Course Objectives

• To introduce film and its relationship to literature to the students
• To acquire film literacy through a working knowledge of basic film terminology
• To develop critical approaches to engage with film adaptations
• To establish a clear understanding of literature through film adaptations of literary texts
• To introduce the students to the issues and practices of cinematic adaptations

Course Objectives

1. To enhance students’ communication skills
2. To impart employability skills to students
3. To prepare students for competitive examinations
4. To enable students to acquire professional skills such as media writing
5. To enable students to learn manners and etiquettes required at workplace
6. To enhance students’ reading comprehension skills
7. To create interest in English literature among students
8. To inculcate human values and ethics in order to enable students’ to become good citizens of the country

Course Outcomes: After the completion of the course, the students will be able to:

• Communicate in English, in oral and written modes, in their day-to-day lives as well as at workplaces.
• Face job interviews confidently and efficiently.
• Acquire soft skills required at workplaces and in real life.
• Learn group behavior and team work.
• Learn to value and respect others’ opinions and views and develop democratic attitude.
• Face competitive examinations confidently and efficiently with adequate linguistic confidence.
• Acquire professional skills required in media writing such as writing editorials.
• Learn to appreciate and enjoy reading poetry and prose passages.
• Acquire human values and develop cultured outlook.

Course Objectives:

1. To introduce students to the major trends in literary criticism.
2. To familiarize students with the major critical concepts.
3. To help students to study the original contributions made in the field of literary criticism.
4. To acquaint students with the various literary and critical movements.
5. To train students to write critical appreciation of poetry.

Course Outcomes:

• Students are able to understand the major trends in criticism.
• Students are able to interpret critical concepts.
• Students are able to study the original contributions to literary criticism.
• Students are acquainted with literary and critical movements.
• Students are able to understand the meaning and appreciate the poems critically.

Course Objectives:

1. To make students engaged and curious readers of poetry
2. To introduce students to poetry from various cultures and traditions
3. To make students understand that poetry gives intellectual, moral and linguistic pleasures
4. To make students hear and read poems aloud and to memorize lines

Course Outcomes:

• Students will be able to trace the development of the poetry in English from the days of Shakespeare to the contemporary India.
• Students will be able to appreciate and analyze the poems properly.
• Students will have a fairly comprehensive view of the Western and Eastern poetic tradition and they will be able to relate it to various literary movements.
• Students will have an insight into poetry and they will be able to make a lively and interesting reading.

Course Objectives:

1. To make students understand different forms of drama
2. To enable students to relate drama to their ideological or socio-political contexts
3. To help students improve their creative and imaginative faculties through the reading of drama
4. To enable students to know about various aspects of the drama

Course Outcomes:

• Students are able to understand different forms of drama.
• Students are able to relate drama to their ideological or socio-political contexts.
• Students are able to improve their creative and imaginative faculties through the reading of drama.
• Students are able to know about various aspects of the drama.

Course Objectives:

1. To make students understand different forms of novel.
2. To enable students to relate novels to their ideological or socio-political contexts.
3. To help students to improve their creative and imaginative faculties through the reading of novels.
4. To enable students to know about various aspects of the novel.

Course Outcomes:

• Students are able to understand different forms of novel.
• Students are able to relate novels to their ideological or socio-political contexts.
• Students are able to improve their creative and imaginative faculties through the reading of novels.
• Students are able to know about various aspects of the novel.

Course Objectives:

1. To orient students to the concept of communication.
2. To make the students familiar with varieties of the English language.
3. To acquaint students with different levels of the study of language.
4. To study the basic units of grammar.

Course Outcomes:

• Students know the concept of communication.
• Students are familiar with varieties of the English language.
• Students know different levels of study of the English language.
• Students know basic units of grammar.

Course Objectives:

1. To acquaint students with structures and functions of words and phrases.
2. To enable students to know and identify elements and types of clauses.
3. To study Subordination and Coordination.
4. To study different ways of structuring clauses.

Course Outcomes:

• Students know words and phrases.
• Students know and identify elements and types of clauses.
• Students know types of sentences.
• Students know the different ways of structuring clauses

OBJECTIVES:
The objective of this syllabus is:

• To provide a wide range of options at post-graduate level under Choice Based Credit System comprising core and elective papers of Literature and Language and assess the performance of students through four semester exams having 80 marks each for written papers and 20 marks for internal evaluation except Research Methodology courses.
• To introduce core literature courses to provide comprehensive knowledge of major literary works of the periods with the help of representative texts and to acquaint the students with literary movements, genres and critical theories
• To introduce core language courses to provide an introduction to the basic concepts of linguistic theory.
•  To introduce elective courses to acquaint the students with Global developments in Literature, Language and Theory.
• To introduce practical components to enhance students’ competence in English, Soft Skills, Computer and Research Skills.This will help students prepare for language proficiency tests like GRE-TOEFL, IELTS, etc.
• To introduce interdisciplinary papers to make students aware of the developments in other branches of knowledge like Political Science, Philosophy, Psychology, Theatre and Film Studies, Culture Studies, Subaltern Studies, Gender Studies, etc.
• To develop research perspective among the students and to enable them to write a short dissertation with the help of the Research Methodology courses.

