media and communication landscape, and the political and economic affairs that decisively influence their lives and careers.PO2: Acquire advanced media skills - creative writing, news reporting and editing, photography, television and radio production, and social media analytics so that they could become successful media practitioners. PO3: Critically analyze various development issues along with their causes and propose evidence-based and research-driven policy prescriptions. PO4: Become public policy practitioners and researchers, assisting governments and development agencies to resolve the pressing problems of humanity like poverty, ill-health, environmental degradation, illiteracy, skill deficit, and so on. PO5: Transform themselves into better human beings and independent, responsible citizens who possess civic awareness, media literacy, and social skills to live dignified lives. Programme Educational Objective: PEO1: To impart analytical and comprehensive knowledge of contemporary media practices and political economy to students, thereby making them successful and ethically driven professionals.PEO2: To equip students with advanced media skills ranging from creative writing to digital storytelling techniques, so that they may become skillful and competent journalists and communication professionals. PEO3: To enable students to critically analyze the issues of (under)development and come up with evidence-based public policy solutions through critical and impactful research PEO4: To equip students to become reflective practitioners in public affairs through careers in government/public service, development organizations, social enterprises, think tanks, and other agencies of social change PEO5: To make students better human beings and citizens by building intellectual, emotional, interpersonal, and social competencies in parity with global standards. | |
| Assesment Pattern | |
Continuous internal assessments and submissions are course specific | |
| Examination And Assesments | |
The assessment methods developed by the course instructor include three internal assessments and an end-semester examination. Some papers also provide flexibility in the structure and the mode of administering these assessments. Continuous internal assessment will have centralized exam (mid- semester), written assignments, oral presentations, performances. End Semester Exams will have centralised exams, portfolio submission, Dissertations, performances. | |