Syllabus for
Bachelor of Arts (Media Studies, Economics, Political Science)
Academic Year  (2023)

Course Description

The course introduces the fundamental concepts, approaches and classic theories in areas of economics of growth as well as economic development. By exploring the diverse patterns of achieving economic development, the course gives insights on the existence of varied levels of economic progress across the nations. The course focuses on core issues like poverty and inequality by highlighting the discussions on the concept, measurement and extent of these problems.  In addition, the course throws light on the contemporary issues and hindrances in achieving economic development, thereby introducing the various nuances encircling the broader topic of economic development. 

Course Objectives
The course intends to

• Give an understanding of the theoretical perceptions of economic growth and development together. 

• Create awareness of the challenges in the developmental process and thus motivate the students towards the thinking of alternative solutions.

• Analyse the evolving issues and nuances with respect to economic growth and development.

Concept of Economic growth and development; Measurement: Traditional Measures, the new economic view of development, Sen’s Capabilities Approach; Development and Happiness and other recent measures; Core values and objectives of development; Environmental sustainability and sustainable development: Concept and recent strategies; Common characteristics of developing nations and difference between low-income countries today and developed countries in earlier stages. 

Development as growth and linear stage theories: Rostow’s stages theory, Harrod-Domar Model and Romer’s model; Structural change models: Lewis model and Chenery’s patterns of growth; International dependence revolution: False-paradigm model; Neo-classical growth model: Solow’s growth model; Neo-classical counter-revolution: market fundamentalism; classic theories of development: reconciling the differences.

Underdevelopment as Coordination failure; Multiple Equilibria: A Diagrammatic Approach; the Big Push theory; Problems in multiple equilibria.

Concept of Poverty- absolute, relative and Poverty Line; Absolute poverty: Measurement, popular and recent measures, extent and magnitude; Concept of inequality and measurement, size distributions, Lorenz curves, Gini co-efficient and recent measures; Poverty inequality and social welfare: Economic growth and income inequality; Kuznets’ inverted Hypothesis; Impact of inequality on development.

Causes and effects of urbanization; Migration and development: Harris -Todaro model of rural-urban migration; Policies for the urban informal sector; Women in the informal sector: The Microfinance revolution.

Development planning: concepts and rationale; basics of development planning process; role of State versus market in planning for development; development roles of NGOs. 

Todaro, M. P., & Smith, S. C. (2012). Economic Development (12th ed.). Washington, DC: George Washington University.

Course Description:

This paper aims to transmit the body of basic mathematics that enables the study of economic theory at the undergraduate level. The course aims at introducing the application of mathematical techniques to economic theory in general.

Course Objectives:

The course aims to help students to:

• understand basic skills in applied mathematics;
• understand the mathematical techniques that are used in Economics

Introduction to set theory: Cartesian Product; Relations and Functions: Meaning and Distinction, Functional notations: general, exact and specific forms; Explicit  and Implicit  forms; Inverse form; Types  of functions: Linear, quadratic, cubic, exponential and logarithmic functions; Their simple uses in Economics; Introduction to Homogeneous function: Cobb Douglas production function; Exponential functions as applied in interest compounding; Basic concepts and application of Graphs, Slopes and Intercept  in Economics.

Differential Calculus: Meaning, Simple derivative rules (One independent variable); Application of derivatives in Economics; Partial Derivatives (Two independent variables) Rules; Uses of partial derivatives in economics; Application of derivative in Economics, Calculation of different Marginal concepts and elasticities.

Maxima and Minima of functions (one independent variable):  Simple applications from Micro Economics; Maxima and Minima of functions (two independent variables): Unconstrained and constrained models;  Applications of maxima and minima in Economics: Theory of consumption (numerical problems of utility maximization); Theory of production; production function, Producer’s equilibrium, Output, revenue and profit maximization and cost minimization problems under different market conditions.

Matrices: Meaning; Types of matrices; Elementary operations on matrices; Inverse matrix; Methods of solving simultaneous equations using matrices; Determinants and their uses in solving simultaneous equations; Crammer's rule; Input Output Analysis; Application of matrices in optimizing economic functions; Hessian and Bordered Hessian.

Integral Calculus: Simple rules of integration; Infinite and definite integral; Calculation of TR and TC functions from their respective MR and MC. Consumer's surplus and Producer's surplus.

To introduce the basic concepts and theories in environment and resource economics to enable students to better understand environmental problems and policy management. To enhance the analytical skills of the students and help apply economic principles in solving environmental problems. To expose students to the basic environmental valuation practices

• To understand the key concepts and theories of environmental economics.

• To understand environmental problems and policy management.

• To evaluate the skills of the students in the application of the economic principles in solving environmental problems.

• To understand the concepts of environmental valuation, methods and its applications.

Definition; Nature and scope; Environmental economics–resource economics-ecological economics; Economy–environment interaction; Private versus social costs; Externalities.

Energy- renewable & non-renewable energy sources- access to Common Property Resources (CPR). Pollution; (i) Domestic- solid waste, health, sanitation and safe drinking water; (ii) Industry- air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, noise pollution; (iii) Agricultural – soil erosion, deforestation and (iv) auto mobile pollution. Land degradation

Environment and development tradeoff debate; Environmental Kuznet’s curve hypothesis; Sustainable development-indicators and rules; Various approaches to environmental accounting; Environmental education.

Pollution and environment; Impact of population growth on environment; Poverty and environment; Urbanization and environment; People‘s participation and environmental movement.

