Department
ENGLISH
VISION
lHigher value of life through Literature.
lTo enhance good fluency and build high spirit in the competitive world.
MISSION
Introduced English Literature as one of the core subjects. Started a literary club under the banner of which the students have been exposed to different aspects of life and curriculum.
OBJECTIVES
The Department of English tries to inculcate values of nobility, the spirit of learning and a sense of creativity through the study of literature which is universally acknowledged as “The Mirror of Life”.
It builds a repertoire in students to speak and write good English.
AVK College for women, Hassan
Department of English
Course Outcome
Language English
AECC- Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses
Language English for Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Science:
Semester
Course
Sem -1
English-I
CO-1
- Students become familiar with two important forms of literature- poetry and prose. - Students are introduced to some of most delightful and instructive poems and pieces in English literature.
- The texts provide powerful context to understand human situations in our world. - The language component strengthens the students’ English vocabulary.
- The students are made to understand English sentence structure.
Sem -2
English- II
CO -2
- Students explore more in the two important literary forms- poetry and prose - Students are introduced to a slightly higher level of difficulty in the two forms of literature. - Students are made to understand life in its varied hues most tellingly.
- The language component addresses the importance of achieving clarity in speaking and writing
Sem -3
English- III
- CO-3
- Students are introduced to another important form of literature- Novel
Untouchable and language
component
- Students are introduced to a long narrative that reveals the workings of a plot. - The novel presents the Indian milieu that brings to the fore the struggles and successes of people, their flaws and their resourcefulness.
- The language component teaches words to describe people and their actions, places and situations
- Students are trained to find appropriate words and to write meaningful sentences and paragraphs
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Sem-4
English- IV
Julies Caesar and language
CO-4
- Students are introduced to a full-length play by William Shakespeare.
- Students are made to understand complex emotions, breathtaking actions and intriguing situations. - Students are made to experience the effect of dialogue the brilliance of imagery and the magnificence of poetry.
- The language component emphasises on the transactional aspect of English language, in its spoken as well as written form.
Language English for Faculty of Commerce:
- Students become familiar with two important forms of literature- poetry and prose. - Students are introduced to some of most delightful and instructive poems and pros pieces in English literature.
Financial Expert and the language component
Business
correspondence, Refund and
language
- The paper explains the nature of business correspondence.
- Students are taught various kinds of business letters.
- The one act play conveys effectiveness of the dialogue.
Program Specific Outcome
PSO-1
Poetry
1. The Oxford Clerk- Geoffrey Chaucer
2. Shall I compare Thee- William Shakespeare
3. Sparkles from the Wheel- Walt Whitman
4. Where the mind is without fear- Rabindranath Tagore
5. The Tiger and the Deer- Sri Aurobindo
Prose:
1. Toba Tek Singh- Saadat Hasan Manto
2. The Clay Mother-in-law: A South Indian Folktale
3. On the way to Goregaon
Language Component:
