The Department of English was established in 1976, at the time of the inception of the college, when only Higher Secondary curriculum was taught. General Degree Course was introduced in 1978 and Honours Course was introduced in 1996. CBCS curriculum was introduced in the 2017-18 academic session and spanned till the implementation of NEP-2020. Presently the department offers Three year and Four year programmes of study following the recommendation of NEP-2020 which envisages a holistic, inclusive and multidisciplinary education system with special focus on the development of  all capacities of human beings - intellectual, aesthetic, social, physical, emotional, ethical, and moral - in an integrated manner; soft skills, such as complex problem solving, critical thinking, creative thinking, communication skills; and rigorous specialization in a chosen field (s) of learning. 

The curriculum consists of major stream courses, minor stream courses and courses from various other disciplines, value added courses, skill enhancement courses, study of mother tongue etc. The department also fosters the possibilities of young minds through debates, quizzes, excursion, wall magazine, cultural programmes, student lectures / peer learning etc. To initiate our students into the interdisciplinary era of academic thinking we also arrange for lectures on our syllabi by teachers from different subjects. Special lectures by external resource persons are regularly arranged to give the students a wider exposure. With young and dynamic faculty members and facilities like Smart Class Room, INFLIBNET, this department is one of the most coveted destination for the 10+2 passouts in the neighbourhood. The Department of English, Sarat Centenary College publishes postScriptum: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Literary Studies. It is a bi-annual, online, open access, peer reviewed journal available at http://postscriptum.co.in This journal has been enlisted by UGC in their ‘Approved List of Journals’ at serial number 63337 under Broad Subject Category: Arts & Humanities, and also under Subjects: English (serial number 338) and Literature & Literary Theory (serial number 755).