Courses & Program Outcomes

Program outcomes, program specific outcomes and course outcomes for all programs offered by the institution.

Dept of English

Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs)

 

B.A. (ENGLIH)

  • Students should be familiar with representative literary and cultural texts within a significant number of historical, geographical, and cultural
  • Students should be able to apply critical and theoretical approaches to the reading and analysis of literary and cultural texts in multiple
  • Students should be able to identify, analyze, interpret and describe the critical ideas, values, and themes that appear in literary and cultural texts and understand the way these ideas, values, and themes inform and impact culture and society, both now and in the
  • Students should be able to write analytically in a variety of formats, including essays, research papers, reflective writing, and critical reviews of secondary
  • Students should be able to ethically gather, understand, evaluate and synthesize information from a variety of written and electronic
  • Students should be able to understand the process of communicating and interpreting human experiences through literary representation using historical contexts and disciplinary
  • Students should be able to use English effectively in formal and informal situations.
  • Students should be able to attempt creative writings
  • Students should be able to develop verbal and non-verbal skills of communication
  • Students should be able to make a career in different sectors

Course Outcomes (Cos)

 

  • BA English (Core)

 

Semester I

CO 1:  INDIAN CLASSICAL LITERATURE

Objective: To acquaint the students with the rich cultural heritage of ancient Indian

Literature.

Outcome: After completing this course, the learners shall be in a position to

understand and appreciate the rich Indian classical literary tradition,

including its distinctive aesthetic philosophies.

 

CO 2: EUROPEAN CLASSICAL LITERATURE

Objective: To acquaint learners with the great heritage of European classical

literature,

Outcome: After the completion of the course, the learners shall be in a position to

understand the source of Western literary paradigm.

 

Semester II

CO 3: INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH

Objective: To introduce the learners to Indian Writing in English from the colonial to

the postcolonial period. To make them understand the diversity of Indian

culture and tradition discussing various issues such as identity politics,

gendered differences, home, dislocation, language etc.

 

Outcome: After the culmination of this course, the learners shall be in a better

position to appreciate the diversity of customs and traditions in India,

would be  able to map the intellectual trajectory from the pre-to post –

independence period, and get the feel of the advancement that Indian writers

in English are making, for  which they are receiving plaudits, both at home

as well as abroad.

 

CO 4: BRITISH POETRY AND DRAMA: 14th TO 17th CENTURIES

Objective: To acquaint the learners with British poetry and drama from Chaucer to

Shakespeare in order to give them an impression of the spirit of the

Renaissance, thereby placing the Elizabethan period in a proper perspective.

Outcome: After completing this course, the learners would be in a position to

determine the influence of the European Renaissance on the works of the

Elizabethan authors, including Shakespeare.

 

Semester III

CO 5: AMERICAN LITERATURE

Objective: To introduce the learners to American literature, highlighting issues like

the reality or illusion of the Great American Dream, the transcendentalist

movement, the history of slavery in the South, the great economic

depression etc.in the context of American history and literature.

Outcome: After completion of this course the learners would get a feel of American

literature and they will be able to understand the poetics and politics of a

literature characterised both by liberal and reactionary ideals.

 

CO 6: POPULAR LITERATURE

Objective: To acquaint the learners with popular literature, such as crime thriller,

graphic fiction, children’s literature and so forth.

Outcome: After the completion of this course, it is believed that learners would be in a

position to appreciate the presence of a creative space and process that has

the potential to affect readers to a degree that high-brow literature cannot

achieve due to its propensity to target only a niche audience.

 

CO 7: BRITISH POETRY AND DRAMA: 17th AND 18th CENTURIES

Objective: To acquaint the learners with the experience of a whole gamut of feelings

that define a period and contradistinguishing it from another.

 

Outcome: After the completion of this course, learners will be in a position to

understand the ways in which English drama and poetry began to

emphasize on the importance of adhering to classical norms and forms.

 

Semester IV

CO 8: BRITISH LITERATURE: 18TH CENTURY

Objective: To acquaint the learners with the fundamental philosophical shift that

ushered in, in the wake of the culture of positivism that set in during this

period.

Outcome: After the completion of this course, learners will be in a position to

understand the spirit of the age, as well as the literature embodying this spirit..

 

CO 9: BRITISH ROMANTIC LITERATURE

Objective: To acquaint the learners with the spirit of the age.

Outcome: After completion of this course the learners would be in a position to know

and appreciate the values of a literature characterised by emotion, passion,

love towards nature, exerting of imagination and so forth in order to create a

thing of beauty, which would be a joy forever.

 

CO 10: BRITISH LITERATURE: 19TH CENTURY  

Objective: To provide the learners a fascinating opportunity to immerse into the

fraught historical context determined by contradictory, oppositional drives

and processes.

Outcome: After completion of this course the learners will be in a position to

understand the philosophical shift that came about due to the crises of faith

pertaining to the culture of positivism that manifested its full presence during

the Victorian period. It is also hoped that they would be able to understand

concepts like utilitarianism, surplus value, Victorian prudishness, survival of

the fittest etc., and will be able to analyse it along these lines.

 

Semester V

CO 11: WOMEN’S WRITING

Objective: To introduce learners to women’s writing, and in doing so attempting to

underline the manner in which power operates to silence women from

articulating their views. Apart from that, the course would also try to

situate women’s writing in a space that transcends or upends the male

writing tradition through various (subversive) ways.

 

Outcome: The learners after completing this course, would be sensitised to gender-

related issues, and would be able to see things from the perspective of the Other.

 

 

CO 12: BRITISH LITERATURE: THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY  

Objective: To chart the philosophical trajectories like symbolism, existentialism,

cubism, Dadaism, expressionism, nihilism etc. through early twentieth-

century texts, particularly novels and poetry.

Outcome: It is believed that the learners would benefit from this course in terms of

getting acquainted with concepts like stream-of-consciousness, Oedipus

complex, avant garde, gyre, interior monologue, among many others.

 

Semester VI

CO 13: MODERN EUROPEAN DRAMA

Objective: To read some of the select modern plays of Europe by placing the epochal

events of the period as the backdrop.

