SBK Women's University

Department of English
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

The department of English was established in 2004. The Department initiated its academic activities offering Masters classes with five faculty members and twenty-four students. The English Department of SBK Women’s university functions in coordination with the stated vision and mission of the institution that encompasses a goal to provide accessible and high quality education to women of Baluchistan and beyond. The target and aim of the Department emphasizes as its key center to foster an inclusive and dynamic academic environment that empower students with the knowledge, skills and critical thinking, the abilities that are necessary for thriving in the globalized world. Since 2004, the department of English aims to convey knowledge of literary history, literary forms, literary theory, and a wide variety of texts and an extensive array of vocabularies and practices used to consider them. It strives to give students an understanding to appreciate the literature. The department puts effort to provide students with sophisticated writing and critical thinking skills useful not only in the academy but also in the world at large. It offers opportunities to explore identity, values, manners, and morals.

The department is guided by the beacon of its vision and mission statements that are in alignment to the SBK Women’s University’s goals and mission.

Vision

Our vision is to develop the English department as a center for academic excellence through teaching and research that encourages and nurtures literary sensibilities, language competency, and critical thinking. We stand to foster a love for literature and linguistics so that the women of Balochistan may conduct productive research works and develop their skills in English Studies.

Mission
The mission of our Department is to offer advanced, career-oriented postgraduate and research programs imparting professional knowledge employability and life skills, as well as inculcating women empowerment and their mental growth along with a strong value system. The Department will attempt to provide learning and research opportunities in the following areas: Interdisciplinary Studies, New literatures in English, Technology in Language Teaching, Modern and Postmodern Literatures, Cultural Studies, Human Rights, Philosophy, Translation Studies, Sociolinguistics, Global literature and Film Studies. The Department employs innovative and technology oriented pedagogies, interdisciplinary approaches, field work, and project based learning toward building a strong foundation of linguistic and literary sensibilities.
Objectives
  • To provide appropriate pedagogies including class size and environments (classrooms, equipment, resources, and technology) that will lead students’ retention and success.
  • To help students see themselves as professionals, as part of a discipline (with skills and abilities) valuable in teaching, publishing, creative and analytical writing or post-graduate work.
  • To give students a sense of themselves as citizens of a global community by encouraging participation in service learning and in diverse and international course work and programming.
  • To assure that critically encounter creativity crucial to English studies through theatre productions, readings by professional writers, and their own creative and critical production and presentation.
  • To balance the needs of general education, communication, diversity, global perspectives, along with the major subjects.
  • To acquire adequate funding to support the department's contributions to general education and the liberal arts through departmental budgets and hiring.
Core Values of Department of Commerce
Core Values of Department of Commerce Convey knowledge of literary history, literary forms, literary theory, and a wide variety of texts over linguistics, and a wide selection of vocabularies and practices used to consider them.
Give students an understanding of an appreciation for the English language and literature. Provide students with refined writing and critical thinking skills useful not only in the academy but also in the world at large.
Offers opportunities to explore identity and value system and to promote cultural & ideological space.
Degree programs offered
  • BS
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Scheme of Program Study (BS)

Total Credit Hours Total Semesters Duration
132
8
4 Years
First Semester
S.No Course Code Course Title Course Type Credit Hours
1
ELL-601
Intro to Literary Studies
Major
3
2
ELL-602
Intro to Language Studies
Major
3
3
ECON-600
Intro to Economics
General Course (SS)
2
4
MTH-600
Quantitative Reasoning I
General Course
3
5
Islamic Studies
General Course
2
6
ENG-600
Functional English
General Course
3
Total credit hours
16
S.No Course Code Course Title Course Type Credit Hours
1
ELL-603
Literary Forms and Movements
Major
3
2
MJ-613
Opinion Writing
Interdisciplinary
3
3
Ideology and Constitution of Pakistan
General Course
2
4
ENG-602
Expository Writing
General Course
3
5
Ecology
General Course (NS)
3 (2+1)
6
MTH-601
Quantitative Reasoning 2
General Course
3
Total credit hours
17
S.No Course Code Course Title Course Type Credit Hours
1
ELL-604
Short Fictional Narrative
Major
3
2
ELL-605
Intro to Morphology
Major
3
3
ELL-606
Intro to Phonetics &Phonology
Major
3
4
PSY-605
Educational Psychology
Interdisciplinary
3
5
Gender Development
Interdisciplinary
3
6
ENT-621
Entrepreneurship
General Course
2
Total credit hours
17
S.No Course Code Course Title Course Type Credit Hours
1
ELL-607
Grammar and Syntax
Major
3
2
ELL-608
Modern Poetry
Major
3
3
ELL- 609
Sociolinguistics
Major
3
4
Fine Arts/Philosophy
General Course (AH)
2
5
ICT
General Course
3(2+1)
Civic and Community Engagement
General Course
2
Teaching Methods
Interdisciplinary
3
Total credit hours
19
S.No Course Code Course Title Course Type Credit Hours
1
ELL- 610
Pragmatics
Major
3
2
ELL-611
Psycholinguistics
Major
3
3
ELL- 612
African American Literature
Major
3
4
ELL-613
Russian Literature
Major
3
5
ELL-614
Foundations of Literary Theory and criticism
Major
3
6
ELL-615
Creative Non Fiction
Major
3
Total credit hours
18
S.No Course Code Course Title Course Type Credit Hours
1
ELL-616
Modern Drama
Major
3
2
ELL-617
English Literature and 21st Century global crisis
Major
3
3
ELL-618
English for Specific Purposes
Major
3
4
ELL-619
Genre Analysis
Major
3
5
ELL-620
Feminist Linguistics
Major
3
Total credit hours
15
S.No Course Code Course Title Course Type Credit Hours
1
ELL-621
Applied Linguistics
Major
3
2
ELL-622
Field Work/ Internship
Compulsory
3
3
ELL-623
English Literature and creative writing for University Students
Major
3
4
ELL-624
Pakistani Literature in English
Major
3
5
ELL-625
Continental Literature
Major
3
Total credit hours
15
S.No Course Code Course Title Course Type Credit Hours
1
ELL-626
Clinical Linguistics
Major
3
2
ELL-627
Intro to Stylistics
Major
3
3
ELL-628
Literary biography and documentary making
Major
3
4
ELL-629
Translation Studies
Major
3
5
ELL-630
Research Thesis/Project
Capstone Project
3
Total credit hours
15
Scheme of Program Study

Faculty Profile

S.No Name Designation Joining Date Status Area of specialization Email Address
1
Dr. Gul Ghutai
Assistant Professor
Nov 2009
On job
Islamic banking & Finance
gulghutai@site.sbkwu.edu.pk
2
Hira Irshad
Lecturer
2010
Ph.D study leave
3
Nadia Irshad
Lecturer
2010
Ph.D study leave
4
Dr. Tayyabah Safdar
Assistant Professor
9th , July 2012
On Job
Organization behavior
tayybah_safdar@yahoo.com
5
Ms. Asma Azhar
Assistant Professor
9th , July 2012
On Job
Entrepreneurship
Saaj5@hotmail.com
6
Ms. Humera Abdul Hakeem
Assistant Professor
9th , July 2012
On Job
Marketing
Humerabdul@hotmail.com
7
Ms. Uzma Jafar
Lecturer
9th , July 2012
On Job
Human resource management
ujafar4@gmail.com
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