 Welcome to today's presentation. This presentation is entitled, Introduction to Bachelor of Arts in English Program, offered by Krishna Kanta Handik State Open University. I am your teacher, Dr. Pallavi Gugoy of the Department of English, Padmanad Guhaibura School of Humanities, Krishna Kanta Handik State Open University. Let's take a glimpse at the BA English Program. The BA English Program comprises a total of six semesters. The duration of program in the Open and Distance Learning Mode, that is ODEAL, is minimum three years, that is two semesters in each year. The admission process in this university is completely online. Now the eligibility criteria is as follows. A, the learner must have passed 10 plus 2 examination in any stream, including vocational stream from a council or university recognized by UTC, or the learner must have passed a 3A diploma from Polytechnics in any branch. While applying for the program, the documents that shall be required are copies of mark sheets and pass certificates of qualified examinations, then 10 plus 2, pre-university or diploma. It is important to note that a learner who wants to pursue major in any course is required to study elective of the respective course in the first and the second semester. For example, a learner who wants to opt for English major has to study elective English as elective subject in the first and the second semester. Now the English courses for the bachelor's degree programs are as follows. Journal English, which you will find in the semester one. This course is designed to enhance the communication skills of the learners and to develop their level of comprehension. This is the Alternative English course for BA semester two. This course is designed for learners who do not opt to study a subject in modern Indian languages that is MIL offered by the university. Then in the fourth semester, you have spoken English for BA learners. The main objective of this particular course is to acquaint learners with a theoretical knowledge of the basic elements that make up spoken English. It aims to develop in them the necessary skills and techniques of oral communication. Now some of the career prospects that shall open up to a learner after pursuing the BA English program and further taking up post-graduate programs in English are in these areas such as teaching and training, writing, journalism, multimedia communication, logging, publishing houses. So with this, I end my presentation. Now my colleague, Chanika Roy will acquaint the learners with the detailed structure of the BA English program. Thank you, dear learners. Hello, learners. I am Chanika Roy from Krishnakanta Hondikore State Open University. As you are already familiar with the duration of the course, eligibility criteria, necessary documents, and little bit about the BA English course, now let us take a look at the major and past course in English. The BA English program with a revised and updated syllabus incorporates the different aspects of English language and literature. English as a major has a total of 14 courses. The learners will get an idea of English language and criticism as well as English language and linguistics in a detailed manner while the past course learners will study the different components and uses of the English language. The evaluation framework for each course comprises assignments and semester and test. The course R.S. follows. In first semester, we shall study the paper titled Foundation Course in English. This paper is common for BA major and past course learners. In semester 2, we shall deal with poetry paper. In semester 3, the papers that we shall read are from language to literature and history of English literature. In semester 4, we shall deal with the two papers titled prose and English poetry from medieval to modern. In semester 5, we have four papers namely short story, English novels, non-fictional prose and drama. In sixth semester, we shall deal with uses of English, introduction to language and literature, literary criticism from ancient to modern and we have two optional papers. They are Indian English literature which is option A and American literature which is option B. For the past course learners, the papers that are to be studied are in first semester foundation course in English, in second semester poetry, in third semester from language to literature, in fourth semester prose, in fifth semester short story and in sixth semester uses of English. So I hope by now we have got an idea about the BA English programs. Wish you a happy learning. Thank you for watching this video.