Outcome: It is hoped that the learners after completing this course will be in a

comfortable space to know Modern drama with its entire attendant

problematic.

 

CO 14: POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURES

Objective:  This course introduces postcolonial literature to the learners focusing mainly on

such issues as language, identity, point of view, displacement, physical and mental

colonisation, Decolonisation, nationalism, fundamentalism, globalisation and

diaspora, colonial legacy, gender and sexuality, regionalism, ethnicity, genocide,

race, and so forth, and it will be discussed how such issues are expressed in the

literary texts.

Outcome: The learners on culmination of the course are expected to be acquainted with both

the texts and the contexts of the given period.

 

  • BA English (Generic Elective)

Semester I

CO 1: ACADEMIC WRITING AND COMPOSITION

Objective: To prepare students for work in high level English courses in which research

writing is a requirement. It introduces basic research writing skills including:

conducting research, note taking, paraphrase, summary, direct quotation,

positioning, and MLA or APA style citation.

 

Outcome: By the end of the course, students will be able to demonstrate and apply knowledge

of basic essay structure, including introduction, body and conclusion; employ the

various stages of the writing process, including pre-writing, writing and re-writing;

employ descriptive, narrative and expository modes; demonstrate ability to write

for an academic audience; write concise sentences, etc.

 

Semester II

CO 2: MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Objective: To introduce learners to media and communication skills. In this digital-visual

landscape, it is necessary to be equipped with knowledge and technical expertise

of new media. This course will enable learners with skills pertaining to mass

communication in all its manifestations.

Outcome: It is expected that this course will act as a beginner’s guide to media

communication. It will enable them to opt for a career in journalism, television or

digital media by continuing their study in this field in more rigorous terms in their

Postgraduate level.

 

Semester III

CO 3: LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS

Objective: To familiarise students with the structure, morphology, phonology, syntax,

semantics of a particular linguistic system, which is, English. The learners will get

to know about the deep structure of the system and study it in a synchronic mode.

 

 

Outcome: The learners will get familiarised with the science of the study of the English

language. This will enable them to unravel the morphology, phonological

dynamics of the language, thereby making them motivated in researching on a

scientific study of language.

 

Semester IV

CO 4: CONTEMPORARY INDIA: WOMEN AND EMPOWERMENT

 

Objective: This course will familiarise learners with gender issues related to its construction,

legislation, resistance and marginalisation in the pan-Indian context. The objective

of this course is to sensitise learners to the multiple forms of subjugation that

patriarch subjects women. It will also attempt to suggest strategies to resist or

subvert such strategic silencing by means of an alternative discourse –feminism –a

means to empower what Simone de Beauvoir ironically termed as the “second sex”.

 

Outcome: The learners will get acquainted with gender issues, including the politics of how it

is constructed, reinforced and sustained. They will get apprised of women’s

resistance against patriarchy through women’s movements, and well as understand

the silence of twice marginalised sections, like Dalit women and tribal groups.

 

  • BA English (Discipline Specific Elective)

Semester V

CO 1: MODERN INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION

 

Objective: This course aims to acquaint learners with the works of Indian writers working on

regional literature from the north to the south, from the west to the east.

 

Outcome: After completing this course, it is expected that learners will be in a position to

appreciate the literature of India as it exists in various regional languages. They

would be able to understand the political, social and economic factors affecting

people across regions and cultures.

 

CO 2: LITERATURE OF THE INDIAN DIASPORA

Objective: To introduce the learners to literature of the Indian diaspora keeping in view the

issues that haunt the writers who have settled abroad, despite being Indians in

terms of roots and emotional make-up.

Outcome: After completing this course, it is expected that learners will be in a position to

understand the complexity of living as hyphenated identities in a space which is

different from that of “home”. They will be in a better position to understand the

postcolonial condition of identities caught between the quest for a better life abroad

and the acknowledgement of the futility surrounding such a rootless mobility.

 

CO 3:  LITERARY CRITICISM

Objective: To present an overview of major trends in literary criticism from the Romantic

period to the present and to introduce to the recent trends in criticism, particularly

feminist criticism.

Outcome: It is hoped that the learners will be in a position to understand the texts in terms of

the contexts, which could be purely aesthetic, historical, textual or political. They

will be able to read texts by adopting the ideologies of the different reading

processes.

 

CO 4:  WORLD LITERATURES

Objective: To enable the learners to know about the form and content of texts those are part

of different spatialities.

Outcome: By the end of the course, the student will be able to identify and analyse a variety

of major works of world literature; compare and contrast writing styles and generic

forms from different periods and cultures; identify major themes of representative

poetic and fictional works, and trace the influence of one literature upon another.

 

Semester VI

CO 5:  LITERARY THEORY

Objective: To acquaint learners with four relevant discourses or

theories. These are Marxism, Feminism, Poststructuralism, and Postcolonial

Studies.

Outcome: By the end of this course, the learners shall be in a position to know some of the

significant texts of discourses revolving around class, gender, power, language,

race, identity and so forth. They will be able to relate their reading of literature

through such theories, which would in turn facilitate their interpretive strategies.

 

CO 6:  LITERATURE AND CINEMA

Objective: This course investigates relationships between two media, film and literature,

studying works linked across the two media by genre, topic, and style. It aims to

sharpen appreciation of major works of cinema and of literary narrative.

 

Outcome: The learners are expected to understand the elements involved in adapting texts to

film. They will demonstrate analytical skills in visual literacy and reading filmic

texts. Students will demonstrate a familiarity with ways of discussing and

evaluating films as reflections of cultures and source texts.

 

 

 

CO 7:  PARTITION LITERATURE

Objective: The Partition was perhaps the most horrific event of the twentieth-century

subcontinent’s history. So, the objective of this course is to read literature that

captures the sense of the times. There will also be film screenings since cinema also

helps capture both the horror and the repercussions of these events.

 

Outcome: After the culmination of this course, the learners will be in a position to

comprehend the magnitude of the tragedy of partition and realise how the trauma

associated with it impinges on the victim’s daily lives and activities even in the

present. The historical fact transmuted by imagination tends to prove the validity of

literature in representing the truth of the human condition.

