Syllabus for
Master of Arts (English Studies and Communication)
Academic Year  (2023)

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.

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. 

The Delhi NCR Campus of CHRIST (Deemed to be) University proposes to launch a Post Graduate Programme MA English Studies and Communication from the academic year 2023-24. The programme aims to enable creative and critical understanding of English Language, Literature, and Communication. This programme gives our students a unique opportunity to develop competency in critical thinking, academic writing and multimedia skills. The department provides adequate attention in our pedagogic design to provide ample opportunities for students to grow as professionals and academicians. This programme offers specific skills in developing creative narratives, textual analysis, analytical writing and in applying these skills in academia or industry. Apart from training students in literary studies the programme will also provide specialized skills in content creation and digital production which are required in a fast-evolving job market. Our programme encourages students to engage critically with literary aesthetics, historic and socio-cultural debates and develop a unique perspective in liberal arts. Along with reading and analyzing literary texts students will learn reporting and editing techniques, rhetoric and public speaking skills and multimedia production in a new digital economy. This dual focus of our curriculum will enable students to pursue careers in Journalism, Corporate Communication, Publishing, Public Relations, and Advertising. 

Programme Outcome/Programme Learning Goals/Programme Learning Outcome:

PO2: Contextualize literary and socio-cultural debates

PO3: Communicate effectively across media in varied contexts

PO4: Develop social sensitivity with an ethical and value-based sustainable outlook

Programme Specific Outcome:

PSO2: Display a clear understanding of literary, cultural and texts from a research perspective

PSO3: Demonstrate a thorough understanding of both the theoretical and practical aspects of media and communication technologies to create, evaluate and analyze texts and contexts across diverse emerging platforms.

PSO4: Develop critical thinking, critical reading, problem solving, academic writing and self-directed learning skills.

PSO5: Demonstrate the ability to critically engage with socially relevant topics such as democracy, equity, gender and environmental concerns.

Programme Educational Objective:

PEO2: To enable students to contextualize literary and socio-cultural debates by exposing them to a range of literary works and cultural practices from different historical periods and geographic locations.

PEO3: To equip students with effective communication skills across media and contexts, including oral presentations, written assignments, and digital media.

The assessment methods 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.