The Department of English offers the program, M.A. in English, not only to familiarize the students with the intellectual exercises that western countries made over the centuries but also to produce learners to become well-groomed professionals both for teaching as well as for jobs at national and international levels. The aim behind M.A. in the stream of Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching (ELT) is to bring out competent English teachers for secondary, higher secondary and tertiary levels. This program will also benefit those who wish to improve their language proficiency for use in various professions in the corporate world, government service, business, journalism, education etc.
The Graduate Program in English at the ASAUB prepares students for independent work as teachers, scholars, and critics by developing their abilities to pose and investigate problems in the advanced study of literatures in English.
This program also provides students with many different opportunities to gain teaching experience, including serving as a teaching assistant in faculty-taught courses and teaching a self-designed or core introductory course in the departmental undergraduate curriculum. The program requirements are designed to lead to a doctorate in five years after the BA degree.
M. A. in English is a program of 30 Credit Hours spread over 3 Semesters in 1 year.
A student obtaining B. A (Hons) or M. A. (Preliminary) in English from ASA University Bangladesh or any recognized university and having no third class at S.S.C. or H.S.C. or equivalent levels will be eligible for admission into this program.
The ASAUB follows the following letter grades and grade point system introduced by the UGC as a uniform grading system for public and private universities in Bangladesh. The grade point average (GPA) is computed in the following manner:
A student may earn any of the five letter grades on the basis of his/her performance in each course. The letter grades A, B, C and D are considered passing grades and also acceptable to continuing of grades. Grade F is the failing grade.
The evaluation will be based on 1) midterm examinations, 2) classroom evaluations, 3) final examination.
Continuous assessment (class test/quizzes, presentation, term paper/assignments, viva, class attendance etc.) will cover 30 percent of the total marks, and the remaining 70 percent is reserved for the midterm examinations (30 percent) and the final examinations (40 percent).