 

CO 8:  TRAVEL WRITING

Objective: To read travellers’ accounts of places from the past to the present encompassing

writings of eminent travel writers from the medieval period to the present. The

course will attempt to underscore the problematic associated with the genre, such

as, the claims to authenticity of the narrativised events, the role of imagination, the

ethnocentric gaze, the element of wonder, and so forth.

 

Outcome: The learners would be in a position to understand the cultural dynamics of

narratives written by travellers. They will be able to appreciate the difference in

representation from the category of gender, religion and race. They will realise that

travel narratives are always already ideological in import, and hence they can only

be regarded as representations , rather than truth.

 

 

 

  • BA English (Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course)

Semester I

CO 1: ENGLISH COMMUNICATION

Objective: To introduce students to the theory, fundamentals and tools of

communication and to develop in them vital communication skills which

should be integral to personal, social and professional interactions.

Outcome: It is hoped that after studying this course, students will find a difference in

their personal and professional interactions.

 

CO 2: ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH

Objective: To introduce students to select literary works of different genres and to enhance

their skill of the English language.

Outcome: It is hoped that after studying this course, students will be able to develop a taste

for English literature.

 

 

  • BA English (Skill Enhancement Course)

 

Semester III

CO 1: ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING (ELT)

Objective: To acquaint the learners with the methodologies of teaching English in classroom

situation and to acquaint them with the tools and strategies of ELT.

Outcome: The learners will be in a position to acquire skills pertaining to teaching English.

CO 2: SOFT SKILLS

Objective: This course provides the soft skills required mainly for professional achievements,

and in the process, many of the personal requirements of an individual can be

compiled with.

Outcome: it is expected that after completion of this course the learners will acquire soft

skills such as communication skills, work ethic, positive attitude, emotional

intelligence and other personal attributes crucial for success in business or career.

 

Semester IV

CO 3: CREATIVE WRITING

Objective: To acquaint the learners with the craft and technicalities of creative writing.

Outcome: It is hoped that this course would be beneficial for the learners to develop their skills in creative writing.

 

CO 4: BUSINESS COMMUNICATION

Objective: To give students a comprehensive view of communication, its scope and

importance in business, and the role of communication in establishing a favourable

outside the firm environment, as well as an effective internal communications

program.

 

Outcome: Students will learn how to enhance their business communication with technically

based media. This course will make them conversant with the basic forms, formats

and techniques of business writing so that they will be thoroughly prepared to take

part in real-world business fields. This course will also give them the latest

research information on language in general and the writing process specifically so

that they will become a highly confident and skilled writer. This course will

provide discussion of all relevant communicational theories so that they can apply

this knowledge to a myriad of different communicational tasks and genres.

 

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Dept of Economics

Department of Economics

 

Economics is the study of how societies use scares resources to produce valuable commodities and distribute them among different people. The course, B.A. in economics includes courses like micro and macro-economic theory,Indian economy, public economics, monetary economics, mathematical economics,econometric methods, environmental economics, developmental economics etc. These courses provide the fundamental skills that are essential in terms of the theoretical and empirical cum practical aspects of the discipline. The programme is able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes which are course specific and programmed specific outcomes.

Course specific outcome

  1. To enable students in acquisition of economic aspects of modern society, to make themfamiliar with techniques for the analysis of contemporary economic problems and to develop an ability to exercise judgement in evaluating public policies in the students.
  2. To develop strong numeracy and statistical skills
  3. To enhance analytical ability of students. In other words, to enable the students to analyze the complex data sets.
  4. To prepare the students to work in different fields like civil service, Indian economic service,planning and administrative department, banking, multinational corporations etc.
  5. To enable the students to acquire various skills which they can use to deal with their real-life situations. i.e., how to manage unlimited wants with limited resources.

Program specific outcomes

The subject Economics is highly applicable to many fields and not limited to only one career. An economics degree boost employability in many areas. Because of widely transferable analytical and problem-solving skills developed by economics students, careers in economics are extremely wide ranging and diverse.The different aspects of careers for economic students are as follows

  1. Careers in the public sector are often involved in public taxation, transport, commercial and waste services, public enterprises, energy and other forms of government spending etc.
  2. Career in civil services such as- Indian administrative services, Indian economic services etc.
  3. The private companies provide wide opportunity for employability including investment, healthcare, multinational companies.
  4. Jobs in financial sectors Insurance corporations like LIC, Kotak Life Insurance etc. and in private and public sector banks are accessible for economic graduate students.
  5. Financial risk analyst, investment analyst, economic consultant, financial planner in different national and international companies.
  6. Entrepreneur or businessman in production of various goods and services.
  7. Academic jobs in public and private sector like college teachers, school teachers etc and other governmental jobs.
  8. Employment in small and medium scale industries in the fields of production, marketing, sales etc.

Dept of Education

PSO (Programme Specific Outcomes) and CO (Course Specific Outcomes) Dept. of Education

Education is the process of learning or securing knowledge, skills, habits etc. through the process of training and experiences in our day to day life. It is through the help of education that moulds and shape the personality development of an individual. Society can run smoothly only when an individual knows their basic rights and duties to perform in the society. Education broadens the outlook of a person and gives knowledge about the world around him to live peacefully in this world.

The subject matter and PSO & CO of Education subject is,

PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION OFEDUCATION:  Without Philosophy education is nothing. Through this paper students will be able to learn about the basic Indian schools of philosophy and Western schools of philosophy and their relevant contribution in the field of education in the present day society.

SOCIOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF EDUCATION: Through the study of this paper the student will be able to learn the concept, approaches and theories of sociology, social aspects and the process of socialization, role of education in social change and development, role of education in various social groups and political ideologies etc.

PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF EDUCATION: Through this paper students will be able to understand about different parts of psychology i.e learning, process and theories of learning, role of learning in motivation, personality, different types and traits of personality, role of education in personality development, intelligence & creativity, role of education in creativity development, attention, interest, instincts, emotion, etc. and  its impacts in the day to day life of an individual.

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT: Through this course the students will be able to understand about educational administration, educational management and planning, leadership, supervision, finance etc. and its role in ensuring quality education.

GREAT EDUCATORS AND EDUCATIONAL THOUGHT: Through this paper students will be able to learn about different Indian and Western educators/philosophers thoughts on education and its relevance in the present era.

MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION IN EDUCATION: Through this paper students will be able to know about measurement and evaluation and its role in education, different types of psychological tests and its importance and the use of statistics in education.

EDUCATION IN WORLD PERSPECTIVE: This paper helps the students to study about the educational system of other countries and compare it with India, which will be helpful for the development of our country in educationally, economically and socially.

GUIDENCE AND COUNSELLING: This paper helps to know about the role and importance of guidance and counseling for the students, the role of counselor as parents and teachers and the different tools and techniques of guidance for the development of the students.

EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY AND LABORATORY PRACTICAL: Through this paper students will be able to learn different types of psychological experiment for the measurement of different mental power of human being i.e intelligence test, memory test, personality test etc.

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY: This paper helps to learn about the growth and development of different stages of human being, different developmental pattern and the role of education and society in bringing proper development among the young child.

EDUCATION IN PRE AND POST INDEPENDENCE INDIA: Through this paper students will be able to know the educational system in different periods before independence and the scenario at the time of independence. It also helps to learn about the role of different commissions and committees in the development of Indian education at the time of independence and the relevance of present education system.

VALUE EDUCATION: This paper helps to know about human value and the role of teachers and parents in imparting peace education in the school and society for creating a better world.

HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION: Through this paper students will be understand and deals with violation of human rights, the roles of different agencies of human rights education at global, national and local level.

Through these courses it helps the students to give knowledge according to the needs and interests of the students and the society as a whole.

 

 

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Dept of History

Program Specific Outcomes

                                             (PSOs of B.A. History)

 

  • Understand background of our religion, customs, institutions, administration and so on.
  • Understand the present existing social, political, religious and economic conditions of the people.
  • Analyse relationship between the past and the present events.
  • Develop practical skills which is helpful in the study and understanding of historical events for example:

(a) Draw historical maps, charts, diagrams etc.

(b) Prepare historical models, tools etc.

  • Develop interests in the study of history and activities relating to history, for example:

(a) Collect ancient arts, old coins and other historical materials

(b) Participate in historical drama and historical occasions

(c) Visit places of historical interests, archaeological sites, museums and archives

(d) Read historical documents, maps, charts etc.

(e) Play active roles in activities of the historical organizations and associations

(f) Write articles on historical topics.

  • The study of history helps to impart moral education.
  • History installs the feeling of patriotism in the hearts of the students.
  • Students will understand of time and chronology and be able to investigate how people lived in various societies from the past.
  • They will learn about Indian History, World History and Europe History, History of Japan, China Great Britain etc.
  • Students will be familiar with the origin, evolution and core values of the subject which can be put to use in their day to day life. They will be able to earn interest in the working of public machinery with emphasis on the need of the subject in changing times.
  • Students will become vigilant, enlightened citizens and making them active participants of administration.
  • They will also acquire the skills of critical analysis. Students will be acquainted with the basic concepts of the discipline which will make them politically aware.
  • This is the most appropriate combination for the public service examination.

 

Course Outcomes (Cos)

(A)  BA History (Core)

Semester 1:

CO 1: HISTORY OF INDIA- I

Course Code: HISHC101

Objectives: The objective of this course is to analyze the various source materials for the reconstruction of Ancient Indian History and the approaches of historical reconstruction.

Outcome: After completing the course, the students will be acquainted with the various ancient cultures, the technological, economic, political and religious development of the period concerned.

CO2: SOCIAL FORMATIONS AND CULTURAL PATTERNS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

Course Code: HISHC102

 

Objectives: The students will acquainted with the evolution of humankind, the beginning of food production, the Bronze Age., advent of iron, the slave society in ancient Greece, the economy and the Political culture of the ancient Greece.

 

Outcome:  After completing the course the students shall be able to know and learn the history of evolution of human being and gradual settlement as well as the culture of Greece.

 

Semester 2:

CO3: HISTORY OF INDIA II

Course Code: HISHC103

Objectives: The objective of this course is to acquaint the students with agrarian economy, the growth of urban centres in northern and central India and the Deccan as well as craft production, trade routes and coinage.

Outcome: Students shall be able to understand the process of state formation and the Mauryan and post-Mauryan polities with special reference to the Kushanas, Satavahanas and Gana-Sanghas.

Land grants, land rights and peasantry, urban decline and religious traditions of early India.

 

 

CO4: SOCIAL FORMATIONS AND CULTURAL PATTERNS OF THE MEDIEVAL WORLD

Course Code: HISHC104

Objectives: The learners will be acquainted with the Roman Empire, slave society, the cultural and trade. The learners will be acquainted with the crisis and disintegration of the Roman Empire.

 

Outcome: Students will understand the history of Roman empire as well as able to know the economic development in Europe from 7th to 14th centuries covering production, technological developments, growth of towns and trade and feudal crisis.

 

Semester 3

 

Co5: HISTORY OF INDIA III (c. 750 -1206)

Course Code: HISHC105

Objectives:

The students will acquire knowledge about the sources for the reconstruction of early medieval Indian history.

Outcome: After the completion of the course students shall be able to gain knowledge regarding political structure and social and religious institutions, the agrarian structure and social change, and about trade and commerce, guilds and process of urbanization.

 

Co6: RISE OF THE MODERN WEST – I

Course Code: HISHC106

Objectives: The students will be acquainted with the transition from feudalism to capitalism, the voyages to the new world, the Renaissance.

Outcome: After the completion of the course students shall be able to know the Religious Reformation, the 16th century Economic Developments and the emergence of European state system.

 

Co7: HISTORY OF INDIA IV (c.1206 – 1550)

Course Code: HISHC107

Objectives: The learners will gather information regarding

(i) The sources, vernacular histories and epigraphy

(ii) The various dynasties ruling Delhi

(iii) Emergence of Bahmani kingdom and Vijaynagara Empire

 

Outcome: After the completion of the course students shall be able to know the social and economic developments, the religion, society and culture during the late medieval India.

 

Semester 4

CO8: RISE OF THE MODERN WEST – II

Course Code: HISHC108

Objectives: This paper will help the students to know about the 17th   century European crisis, the English Revolution.

