BS English – Bahria University

BS English

Last updated on June 10th, 2024

Semester 1

S.No	Pre-Requisite	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours
1		ENG 101	Functional English	3
2		PAK 104	Pakistan Studies	3
3		HSS 330	Physical Education and Sports	2
4		BES 204	Introduction to Computer Applications	3
5		ENG 108	Introduction to English Literature 1(Drama & Poetry)	3
6		ENG 109	Introduction to Linguistics	3
7		ISL 107	Tajweed	0
			Total Credit Hours	17

Semester 2

S.No	Pre-Requisite with Course code	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours
1	ENG 101 Functional English	ENG 207	Advance Academic Reading and Writing Skills	3
2		HSS 219	Civics and Community Engagement	2
3		ENV 111	Introduction to Environmental Studies	3
4		MAT 105	Mathematics	3
5		ENG 112	Phonetics and Phonology	3
6		ENG 110	History of English Literature I Medieval to Romantics	3
6		ISL 108	Tafseer (Understand Quran)	0
			Total Credit Hours	17

Semester3

S. No	Pre- Requisite with Course code	CourseCode	Course Title	Credit Hours
1		ENG 213	Oral Communication and Presentation Skills	3
2		PSY 102	Introduction to Psychology	2
3		MAT 205	Introduction to Statistics	3
4		ENG 202	Morphology and Syntax 1	3
5	ENG 108 Introduction to English Literature 1 (Drama &Poetry)	ENG 203	Introduction to Literature II (Novel& Prose)	3
6		ISL 102	Islamic Studies	3
6		ISL 109	Tafseer (Understand Quran	0
			Total Credit Hours	17

Semester 4

S. NO	Pre-Requisite with Course code	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours
1		HSS 102	Introduction to Philosophy	3
2		HSS 202	Introduction to Sociology	3
3		ENG 211	History of English Literature II(Romantics to Present Age)	3
4		ANT 230	Gender Studies	3
5		ENG 210	Semantics	3
6		MGT 363	Entrepreneurship	2
7		ISL 110	Tafseer (Understand Quran	0
			Total Credit Hours	17

Semester 5

S. NO	Pre-Requisite with Course code	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours
1		ENG 307	Classics in Drama	3
2		ENG 311	Pedagogical Grammar	3
3		ENG 306	Literary Criticism and Theory	3
4		ENG 303	Classical Poetry (14-18 century)	3
5		ENG 312	Discourse Analysis	3
6	Morphology and Syntax I (ENG 202)	ENG 309	Morphology and Syntax II	3
7		ISL 111	Tafseer (Understand Quran)	0
			Total Credit Hours	18

Semester 6

S. No	Pre-Requisite with Course code	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours
1		ENG 305	Research Methodology	3
2		ENG 314	Lexical Studies	3
3		ENG 310	Sociolinguistics	3
4		ENG 304	Novel (18-19 Century)	3
5		ENG 308	Romantic Poetry	3
6		ISL 112	Tafseer (Understand Quran)	0
			Total Credit Hours	15

Majors (Literature)

Semester 7

S. No	Pre-Requisite with Course code	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours
1		ENG 401	Contemporary Literature 1 (Poetry& Drama)	3
2		ENG 405	Stylistics	3
3		ENG 413	Pragmatics	3
4			Literature Elective I	3
5			Literature Elective II	3
6		ISL 113	Seerah Course	0
			Total Credit Hours	15

Semester 8

S. NO	Pre-Requisite with Course code	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours
1		ENG 313	Psycholinguistics	3
2		ENG 409	Contemporary Literature II (Prose &Novel)	3
3			Elective III	3
4			Elective IV	3
5		ISL 114	Seerah Course	0
6			Capstone Project	3
			Total Credit Hours	15

Majors (Linguistics)

Semester 7

S.NO	Pre-Requisite with Course code	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours
1		ENG405	Stylistics	3
2		ENG 413	Pragmatics	3
3			Linguistics Elective I	3
4			Linguistics Elective II	3
5		ISL 113	Seerah Course	0
			Total Credit Hours	15

Semester 8

S. NO	Pre- Requisite with Course code	Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours
1		ENG 313	Psycholinguistics	3
2			Elective III	3
3			Elective IV	3
4		ISL 114	Seerah Course	0
5			Capstone Project	3
			Total Credit Hours	15

Note:

From semester 7 onwards, students will opt for either Literature or Linguistics
Research is optional for Students will study 2 Elective courses of 3 credit hours each in lieu of Research.
Internship of 6-9 weeks after 4th
Proposed Roadmap is recommended to be implemented from Spring 2022 intake in BUIC and Fall 2023 intake in BUKC

Summary (Credit Distribution)

Categories	No. of Courses	Credit Hours
Foundational Courses	4	12
Pakistan and Islamic Studies Courses	2	6
General Courses	10	30
Core	23	69
Electives (Specialization)	6	18
	2/0	6/0

Total Credit Hours		135

Research is optional for Students will study 2 Elective courses of 3 credit hours each in lieu of Research.

