BS Urdu Literature

The Department of Urdu envisions to create a Centre of Excellence for the dissemination of knowledge pertaining to literature and its related fields by enlightening the students for their development of creative, interceptive, critical and research abilities through inter literary and inter disciplinary awareness. The Department of Urdu focus on producing knowledgeable, enlightened and well trained Graduates and well versed female students for roles in fields of academia, research, translation, educational and non-educational institutions by inculcating knowledge of literary task and skills of interest articulation.

The Urdu Department of Kinnaird College for Women has an aim to achieve high standards focusing the textual study of selected texts from the classical and modern period covering the works of important writers and poets of Urdu language, not only this students are offered to study the World Classic Literature translated into Urdu language in order to inculcate the taste of modern sensibility.

The courses are designed particularly for the students wishing to achieve high standards in research and by developing a better taste of literature and fine arts so the students can expand their vision and imagination. Through the study of Urdu literature we can groom them with ethics and social norms of our culture and society which can help them to be a better individual.

Admission Requirments

Qualifications:

FA/F.Sc with minimum 60% marks OR A-level in three main subjects (no subsidiary) with minimum Grade B (60%) with Equivalence Certificate OR Grade 12 with minimum Grade B (60%) with Equivalence Certificate.

Degree Requirments

To receive BS Urdu Literature degree, a student must complete a total of 130 credit hours with a minimum CGPA of 2.50.

Road Map

Semester 1

Sr. No.	Course Type	Course Title	Cr. Hrs.
1	Major	Urdu Dastan	3
2	Major	Urdu Novel	3
3	Major	Urdu Afsana	3
4	Core	English – I	3
5	Core	Islamic Studies / Core Ethics	2
6	General	General -1	3
Total Hours			17

Semester 2

Sr. No.	Course Type	Course Title	Cr. Hrs.
1	Major	Urdu Drama	3
2	Major	Urdu Travelogues	3
3	Core	English – II	3
4	Core	Pakistan Studies	2
5	Core	Introduction to Computers	3
6	General	General – II	3
Total Hours			17

Semester 3

Sr. No.	Course Type	Course Title	Cr. Hrs.
1	Major	Urdu Classical Poetry	3
2	Major	Styles of Urdu Prose	3
3	Major	Humour and Satire in Urdu Literature	3
4	Core	English – III	3
5	General	General – V	3
6	General	General – VI	3
Total Hours			18

Semester 4

Sr. No.	Course Type	Course Title	Cr. Hrs.
1	Major	Modern Urdu Nazm	3
2	Major	Genres of Urdu Prose	3
3	Major	World Classical Literature	3
4	Core	Mathematics	3
5	General	General – V	3
6	General	General – VI	3
Total Hours			18

Semester 5

Sr. No.	Course Type	Course Title	Cr. Hrs.
1	Major	Urdu Literary Movements of 20th Century	3
2	Major	A Sketch of the History of Urdu Literature	3
3	Major	Translation in Urdu	3
4	Major	Urdu Literary Terms	3
5	General	General – VII	3
6	General	General – VIII	3
Total Hours			18

Semester 6

Sr. No.	Course Type	Course Title	Cr. Hrs.
1	Major	Oriental Criticism	3
2	Major	Western Criticism	3
3	Major	Schools of Criticism	3
4	Major	Research Methodology	3
5	General	General – IX	3
6	General	General – X	3
Total Hours			18

Semester 7

Sr. No.	Course Type	Course Title	Cr. Hrs.
1	Major	A Special Study of Iqbal	3
2	Major	Urdu Poetry in 20th Century	3
3	Major	Data Analysis & Report Writing	3
4	Major	Female Novelists of Sub – Continent	3
Total Hours			12

Semester 8

Sr. No.	Course Type	Course Title	Cr. Hrs.
1	Major	A Special Study of Ghalib	3
2	Major	Script Writing	3
3	Major	Research Report	6
Total Hours			12

Courses Breakup

Category	Credit Hours
Core	19
Major	81
General	30
Total	130

Active Citizenship Program

Active Citizenship program offered by Kinnaird College in collaboration with British Council and HEC is a social leadership training program that promotes intercultural dialogue and community-led social development. It is a mandatory requirement for the completion of underGraduate degree and based on two semesters. All students will study the theoretical portion through different activities starting in their 3^rd semester. They will plan their social action projects in 4^th semester and implement it in the field.

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