Outcomes: After the completion of the course students shall be able to know scientific development from 15th to 17th century, growth of mercantilism end of Absolute Monarchy and growth of Parliamentary Democracy, the American and Industrial Revolution.

 

CO9: HISTORY OF INDIA V (c. 1550 – 1605)

Course Code: HISHC109

Objectives: The students will have information regarding the Persian sources and vernacular literary traditions.

Outcomes: After the completion of the course students shall be able to know the growth and consolidation of the Mughal Empire Mughal policies in the North West Frontier and the Deccan, the land rights and revenue system, agriculture, trade under the Mughals Political and religious ideas of the period concerned.

CO10: HISTORY OF INDIA VI (c. 1605 – 1750)

Course Code: HISHC1010

Objectives: The learners will have an idea about the various sources and historiography of the Mughal period.

Outcomes: After the completion of the course students shall be able to know expansion of the Mughal rule, the Sufi orders Auragzeb’s religious policy, religious institutions, decline of the Mughal Empire, growth of regional polities and state formation under the Rajputs, the Marathas, 18th Century Debate, trade, craft, monetary and market system, urban centres and Indian Ocean trade network

 

 

 

 

Semester 5

 

CO11: HISTORY OF Modern Europe – I (c. 1780 – 1939)

Course Code: HISHC1011

Objectives: The objective of this course is to help the students to be acquainted with the various factors that led to the French Revolution of 1789 The Art and Culture of the Revolution.

Outcome: After the completion of the course students shall be able to know the Restoration of royal dynasties, the radical movements, the evolution of social classes, Industrialization, the First World War and Administrative Reorganization in Italy and Germany.

 

CO12: HISTORY OF INDIA VII (c. 1750 – 1857)

Course Code: HISHC1012

Objectives:

The Paper tries to examine the transition of India into a Colonial domain of the British.

Outcomes: After the completion of the course students shall be able to know that this transition was not unilinear as the Colonial state had to face resistance from the natives.

 

Semester 6

 

CO13: HISTORY OF INDIA VIII (c. 1857 – 1950)

Course Code: HISHC1013

Objectives: The paper will endeavour to highlight the growth of Indian Nationalism and the National Movement for Freedom.

Outcomes: After the completion of the course students shall be able to know that the responses of the various sections of the people. They will also know the initial transition from the Colonial to the Post-Colonial era.

 

CO14: HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE II (c. 1780 -1939)

Course Code: HISHC1014

Objectives: The Objective of this Course is to acquaint the Students with Liberal Democracy, Working Class Movements and Socialism in the 19th and 20th Centuries.

Outcomes: After the completion of the course students shall be able to know the crisis of Feudalism in Russia and Experiments in Socialism, War and Crisis: c. 1880-1939 and Post 1919 political development, Cultural and Intellectual Developments since c. 1850.

 

(B)  BA History Generic Elective (Interdisciplinary Any Four)

Semester 1

CO1: HISTORY OF ASSAM: 1228 –1826

Objectives: The objective of this paper is to give a general outline of the history of Assam from the 13th century to the occupation of Assam by the English East India Company in the first quarter of the 19th century.

Outcomes: After the completion of the course students shall be able to know the major stages of developments in the political, social and cultural history of the state during the most important formative period.

Semester 2

CO2: HISTORY OF INDIA FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO 1526

Objectives: The objective of this paper is to acquaint the students with the general outline of the history of India from the known earliest times to the coming of the Mughals to India in the first quarter of the 16th century.

Outcomes: After the completion of the course students shall be able to get a comprehensive idea of the developments in all spheres of life during this period.

Semester 3

CO3: HISTORY OF INDIA: 1526 – 1947

Objectives: This paper aims to acquaint the students with the general course of events in the field of political, social, cultural and economic affairs in India from the foundation of the Mughal Empire in 1526 till Independence in 1947.

Outcomes: After the completion of the course students shall be able to know Political Conditions in Northern India in the beginning of the 16th century, British Conquests of India –British occupation of Bengal, Anglo-French rivalry-the Battle of Plassey and its effects.

 

Semester 4 (any one)

 

HISGE 4.1: HISTORY OF EUROPE: 1453-1815

Objectives: The objective of this paper is to acquaint the students with the major developments in European politico-economic scenario since the Renaissance till the end of the French Revolution.

Outcome: After the completion of the course students shall be able to know renaissance, reformation, thirty years war and colonial expansion.

HISGE 4.2: History of Modern Assam (1826-1947)

Objectives: This course intends to acquaint the students with Assam History from Yandaboo treaty to India’s Independence.

Outcome: After the completion of the course students shall be able to familiarize with political condition in Assam on the eve of the British rule. It also attempts to bring the pupils to the understanding of the social and economic conflicts like Peasant uprising and role of Assam in freedom struggle.

 

(C)  BA History Discipline Specific Elective

Semester 5

CO1: EARLY AND MEDIEVAL ASSAM TILL 1826

Objectives: The objective of this paper is to give a general outline of the history of Assam from the 13th century to the occupation of Assam by the English East India Company

Outcome: After the completion of the course students shall be able to acquaint with major stages of developments in the political, social and cultural history of the state during the most important formative period.

CO2: HISTORY OF MODERN ASSAM: 1826 –1947

Objectives: The course aims at acquainting the students with the socio-political and economic developments in Assam.

Outcome: After the completion of the course students shall be able to understand the growth of Nationalism and the role of the Provinces in the National Movement for independence.

Semester 6 (Any Two)

CO3: Social and Economic History of Assam

Objectives: The objective of this course is to acquaint the students with the development of Caste, Social Classes and Occupational Groups in Ancient Assam, the religion Beliefs and Practice.

Outcome: After the completion of the course students shall be able to understand land grant, trade, Society, the Neo-Vaishnavite Movement Patriarchy, Satra Institutions, Agriculture and Trade in Medieval Assam, the Growth of Modern Education and role of the Missionaries, Middle Class, Agriculture, Tea Industry and Transport System in Colonial Assam.

 

CO4: Historiography

Objectives: This course aims to introduce the learners to important issues related to historical method including significant, historical trends and issues related with the historians craft.