Fiscal tools; Pollution taxes – subsidies, pollution control boards – national and international environmental policies; Legislative measures of environmental protection in India; Climate change Conventions.

Concept of total economic value; Willingness-to-pay versus willingness to accept; Production Function approaches; Revealed Preference approaches; Stated Preference approaches.

MSE*: Mid Semester Examination, ESE**: End Semester Examination

The course aims to make the students to understand and get familiarized with the concepts and approaches of human rights. The course facilitates the students to understand the relationship between human rights and media and enables the students to study human rights and legal mechanism of safeguarding the dignity of the individual. and, through the close study of documentary films and other audio - visual material, this course introduces the concept of human rights issues.

Course Objectives:

This course is designed to help students hone their analytical thinking and writing skills. In addition, after having taken this course, students should be able to:

• Understand key concepts on human rights
• Discuss current topics on human rights with greater understanding and skill.
• Students examine how audiovisual material, especially the documentary form, play a global watchdog role and both inform and persuade human rights stakeholders. "Information intervention" thus is seen through the lens of human rights principles.

• Concepts of Human rights
• Definition, Importance and scope of human rights
• Development of human rights in global perspective
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Civil and Political rights
• Economic, social and cultural rights

• Media impact on individual and society
• Democratic Polity and mass media
• Media and Cultural Change
• Rural‐Urban Divide in India:grass‐roots media 

• Indian constitution and human rights
• Human rights in India
• National Human Rights Commission: India
• Violation of human rights in India
• Women, children and human rights
• Human rights movement
• Human Rights and Non Government Organization (NGO)

• Coverage of human rights issues in media
• Role of new media and human rights
• Challenges in reporting human rights issues
• Right to inspect the spot: Examination of reports
• Monitoring techniques
• Complaint mechanism
• Role of mass media in the protection of human rights
• Case studies

This subject gives them a precise idea about how to understand the multimedia platform and it introduces them to technologies for multimedia processing. Digital image processing is a core part of the subject.

Course Objectives:

The course aims to help students to:

• Gain knowledge about multimedia.
• Use technological aids for better learning.
• Understanding the multimedia communications systems, application and basic principles and presentation of multimedia communications.

Definition of Multimedia; Multimedia systems; Multimedia applications; Multimedia architecture; Evolving systems of multimedia; Digital Media and Hypermedia; Cloud computing; Artificial intelligence (AI); Internet of Things (IOT).

Multimedia file formats; standards; communication protocols; Types and methods of compression and decompression; Image authoring and editing tools; Image file formats such as JPEG, TIFF, GIF, PNG, Colour modes: RGB, CMYK; Layering concept and visuals: contrast, brightness, HUE, Saturation, Balance, Contrast Ratio.

Introduction to the Camera, Human eye and the camera, Digital and manual camera equipment, Photographic camera types, Basic camera parts and icons, Changing Technology in Photography, Film and digital photography; Introduction to Lens and Photographic Optics – Understanding camera lenses and the optics involved; Understanding Light and colour for photography; Six Elements of Design, Line, Shape, Form, Texture, Pattern and Colour, Understanding, Composition, Framing, Angles and Perspective, Leading lines, Golden ratio, Rule of thirds, Foreground and background, Light and composition, Learning different compositional styles from the works of great photographers

Introduction of some software and tools used in digital image post processing including Adobe Bridge, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Software Interfaces and workflow, File Formats, Image Processing and Printing.

Introduction to 2D animation, Types of Animation, key frame animation, stop motion animation and types text animation.3D applications for animation, Rendering - techniques, Integrating audio with animation.

Internal assessment: Over all CIA submission for 70 marks
Project I: 20 Marks 
Project II: 30 Marks
Project III: 20 Marks
End semester Submission: Project IV: 50 Marks* (End semester submission and viva)
End Semester submission will be conducted for 50 marks and converted to 30 marks.

This course examines the structural aspects of the Indian state. The course offers a detailed understanding of important parts of the Indian Constitution. Also, explains the important organs of the state and their structural equations.  Specifically, it provides debates on the principles of separation of powers by equating among legislature, executive and judiciary.

The course aims to help students to:

 ●        understand the contemporary issues and debates of Indian Constitution.

 ●        understand the structural importance of the Indian state.

 ●        understand the nature, structure and working of the Constitution and the functional implications involved in it.

1858 to 1909, 1919, 1935 and 1947 Acts. Framing of the Constitution – Role of Constituent Assembly. Preamble – Philosophy of the Constitution. Salient Features. Basic Structure Doctrine. 

Citizenship. Fundamental Rights. Fundamental Duties. Directive Principles of State Policy.

Organisation and Working. Law-making process. Parliamentary Committees. Decline of Legislature and Reforms.

Offices of President, Vice President and Prime Minister. Union Council of Ministers – Organisation and Functions. Offices of Governor, Lt. Governor and Chief Minister. State Council of Ministers – Organisation and Functions. Parliamentary and Presidential forms of Government: A debate.

Organisation. Supreme Court: Composition and Jurisdiction. High Court: Composition and Jurisdiction. Judicial Review. Judicial Activism. Public Interest Litigation. Judicial Reforms.

This course examines public policymaking, implementation, and analysis with special reference to India. Moreover, it provides policy actors, structures, institutions and in the policymaking process, Approaches, and models of public policy. Students learn how diverse types of public policies are formulated, implemented, monitored, and evaluated. The course also provides the role of executives and challenges they experience during the policy implementation.

