DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
Introduction
The Department of English at St. Aloysius Deemed to be University is one of the oldest departments in the institution, having been established with the inception of the university in 1880. The postgraduate department, along with autonomy, was established in the academic year 2008-09.
The department boasts NET-qualified, experienced, and competent staff. The key thrust areas of the department are research and NET. Keeping in mind the changing trends, the department offers papers on the Literatures of Britain, America, Asia, Africa, and Cultural Studies, as well as Language, Literary Theory, and Criticism.
It trains its students for teaching, NET, research, and industry roles and strives to provide them with all-round development. As the focus area of the department is on research, it organizes seminars, encourages research projects, paper presentations, and publications by students and faculty.
The department also focuses on having a lot of co-curricular and extracurricular activities. The annual literary fest, “Kensho”, the Alexander D’Souza Memorial Endowment Lecture series, the department literary review lecture series, “Huddle” are just a few. For the postgraduate students, an intensive internship program (Teaching Internship Program) is also conducted.
Facilities
| Autonoumous Program Syllabi | |
| Syllabus | Download Link |
| English | Download Syllabus |
| English Major | Download Syllabus |
| Additional English | Download Syllabus |
| Open Elective - Additional English | Download Syllabus |
| Open Elective - Communicative English | Download Syllabus |
| MA - English | Download Syllabus |
| Name of the Institution /Industry /Corporate House | Month and Year of Signing MoU | Duration | Link | List of Activities Under Each MoU | Number of Students /Teachers Who Benefitted from MoU’s | National/ International |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tripartite MoU with St. Agnes College (Autonomous) and SDM College (Autonomous) Ujire | 3 years | MoU Document |
| Name of the Courses Offered | Course Code | No. of Times Offered During the Year | Duration of Course | Number of Students Enrolled | Brochure/ List of Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Overview to Crime Fiction | Online, offered year around | 30 hours | 46 | ||
| Introduction to Modernism | Online, offered year around | 30 hours | 5 | ||
| Basics of IELTS | Online, offered year around | 30 hours | 19 | ||
| Certificate Course in Vocabulary Building | Online, offered year around | 30 hours | 66 | ||
| Beyond the Storybook: A Journey into Children's Literature | Online, offered year around | 30 hours | 13 | ||
| Communicative English and Phonetics |