1. Homophones
2. Articles
3. Subject-Verb-Agreement
4. Prepositions
5. Reading Comprehension
PSO-2
1. On His Blindness- John Milton
2. Sower- Victor Hugo
3. Once upon a Time- Gabriel Okara
4. I am not that Woman- Kishwar Naheed
5. Remembrance- Mamang Dai
1. Pepe- Maxix Gorky
2. My Greatest Olympic Prize- Jesse Owens
3. Letts from The Diary of a Young Girl- Anne Frank
1. Punctuation
2. Framing Questions
3. Use of Negatives
4. Linkers
PSO-3
Untouchable- MulkRaj Anand
1. Identification of Adverbs
2. One word Substitutes
3. Construction of sentences
4. Active and Passive Voice
PSO-4
Julius Caesar- William Shakespeare
1. Identification of Adjectives
2. Job Application letter with CV
3. Correction of sentences
4. Direct and In-direct Speech
5. Reading Comprehension.
1. Polonius’ Advice to His Son- William Shakespeare
2. Death Be Not Proud- John Donne
3. Barter- Sara Teasdale
4. Partition-W.H Auden
5. Ajamil and the Tigers- Arun Kolatkar
1. The Fir Tree- Hans Christian Anderson
2. The Romance of a Busy Broker- O. Henry
3. Water: The Elixir of Life- C.V. Raman
1. Ulysses – Alfred Lord Tennyson
2. If – Rudyard Kipling
3. Questions from a Worker Who Reads- Bertolt Brecht
4. You Start Dying Slowly- Pablo Neruda
5. We are the TSB Banking Directors – Darry Ashton
1. A Deed of Bravery – Jim Corbett
2. Light is Like Water- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
3. A Lesson My Father Taught Me- A P J Abdul kalam
Financial Expert and language
Financial Expert- R. K. Narayan
6. Identification of Adverbs
7. One word Substitutes
8. Construction of sentences
9. Active and Passive Voice
10. Reading Comprehension
Correspondence, Refund and
Business Correspondence:
1. Enquiry and Reply Letter
2. Offers and Quotations
3. Orders and Execution letters/ Cancellation letters
4. Complaints and Settelments
5. Request for Loans/ Overdrafts and Suitable Replies
One-Act Play
1. Refund- Fritz Karinthy
- The texts provide powerful context to understand human situations in our world.
- The language component strengthens the students’ English vocabulary.
- Students explore more in the two important literary forms- poetry and prose - Students are introduced to a slightly higher level of difficulty in the two forms of literature.
- Students are made to understand life in its varied hues most tellingly.
- Students are introduced to a long narrative that reveals the workings of a plot
- The novel presents the Indian milieu that brings to the fore the struggles and successes of people, their flaws and their resourcefulness.
A.V KANTHAMMA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, HASSAN
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
LITERARY CLUB ACTIVITIES
YEAR
2018-19
DATE
1/10/18
7/9/18
A recreation of IBO society of Chinua Achebe’s novel “ Things fall apart”.
A special lecture programme by Mrs.Vani Nagendra.
2019-20
1/2/20
A one day trip was organized under the auspices of literary club to R.K. Narayan’s house at Yadavagiri.
A library visit at Manasa Gangothri Campus.
2020-21
21/1/21
The students visited Rashtrakavi Kuvempu’s house at Kuppalli.
A visit to Kukkarahalli lake at Mysuru.
2021-22
8/7/22
A special lecture programme by Prof.Kusuma M. on the relevance of ‘Julius Caesar’ a play by William Shakespeare.
2022-23
4/2/23
7/3/23
Essay and Debate was conducted.
A visit to Crawford Hall by the students to Mysuru.
2023-24
2/11/23
29/4/24
A film show was organized in the academic interest on ‘Jokumaraswamy’ by Chandrashekhar Kambara.
Reading Recitation.
Department of English 2018-19
Result Analysis I Sem
Stream
BCOM
BSC
BCA
BA
Total Appeared
136
125
44
41
High(>60=3)
85
114
34
24
Medium(50-59=2)
40
11
10
8
Low(40-49=1)
0
Below(<40=0)
9
Result Analysis II Sem
132
126
38
77
122
22
39
4
3
16
7
Result Analysis III Sem
127
54
12
36
51
15
30
43
17
28
26
Result Analysis IV Sem
119
133
50
67
47
19
33
59
13
20
23
Result Analysis 2019-21(Optional English)
Sem
I
II
III
IV
6
5
2
1
I sem Result Analysis 2019-20
112
109
56
High(>60=1)
94
52
27
32
14
II sem Result Analysis 2019-20
63
86
60
III sem Result Analysis 2019-20
121
116
21
Result Analysis 2019-20
80
42
I sem Result Analsis 2020-21
71
79
29
74
II sem Result Analsis 2020-21
46
65
35
III Sem Result Analsis 2020-21
88
83
64
I V Sem Result Analsis 2020-21
61
18
v sem Result Analysis 2020-21(Optional English)
AVK COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
Result Analysis 2022-23
I Sem
49
Medium((50-59=2)
II Sem
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