Course Objectives

The course aims to help students to:

• explain basic understanding on public policy related concepts in the context of political science and public and public administration. 
• develop the knowledge on various theoretical approaches to public policy analysis; and the policy-making cycle as a model to analyzing the public policy process.
• orient towards patterns of policy changes over time. Finally, the course aims to develop the students to creatively explore a policy issue of their choice near the end of the term and write a policy on a topic of their choice.

Public Policy: Evolution, Meaning, Nature, Scope and Importance; Public Policy, Public Administration and Governance.

Political System theory, Group theory, Rational Choice theory and Elite Theory.

The role of official stakeholders: Legislature, Civil servants, Judiciary & Policy Research Institutions. Non- Official Policy Stakeholders: Public Opinion, pressure groups and Media.

Definition and Objectives of Implementation. Approaches and Models: Top-Down Rational system approach, Bottom-Up Approach, A synthesis of Bottom-Up and Top-Down Approaches. Implementation Organs: Political executive and Bureaucracy.

Policy Evaluation: Role, Process and Criteria, Evaluating Agencies – Problems in Policy Evaluation: Crisis of governance. Policy Monitoring: Approaches and Techniques, Constraints in Policy Monitoring, Measures for Effective Policy Monitoring.

This course has been designed to enable the students to acquire skills that would help them in the process of knowledge acquisition. Through this engagement, it will revisit and question different notions of knowledge and how it is constructed, created, disseminated, and acquired. The course would also enable the students to understand various research practices that are the focal point of the discipline. Also central to the course is an inquiry on the process and role of critical thinking in the discipline and in the larger context of society and nation.

Course Objectives

The course is designed to:

• enhance skills required for knowledge acquisition
• develop a comprehensive knowledge of the variety of research practices in the discipline
• hone and nurture their critical thinking abilities

This unit is primarily invested in the study of quantitative data. The unit will focus on the various ways in which data is elicited and analyzed. It will also give a brief idea about how quantitative data, which is highly monotonous in nature can be presented in an interesting way. Taking examples from the field of English, History, and Political Science, this unit will identify the sub-fields related to these disciplines which deal with large data sets.

Data Interpretation Module will cover Qualitative Research Methods in Language Studies. This module will give students the opportunity to explore the different types of qualitative research methodologies used within applied linguistics, linguistics and language and culture research. This will be focused on to an examination of what counts as evidence within a qualitative research framework and how qualitative research evidence can be evaluated. Students will examine a range of qualitative research methodologies, such as case study, ethnography, participant observation, interviews, questionnaires, discourse analysis. Students will apply this knowledge to a personal research interest.

The unit would primarily engage with the question of what it means to think and revisit some of the notions that are related to the act of thinking and the notion of intelligence. Focussing on the concept of multiple intelligence put forward by Gardener, the unit aims to provide a platform for the students to discuss and deliberate on intelligence and the possibility of exploring multiple intelligence.

Drawing from an informed understanding of the concept of multiple intelligence, this unit will explore the need to look at thinking as a multi-layered process. The aim here is to make students aware of the need to think differently than attempting to fit into what is normative.

Continuing with the questions of thinking and intelligence, this unit focuses on the process of learning and assessing what it means to be a learner in the contemporary era. This unit aims to impart the skills which will make learners value and practice dynamicity and acknowledge the need for appreciating multiple perspectives.

Social awareness provides an individual the ability to understand and respond to the needs of others. This course focuses on social awareness - the ability to understand and respond to the needs of others. This is the third of the domains of emotional intelligence proposed by Daniel Goleman. Research indicates that emotional intelligence can be learned and be measurable differences directly associated with professional and personal success. Furthermore, it may be responsible for up to 80% of the success we experience in life. The course focuses on the basic areas of emotional intelligence namely self-awareness, self-management; empathy/social awareness and relationship management. Students will be able to comprehend how self-awareness reflects understanding, personal acceptance & an overall understanding of personal psychology.

This module will help students learn and understand the fundamental motivations for reading. The module will introduce students to the various aspects of reading and writing and will help focus on the need to read with a sense of social awareness, responsibility and ethical action towards reading. This module aims to help students acquire the cognitive domain-related skills in helping them to appraise, develop, value, critique and defend their acts of reading. The module will include introduction to thinkers like Borges, Scholes, Booth, Fish and others who have written about reading and its responsibilities.

 The evaluation will be based on the assessments formulated by the PTC student-instructors who facilitate each unit in the class. A continuous evaluation pattern will be followed whereby after the completion of each unit, an assignment will follow. The assessment will be done based on predefined rubrics and the score sheet needs to be tabulated. The cumulative score sheet is to be prepared at the end of the semester and the final Skill Development Score is to be computed.

Course Description:

This course aims at introducing the planning and development trajectory of the Indian economy. It also brings out some of the key issues associated with sectoral growth, occupational structure and productivity. The efforts towards privatisation and its impact are also discussed. The course then extends the discussion to India’s external economy and examines the trends in the balance of payment, trade and the role played by WTO in determining India’s external policy. Further, the course traces the macroeconomic policies adopted in India and their performances. It concludes with a module specific to Karnataka including the growth pattern of the GSDP and the sectoral contribution to the same. The planning process in the state of Karnataka and policies pertaining to education and development are also highlighted. 

