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DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES B.A. POLITICAL SCIENCE (HONOURS) SESSION (2018- 21) COURSE REGULATIONS & EVALUATION SCHEME BAPOLITICAL SCIENCE (HONOURS) PROGRAM DURATION : 6 SEMESTERS (3 YEARS) : TOTAL NUMBER OF CREDITS : 154 CREDITS Course Components Credits 1. Compulsory Courses I. • Core Course(CC) 14x5=70 2. Elective Courses I Ability Enhancement skill based courses 2x2= 4 II. • Generic Electives (GE)Interdisciplinary 4x5= 20 III. • Discipline Specific Electives(DSE) 5X3=15 (Part of DSE)Project/ Dissertation VI SEM 6 Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC) 4. • English Communication 2 • Environmental Science 2 5. Skill Enhancement Courses(SEC) Seminar 2x4=8 Career skills 3x3=9 6. Ability Enhancement Courses (AEC) Personality development(PDP)& 3x3=9 I. • General Proficiency(GP) 6 Total 151 A. Requirement of Awards of Degree: - CGPA>=4.5 Clearance of total no. of credit as per specific discipline and any other condition as per regulation and ordinances. B. Audit Courses. BA Political Science (Hons) SEM I TEACHING WEIGHTAGE: COURSE MODULE PERIODS EVALUATION COURSE Credi L T P CWA MSE ESE Total Code Title Component ts UNDERSTANDING CC 5 4 1 - 25 25 50 100 POLITICAL THEORY BPS 101 CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT BPS 102 CC 5 4 1 - 25 25 20 100 &DEMOCRACY IN INDIA GOVERNANCE : GE(Interdiscipli BPS 103 ISSUES&CHALLENG 5 5 1 - 25 25 50 100 nary) ES ENGLISH BPS 104 AECC 2 2 - 25 25 50 100 COMMUNICATION LEGISLATIVE BPS 105 PRACTICES&PROCE AESB 2 2 25 25 50 100 DURES BPS106 PDP-I AEC 3 3 25 25 50 100 BPS 107 SEMINAR SEC 2 100 GENERAL BPS 107 GP 1 - - - - - 100 PROFICIENCY - Total 25 21 3 - 800 CC- Core Course GE- Generic Electives AECC- Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course AESB – Ability Enhancement Skill based Course BA Political Science (H) SEM II TEACHING WEIGHTAGE: COURSE MODULE PERIODS EVALUATION COURSE Credi L T P CWA MSE ESE Total Code Title Component ts POLITICAL THEORY,CONCEPTS CC 5 4 1 - 25 25 50 100 BHPS 201 & DEBATE POLITICAL BHPS 202 CC 5 4 1 - 25 25 50 100 PROCESS IN INDIA CONTEMPORARY GE(Interdiscipli BHPS 203 POLITICAL 5 4 1 - 25 25 50 100 nary) ECONOMY ENVIRONMENTAL BHPS 204 AECC 2 2 - 25 25 50 100 SCIENCE DEMOCRATIC BHPS 205 AWARENESS&WITH AESB 2 2 25 25 50 100 LEGAL LITERACY BHPS 207 PDP-II AEC 3 3 - - 25 50 100 25 BHPS 208 SEMINAR SEC 2 GENERAL BHPS 208 GP 1 100 PROFICIENCY Total 25 19 3 - 800 CC- Core Course GE- Generic Electives AECC- Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course AESB- Ability Enhancement skill Based Course BA Political Science (H) SEM III TEACHING WEIGHTAGE: COURSE MODULE PERIODS EVALUATION COURSE Credi L T P CWA MSE ESE Total Code Title Component ts INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE CC 5 4 1 - 25 25 50 100 GOVERNMENTS BHPS 301 &POLITICS PERSPECTIVES ON BHPS 302 PUBLIC CC 5 4 1 - 25 25 50 100 ADMINSTRATION MODERN BHPS 303 POLITICAL CC 5 4 1 25 25 50 100 PHILOSOPHY GANGHI&THE BHPS 304 CONMTEMPORARY GE 5 4 1 - 25 25 50 100 WORLD BHPS 305 CAREER SKILLS-1 SEC 3 3 - 25 25 50 100 BHPS 306 SEMINAR AEC 1 1 - - - - 100 - GENERAL BHPS 307 GP 1 100 PROFICIENCY Total 25 20 3 - 700 CC- Core Course GE- Generic Electives AECC- Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course SEC Skill Enhancement