Outcome: After the completion of the course students shall be able to understand Evolution of Historiography, Renaissance to Enlightenment Historiography and Development of History Writing in India in Modern Period.

 

CO5: HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (c.1776-1945)

Objectives: This Course will give an account of the Colonization and Settlement of America.

 

Outcome: After the completion of the course students shall be able to understand the American War of Independence , the Features of Constitution, the rule of Federalists and Republicans, Monroe Doctrine, the Civil War, Industrialization, Labour Movements, USA in World War I and II.

 

 

(D) Ability Enhancement Course (AEC) (Any Two, Two Credits)

 

CO1: Museums and Archives in India

 

Objectives: It is an introductory course and aims to familiarize students with various aspects of museums and archives. The purpose of this course is to introduce, examine and understand the major concepts, principles, functions and operations in the field of museums and archives.

 

Outcome: It will enable students to understand its overall development as well as theoretical issues and principles of their management, administration and practical application. The course will help students to gain practical experience and will be project based.

 

 

CO2: Oral History

Objectives: The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the theories, methods and ethics of oral history and its significance to the historical literature.

 

Outcome: After the completion of the course students shall be able to understand the tools available for history writing beyond static sources.

 

 

CO3: Tourism in Assam

Objectives: Chief aim is to understand the tourism potentiality of Assam.

Outcome: After the completion of the course students shall be able to understand that tourism industry has occupied an important place in the globalised world economy. In Indian Context, Assam has great potentiality for tourism due to its geographical and ethnological diversities.

 

 

 

(E) Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC) (Any Two, Two Credits)

 

CO1: Museums and Archives in India

Objectives: To understand the major concepts, principles, functions and operations in the field of museums and archives.

Outcome: After the completion of the course students shall be able to understand its overall development as well as theoretical issues and principles of their management, administration and practical application. The course will help students to gain practical experience and will be project based.

 

CO2: Oral History

Objectives: The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the theories, methods and ethics of oral history and its significance to the historical literature.

 

Outcome: After the completion of the course students shall be able to understand the tools available for history writing beyond static sources.

 

CO3: Tourism in Assam

Objectives: The chief aim is to understand the tourism potentiality of Assam.

Outcome: After the completion of the course students shall be able to understand that tourism industry has occupied an important place in the globalised world economy. In Indian Context, Assam has great potentiality for tourism due to its geographical and ethnological diversities.

Dept of Political Science

COs : BA Political Science-Generic Elective (Interdisciplinary Any Four)

Semester-I (Any one)

CO1: GE-1A: Nationalism in India

Course Objectives:

  1. To help students understand the struggle of Indian people against colonialism. It seeks to achieve this understanding by looking at this struggle from different theoretical perspectives that highlight its different dimensions. The course begins with the nineteenth century Indian responses to colonial dominance in the form of reformism and its criticism and continues through various phases up to the events leading to the Partition and Independence.
  2. To highlight its various conflicts and contradictions by focusing on its different dimensions: communalism, class struggle, caste and gender questions.

Course Outcomes:

At the completion of the Course the students are able to understand-

  1. The approaches to the Study of Nationalism in India relating to Nationalism, Imperialism, Marxism, and Subaltern Interpretations.
  2. Reformism and Anti-Reformism in the Nineteenth Century Major Social and Religious Movements in 19th century.
  3. Nationalist Politics and Expansion of its Social Base and its Phases of Nationalist Movement: Liberal Constitutionalists, Swadeshi and the radicals; Beginning of Constitutionalism in India.
  4. Gandhi and Mass Mobilization: Non-Cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience Movement, and Quit India Movement.
  5. Social Movements related to the Women’s Question: Participation in the National Movement and its Impact, the Caste Question: Anti-Brahminical Politics, Peasant, Tribals and Workers Movements Partition and Independence.

GE-1B: Contemporary Political Economy

Course Objective:

  1. To familiarize the students with the different theoretical approaches;
  2. To give a brief overview of the history of the evolution of the modern capitalist world;
  3. To highlight the important contemporary problems, issues and debates on how these should be addressed.

Course Outcomes:

The students able to understand

  1. The approaches to Political Economy Classical Liberalism, Marxism, Welfarism, Neo-liberalism and Gandhian approach.
  2. Capitalist Transformation a. European Feudalism and Transition to Capitalism b. Globalization: Transnational Corporations, World Trade Organization, Non-governmental Organizations (their role in development).
  3. Issues in Development-I (i) Culture: Media and Television (ii) Big Dams and Environmental Concerns (iii) Military: Global Arms Industry and Arms Trade (iv) Knowledge Systems
  4. Issues in Development-II (i) Development and Displacement, (ii) State, International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and Development (iii) Interest Groups, State steered Development and Peoples’ Movements.

Semester II (Any one)

CO2: GE-2A: Feminism: Theory and Practice

 Course Objectives:

  1. To explain contemporary debates on feminism and the history of feminist struggles. The course begins with a discussion on construction of gender and an understanding of complexity of patriarchy and goes on to analyze theoretical debates within feminism.
  2. It aims to covers the history of feminism in the west, socialist societies and in anti-colonial struggles. Further a gendered analysis of Indian society, economy and polity with a view to understanding the structures of gender inequalities.

Course Outcomes:

The students are acquainted with

  1. The Concepts of Feminism- Sex/Gender distinction, Patriarchy, Gender Socialization, Sexual Division of Labor, Private-Public Dichotomy, Biologism versus social constructivism, Feminism.
  2. Approaches to the study of Feminism Liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Radical feminism and Third World Approach.
  3. The Genesis of Feminist Movements in the West: Seneca Falls Convention; Black Feminist Movement, Suffragist Movement in USA, Britain and France; the French Revolution and the Declaration of the Rights of Women and Female Citizen.
  4. The Genesis of Feminist Movement in the East: Feminism and the Communist Revolution in China-Issues and Debates Movement for Women’s Emancipation-Rosa Luxemburg, Alexandria Kollontai Feminist issues and women’s participation in anti-colonial and national liberation movements in India.
  5. The Indian Experience: Contemporary issues in Feminism: Environment, Domestic Violence, Rape, Dowry, Sexual Harassment at Workplace, Right to Property and Customary versus Constitutional Law; Gender Relations in India: Family- Matrilineal and Patrilineal; Women and Work.

