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urdu.uos.edu.pk |
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www.uos.edu.pk |
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Department
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Fact
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Department
of Urdu
Economics Block
University of Sargodha |
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Chairman: |
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Dr. Hafeez-ur-Rehman Tahir Taunsvi |
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Ph: 0092-48-9230811-15
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Email: urdu@uos.edu.pk |
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Introduction |
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The University inherited this Department
from its predecessor institution, Government College Sargodha, where postgraduate
teaching
started in 1963. In Urdu studies we emphasise critical understanding
of the ways in which texts come into being and can be analysed. During study of Urdu
literatures we will introduce different critical approaches, and show how to recognise
and challenge the ways in which historical debates in such areas as gender, ethnicity
and class, are constructed and perpetuated in Urdu language, literature and culture.
Not only does one has the opportunity to read an exciting range of text, but also
he thinks about how he reads and how others have read, and he assesses the usefulness
of different approaches while working out his own. Special attention is being paid
to research in language & literature. Twenty one research dissertations were successfully completed from 1996 to 2006. Nine more students are doing research
work in the current session (2006-07). After the inception of the University of
Sargodha, the Department is working for the promotion of teaching, research and
creative writing skills and activities with a new vigor. The department is also
planning to start some new programmes of higher education & research in near
future which may be as under:
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- PhD in Urdu
- MPhil in Urdu.
- MA Urdu: Language Teaching &
Linguistics.
- BA (Hons) program
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Career Opportunities |
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MA Urdu Literature is just a stepping
stone for a career as an Urdu teacher at university, college or school level. Study
in MA Urdu Literature emphasize independent research and effective oral and written
communication skills. As such it is a useful asset for career in the media, the
civil service, and the news, information-driven sectors of the service industry
(such as internet business and web site management). Language studies, film studies,
radio and television studies, and cultural studies are closely associated with the
teaching and research done in the Urdu Department. This makes postgraduate work
in Urdu avenue to
a wide variety of careers. The Department is offering MA (2-year
semester wise) and BS (4-year semester wise) programs. Course outline of BS 4-year
program will be finalized soon.
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