“Love is a teacher, but one must know how to acquire it, for it is difficult to acquire, it is dearly bought, by long work over a long time, for one ought to love not for a chance moment but for all time. Anyone, even a wicked man, can love by chance.” - Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

Greetings from the Department of English!

Welcome to the Department of English (Shift II), Patrician College of Arts and Science, Chennai. The Department of English was established in 2017 with the main objective to teach and train students of all departments in English. The department has a very good and dedicated team of qualified, experienced, and efficient staff who are adhere to our mission of developing the communicative and professional English of the students. By offering the courses such as Communicative English and Professional English students may be well equipped and prepared to face the competitive global market in their future. At the same time the aesthetics of language may not be sacrificed on the cost of skill based approach towards it. In this case literary forms - prose, poetry, short stories - help the students to love the langue with added value of human sense, aesthetics. From the outset of class room the department association, Words Worth Club, provides an ample space for students to exhibit their multifarious talents. Thereby the effectiveness of language will enrich their life. Hence, I envision a promising future for all of our students in the context of globalization.

• B.A. English

• M.A. English

• UG Syllabus - B.A. English

• PG Syllabus - M.A. English

• Soft Skill Syllabus - For All UG Students

• EVS for All IInd year UG Students

• Value Education for All IIIrd year UG Students

• To make the learners communicate effectively in a professional environment
• To introduce a vast array of literatures and critical tools
• To introduce some of the basic literary concepts and forms
• To explore the fabric of a text and its different contexts
• To prepare the learners for interdisciplinary studies
• To make the learners sensitive and sensible by a constant engagement with the literary world

• The learners would have familiarized themselves with the rules and usage of English language
• The learners would have acquired the ability to give a closer reading of the text
• The learners would have acquired the skill to use apt vocabulary in their analysis
• The learners would have been exposed to the intersection of fiction and real life contexts
• The learners would have got the basic knowledge of the dynamics of different mediums and disciplines
• The learners would have been exposed to the socio-political consciousness inherent in literary texts

• To give a thorough knowledge of the established tradition that exists in English literature
• To straddle between textual and contextual instances while reading a text
• To get a microscopic view of the weaving of theme and structure in literary texts
• To provide adequate knowledge of the various factors that affect literary texts and explore the contemporary relevance
• To discuss the relevance of recent theoretical frameworks to analysis of texts
• To familiarize with technical aspects of research writing and its methods

• The learners would have understood the intricate strands of English literary tradition
• The learners would have been trained to provide apt textual evidences
• The learners would have acquired the skill to clearly demonstrate how theme emanates from the structure

University Rank Holders

ALICE P R D

(Batch: 2011 - 2014)

Rank: 2 (Core)

SANGEETHA. S

(Batch: 2013 - 2016)

Rank: 3 (Core)

SAMANTHA

(Batch: 2014 - 2017)

Rank: 7 (French)

KEREN MAGDALENE

(Batch: 2015 - 2018)

Rank: 4 (French), 6 (Core), 10 (General English)

MIRIAM BOBBY

(Batch: 2015 - 2018)

Rank: 3 (French), 5 (General English)

KIRUTHIKA C

(Batch: 2015 - 2017)

Rank: 8 (Core)

BLESSY JASPER M

(Batch: 2015 - 2017)

Rank: 8 (Core)

CARMEL SHIJI

(Batch: 2015 - 2017)

Rank: 4 (Core)

BENNISHA THURAI. C

(Batch: 2016 - 2018)

Rank: 5 (Core)

JOYCE DELPHIN

(Batch: 2016 - 2018)

Rank: 3 (Core)

VINITA VINCENT

(Batch: 2016 - 2018)

Rank: 1 (Core)

The Delany Language Lab is a dedicated space for acquiring linguistic proficiency, foreign language, and career enhancing training tools.

With 30 student consoles and 1 faculty console consisting of audio and video materials, the student can make use of these materials and learn at his / her pace.

The language lab consists of two components – Phonetics Lab and Career Lab. This dual purpose is to help learners of English for their Phonetics Course in UG and PG, as well as students to acquire Career Enhancement Training. The recording options help the students to understand in a personal way the nuances that go into English Language Acquisition.

Bridge Course is an in-house training given to freshers enrolling for the UG program. It is basic course covering a 6-day period at the beginning of the academic year before classes begin for the freshers.

It is basic refresher module to sum up neatly and coherently the aspects that are vital to English Language Acquisition in Higher Education. The uniqueness of the program is the preparation of the materials by the faculty. This is custom-made tutorial aimed at the specific requirements of students enrolling in Patrician College of Arts and Science.

• To help students cope with Tertiary Education
• To bridge the gap during transition
• To understand the nuances of language and its implications

Every year a new module is framed based on the feedback from students’ response and requirements. The Department discusses key areas and areas of concern while drafting the module. Entry and Exit tests are conducted before and after the programme to assess the level of comprehension.

The progression of the students is clearly an indication of the success of the program.

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Department of English,
Patrician College of Arts and Science,
+91- 9940096386 english2@patriciancollege.ac.in