Master in English Literature

MASTER OF ARTS EXAMINATION (SEMESTER SYSTEM) IN ENGLISH & PUNJABI
The duration of the course of instruction for the Master of Arts examination shall be two years and the examination shall be held in four semesters. First and third semester shall be from July to December and Second and fourth semester shall be from January to May respectively, or as decided by Vice- Chancellor, Panjab University, Chandigarh. The examination shall be conducted at the end of each semester only in those courses which have been offered in that semester.

To qualify for the award of an M.A degree in any subject taught under the semester system a candidate shall be required to complete successfully course work of 64 credits. The normal workload of a student during semester will be of 16 credits. To qualify for the grant of credits for a particular course, a candidate must get at least the pass marks. If he/she fails in course, he/she will not get credits for particular for it if at the end of the second semester successfully completed course remain less than 16 credits he/she will not be allowed to join the third semester. At the end of third semester he must have successfully completed 24 credits to enable him to join the fourth semester.

A person who has passed one of the following examination from the Panjab University or an examination recognized by the syndicate.

Eligibility condition for seeking admission in M.A(English) and M.A(Punjabi) are as follow-

  • B.A with Honors in English/Punjabi
  • Graduation in any stream with at least 50% marks in aggregate.
  • PGDCA, diploma in Physical Education, Post Graduate Diploma in Library Science or any other diploma after having passed B.A or B.Sc.
  • B.A (Pass) in full subjects obtaining at least 45% marks in English/Punjabi as an Elective subject.
  • Master’s degree in a subject other than English/Punjabi.
  • B.Sc. Honors School.
  • Bachelor’s in Education(B. Ed)
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Masters in English Language & Literature

The college runs a two years Post Graduate course in English Language and Literature from one of the reputed universities of India- Panjab University, Chandigarh. The course will give you an exposure to National and International Literature written and translated into English Language. The course will provide you slice of Literary Criticism & Theory, British Literature, Indian Literature, World Literature and Linguistics. The college has successfully been running this course with 100% university results and university positions.  Miss Jyoti of M.A. II stood fourth in the university results in 4th semester for which she was awarded scholarship by the university. The department organizes extension lectures by renowned persons in the field of literature, workshops on movies based on literature, screening of lectures, online lectures for students from various International universities to provide them spectrum of knowledge.

  1. Prof. Anil Raina from P.U.Chd. deliberating on ‘Study of literary texts through the lens of criticism’.
  2. Prof. Deepti from P.U.Chd. Ruminating on linguistics .
  3. Prof. Sumedha Bhandari from P.A.U. Ludhiana