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Ma Syllabus New 29 UNIVERSITY OF DELHI MASTER OF ARTS (Acronym for the Course) (Effective from Academic year 2018-19) PROGRAMME BROCHURE (M.A.) Department of Philosophy Faculty of Arts University of Delhi Delhi-110007 !2 University of Delhi Examination Branch Date: 18 June 2018 Courses: M. A. in Philosophy Check List of new Course evaluation for AC Consideration S.No. Parameters Status 1. About the Department 2 Introduction to CBCS 3. Programme Structure 4. Codification of Papers 5. Scheme of Examinations 6. Pass Percentage 7. Promotion Criteria 8. Division Criteria 9. Qualifying Papers 10. Span Period 11. Attendance Requirements 12. Course content for each Paper 13. List of Readings !2 !3 I ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT ! Faculty of Arts, North Campus, Delhi University The History and Profile of the Department of Philosophy, University of Delhi. Located in the heart of the main Humanities Block of the Arts Faculty, North Cam- pus, facing an inner quadrangle garden, the Department of Philosophy is one of the oldest in the University of Delhi. This building constructed in the early part of the twentieth century is well known for its red brick colonial structure. This Department began as a combined Department of Philosophy and Psychology in the year 1953. The Department of Psychology became independent in 1962. Since then the Department of Philosophy is an Autonomous Department. Various distinguished scholars who have either taught or been associated with the Department of Philosophy, Delhi University include N.V. Banerjee, S.S Barlingay, R. C. Pandeya, Margaret Chatterjee, S.K. Saxena, Ram Chandra Gandhi and Mrinal Miri. A large number of eminent philosophers from India and abroad have lectured in the De- partment. Philosophers from abroad include Donald Davidson, Willard Quine, Peter Strawson, Akeel Bilgrami, George Henrik von Wright, Karl Potter, Anil Gupta, Martha Nussbaum, Richard Sorabjee, Elliot Sober, Hajime Nakamura, Arvind Sharma and An- thony Parel, among many others. !3 !4 The Department has a prestigious programme of teaching and research at the level of M.A., M. Phil. and Ph.D. degrees respectively, covering a diversity of areas in Philosophy: Classics of Western Philosophy, Classical Indian Philosophy, Logic, Ethics, Theory of Knowledge, Philosophy of Language, Contemporary Analytic Philosophy, Indian Philos- ophy of Language, Phenomenology, Existentialism, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Religion and Social & Political Philosophy, among others. The members of Faculty of the Department have had an ongoing record of partici- pating in seminars and conferences in India and abroad. The Department draws students for all its programmes from different parts of India and abroad. These include students visiting under the exchange programme signed with University of California, University of Ottawa and Carleton University. All members of the Faculty are actively engaged in research, which has resulted in the publication of a large number of books, reports, and articles in Philosophy in Indian and International journals and anthologies. The Department has also undertaken several research projects during the last four decades. It organized a twenty-one days Refresher Course in “Logic and Language” in the past; and various international and national semi- nars in the course of its history. The Department has a large library of its own catering to the needs of the Masters and Research students, and research interests of the faculty members. There is a spacious reading room and seminar hall. Facilities like computers and printing are available to fac- ulty and wifi has been provided. Special equipments are available in the Department for viewing of films, power point projections etc. The Department regularly holds its special lectures, seminars and discussion groups in the Library cum Seminar room. !4 !5 II. Introduction to CBCS (Choice based Credit System) Choice Based Credit System: The CBCS proves an opportunity for the students to choose courses fro the prescribed courses comprising core, elective/minor or skill based courses. The courses can be evalu- ated following the grading system, which is considered to be better than the conventional marks system. Grading systems provides uniformity in the evaluation and computation of the cumulative grade point average (CGPA) based on students’ performance in exami- nations enables the students to move across institutions of higher learning. The uniformi- ty in evaluation system also enable the potential employers in assessing the performance of the candidates. Definitions: (i) ‘Academic Programme’ means an entire course of study comprises its programme structure, course details, evaluation schemes, etc. Design to be taught and evaluated in a teaching department/centre