 Course Objectives:

The course aims to:

1. provide an overall understanding of the planning process in India, the major challenges faced by the Indian economy and India’s position in the global economy with respect to various parameters.
2. trace the trends in India’s external sector and the role of WTO in formulating India’s external policies.
3. comprehend the Macroeconomic policies adopted in India in recent times and their impact. 
4. introduce key issues related to economic growth and development in the state of Karnataka. 

Major features of the economy at independence; growth and development under different policy regimes- goals and constraints, institutions- Niti Aayog: structure, role and functions. Determinants of economic development; Indicators of Development—Human Development Index (HDI) and Gender Development Indices; Human resource development; Role of state, market and other institutions.

Growth trends of primary, secondary and tertiary sectors, state wise comparison, comparison with other countries, low productivity issues, challenges and prospects; changes in occupational structure and employment; private vs. public sector; privatization and disinvestment policies; sick units in public sector, strategy for revival of sick public sector units, small scale industries.

External sector and its significance, movement of capital, manpower and goods, recent trends in BOPs and exchange rate fluctuations, WTO requirements; foreign trade- composition, direction and organization, India’s trade policy and tariff policy; external debt and fiscal reforms, India and regional integration.

Recent economic reforms; changing role of RBI, recent changes in monetary and fiscal policy (FRBMA) and their effectiveness, Federal finance, Finance Commissions, black money - estimates, genesis, consequences and remedies and comparison with other countries, Evaluation of recent development programmes in India.

Trends and growth pattern of SGDP and human development in Karnataka, comparison with other Indian states; sectoral performance, industrial and agricultural policies, problems and prospects of different sectors; State planning process- planning objectives and strategies, decentralized planning, intra-state disparities; education, health and housing, budgetary trends; Evaluation of recent development programmes in Karnataka.

Iteshamul, H. (2015). A Handbook of Karnataka. Government of Karnataka, Bangalore, A Government of Karnataka Publication.

Kapila, U. (2016). Indian Economy – Performance and Policies (17thed.). New Delhi: Academic Foundation.

Misra, S. K., & Puri, V. K. (2011). Indian economy (34thed.). Delhi: Himalaya Publishing House.

Balakrishnan, P. (2007). The recovery of India: Economic growth in the Nehru Era. Economic and Political Weekly, 52-66.

Baru, R., Acharya, A., Acharya, S., Kumar, A. S., &Nagaraj, K. (2010). Inequities in access to health services in India: caste, class and region. Economic and Political Weekly, 49-58.

Basu, K. (2009). China and India: idiosyncratic paths to high growth. Economic and Political Weekly, 43-56.

Deaton, A., &Drèze, J. (2009). Food and nutrition in India: facts and interpretations. Economic and Political Weekly, 42-65.

Drèze, J., & Sen, A. (2013). An uncertain glory: India and its contradictions. Princeton University Press.

Dyson, T. (2013). Population and development: the demographic transition. Zed Books Ltd

Economic Survey of India, 2016-17. [New Delhi].

Economic Survey of Karnataka 2016-17. [Bangalore]

Himanshu, R., & Sen, A. (2010). Towards new poverty lines for India. Economic and Political Weekly, 45(1), 2-8.

Himanshu (2011). Employment Trends in India: A Re-examination. Economic and Political Weekly, 43-59.

James, K. S. (2008). Glorifying Malthus: Current debate on 'demographic dividend' in India. Economic and Political Weekly, 63-69.

Kapila, U. (Ed.). (2009). Indian economy since independence. Academic Foundation.

Meti, T. K. (1976). The Economy of Karnataka: An Analysis of Development and Planning. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Company.

Mohan, R. (2008). Growth record of the Indian economy, 1950-2008: A story of sustained savings and investment. Economic and Political Weekly, 61-71.

Narayana, M. R. (2004). An Overview of the Karnataka Economy'. Chapter One in Karnataka Development Report, Institute for Social and Economic Change.

Shetty, S. L. (2007). India’s Savings Performance since the Advent of Planning’. Institutions and Markets in India’s Development.

Somasekhara, N. (1978). Planning and Development in Karnataka: Targets, Allocations, and Perspectives. Geetha Book House.

Vaidyanathan, A., & Krishna, K. L. (Eds.). (2007). Institutions and Markets in India's Development: Essays for KN Raj. Oxford.

* Mid Semester Exam ** End Semester Exam

Course Description:

This course covers the statistical and econometric foundations of data analysis including the statistical and econometric theory and its applications. In particular, statistics modules broadly cover descriptive statistics, theory of probability, standard statistical distributions, estimation and hypothesis testing. Econometric modules cover the basic aspects of econometric methodology, OLS method and assumption violations (Autocorrelation, Multicollinearity and Heteroscedasticity). The specific objective of these modules is to provide an understanding of the basic concepts and methods of Statistics and Econometrics for application in data analysis, to get analytical skills required for the analysis of socio-economic data, to provide hands-on training in data analysis (along with computer applications). The emphasis is on application (including analysis and interpretation) rather than theoretical derivations. The idea is to impart training on how to make an argument based on data.

Course Objectives:

The course aims to help students to:

• understand the concepts and methods of Statistics and Econometrics for application in data analysis.
• acquire skills in data analysis through statistical and econometrics techniques (along with computer applications).

