BA in English and Dzongkha

Aims of the Programme:

The primary aim of the Bachelor of Arts in English and Dzongkha (BA English and Dzongkha) programme is to provide students with a strong foundational knowledge and advanced proficiency in both English and Dzongkha. By fostering fluency and literacy in these two languages, the programme will enable students to actively engage in contemporary academic discourse, research, and critical inquiry in both linguistic contexts. Through a structured and comprehensive curriculum, students will develop essential cognitive skills, including analytical reasoning, critical thinking, and the ability to interpret and evaluate diverse perspectives across cultures and disciplines

In addition to promoting academic excellence, the programme is designed to prepare graduates for a wide range of professional fields, including but not limited to education, media and communication, hospitality and tourism, journalism, public service, and private sector employment. The bilingual nature of the programme equips students with transferable skills such as effective communication, problem-solving, collaboration, and adaptability—skills that are highly valued in today’s dynamic and competitive job market.

Moreover, the programme is committed to nurturing well-rounded individuals who are not only knowledgeable and skilled but also ethical, responsible, and socially conscious. Graduates are expected to contribute meaningfully and competently in their chosen careers and to play constructive roles in society, whether in local, national, or global contexts.

Programme Structure:

Year Sem Modules
1 l RIG101
ཕྲད་རྣམ་དབྱེ།
RIG102
དག་ཡིག
LAN101
English Language and Grammar
LIT 102
The Study of Non-Fiction Prose
ACS101
Academic Skills
ll RIG103
བདག་གཞན་དུས་གསུམ།
RIG104
རྫོང་ཁ་བརྡ་སྦྱོར།
LIT105
Understanding Folk Literature
LAN102
English Phonetics
and Syntax
APC101
IT SKILLS
2 I RIG205
རྫོང་ཁ་འབྲི་རྩལ།།
LAM201
ལེགས་བཤད།
RIG206
མངོན་བརྗོད།
LIT207
Contemporary Bhutanese Writings in English
LAN203
English Phonology
II ZHU201
སྤྱོད་འཇུག་དང་པ།
LAM202
ཆོས་འབྱུང་།
RIG207
ཚིག་རྒྱན་དང་པ།
LAN204
The Art of Creative Writing
TRP201
Introduction to Translation
3 I ZHU302
སྤྱོད་འཇུག་གཉིས་པ།
RIG308
ཚིག་རྒྱན་གཉིས་པ།
ZHT301
ཞིབ་འཚོལ་ཐབས་ལམ།
LIT318
Contemporary Literature
LAN405
Journalistic Writing
II ZHU303
སྤྱོད་འཇུག་གསུམ་པ།
RIG309
ཚིག་རྒྱན་གསུམ་པ།
LIT321
Literature by Women
LAN404
The Power of Ideas
ETH101
Introduction to Ethics