GE-2B: Gandhi and the Cotemporary World

Course objective:

To elaborate

  1. Gandhian thought and examine its practical implications. It will introduce students to key instances of Gandhi’s continuing influence right up to the contemporary period and enable them to critically evaluate his legacy.

Course outcomes:

The students are able to understand

  1. Gandhi on Modern Civilization and Ethics of Development. (a) Conception of Modern Civilisation and Alternative Modernity   (b) Critique of Development: Narmada Bachao Andolan
  2. Gandhi thought in Theory – Theories of Satyagraha and Ahimsa – Trusteeship – Critique of Caste – Vision of State.
  3. Gandhian thought in practice Satyagraha in Action – Kheda Satyagraha; Temple Entry Satyagraha; Dandi March; Bhoodan Movement.
  4. Gandhi’s Legacy (a) Tolerance: Anti- Racism Movements (Anti-Apartheid and Martin Luther king) (b) The Pacifist Movement – Disarmament Movement, Peace Brigades International 1981 (PBI); Peace & Ecology movement (Green peace Movement) (c) Women’s Movements – Cipko Movement, Anti-liqour Movement Bodhgaya Struggle.
  5. Gandhi and the idea of political (a) Swaraj   (b) Swadeshi

Semester III (Any one)

CO3: GE-3A: Understanding Ambedkar

Course Objectives:

  1. To broaden intended to introduce Ambedkar’s ideas and their relevance in contemporary India, by looking beyond caste.
  2. To know Ambedkar’s philosophical contributions towards Indian economy and class question, sociological interpretations on religion, gender, caste and cultural issues; ideas on politics such as concepts of nation, state, democracy, law and constitutionalism are to be pedagogically interrogated and interpreted.
  3. To help the students to critically engage themselves with the existing social concerns, state and economic structures and other institutional mechanisms. This also will facilitate them to strengthen their creative thinking with a collective approach to understand ongoing social, political, cultural and economic phenomena of the society.

Course Outcomes:

Students are able to understand

  1. Ambedkar’s Approach to Study Polity, History, Economy, Religion and Society
  2. Caste and Religion its Caste, Untouchability and Critique of Hindu Social Order, Religion and Conversion.
  3. Women’s Question its rise and fall of Hindu Women
  4. Political Vision and Economic Vision.
  5. Constitutionalism, Rights and Representations, Constitution as an Instrument of Social Transformation.

GE-3B: Governance: Issues and Challenges

Course Objectives:

  1. To know the concepts and different dimensions of governance highlighting the major debates in the contemporary times.
  2. To understand the importance of the concept of governance in the context of a globalizing world, environment, administration, development. The essence of governance is explored through the various good governance initiatives introduced in India

Course Outcomes:  

Able to understand

  1. GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNANCE- Meaning and Concepts, Difference between Government and Governance; Role of State in the era of Globalization; State, Market and Civil Society.
  2. GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT- Changing Dimensions of Development, Strengthening Democracy through Good Governance.
  3. ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE- Human-Environment Interaction, Green Governance: Sustainable Human Development.
  4. LOCAL GOVERNANCE- Democratic Decentralization, People’s Participation in Governance 13 Lectures and 4 Tutorials.
  5. GOOD GOVERNANCE INITIATIVES IN INDIA: BEST PRACTICES- Public Service Guarantee Acts, Electronic Governance, Citizens Charter & Right to Information, Corporate Social Responsibility

Semester IV (any one)

CO4: GE-4A: Politics of Globalization

Course Objectives:

  1. To make students from diverse background understand the process of globalization from a political perspective.
  2. To broaden the understanding of the issues and processes globalization based on critical analysis of the various anchors and dimensions of globalization.

Course Outcomes:

Students are able to understand the-

  1. Concept of Globalisation: Globalisation debate; for and against, Approaches to understanding globalisation: a. Liberal approach b. Radical approach
  2. International Institutions/Regimes a. World Bank b. International Monetary Fund c. The World Trade Organisation
  3. Issues in Globalisation: Alternative Perspectives on its nature and character, critical dimensions: economic, political and cultural 13 Lectures and 4 Tutorials
  4. Globalisation and democracy: State, sovereignty and the civil society, Globalisation and Politics in developing countries, Globalisation and social movements 13 Lectures and 4 Tutorials
  5. Issues and Challenges: Globalisation and the demise of Nation State, Globalisation and human migration The inevitability of globalisation: Domestic and Global responses.

 

GE-4B: United Nations and Global Conflicts

Course Objective:

  1. To provide a comprehensive introduction to the most important multilateral political organization in international relations.
  2. To provide a detailed account of the organizational structure and the political processes of the UN, and how it has evolved since 1945, especially in terms of dealing with the major global conflicts. The course imparts a critical understanding of the UN’s performance until now and the imperatives as well as processes of reforming the organization in the context of the contemporary global system.

 Course Outcomes:

The students will be able to understand,

  1. The Historical Overview of the United Nations, Principles and Objectives, Structures and Functions: General Assembly; Security Council, and Economic and Social Council; the International Court of Justice.
  2. The specialised agencies -International Labour Organisation [ILO], United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation [UNESCO], World Health Organisation [WHO], and UN programmes and funds: United Nations Children’s Fund [UNICEF], United Nations Development Programme [UNDP], United Nations Environment Programme [UNEP], United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [UNHCR]
  3. Peace Keeping, Peace Making and Enforcement, Peace Building and Responsibility to Protect (e) Millennium Development Goals.

 

 

 

Course Outcomes for Skill Enhancement Course (SEC)

Subject: Tourism and Travel Management

 

  1. BA Core SEC: Course Code: SEC-1 (3rd or 5th Semester)

Course Title: Fundamentals of Tourism

Course objective:

To acquaint the students with the fundamentals of Tourism

Course outcome:

After completing the course, the learners would be in position to understand the basic concept of Tourism as well as tour operator and Travel Agent service. Moreover, the learners would be able to understand about sustainable tourism and environmental impact of tourism.

