Department of Political Science

Course Code

Course Title

Course Specific Outcome (CBCS)

C-1.1

Understanding political Theory

·         Students will get an idea about political theory, its history and approaches and thereby able to access its critical and contemporary trends.

·          Students will be able to reconcile political theory and practice through reflection on the ideas and practices related to state, citizenship and democracy.

C-1.2

Constitutional Government and Democracy in India

·          Students will understand the Constitutional design of states structure and institutions and their actual working over time

·         The Indian Constitution accommodates conflicting impulses within itself. Students will be able to understand the embodiments of some of these conflicts in Constitutional provisions and understand how these have played out in political practice.

C-2.1

Political Theory: Concepts and Debates

·         Students will become familiar with the basic normative concepts of political theory. On the basis of it they will be able to analyze and interpret the present social practices.

·          Students will learn about the debates in the domain of Political theory. They will understand that there is no settled way of understanding concepts and in the lights of new insights and challenges, how political thinkers inaugurate new modes of political debates.

C-2.2

Political Process in India

·         Students will understand the actual working of modern government institutions, premise on the existence of individual society, in a context marked by communitarian solidarities and their mutual transformation thereby.

·          Students will become familiar with the working of Indian state and contradictory dynamics of modern state power.

C.3.1

Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics

·         Students will become familiar with basic concepts and approaches of comparative politics.

·         They will understand the historical framework of various themes of comparative analysis in developed and developing countries

C.3.2

Perspective on Public Administration

·         The students will understand classical and contemporary administrative Theories and its historical context.

·          They will have a comprehensive understanding on contemporary administrative trend

C.3.3

Perspectives on International Relations and World History

·         Students will understand different theoretical approaches for studying international relations.

·          The students will learn about the Key milestones in world history and will be able to analyze the same from different perspective

C.4.1

Political Processes and Institutions in Comparative Perspective

·         Students will understand the application of comparative methods to the study of politics.

·          They will understand some of the range of issues, literature and methods that cover comparative political process.

C.4.2

Public Policy and Administration in India

·         Students will be able to understand the interface between public policy and administration in India.

·         They will understand the issues of decentralization, financial management, citizens and administration and social welfare from a non western perspective

C.4.3

Global Politics

·         Students will understand the concepts of globalization from different perspectives.

·         They will understand the working of different global economic organizations in globalized world.

·          They will understand the contemporary global issues such as nuclear proliferation, environmental issues, terrorism, global governance etc.

C.5.1

Classical Political Philosophy

·         The students will become familiar with the classical political philosophy particularly with the manner in which the political questions were post.

·          They will know how Machiavelli inaugurates modern politics followed by Hobbes and Locke

5.2

Indian Political Thought-I

·         The student will be able to know the elements of Indian political thought spanning over two millennia.

·          They will understand the views of some individual thinkers particularly Manu,Kautilya,Budha, Barani , Abul Fazal, Kabir etc whose ideas are framed by specific themes.

·         Students will understand that philosophy and politics are interlinked.

6.1

Modern Political Philosophy

·         Student will know the relationship between philosophy and politics in the light of five major debates of political philosophy such as Modernism, Romanticism, Liberal Socialism, Radicalism and Ecologism

6.2

Indian Political Thought-II

·         Students will become familiar with the modern Indian political thought. b) They will understand modern Indian political Philosophy in the light of vies of Rammohan Roy, Pandita Ramabai, Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore, Ambedkar, Lohia,Vivekananda, Iqbal and Savarkar

GE-1A

Nationalism in India

·         This course will make the students able to know the struggle of Indian people against colonialism from different theoretical perspective.

·         Students will know the various ways of interpreting Indian Nationalism.

GE-1B

Contemporary Political Economy

·         After completion of this course students will become familiar with different theoretical approach about the evolution of modern capitalist world. They will understand the important contemporary problems, issues and debates of political economic system

GE-2A

Feminism: Theory and Practice

·         After completion of the course the students will be able to know about the contemporary debates on feminism and the history of feminist struggles in the west, socialist societies and in the colonial countries.

GE-2B

Gandhi and the Contemporary World

·         After completion of this course students will be able to understand Gandhian philosophy and its practical implementations in the contemporary world and enable to critically evaluate his legacy

GE-3A

Understanding Ambedkar

·         After completion of this course students will be able to make a clear idea about Ambedkar and his philosophy and their relevance in contemporary India. Along with this they can make a critical idea about the existing social concerns, state and economic structures and other institutional mechanism

GE-3B

Governance: Issues and Challenges

·         After completion of the course students will be able to understand different dimensions of governance and major debates of governance in contemporary time. They can make a clear idea about the concept of governance in the context of a globalizing world, environment, administration and development and different good governance initiatives introduced in India.

GE-4A

Politics of Globalization

·         After completion of the course students will be able to make a clear idea about the issues and process of globalization based on critical analysis of the various anchors and dimensions of globalization. Even students from diverse background can easily understand the process of globalization from a political perspective.