Meaning, scope of statistics, importance and limitation of statistics Collection of Data: Planning and organizing a statistical enquiry, methods of collecting primary data, sources of secondary data; Classificationof data: Meaning, methods of classification; Tabulation of Data: Meaning, role, parts of a table, general rules of tabulation;Presentation of Data: Diagrams and graphs, general rules for construction a diagram, types of diagrams, types of graphs, software applications.

Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, median and mode, geometric and harmonic mean, Measures of Dispersion: Range, interquartile range and quartile deviation, mean deviation, standard deviation; Graphical Method:Lorenz curve and Gini coefficient; Moments, skewness and kurtosis;Partition Values: Quartiles, deciles, percentiles and software applications.

Approaches to Assigning Probabilities: Meaning, classical probability, empirical probability, subjective probability;  Rules for Computing Probabilities: Rules of addition, rules of multiplication; Probability Distribution:Random variables, discrete random variable, continuous random variable (Binomial, Poisson and Normal distribution).

Definitions and scope of econometrics; The methodology of econometric research; Specification and estimation of an econometric model; Basic concepts of estimation; Desirable properties of estimators; Unbiasedness, efficiency, consistency and sufficiency; Correlation vs Regression.Correlation Analysis: Meaning, types of correlation; Methods of Studying Correlation: Scatter diagram method, graphic method, Karl Pearson’s co-efficient of correlation, Spearman’s rank method. OLS Method: Introduction, estimation of simple linear regression model; assumptions of OLS.

 Problem of Heteroscedasticity; Autocorrelation (AR1 process); Multicollinearity, their consequences, detection method and remedies.

 Question Paper Pattern: MSE and ESE (Max. Marks = 50)

Course Description:

The course introduces a detailed overview of research methodology. First, it introduces the meaning, definition, types and importance of research. Thereafter, methods and approaches of social science research will be discussed. The course then introduces different components of research problems and research design. The last sections of the course elaborate survey designs, methods of data collection, data processing, and hypothesis testing. The final section discusses the ways of report/article/thesis writing.  

Course Objectives:

The course aims to help students to:

1. understand the nature of research and methods adopted in social science;
2. illustrate the importance of research problems and design to conduct research in economics;
3. explain the appropriate sampling design and data collection to conduct research in economics;
4. illustrate the steps involved in developing hypotheses and show appropriate statistical tools to test the same;
5. develop the skills required to write research report.

Meaning and definition of research, criteria for good research, objectives of research, difficulties in social research, utility of research.

Deductive and inductive methods, classification of research, case study, survey methods.

Steps involved in selection of research problem, evaluation of the problem, literature review, sources of literatures.

Meaning of research design, types of research design, evaluation of research design.

Meaning of sampling, sampling process, essential and methods of sampling, sampling errors.

Primary and secondary data, observation, interview-questionnaire schedule, sources of secondary data.

Meaning of hypothesis, types; Five-step procedure for testing hypothesis; Type I and Type II error, one-tailed and two-tailed tests of significance; Parametric Tests: One sample ‘t’ test, independent sample ‘t’ test, paired sample ‘t’ test; Analysis of variance (‘F’ test); Non-Parametric Test: Chi-square test. (Using SPSS application).

Types of report; Planning of report writing; Format of research report; Reference styles.

Kothari, C. R. (2014). Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques (2nded.). New Delhi: New Age International Publishers.

Walliman, N. (2016). Social Research Method: The Essentials. London: SAGE Publications.

Wellington, J. &Szczerbiński, M. (2007). Research Methods for the Social Sciences. New York: Continuum International Publishing Group. 

Buchanan, D. A., & Bryman, A. (2009). The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Research Methods. London: SAGE Publications.

Gillham, B. (2000). Case Study Research Methods. London: Continuum International Pub. Group.

Gillham, B. (2008). Small-scale Social Survey Methods: Real World Research. London: Continuum International Publishing Group. 

Hammersley, M., &Traianou, A. (2012). Ethics in Qualitative Research: Controversies and Contexts. London: SAGE Publications.

Mustafa, A. (2008). Case Study Method: Theory and Practice: Research and Management Approaches. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors.

Ornstein, M. D. (2013). A Companion to Survey Research. London: SAGE Publications.

Saldaña, J. (2012). The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers. London: SAGE Publications.

Saunders, M., Lewis, P., & Thornhill, A. (2011). Research Methods for Business Students (5thed.). New Delhi: Pearson Education Ltd.

Yang, K. (2010). Making Sense of Statistical Methods in Social Research. London:  SAGE Publications.

Introduce the students to research concepts and methods in a bid to approach things in a systematic manner. This subject will provide an understanding of the research methods and concepts.

Course Objectives:

The course aims to help students to:

• To familiarize students with the process of research
• To sharpen their investigative capacities
• To educate them about data collection and how to analyse data.

Social Research: Concepts, Nature and Scope, epistemology, ontology; Qualitative and quantitative research; Theory in research: Positivism and interpretivism, theoretical framework, contribution to theory; Research steps and its types; Objectivity/subjectivity, Reliability and Validity in qualitative and quantitative research; Variables and Hypothesis: Type of hypothesis, Characteristics of good hypothesis, hypothesis testing.; Research questions for qualitative research

Research designs: Survey research, Content analysis, Textual analysis, focus groups; Sampling and its types; Tools and Techniques of Data Collection, Questionnaire: Schedule, Interview and Observation.