or jointly under more than one such department/cen- tre. (ii) ‘Course’ means a segment of subject that is part of an academic programme. (iii) ‘Programme Structure’ means a list of courses (Core, Elective, Open Elective) that makes up an academic programme, specifying the syllabus, credits, hours of teach- ing, evaluation and examination schemes, minimum numbers of credits required fr successful completion of the programme etc. Prepared in conformity to University rules, eligibility criteria for admission. (iv) ‘Core Course’ means a course that students admitted to a particular programme must successfully complete to receive the degree and which cannot be substituted by any other course. (v) ‘Elective Course’ means an optional course to be elected by students out of such courses offered in the same or any other department/ centre. (vi) ‘Open elective’ means an elective course which is available for students of all pro- grammes, including students of same department. Students of other department will opt these course subject to fulfilling of eligibility of criteria as laid down by the de- partment offering the. (vii) ‘Credit’ mans the value assigned to a course which indicates the level of instruction; One-hour lecture per week equals one Credit, Two-hours Practical equals one credit. Credit fo practical could be proposed as part of a course or as a practical course. (viii)‘CGPA’ is cumulative grade points calculated for all course completed by the stu- dents at any point of time. !5 !6 III. M.A. in Philosophy Programme Details : Programme Structure: The M.A. Philosophy programme is a two year course divided into four-semester. A student re- quired to complete 80 credits for the completion of course and award of degree. Semester Semester Part-I First Year Semester-I Semester-II Part-II Second Year Semester-III Semester-IV Course Credit Scheme Semes Core Courses Elective Course Open Elective ter Course No. Cred Tot a No. Cred Tot a No. Cred Tot a Tot al of its l of its l of its l Cred pap (L+T Cred pap (L+T Cred pap (L+T Cred its ers ) its ers ) its ers ) its I 5 20 20 _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 II 3 12 12 1 4 4 1 4 4 20 III 4 16 16 1 4 4 1 4 4 20 IV 4 16 16 1 4 4 1 4 4 20 Tot al 16 64 64 2 8 8 2 8 8 80 Credit s for the Cours e !6 !7 *For each Core and Elective there will be 4 lecture hours of teaching per week *Open Electives Course are of 8 Credits *Duration of examination of each paper shall be 3 hours *Each paper will be of 100 marks out of which 70 marks shall be allocated for semester examination and 30 marks for internal assessment. * Only one course can be opted from the list of core elective and open elective courses in Sem. III & IV. The student is free to opt either for one Core Elective or one Open Elective course. Semester wise Details of M.A. in Philosophy Semester-I Course Paper No. Paper Title Credits Code PHIL 101 Classical Indian 4 Philosophy-I PHIL 102 Greek Philosophy 4 PHIL 103 Formal Logic 4 PHIL 104 Ethics 4 PHIL 105 Indian Theories of 4 Logic(Anumana) Tot al 05 20 Semester-II !7 !8 Course Paper No. Paper Title Credits Code PHIL 201 Classical Indian Philosophy-II 4 PHIL 202 Modern Western Philosophy 4 PHIL 203/204 Meta Ethics/Critical 4 Philosophical Traditions of India PHIL 211/219/220 Aristotle's Metaphysics/ 4 (Core Elective) Epistemology/Modal Logic PHIL 212/213/214/21 Gandhi and Libertarian 4 5 Socialism/ Philosophical 216/217/218/22 Reflections on Literature/ 1/222/223 The Feminist Thought/ (Open Elective) Approaches to Environmental Ethics/ Exploring Philosophy Through Films/Meaning of Life/Logical Thinking of Everyday Life/Questioning Normativity/ Topics in Cognitive Science/ The Philosophy of Vedic Women Tot al 05 20 Semester-III Course Paper No. Paper Title Credi Code ts PHIL 301 Analytical Philosophy 4 PHIL 302 Continental Philosophy-I 4 PHIL 303/304 Social and Political 4 Philosophy(Western)/ Social and Political Philosophy(Indian) !8 !9 PHIL 305/306 Philosophy of Mind (Western)/ 4 Philosophy of Mind (Indian) PHIL 311/312/313/314/3 Environmental Ethics/Ethics in 4 15/316/317/ Buddhism/Philosophy of 318/319/320/321/3 Human Rights/Imagination and 22/323/324 Symbolization/Indian 325/326/327/328/3 Philosophy of Language/ 29 Approaches to Cognitive Science/Foundations of (Core Elective or Cognitive Science/Indian Open Elective) Aesthetics/Understanding Multiculturalism/Philosophy of Biology/Virtue Epistemology Political Liberalism and Communitarianism/Philosophy of B.R. Ambedkar / Contemporary Indian Reflections on Vedanta/The Indian Modernity/ Phenomenology Part-I/ Philosophy from Physics/ Philosophy of Love/Feminist Film Theory Tot al 05 20 Semester-IV Cour Paper Paper Title Credit se No. s Cod e PHIL 401 Philosophy of Language 4 PHIL 402/403 Continental Philosophy-II /Critical Reading of 4 Western
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