GE-4B

United Nations and Global Conflicts

·         After completion of the course students will be able to know about different important multilateral international organization and their role in international politics. They can make a clear critical understanding of the UN’s performance till now and the imperative as well as process of reforming the organization in the context of the contemporary global system

DSE-1A

Contemporary Politics in India

·         To understand the socio-political context of post – independent Assam.

·         To analyze the various ethno-linguistic movements in the state

·         To examine contemporary debates on conflicts

DSE-2A

Human Rights in Comparative Perspective

·         To build an understanding of human rights among students through a study of specific issues in a comparative perspective.

·          To examine the Indian context and compares with other nations to have a broader outlook

DSE-3A

Public Policy in India

·         It provides a theoretical and practical understanding of the concepts and methods that can be employed in the analysis of public policy.

·         To seek an integrative link to the understanding of political science , economic theory and the practical world of development and social change

DSE-4A

India’s Foreign Policy in Globalized World

·         To examine the domestic sources and the structural constraints on the genesis, evolution and practice of India’s foreign policy

·         To understand the integral linkages between the “domestic” and “international” aspects of India’s foreign policy by stressing on the shifts in its domestic identity and international image.

SL NO

NAME/TITLE OF THE ACTIVITY

NAME OF THE RESOURCE PERSON/GUIDE/JUDGE

DATE

1

Lecture Programme on ‘India: The Mother of Democracy’ on the occasion of Constitution Day

Dr. Pankaj Bora, Assistant Professor, Bahona College

26^th November, 2022

2

Popular Talk on ‘Role of Student Community in the Present Political Scenario’

Mr. Koushik Nondon Boruah, Renowned  Writer  & Youth Leader

27^th September, 2022

3

Popular Talk on the occasion of Azadi Ki Amrit Mohotsav

Bipasha Bora, Writer

16^th December, 2021

4

Awareness Programme and Art Competition on the occasion of Voter’s Day

Lina Paw, Circle Officer, Teok, Revenue Circle

25^th January, 2021

5

Popular Talk on ‘Gender Sensitivity in Contemporary India’

Dr. Dipak  Sarmah, Assistant Professor, C.K.B. College, Teok

13^th March, 2021

6

National Level Webinar  on  ‘ Cultural Politics of Assam in Post Independent Era’

Dr. Akhil Ranjan Dutta, Professor, Gauhati University

28^th October, 2020

7

National Seminar on ‘Opportunities and Challenges of Governance and Development in North East India with Reference to Assam’ sponsored by ICSSR, Shilling on 21-22 October, 2019.

Susmita Sengupta, Professsor, NEHU

Dr. Bolin Hazarika, Retd. Associate Professor, J.B. College

Dr. Sabyasachi Mahanta, Principal, Gargaon Collge

21-22 October, 2019.

8

13^th Six monthly Meet of Jorhat District Political Science Association.  A Student Seminar and a Popular Talk on ‘The Changing Pattern of Centre-State Financial Relations in the GST regime’ was organized on the occasion.

Monikuntal Bhattacharjee, CA,  Jorhat

17^th October, 2017

9

Popular Talk on Political Philosophy of Bhupen Hazarika

Runima Boruah, Vice-Principal, Kakojan College

8^th September, 2017

10

Quiz Competition and Awareness Programme in collaboration with   District Election Office

Romen Gogoi, Nodel Officer, District Election Office

12^th March, 2016

11

Educational Talk on  ‘Possible Impact of GST on Governance’ dated on 08-09-2016

Dr, Anil Kumar Saikia, Retd. HOD, Department of Economics, Kakojan College

8^th September, 2016

12

Workshop on ‘How to Write Research Paper’

Dr. Bolin Hazarika, Retd. Associate Professor, J.B. College

19^th September, 2016

13

Lecture Programme on the occasion  of Constitution Day

Mr. Deva Kumar Mahanta, Vice Principal , Kakojan College

26^th November, 2015

14

Educational Tour to   Digboi, Magherita with B.A.  6^th semester  students

Mridul Gogoi. Kshirod Saikia

Dhrubajyoti Saikia

Anita Das

30^th April, 2015

15

Inter Department Quiz Competition

Dhritisundar Sarmah

9^th August, 2014

16

Departmental Seminar on the topic ‘Castism & Communalism in Indian Politics’

Dr. Kanoka Goswami, Retired Faculty, Kakojan College

3^rd October, 2014

17

Departmental Seminar on the topic ‘Political Dynamics of North-east India’

Ranjit Hazarika, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Jorhat College

18^th April, 2013

18

Student Seminar and Educational Talk under the banner of Jorhat District Political Science Association

Hira Borpujari, Retd Faculty, Department of Political Science, D.K.D College, Dergaon

29^th September, 2012

19

Field Trip to Historical Places of Tezpur  of all Major Students

Mridul Gogoi

Dhrubajyoti Saikia

06^th November, 2012

20

Departmental Seminar on the topic ‘Globalization and Higher Education in India’.

Mr. Padmashewar Kattani, Asst. Prof. of Cinnamara College

07^th April, 2011