Tamil Department

The department of Tamil has designed and executed an innovative job oriented functional curriculum in the name of “Applied Tamil” first of kind in the state of Tamil Nadu. The curriculum is framed in such a way that it helps the over all development of the college students and leads to creative thinking and self-employment.

Course of Study

A.  Foundation course
     This comprises the study of
     1. Tamil
     2. English

B.  Core Course
    The core course shall consist of the main subjects and allied subjects
     Main : Applied Tamil
     Allied : 1. History of Tamil Nadu & Culture
    2. Journalism
    3. Mass Communication
    4. Administrative Tamil
    5. Printing Technology
    6. Translation.
 

Application oriented subjects:
    1. Tamil Type Writing
    2. An introduction to computers.

The department received consecutively the shield for securing highest percentage of results in the faculty of Arts. Our students get university Ranks in main subjects.
Conferences:
In 1998 a state level conference on “ Gender discrimination in Tamil Literature” under the U.G.C sponsorship was organized by the department of Tamil for three days in which 40 resource persons participated and 200 students were benefited. The conference volume was xeroxed and distributed in the conference itself.
In 2004, a state level conference on “ Environmental protection and disaster management” under the U.G.C sponsorship was organized by the department of Tamil for three days which 40 resource persons participated and 200 students was benefited. The conference volume was published in the conference itself. Dr. S.MANGAIARKARASI, HOD of Tamil department was the editor for the conference volume.

The department is upgraded to guide part time PhD teachers in Bharathidasan University. The department is offering the guidance for M.Phil candidates of Madurai Kamaraj, Allagappa and Annamalai universities. It is only the college, which applied for the self-financing M.A Tamil programmes in the academic year. HOD of Tamil Dr. S.MANGAIARKARASI has published three books to her credit.