Statistical analysis: measures of central tendency (mean, mode and medium); Measures of dispersion (standard deviation); Correlation and chi square; Level of Measurements; Nominal, Ordinal, Ratio and Interval; Transcription, coding; Thematic analysis of qualitative data

Data processing, Analysis, Presentation and interpretation of data, Use of graphics in data presentation; Research writing: Research proposal, research report: Components and style, Preparation of Bibliography, Index; Communication research, Media research, Basic elements of research.

Knowledge of how Political Science has to be researched and written is as important a component as studying the discipline. Issues that are contested, problems of ideological orientation as well as the structure in writing political phenomenon are areas that are relevant for a better understanding of the Discourse. As an extension this whole process translates well into understanding ‘Writing’ as a creative & intellectual activity that requires a certain extent of academic rigor for greater validation.

 Course Objectives

The course aims to help students to:

• Understand the primacy of research as a vital component of academic activity.
• Explore the various nuances of writing as a thought & as an activity

Epistemology, Ontology and Philosophy; Inductive-Deductive Logic; Empiricism, Rationalism and Skepticism; Positivism, Structuralism, and Post Structuralism/ Post Modernity; Hermeneutics, Semiotics, Ethnography, Content and Discourse Analysis

Social Science Research – Types, Requisites & Stages of Research; Sources – Categorization and Usage; Selection of a Research Problem – Towards a Research Design

Data collection, processing and analysis Gathering data:  Primary source of data/information, Secondary source of data/information.  types of interviews, questionnaires, surveys, sampling and FGDs

Methods of data processing, tabulating, and interpreting. Writing a Thesis – Review of Literature, Compilation of research analysis - the Format of the thesis; Referencing styles and the need for them. 

Flick, Uwe. (2015). Introducing Research Methodology. Sage Publications, Delhi.

Popper, K. (2009). Science: Conjectures and refutations. The Philosophy of science: a historical anthology. Oxford: Wiley.

Ricoeur, P. (1991). A Ricoeur Reader: Reflection and imagination. University of Toronto Press.

Heidegger, M. (1988). The basic problems of phenomenology (Vol. 478). Indiana University Press.

Gadamer, H. G. (2013). Truth and method (Bloomsbury revelations). London Bloomsbury.

Peter Lambert and Phillipp Schofield. (2008). Making History: An Introduction to the history and practices of a discipline. London. Routledge.

B. Sheik Ali. (2000). History its theory & method. New Delhi. Laxmi Publications.

Kothari, C.R.(2004). Research Methodology Methods and Techniques. New Delhi. New Age Publishers.

Alexander Rosenberg, Lee McIntyre (2020). Philosophy of Science A Contemporary Introduction. New York. Routledge.

Williams, Malcolm. (1996).  Introduction to Philosophy of Social Research . London. UCL Press.

A  M Novikov D  A Novikov. (2013). Research methodology from philosophy of science to research design. Florida. CRC Press.

 Zimmermann, Jens. (2015). Hermeneutics A Short Introduction. Oxford. OUP.

Daniel Chandler. (2002). Semiotics the basics. Oxford. Routledge,

David M. Fetterman. (2010). Ethnography Step-by-Step. California. Sage.

Austin, G. (2003). Working a democratic constitution: A history of the Indian experience . New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Kaviraj, S. (1988). A critique of the passive revolution. Economic and political weekly, 2429-2444.

Chatterjee, P. (1993). The nation and its fragments: Colonial and postcolonial histories (Vol. 11). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Amin, S. (1995). Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992. Univ of California Press.

Pandey, G. (2006). Routine violence: Nations, fragments, histories. Stanford University Press.

This course is to provide students with the opportunity to explore a wide range of audio and visual production technologies and techniques. It is a technical course supported by a selection of written and oral presentation activities. Students work individually as well as in small teams as they proceed through production exercises and projects. It combines theory, history and practice with hands-on demonstrations, workshops, screenings, readings, lectures and discussions, thus preparing students to produce documentary videos of various styles Over the course, they will create an assortment of audio and video production projects. The equipment used will include (digital) video cameras; lights; microphones; computers; audio and video digitizers; and a variety of video production support equipment. Software utilized in the course will introduce students to storyboarding; video editing; digital effects; image manipulation and audio production. They will also be introduced to documentary-style filmmaking.

 Course Objectives:

The course aims to help students to:

• Apply the basic steps inherent in the audio and video production processes.
• Demonstrate awareness of Audio and Video production career opportunities.
• Demonstrate basic audio and video production knowledge, and terminology. 
• Demonstrate knowledge of a variety of digital acquisition hardware, digital cameras, CD/DVD recorders/drives, samplers, microphones, etc.
• Demonstrate an understanding of multi-track/MIDI digital audio recording utilizing a computer and audio production software.
• Demonstrate an understanding of basic digital video as it relates to the non-linear and post-production process.
• With the basic capabilities to tell socially engaging stories through documentaries.
• Demonstrate the ability to research, develop and produce a documentary film.

Equipment: Microphones, Mixers, Cables and Consoles, Analog and Digital Recording and Signal Processing, Loudspeakers and Monitoring; Production: Synchronization, Studio Production, Field Production, Staged Production; Post Production: Dialogue & Sound Effects in post-production, Editing, Mixing and Recording

Step 1- Research, Step 2 – Pre-Production: Script/ Storyboard, Allocating Equipment, Schedules Personnel, Permits/Permissions/Release Forms; Step 3- Production: How to set up a shoot, Lighting, Audio, how to shoot (Rule of thirds, an interview and 1800 rule); Step 4- Post Production: Transfer your footage, set up to edit, Working with Audio, music and narration, Render and export.