S. NO	Course Code	Internship	Credit Hours /Non-Credit Hours
1	SDW 496	Internship	Non-Credit Hours

FOUNDATIONAL
S.NO	Course Code	Course Title
1	ENG 101	Functional English
2	ENG 102	English Writing Skills
3	ENG 213	Oral Communication and Presentation Skills
4	ENG 207	Advance Academic reading &Writing skills

Pakistan and Islamic Studies Courses
S.NO	Course Code	Course Title
1	PAK 104	Pakistan Studies
2	ISL 102	Islamic Studies

GENERAL COURSES
S. NO	Course Code	Course Title
1	PSY 107	Introduction to Psychology
2	HSS 107	Introduction to Philosophy
3	HSS 111	Introduction to International Relations
4	MAT 105	Mathematics
5	MGT 206	Entrepreneurship
6	BES 204	Introduction to Computer Application
7	ECO 205	Economics
8	QTM 212	Introduction to statistics
9	ENV 105	Introduction to Environmental Studies
10	ANT 230	Gender Studies

CORE COURSES (Literature & Linguistics)
S.NO	Course Code	Course Title
1	ENG 108	Introduction to English Literature-1 (Drama & Poetry)
2	ENG 109	Introduction to Linguistics
3	ENG 112	Phonetics and Phonology
4	ENG 110	History Of English Literature 1 (Medieval to Romantics)
5	ENG 202	Morphology and Syntax 1
6	ENG 203	Introduction to Literature II (Novel & Prose)
7	ENG 211	History of English Literature 11 (Romantics to Present Age)
8	ENG 210	Semantics
9	ENG 307	Classics in drama
10	ENG 311	Pedagogical Grammar
11	ENG 306	Literary criticism & Theory
12	ENG 303	Classical Poetry (14-18 century)
13	ENG 312	Discourse Analysis
14	ENG 309	Morphology and Syntax II
15	ENG 305	Research Methodology
16	ENG 314	Lexical Studies
17	ENG 310	Sociolinguistics
18	ENG 304	Novel (18-19 Century)
19	ENG 308	Romantic Poetry

LITERATURE CORE COURSES IN 7^th & 8^th SEMESTER
S. NO	Course Code	Course Title
1	ENG 401	Contemporary Literature 1 (Poetry& Drama)
2	ENG 402	South Asian Literature
3	ENG 403	American / Canadian Literature
4	ENG 409	Contemporary Literature II (Prose &Novel)

LIST OF ELECTIVES –LITERATURE			LIST OF ELECTIVES- LINGUISTICS
S.NO	COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE	S.NO	COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE
1	ENG 410	Post-Colonial Literature	1	ENG 406	Language Learning Theories
2	ENG 411	Literary Discourse & Journalistic Writing	2	ENG 407	Syllabus Designing and Testing
3	ENG 451	African Literature	3	ENG 408	TEFEL-I
4	ENG 452	Continental Literature	4	ENG 412	TEFEL-II
5	ENG 453	Fantasy	5	ENG 471	Computational Linguistics
6	ENG 454	Islam and Western Literature	6	ENG 472	Corpus Linguistics
7	ENG 455	Journalist Discourse	7	ENG 473	Critical Pedagogy
8	ENG 456	Literary Essays	8	ENG 474	Educational Technology
9	ENG 457	Literature of War and Conflict	9	ENG 475	Forensic Linguistics
10	ENG 458	Literature, Culture and Media	10	ENG 476	History of Modern Linguistics
11	ENG 459	Modern Drama and Novel	11	ENG 477	Language and Education
12	ENG 460	Modern Poetry	12	ENG 478	Language and Gender
13	ENG 461	Pakistani Literature in English I	13	ENG 479	Language Testing
14	ENG 462	Pakistani Literature in English II	14	ENG 480	Linguistic Survey of Pakistan
15	ENG 463	Popular Fiction	15	ENG 481	Linguistics and Law
16	ENG 464	Russian Literature	16	ENG 482	Linguistics and Translation
17	ENG 465	Shakespeare Studies	17	ENG 483	Second Language Acquisition
18	ENG 515	Western Literature	18	ENG 484	Technology in Language Teaching
19	ENG 516	World Literature	19	ENG 485	Testing and Evaluation
20	ENG 517	Feminist Literature	20	ENG 486	Varieties of English
21	ENG 518	Comparative Studies	21	ENG 520	English for Specific Purposes
			22	ENG 521	Translational Studies
			23	ENG 522	English Language Teaching
			24	ENG 523	Media Discourse Analysis