Programme Overview

Online MA

An Online MA is a futuristic and practicable career choice for candidates looking to venture into a professional career in arts and humanities. The Online MA Program is a two-year postgraduate degree that helps you explore and adopt a deeper understanding of the discipline. With two options available - English and Journalism and Mass Communication, the Online MA Degree will prepare you for diverse opportunities in both corporate and academia.

The flexibility of the program enables you to add value to your professional career with greater intensity and effectiveness. The innovative dissertation component will allow you to undertake a project under the supervision of a mentor for first-hand experience so you apply your theoretical knowledge practically. Through the interactive sessions and seminars incorporated in the Online MA Program, you will be able to acquire the necessary skill sets to build a successful career in various related fields.

About this Elective

Literature is a globally renowned discipline and has managed to stand strong even through the technological revolution. This MA English online degree program is for professionals who intend to broaden their communication skills that are essential to work in a cross-cultural work environment.

Mastery of the English language will help you to meet the challenges of modern global society and prepares you to work in multinational companies, educational institutions, BPOs and KPOs, advertising, public relations, theatre, and entertainment. Apart from providing in-depth knowledge of English literature from all over the world, it also improves your verbal and communication skills, research aptitude, writing skills, and articulating skills. With content creation becoming all the more important with websites, blogs, and social media, English language skills play a key role here too.

This program develops creative writing skills in a professional capacity, teaches effectively, and articulates effective presentations. It helps to produce relevant and innovative scholarly and critical work and be familiar with research methodologies in the area of English language and linguistics. The program also strengthens the historical knowledge and theoretical understanding of relations between literature, culture, and modern media which complement any career path within the broader field of English studies.

Option Highlights

• Provides an amalgamation of ancient and modern English literature and delves into the vast ocean of literature, including American, British and Indian literature
• Learn and understand the historical, political, and cultural contexts of English on an advanced level
• Focuses significantly on language development, linguistics and translation
• Improves writing skills by specializing in creative writing, professional writing and publishing
• Provides exposure to literature and psychology and film studies
• Builds upon skills and experiences to enhance future employability

Semester 1

• British Literature – I
• American Literature
• Indian Writing in English
• Women's Literature
• Academic Writing

Semester 2

• British Literature II
• Plays of Shakespeare
• Introduction to Translation Studies
• Literature of the Diaspora
• Introduction to Linguistics

Semester 3

• British Literature III
• Introduction to European Literature
• Literary Theory and Criticism
• Introduction to English for Specific Purposes
• Research Methodology
• Open Elective Course

Semester 4

• New Literatures
• Cultural Studies
• Contemporary Indian Writing in English
• English Language Teaching
• Cross-Functional Elective Course
• Dissertation / Project *

Eligibility

Pass in an Undergraduate (Bachelor) Program of a minimum duration of Three (3) years in any stream from a UGC recognized University.

Candidates who are in the final semester of the Bachelor Program are also eligible to apply.

Semester-wise

₹22,500 x 4 Semesters

Total Fees

₹90,000/-

Year-wise

₹45,000 x 2 Years

Total Fees

₹90,000/-