ST Xavier's Kolkata Reviews on Placements, Faculty and Facilities

I choose bengali for my hons subject Bcoz I born and brought up in a middle class bengali family And also I love this subject. It's too easier for me. I think that's why I choose this subject.

The English Hons course from 2023 onwards under NEP is a four years course. The course structure will have major papers in literature , a minor paper (socio ,his ,eco ,film studies ,etc.) along with two multi-disciplinary subjects where the students are given the option to pick from the courses offered by other departments like biology, physics, journalism, etc. For English the course is sufficient to keep you busy, its not that tough but if it was easy everybody would be doing it . The professors are amazing and supportive , and it will be a joyride along with them .

The course is very educative. There are real life experiences given to the students through field assignments, group projects, frequent tests. The professors are also very effective in their jobs. There are even smart board learnings..

My employability plans include competition exams. But Xavier's provide a wide range of placements with a dedicated Placement Cell and a Placement Drive on campus each year. CTCs offered are high and in reputed companies. 90% students can get placement if they want to. Companies include Google, HCL etc

1) I chose English (Hons.) because I love Literature and always wanted to pursue it for higher studies. 2) Student-teacher ratio is about 60:1 3) The faculty was amazing. They were all extremely qualified and their teaching method was amazing. They made each lecture very interesting and were always available to clear doubts. They also helped us with our assignments. 4) The exams were always held on time. The schedule of exams was given at the beginning of each semester. The questions were moderate to difficult and if one attended classes regularly and paid attention to what was being taught, it was not difficult to pass.

In your 3rd year, you become applicable for placement. In our course, we don't have good placements if you don't have any experience or certificate in that particular role that you have applied for then your chances of selection are less. I don't know about the companies that come for the placement as I am not taking any. Most students get placements.

BA in English is a very future-proof course for getting a job in the IT companies and I liked the course from the very beginning, that's why I chose the course. There are very good faculties present in the college (About 10-12 faculties in every Department) and the number of students is about 60-70 every department in every year. Every faculty members are MA qualified. Their teaching quality is very good, they explain the topic very simply so that everyone can understand the topic. There are 4 internal theory exams in each semester. If everyone classes regularly then they can easily pass the examination.

I enrolled in the placement cell of my college before starting my final year, but it was voluntary. Our college is known for good placements but due to the pandemic, the placement opportunities suffered. However, there was no point in enrolling into a placement cell as a Sociology student, since the majority of the placements are offered to the Commerce and Science departments.

I want to be a writer someday soon and this was the best possible course to enrich my qualities and avail my goal. The faculty student ratio is approx 1:60. The teachers are very friendly and are ever ready to clarify the query of the students. The faculty is well qualified and most of the professors have doctorate in their respective fields along with highly efficient communication skills. However, the term exams are conducted within a gap of 4-5 months and a mid semester exam is conducted before every term examination. The course tests the students ability to understand and interpret and hence a student's attentiveness and present mindedness decide whether he/she will pass the examination or not.

One of the main reasons would be the balance it provides between the theory and practical aspects of the course. It had a great deal of faculty members along with regular seminars and webinars with professionals from the industry which are held every alternate week.