The courses on the M.A. English Programme offer the students insight into literature, language, culture, and history, including rhetoric, communication studies, theatre studies, media studies and visual arts. There are two types of courses: core courses and elective courses. The students have to study the core courses, which are mandatory and have select elective courses in order to fulfill the requirements for the degree.
While retaining the fundamental philosophy of humanities education such as the cultivation of humanistic values and critical thinking, the programme aims at developing students’ creative, critical, and communicative skills that they need in their academic and professional life. Focus on writing, intensive study of literary genres, emphasis on interpretive and cultural theories, and the incorporation of interdisciplinary and comparative study are some of the underlying features of the programme.
Students holding a bachelor‘s degree in English from any university recognized by Tribhuvan University shall be considered eligible to apply for admission to M.A. English program.
Applicant have to face Entrance Examination as required by the Dean‘s Office, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.