I want to get the information about the Department of Telugu of University of Hyderabad so can you please provide me?

The Department of Telugu in the School of Humanities is one of the oldest departments of University of Hyderabad. It has been established in 1985 separating the subject Telugu from the Centre of Regional Studies, School of Social Sciences.

The main objective of the Department of Telugu is to prom*ote studies in Telugu Language and Literature.

The syllabus for various courses is drawn keeping in view of the changing needs of the society in relation to language use, and the role of literature in the society.

The Department is rich in terms of rare specializations at M.A. level like Aesthetics, Paninian Studies, Prakrit language, Epigraphy and Manuscriptology, Computing Telugu and Machine Translation, which are rarely, available in other University departments of Telugu.

Programmes of Study:

The Department offers M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes in Telugu.

M.A. programme

The M.A. programme in Telugu is of four semester duration with all the important areas of study.

There are 3 Core and 2 Optional courses in each semester totaling 20 courses.

All the courses are 4 credits each and the students of M.A. have to earn 80 credits to get the Degree.

The courses provide a wide range of specializations such as classical, modern and folk literatures, literary criticism and aesthetics, traditional grammar, Telugu linguistics, computer application to Telugu language, and mass media.

M.Phil. Programme-

The M.Phil. Programme is of two semester duration which includes course work of 16 credits and dissertation.

Ph.D. programme-

The Ph.D. programme is entirely a research programme towards studies in classical and modern Telugu literature, comparative literature and Language studies.

This programme will normally extend over a minimum of two years from the date of confirmation of admission.

Contact-

University of Hyderabad
C. R., Prof CR Rao Rd, CUC, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telangana 500046