Department of English

The Department of English is a service department established in 2003 to impart Education in Communication skills in English for all the branches of English in the I Year & for a few branches in the II year.

Courses Offered :

=> M.A in English Literature & Linguistics
=> M.A in Journalism and Media Communication
=> M.Litt in Applied Linguistics
=> P.G Diploma in Soft Skill for Engineers

Infrastructure :

=> Hi-tech English Language Lab.
=> 35 computers with headphone attached
=> Audio – visual Lab
=> T.V. & DVD Players

Department Library :
The Department of English stocks around 150 titles and volumes in the department library which includes contemporary writings in ELT and the great English classics.

Thrust Areas for Research :

=> Ph.D. Programme
=> English Language Teaching
=> English for Specific Purposes
=> British, American and Indian Literature
=> Applied Linguistics
=> Socio-Psycho Linguistics
=> Post-Modernism
=> Feminism
=> Innovative technologies in Teaching English

Other Departments at Dr. MGR University, Chennai

• Department of Anatomy
• Department of Bio-Chemistry
• Department of Biotechnology
• Department of Chemical Engineering
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Civil Engineering
• Department of Community Medicine
• Department of Computer Applications
• Department of Computer Science & Engineering
• Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Department of English
• Department of General Medicine
• Department of Information Technology
• Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering
• Department of Management Studies
• Department of Mathematics
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Department of Micro-Biology
• Department of Pathology
• Department of Pediatrics
• Department of Pharmacology
• Department of Physical Education
• Department of Physics
• Department of Physiology
• Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging
• Department of Transfusion Medicine