Course BA Political Science (H) SEM IV TEACHING WEIGHTAGE: COURSE MODULE PERIODS EVALUATION COURSE Credi L T P CWA MSE ESE Total Code Title Component ts POLITICAL PROCESS &INSTITUTIONS IN CC 5 4 1 - 25 25 50 100 COMPARARTIVE BHPS 401 PERSPECTIVE PUBLIC POLICY BHPS 402 &ADMINISTARTION CC 5 4 1 - 25 25 50 100 IN INDIA BHPS 403 GLOBAL POLITICS CC 5 4 1 25 25 50 100 NATIONAL IN BHPS INDIA 404A OR GE 5 4 1 - 25 25 50 100 0r FEMINISM THEORY 404B AND PRACTICES BHPS 406 CAREER SKILLS-II SECC 3 3 25 25 50 100 BHPS 407 SEMINAR SEC 1 100 GENERAL BHPS 408 GP 1 100 PROFICIENCY Total 25 19 4 - 800 BA POLITICAL SCIENCE (H) SEM V TEACHING WEIGHTAGE: COURSE MODULE PERIODS EVALUATION COURSE Credi L T P CWA MSE ESE Total Code Title Component ts CLASSICAL POLITICAL CC 5 4 1 - 25 25 50 100 BHPS 501 PHILOSOPHY MODERN INDIAN BHPS 502 POLITICAL CC 5 4 1 - 25 25 50 100 THOUGHT-I PUBLIC POLICY IN BHPS 503 DSE 5 4 1 25 25 50 100 INDIA UNDERSTANDING BHPS 504 DES 5 4 1 - 25 25 50 100 GLOBAL POLITICS BHPS 505 CAREER SKILLS-III SEC 3 3 25 25 50 100 BHPS 507 SOFT SKILLS SEC 2 2 100 GENERAL BHPS 508 GP 1 100 PROFICIENCY Total 26 21 4 - 800 BA POLITICAL SCIENCE (H) SEM VI TEACHING WEIGHTAGE: COURSE MODULE PERIODS EVALUATION COURSE Credi L T P CWA MSE ESE Total Code Title Component ts INDIAN POLITICAL CC 5 4 1 - 25 25 50 100 THOUGHT-II BHPS 601 MODERN BHPS 602 POLITICAL CC 5 4 1 - 25 25 50 100 PHILOSOPHY INDIA’S FOREIGN POLICY IN A BHPS 603 DSEC 5 4 1 25 25 50 100 GLOBALIZING WORLD DISSERTATION/PRO BHPS 604 DSEC 6 - 25 25 50 100 JECT BHPS 605 CAREER SKILLS-III AECC 3 3 25 25 50 100 GENERAL BHPS 606 GP 1 100 PROFICIENCY Total 25 15 3 - 600 BA POLITICAL SCIENCE (HONOURS) SEMESTER I BHPS 101- Understanding Political Theory Course Outcomes: After completing this course the students will be able to- CO1- Develop an understanding of political theory, its history and approaches. CO2- Assess the critical and contemporary trends of Political Theory. CO3- Develop an approach towards theoretical agreements and disagreements regarding our collective life. CO4- To analyze political theory and practices through reflections on the ideas and practices related to democracy. CO5-to have an intense engagement with political context within which we live thereby sharpening the political judgment of the students. I: Introducing Political Theory UNIT 1: What is Politics: Theorizing the ‘Political’, Approaches to Political Theory: Normative, Historical and Empirical UNIT II Traditions of Political Theory: Liberal, Marxist, Anarchist and Conservative UNIT III Critical and Contemporary Perspectives in Political Theory: Postmodern Gender Issues UNIT IV: Political Theory and Practice The Grammar of Democracy: Democracy: The history of an idea., Procedural Democracy and its critique, Deliberative Democracy UNIT V Participation and Representation in Governance Essential Readings I: Introducing Political Theory • Bhargava, R. (2008) ‘What is Political Theory’, in Bhargava, R and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political Theory: An Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 2-16. • Bellamy, R. (1993) ‘Introduction: The Demise and Rise of Political Theory’, in Bellamy, R. (ed.) Theories and Concepts of Politics. New York: Manchester University Press, pp. 1-14. • Glaser, D. (1995) ‘Normative Theory’, in Marsh, D. and