 

  1. BA Core SEC:  Course Code: SEC-II (4th  or 6th  Semester)

Course Title: Skill Development for Tourism Management

Course objective:

To develop various skills in students for Tourism Management

Course outcome:

After completing the course the students shall be able to know the Communication process, Communication Media and Modes, Written communication and Verbal communication.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Amulya Kr. Borah

HoD

Political Science

Furkating College, Golaghat

Dept Of Assamese

Programme Specific Outcome

Department of Assamese

 

  1. Students will able to get the basic ideas of the periods of Assamese Literature.
  2. The students will gain knowledge about the authors and their literary works.
  3. The students will have concrete understanding about the origin and development of the Assamese language.
  4. The students will get acquainted with the various aspects of linguistics.
  5. The students will get acquainted with multiple dimensions of literature and Literary Theory.
  6. The students will have basic idea about different forms of literature like Poetry, Fiction, Short stories, Drama, Criticism etc.
  7. The students will get a previse idea about Assamese poetry from the beginning till date. They will also get to know about the literary products of the eminent poets.
  8. The students will be benefitted from the study of different aspects of culture and traditions of Assam and will lead to the formation of a basic idea about the cultures of Assam.
  9. The students will learn the use of comparative literature.
  10. The students will learn about the evolution and the different stages of development of language like Assamese and Bangla from the National Aryan Language.
  11. The students will learn about the different stages of Assamese poetry from the beginning till date and they will also learn about the ancient poets and the contemporary poets.
  12. The students will learn about the origin, changes and development of Assamese drama till date. They will also get the opportunity to learn about the different trends and features of drama of different ages by the well known dramatists of the specific period.
  13. The students will get the knowledge about Performing Arts through this programme.
  14. The students will get the knowledge about the culture and aspects of cultural tourism of Assam.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Course Specific Outcome

 

The syllabus prepared by the Dibrugarh University for the department of Assamese will benefit the students in the following ways:

  1. The students will be able to study about the Assamese language, literature and culture at the University level.
  2. The students will be able study Mass Communication, Modern Indian Language, Cultural studies etc. at University level.
  3. The students will become eligible jobs in Print Media like Newspaper, Magazine, etc. and in Electronic Media like Television and Radio.
  4. Study of different Cultures and Traditions, literature, literary history will help the students in clearing various competitive exams.
  5. The students may establish themselves as a literary person by gaining the ability in creative writing and critical thinking.
  6. The students can engage themselves as translator and proof-readers in different institutions.
  7. The students will be eligible to get a job in the department of Archeology.
  8. They can develop the human resource of the nation as a teacher. They can engage themselves in the Tourism Department as a guide.

 

 

    Tarun Saikia

                                                                                               HOD Assamese Department

                                                                                                             Furkating College

Dept Of Sociology

Department of Sociology

Programme Specific Outcomes (POS)

B.A. (Sociology)

  1. The programme seeks to develop in students the sociological knowledge and skills that will enable them to think critically and imaginatively about society and social issues.
  2. Better understanding of real life situation. The ability to apply sociological concepts and theories to the real world and ultimately to their everyday lives.
  3. Develop sociological understanding .The ability to demonstrate sociological understanding of social phenomena.
  4. Professional and career opportunities. Students will have the opportunity to join professional careers in sociology and allied fields.
  5. Students of sociology stream have to work beyond the class room boundary at the time of field study activities. As a result good communication skill develops while interacting with local people.

Course Outcomes (Cos)

B.A. sociology (core)

Semester-1

CO 1: Introduction to Sociology

Objective: The mandate of the course is to introduce the discipline to students from diverse trainings and capabilities. The course is intended to introduce the students to a sociological way of thinking.

Outcome: After the completion of the course, students would be able to explain social facts and society related concepts .They would be in a position to define and exemplify social facts.

Co 2: Sociology of India

Objective: This course introduces the processes and modes of construction of knowledge of India. Further, it aims to draw attention to the key concepts and institutions which are useful for the understanding of Indian society.

Outcome: After the completion of the course, the learners will be in a position to understand major social institutions like marriage, family, kinship, religion, caste and their important role in the society.

Semester 2

CO 3: Introduction to sociology II

Objective: The course aims to provide a general introduction to sociological thought. The focus is on studying from the original texts to give the students a flavour of how over a period of time thinkers have conceptualized various aspect of society.

Outcome: Students would be in a position to think critically about various aspects from thinkers point of view.

CO 4: Sociology of India II

Objective: This course aims to draw attention to the variety of ideas and debates about India. Further it critically engages with the multiple socio-political forces and ideologies which shape the terrain of the nation.

Outcome: After the completion of the course, analytical thinking of the student will grow about various aspects of society.

Semester 3

CO 5: Political Sociology

Objective: This course introduces the students to major theoretical debates and concepts in political; sociology, while situating these within contemporary political issues.

Outcome: After the completion of the course, comparative understanding of political relationships through themes such as power, governance and state and society relationship will grow.

CO 6: Sociology of Religion

Objective: The course lays primacy to the understanding of religious over individual religions. Drawing heavily from classical writings on the subject it reinforces importance of the positions developed in these texts.

Outcome: After the completion of the course, the learners shall in a position to understand linkage between social and religious aspects.

CO 7: Sociology of Gender

Objective: The course introduces gender as a critical sociological lens of enquiry in relation to various social fields.

Outcome: After end of these course , students will be able to practice sociological research methods and use critical thinking skills to analyse how gender is socially constructed and controlled.

Semester 4

CO 8: Economic Sociology

Objective: The course provides an understanding of the social and cultural bases of economic activity.

Outcome: This course highlights the significance of sociological analysis for the study of economic processes in local and global contexts.

CO 9: Sociology of Kinship

Objective: This course aims to introduce general principles of kinship and marriage by reference to key terms and theoretical statement by ethnographers.

Outcome: Kinship decides who can marry with whom and where marital relationships are taboo. Study of kinship is important because it determines a cultures world view of society.

C0 10: Social Stratification

Objective: This course introduces students to sociological study of social inequalities.

Outcome: It acquaints students with principle theoretical perspectives on and diverse forms of social inequality in articulation with each other.

 

HOD

Deptt. Of Sociology