BS English program at SZABIST opens doors to a wide and dynamic range of career pathways, preparing students for impactful roles in academia, education, writing, media, corporate sectors, technology, and public service. With strong foundations in literature, linguistics, communication, and research, graduates excel as teachers, researchers, content creators, journalists, editors, corporate communicators, and HR or L&D professionals. The program also equips students for emerging fields such as Artificial Intelligence, Digital Humanities, NLP, Speech Recognition, EdTech, and Computational Linguistics, alongside specialized areas like Forensic Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, and Speech Therapy. Graduates further contribute to national development through roles in civil services, policymaking, curriculum reforms, NGOs/INGOs, and university research and administration. With its interdisciplinary focus and real-world applicability, the BS English degree empowers students with versatile skills, global relevance, and limitless career opportunities.
| For Pakistani Students | For Foreign Students | Remarks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Fee | Subsidy | Net Fee | Gross Fee | Subsidy | Net Fee | ||
| Per Course | Rs. 20,100 | 20% | Rs. 16080 | US $ 540 | 20% | US 540 | |
| Per Semester | Rs. 1,20,600 | 20% | Rs. 96480 | US $ 3,240 | 20% | US $ 3,240 | 6 Courses (Per Semester) |
To obtain BS degree in English, students are required to complete a total of 140 credit hours within
6 years. The degree consists of a total of 49 courses (140 credit hours), including an internship (3
Credit Hours) and a Capstone Project (3 Credit Hours).
ENG 1101 English for General Purposes
ENG 1102 Community Services
ENG 1103 Computer and Web Skills
ENG 1106 Ideology and Constitution of Pakistan (2,0)
ENG 1105 History of English Language and Historical Linguistics
ENG 1104 Gender Studies
ENG 1109 Understanding of the Holy Quran (1,0)
ENG 1206 Islamic Studies or ENG 1207 Humanities* (2,0) (For Non-Muslim students)
ENG 1204 Psychology
ENG 1205 Sociology
ENG 1202 Introduction to General Linguistics
ENG 1203 Poetry
ENG 1201 History of English Literature
ENG 1209 Understanding of the Holy Quran (1,0)
ENG 2306 Study of Anthropology
ENG 2302 English for Academic Purposes
ENG 2308 Ecology
ENG 2303 Mathematics and Statistics
ENG 2307 Pakistan Studies (2,0)
ENG 2305 Sociolinguistics
ENG 2405 Psycholinguistics
ENG 2406 Semantics
ENG 2403 Genre Analysis
ENG 4801 Entrepreneurship and Human Relations
ENG 2404 Mass Communication and Media Discourse Analysis
ENG 2402 Fiction, Non-Fiction and Emerging Forms of Literature
ENG 3502 Translation Studies
ENG 3504 Language and Technology in the Digital Age
ENG 3501 Journalistic Discourse Analysis and Writing
ENG 4xxx Elective Ling / Lit – I
ENG 4xxx Elective Ling / Lit – II
ENG 4xxx Elective Ling / Lit – III
ENG 3602 South Asian and American Literature
ENG 3601 Research Methodology
ENG 3603 Stylistics and Pragmatics
ENG 4xxx Elective Ling / Lit – IV
ENG 4xxx Elective Ling / Lit – V
ENG 4xxx Elective Ling / Lit – VI
Summer Semester
ENG 3610 Internship
ENG 2301 Drama
ENG 4702 Tools for Quantitative Research
ENG 4701 Content Writing
ENG 4802 Teaching of English as a Foreign Language
ENG 4xxx Elective Ling / Lit – VII
ENG 4809 Capstone Project
ENG 2304 Phonetics and Phonology
ENG 4806 Literary Theory and Criticism
ENG 2401 Creative Writing
ENG 4803 Testing, Assessment and Evaluation
Non-Credit Hours Course*
Teaching of Holy Quran
8It is a mandatory course
All courses may not necessarily be offered every year. Alternate courses may be substituted as and when needed.
Full-time academic load is six courses. All students are required to register for full load in the first semester.
The internship is scheduled for summer at the end of the third year. At the end of the six week internship, all students are required to submit a comprehensive report, giving details of their experience and learning.
ENG 4112 Computational Linguistics
ENG 4113 Corpus Linguistics
ENG 4118 Forensic Linguistics
ENG 4111 Business Communication and Report Writing
ENG 4126 Morphology and Syntax
ENG 4115 Curriculum Planning and Syllabus Design
ENG 4128 Second Language Learning and Acquisition
ENG 4117 English for Specific Purposes
ENG 4129 Stylistics and Pragmatics
ENG 4132 TEFL – I
ENG 4133 TEFL – II
ENG 4122 Language Learning Theories
ENG 4130 Syllabus Designing and Testing
ENG 4114 Critical Pedagogy
ENG 4116 Educational Technology
ENG 4119 History of Modern Linguistics
ENG 4120 Language and Education
ENG 4121 Language and Gender
ENG 4123 Linguistic Survey of Pakistan
ENG 4124 Linguistics and Law
ENG 4127 Second Language Acquisition
ENG 4131 Technology in Language Teaching
ENG 4134 Varieties of English
ENG 4125 Media Discourse Analysis
ENG 4219 Literature of War and Conflict
ENG 4220 Modern Drama and Novel
ENG 4221 Modern Poetry
ENG 4222 Pakistani Literature in English
ENG 4223 Popular Fiction
ENG 4225 Russian Literature
ENG 4226 Shakespeare Studies
ENG 4235 Western Literature
ENG 4236 World Literature
ENG 4215 Feminist Literature
ENG 4212 Comparative Studies
ENG 4218 Literary Essays and Literary Discourse Analysis
ENG 4211 African Literature
ENG 4213 Continental Literature
ENG 4214 Fantasy
ENG 4228 Teaching of English Literature
ENG 4227 Teaching Language through Literature
ENG 4216 Islam and Western Literature
ENG 4224 Post-Colonial Literature
ENG 4230 The Modern Period (Early 20th Century) – Novel
ENG 4231 The Modern Period (Early 20th Century) – Poetry
ENG 4229 The Modern Period (Early 20th Century) – Drama
ENG 4217 Literary Essays
ENG 4233 The Postmodern Period (Mid-20th Century) – Novel
ENG 4234 The Postmodern Period (Mid-20th Century) – Poetry
ENG 4232 The Postmodern Period (Mid-20th Century) – Drama