Stoker, G. (eds.) Theory and Methods in Political Science. London: Macmillan, pp. 21-40. • Sanders, D. (1995) ‘Behavioral Analysis’, in Marsh, D. and Stoker, G. (eds.) Theory and Methods in Political Science. London: Macmillan, pp. 58-75. • Chapman, J. (1995) ‘The Feminist Perspective’, in Marsh, D. and Stoker, G. (eds.) Theory and Methods in Political Science. London: Macmillan, pp. 94-114. • Bharghava, R, ‘Why Do We Need Political Theory’, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political Theory: An Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 17-36. • Bannett, J. (2004) ‘Postmodern Approach to Political Theory’, in Kukathas, Ch. and Gaus, G. F. (eds.) Handbook of Political Theory. New Delhi: Sage, pp. 46-54. • Vincent, A. (2004) The Nature of Political Theory. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 19-80. II: The Grammar of Democracy • Srinivasan, J. (2008) ‘Democracy’, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political Theory: An Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 106-128. • Owen, D. (2003) ‘Democracy’, in Bellamy, R. and Mason, A. (eds.) Political Concepts. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, pp. 105-117. • Christiano, Th. (2008) ‘Democracy’, in Mckinnon, C. (ed.) Issues in Political Theory, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 80-96. • Arblaster, A. (1994) Democracy. (2nd Edition). Buckingham: Open University Press. • Roy, A. ‘Citizenship’, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political Theory: An Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 130-146. • Brighouse, H. (2008) ‘Citizenship’, in Mckinnon, C. (ed.) Issues in Political Theory, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 241-258. BHPS 102 Constitutional Governments and Democracy in India Course Outcomes: After completing this course the students will be able to- CO1- Understand the constitutional design of state structures and institutions, and their actual working over time. CO2- analyze that the Indian Constitution accommodates conflicting impulses (of liberty and justice, territorial decentralization and a strong union for instance) within itself. The course traces the embodiment of some of these conflicts in constitutional provisions, and understand how these have played out in political practice. CO3- form a good idea of how state institutions function in their mutual interaction, and in interaction with the larger extra-constitutional environment. CO4- create their own ideas about the working of constitutional provisions in the shaping of political institutions and democratic setup in the country. CO5- acquaint themselves with rights and duties of the citizens, political structure, federalism and contradictory nature of actual working of polity. UNIT I Philosophy of the Constitution making ,The Constituent Assembly and the Constitution. UNIT II the Preamble, and Features of the Constitution. UNIT III Fundamental Rights and Duties, Directive Principles of state policies UNIT IV Federalism and Decentralization : What is federalism? Federalism in Indian context, Division of Powers, Central states relations, UNIT V a. The Legislature: Parliament b. The Executive: President and Prime Minister c. The Judiciary: Supreme Court, Judicial activism SUGGESTED READING: I. The Constituent Assembly and the Constitution a.