Overview

The Department of English of The People’s University of Bangladesh strives to produce skilled graduates with digital literacy and a deep moral and cultural values to compete in the local and global job markets and to engage themselves in research works and life-long learning for the sustainable development of the country.

Mission

The Department of English has set up the following missions to reach the above-mentioned vision:

• To convey the highest possible standard of teaching and research to the students to make them competent as global citizens
• To help students develop analytical and creative faculties as well as communicative competence in English
• To make the students aware of the local and global history and culture, and to develop interpersonal relationship for sustainable development
• To produce skilled graduates with digital literacy and leadership quality to face the challenges of the local and global job markets.
• To inculcate ethical sense, moral values, environmental consciousness, and gender sensitivity in the students.
• To engage the students in research works, and make them recognize the importance of life-long learning for the development of the country

Vision

The Department of English of The People’s University of Bangladesh strives to produce skilled graduates with digital literacy and a deep moral and cultural values to compete in the local and global job markets and to engage themselves in research works and life-long learning for the sustainable development of the country.

Objective

The objectives of the preliminary program of Master of Arts in English are:

• To make the graduates capable to evaluate and appreciate literary texts, their genres, and devices, as well as compare different literary forms.
• To develop graduates’ ability to apply different theories and critical concepts of both literature and linguistics in appropriate situations.
• To help the graduates develop critical understanding of society, culture, literature, history etc. of Bangladesh and other countries of the world.
• To help the graduates communicate and interact effectively with confidence, and express ideas spontaneously both in Bangla and English.
• To assist the graduates to acquire digital literacy, scientific and environmental knowledge required for personal and professional life.
• To help the graduates acquire and apply civil literacy and humanitarian knowledge to contribute to the development of the society.
• To instill moral values, gender sensitivity, and environmental consciousness in the graduates to practice in personal, academic and professional life.
• To encourage the graduates to be engaged in research work which would benefit people in some ways.
• To help the graduates achieve fundamental knowledge and organizational behavior necessary for teaching and other professions.

Intended Learning Outcome (ILO)

By the end of the preliminary program of Master of Arts in English, students will be able to:

• Evaluate and appreciate literary texts, their genres, and devices, as well as compare different literary forms.
• Apply different theories and critical concepts of both literature and linguistics in appropriate situations.
• Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of society, culture, literature, history etc. of home and abroad.
• Communicate and interact effectively and clearly, and express ideas fluently and spontaneously both in Bangla and English.
• Display digital literacy, scientific and environmental knowledge required for personal and professional development.
• Apply and exercise civil literacy, and knowledge of human rights and good governance to contribute in the development of the society.
• Display moral and ethical sense as well as philosophical and psychological understanding in personal and professional life.
• Engage themselves in authentic research work, and recognize the importance of lifelong learning for sustainable development.
• Demonstrate the fundamental knowledge and organizational behavior necessary for teaching and other professions.