Course Objectives:

1. To enhance students’ communication skills
2. To impart employability skills to students
3. To prepare students for competitive examinations
4. To enable students to acquire professional skills such as media writing
5. To enable students to learn manners and etiquettes required at workplace
6. To enhance students’ reading comprehension skills
7. To create interest in English literature among students
8. To inculcate human values and ethics in order to enable them to become good citizens of the country

Course Outcomes: After the completion of the course, the students will be able to:

• Communicate in English, in oral and written modes, in their day-to-day lives as well as at workplaces.
• Face job interviews confidently and efficiently.
• Acquire soft skills required at workplaces and in real life.
• Learn group behavior and team work.
• Learn to value and respect others’ opinions and views and develop democratic attitude.
• Face competitive examinations confidently and efficiently with adequate linguistic confidence.
• Acquire professional skills required in media writing such as writing editorials.
• Learn to appreciate and enjoy reading poetry and prose passages.
• Acquire human values and develop cultured outlook.

Course Objectives:

• To enable the students to develop communication skills in English, both oral and written.
• To equip the students with the language skills for use in their personal, academic and professional lives.
• To develop the students essential employability skills.
• To help the students to enter the job market with confidence and the ability to work effectively.
• To help the students to learn and practice both language and soft skills.
• To encourage the active involvement of students in learning process.
• To enable the students to cultivate a broad, human and cultured outlook.

• Department organized National Conference on Language, Literature, and Culture on 16th February, 2019. More than 200 participants participated in this conference. Research Papers of the researchers are published in Thematics, International Referred Journal.
• Organized International Conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches to Humanities on 26th March, 2021. Dr. Nick Taylor, San Jose State University, USA, and Mr. Santosh Shende, Australia were resource persons for the conference. The conference was organized online. 3000 people attended the conference on the facebook page of the department.
• Special Issue of the Thematics was published by the department in 2019.
• Special Issue of UGC Care listed Journal  Kanpur Philosophers is published by the department comprising research papers presented in the International Conference organized by the department.
• Department runs COC entitled Functional English. It received 700000/- grants of UGC to establish language lab and to run the course.
• Department runs Bridge and Add On Courses on English Grammar and Practical English to develop the communication skills of the students. Every year the students part I across all programs attend these courses.
•  Department has language lab having facility of internet with 30 screens. It also has smart board to make curricular and co-curricular activities more interesting.
• Department organizes Poster Presentation Competition across all courses in the college to enrich research skills and critical thinking of the students. More than 500 students every year participate in this competition.
• Department celebrates the Birthday of B. A. Part III and M. A. students. Students organize the activity. All students present their emotions about birthday boy/girl through English language. It helps to enrich their communication and presentation skills.
• Welcome and farewell programs are organized every year in the department.
• Alumni of the department visit regularly to guide the present students.
• Department organizes the parent meet in the department to build a healthy relationship among teachers, students, and parents.

Dr. Paramod A. Ganganmale

1. Minor Research Project

1. Research Fellowship

Context
Now a days importance of English is rising day by day so the functional English through language laboratory help them to develop language skills and they will able to face global challenges. English being a lingua-franca of the world is a language that provides vast opportunities in career. To equip our students to face global challenges and help them globalise their innovative ideas, we think they need courses which furnish their needs. Student coming to our college are aspirants of competitive exams. They need command over English grammar and language to crack the competitive examinations. So to help and guide our students we plan to undertake the course.

Practice
Every year in the month of July, department publishes the notice of Functional English Career Oriented Course for all courses  of the college. The brochure of the course is displayed at conspicuous places in the college so all students come to know about the course. Students enrol their names for the course. Department starts the course in the month of July/August for six months. There are three papers of the course following the policies of COCs of Shivaji University, Kolhapur and UGC. In the month of February, department conducts the theory and practical examinations of the course. Students get certificate of completion the course.

Evidence of Success

• The number of students admitting to B. A. Special English is increased after the commencement of the course.
• The students of the departments are selected as teachers and instructors in different schools.
• A large number of students completing the course have admitted to the courses like B. Ed., LLB, Journalism, and Mass Communication in the university.
• Students write different articles for Annual Magazine of the college Jyoti.
• Gayatri Mane, a student of the department, received Best Article Award of the Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
• A good number of the students completed the course from the department have cracked competitive exams like PSI, STI etc.