Introduction to Realism Debate, Observational and Verité documentary, Introduction to shooting styles, Introduction to Editing styles, Basic elements of the documentary, Selection of story and script, Different stages of documentary production techniques, Researching the Documentary.

Research: Library, Archives, Location, life stories, ethnography; Writing a concept: telling a story, Treatment, Writing a proposal and budgeting.

Pre-production: Research, fact-finding and story development; Production: lighting, shooting, sound; Post-production: Editing, sound and finishing.

This course examines the procedural aspects of the governments in India both at central as well as state level. The course offers an analysis with special reference to Constitutional bodies like Union Public Service Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General, Finance Commission, NITI Aayog and National Human Rights Commission.  Specifically, it provides knowledge relating to Local Self-Governments at various levels.

Course Objectives

The course aims to help students to:

• understand the relationship between political equations and government System.
• explore contemporary issues in procedural aspects of legislative, administrative, and financial relations between Union and state governments.
• analyse the working equations of Constitutional and statutory bodies in India.

Unitary and Federal features. Legislative, Administrative and Financial Relations. State Autonomy debate. Sarkaria Commission recommendations.

Union Public Service Commission. Comptroller and Auditor General. Finance Commission. NITI Aayog. National Human Rights Commission. Chief Information Commission.

Features of Party System. Rise of Regional Parties. Anti-Defection Law. Elections- Constitutional Provisions. Election Commission of India – Organisation and Functions. Pressure Groups and Public Opinion.

73rd, 74th Constitutional Amendments, Urban and Rural local bodies. Parallel organizations.

Social Justice-reservations. Secularism. Communalism. Regional Disputes. National Integration.

Policy analysis provides a basic level analysis orientation towards public policy. This course is designed to prepare students to write and analyze a policy and offer an alternative public policy, which is a public policy analysis exercise. Topics include conceptual understanding of policy analysis, process of policy analysis, Identifying and structuring public policy problem, models, and tools of policy analysis.   

Course Objectives

The course aims to help students to:

• understand the conceptual foundation for and the process of doing policy analysis. 
• orient models, and tools used in the analysis of public policy.
• explore the research techniques and methods, sources of data collection models and tools that will be used to analyze policy formulation and execution.

Policy Analysis: Meaning, typology, characteristics, significance, scope and implications. Analysis, evaluation and its differences.

Approaches of Policy Analysis: Scientific Approaches; Professional Approaches and Political Approaches. Five Models of Policy Making: A Rational Decision-Making Process, Apolitical Game, A Discourse, A Garbage Can and An Institutional Process.

Characteristics, identifying and structuring policy problem. Designing a strategy to address the policy problem with special reference to welfare and developmental policies in India.

Formulating policy options, evaluating policy options and making policy recommendations. Discursive Practices of policy analysis in India.

This course has been designed to promote professional skills in the students. The theme identified for the third and fourth semesters is Critical thinking and professional Development. The topics identified under the theme will enable the students to understand the challenges faced during their career and allow them to face them with necessary skills. 

The course aims to: 

• develop discipline specific skills for professional and personal growth.
• provide a platform to nurture and hone skills necessary for professional development. 

Students must choose MOOC courses offered by various online platforms in the specific theme given for the third and fourth semesters. This consists of review of literature, reference management system, workspace etiquettes, critical analysis writing, SOP, article analysis, writing argumentative essays, resume writing, cover letters and job finding through an online portal.

Evaluation pattern

The paper deals with the nature of government intervention and its implications for allocation, distribution and stabilization. This study involves a formal analysis of government taxation and expenditures. This paper combines a thorough understanding of financial institutions with a careful analysis of the issues which underline budgetary policies in general and the Indian experience in particular.

Course Objectives

• To give the students an in-depth understanding of public debt, government taxation and expenditures.
• To provide students with a thorough understanding of the theories governing public finance.

The nature, scope and significance of public economics; Public vs Private Finance; Principle of Maximum Social advantage: Approaches and Limitations, Functions of Government; Economic functions; allocation, distribution and stabilization; Regulatory functions of the Government and ts economic significance.

Concept of the public sector- Need for the public sector- Concept of public goods- Characteristics of public goods- National vs. local public goods- Merit goods and club goods- Market failure and public Provision- Provision versus production of public goods- Determination of provision of public good- Samuelson’s rule- Externality: the concept of social versus private costs and benefits.

Sources of Public Revenue- Tax revenue and non-tax revenue- Concept of tax- Canons of taxation- Approaches to the principle of Equity in taxation: (a) Ability to Pay principle (b) Benefit Approach- Taxable capacity- Incidence of taxes- Modern theory of incidence- Types of taxation- Laffer curve analysis- GST.

Structure and growth of public expenditure- Pure theories of public expenditure: Samuelson’s pure theory of public expenditure - General Theories of Public Expenditure: (a)Wagner’s Law of increasing state activities (b) Wiseman-Peacock hypothesis (c) Colin Clark’s critical limit hypothesis- Trends of Public expenditure in India- Subsidies in India- Concepts of public debt- Types of public debt- Burden of public debt- Approaches to the burden of public debt (Pigou, Buchanan and Musgrave)- Redemption of public debt- methods- Growth of India’s public debt.

