GENERAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The Department of English is one of the pioneer Departments of the University. It was among the Departments that started with the University in 1962 at its temporary site, which is now the main campus of The Polytechnic, Ibadan. It later moved with the University in 1966 to its permanent location.
When the Department started in 1962, it was designed to cater for conventional English Studies, English Literature and English Linguistics. However in 1978, the Department was reorganized. From it emerged three Departments: Language Arts, Literature in English and Linguistics. While the Department of Language Arts was saddled with English Studies, excluding English Literature, the Department of Linguistics was concerned with all aspects of Linguistics. In other words, it was not restricted to English Linguistics.
The Department of Literature in English was concerned not only with English Literature but also with other Literatures that were written in English. In 1980, the Department of Language Arts was reorganized as Department of English Language. In 1989, another milestone in the evolution of the University was reached when the Departments of English Language and Literature in English were merged to form the Department of English.
The Department of English offers Bachelor of Arts degrees in English language and Literature in English at the undergraduate level. It also offers a general service course for all undergraduates of the university. At the postgraduate level, it offers Master of Arts (M.A), Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) and Doctor of Philosophy degrees (Ph.D) in English Language and Literature in English. ......read more . |
