About Programme
The Masters of Arts Programme in English is in it nascent stage having commenced only in 2018. The central ideology behind its initiation is to offer a high quality English Literature programme that highly-driven students normally travel out of Goa for. It is driven by its core objective to equip the students with in-depth knowledge. The syllabi has been specially designed to bridge the gap between education and industry. The MA programme emphasizes on literature courses, skill-based courses, and contemporary literary courses.
The 64 credits two-year programme (as of 2021) emphasizes on experiential learning with focus on research, teaching, creative writing and Writing for the media. The two years course is a mix of core and elective papers with a blend of theory and skill based courses. A bridge course has also being designed to integrate new students into our system. The students will also have exposure to experiential learning through internship and dissertation.
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Eligibility
Any Student who has graduated with English Literature as a Major, or at least 10 courses at the under-graduate level, with a percentage above 60% overall, and in the discipline of English are eligible to apply.
Students who have not graduated with English as their major, or those from other streams (B.Sc./B.Com.) may apply, but will only be eligible after going through a counseling process, and answering a change of faculty exam. Students will need to pass the exam with at least 60%.