Government budget and its structure – Receipts and   expenditure- Concepts of current and capital account- Functional classification of the budget- Balanced, surplus, and deficit budgets- Concepts of fiscal imbalances- revenue deficit, effective revenue deficit, fiscal deficit and primary deficit- Budget, government policy and its impact (Budget multipliers)- Concept of federalism- Different layers of the government- Principles of federal finance- Inter-governmental transfer and Theory of Grants- Horizontal vs. vertical equity in devolution- Finance Commission

MSE*: Mid Semester Examination, ESE**: End Semester Examination

Course Description:

The course aims at providing the students with the basic understanding of the microeconomic aspect of labour theories and labour market. The students have to understand the labour market structure, wage determination, unemployment, the growth pattern and the changes that have taken place in labour regulations of the country. The course also aims to introduce the various data available in the field of labour and employment such as NSS data on employment and unemployment that will enable the students to associate real situations with theories.

Course Objectives:

The course aims to help students to:

1. demonstrate the microeconomic aspect to understand the functioning of different labour markets.
2. examine the evolving wage payment mechanism and discrimination in the labour market.
3. understand the various determinants of employment, unemployment and the mobility of labour.
4. evaluate the labour regulation and labour market policies in India

Unique features of the labour market; Participants in the labour market; Labour market terminologies; Labour in classical, neo-classical and Keynesian analysis; Evolution of labour economics as a discipline post 1945; Classification of labour markets; Positive and normative economics in the context of labour markets; Labour markets and Pareto efficiency; Causes of labour market failure.

Demand for labour: Determinants of demand for labour, substitution and scale effect, short run vs. long run demand for labour; Firm, industry and market demand for labour; Elasticity of derived demand: The Hicks-Marshall rules, cross elasticity of demand for labour; Supply of labour: Static Labour-Leisure Choices-supply curve of labour; Indifference curves and budget constraints; Reservation wage; Labour market equilibrium: wage and employment determination in monopsony; perfectly competitive and monopoly labour markets; Monopoly union model and its impact on wage rate.

Wage concept and Definitions; minimum wage, living and fair wages; Methods of wage payment: time and piece wage; Wage policy; Objective and importance; Evolving wage structure and differentials in India, productivity-wage relationship in India; Labour market discrimination; Economic analysis of labour market discrimination; Employer and Employee discrimination, Statistical discrimination; measuring discrimination- the Blinder-Oaxaca model.

Determinants of employment and unemployment, Measurement issues; the human capital model, modified human capital model; the added worker and discouraged worker hypothesis; segmented labour market; job search and vacancy analysis; Gender and employment; Unemployment, causes and consequences – technology and employment – Recent trends of employment and unemployment in India; Determinants of labor mobility and migration, Offshoring-Onshoring trends and Visa policies in India.

Role of regulations in labour markets, Economic case for labour market regulations- Labour regulations in India-its impact and their enforcement-Trade unions in India-Factors affecting their growth and measures to help maintain union relevance- ILO Core Labour Standards and its impact on Indian Labour Policy- Recent trends in Working conditions- Social security and Insurance-Welfare Funds-Employment Exchanges-Vocational education and training.

Ehrenberg, R. G., & Smith, R.S. (2012). Modern Labour Economics: Theory and public Policy. (11th ed.). New York: Prentice Hall. 

McConnell, C. R; Stanley, L.B & MacPherson., (2017). Contemporary Labor Economics, (11th ed), New York: McGraw-Hill.

Reynolds, Lloyd. G., & Masters, S. H. (1997). Labour Economics and Labour Relations (11th ed), New York: Pearson.

Reynolds, Lloyd. G., & Masters, S. H. (1997). Labour Economics and Labour Relations (11th ed), New York: Pearson.

Ashenfelter, O., & Card, R. (2011). The Hand book in Labor Economics. (Vol. 4A), New York: North-Holland.

Ashenfelter, O., & Layard. R. (1986). The Hand book in Labor Economics. (Vol.1) New York: North-Holland.

Ashenfelter, O., & Layard. R. (1999). The Hand book in Labor Economics. (Vol.3A, 3B, & 3C). New York: North-Holland.

Becker, G. S., (1992). Human Capital: Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education (3rd ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

One of the requirements of B.A. (Economics, Media Studies, Political Science) students at CHRIST (Deemed to be University) is the ability to apply theoretical knowledge acquired in their course to practical applications.  Hence, the students are expected to complete a short internship during the summer break after the fourth semester as part of the course curriculum.   Having undergone extensive understanding/training in Economics/Political Science/Media studies theories, Statistics & Econometrics, and Research Methodology, this course enables students to demonstrate an understanding of how to apply theoretical knowledge to practice in different organizations/institutions of their choice. The minimum duration of the internship is stipulated as four weeks. It is evaluated based on set criteria out of 50 marks and has a maximum of two (2) credits.

Course Objectives: 

The course aims to help students to:

• apply theoretical knowledge to practical, real-life problems.
• analyse data/information through a scientific method.
• relate the acquired skills in practical application(s) and gain industry experience.

The students are expected to identify and communicate to the organisation/ institution where they want to pursue their internship.  The same should be communicated to the Department of Economics and get approved before the commencement of the internship.  As a requirement, the students must submit a letter of confirmation of their internship from the interning organisation/ institution.  After completing the internship, the students should submit a final Internship Report and Bluebook (internship diary) for evaluation (includes viva-voce examination).

The Students need to fulfil the following criteria for internship evaluation:

The students are expected to identify and communicate to the organisation/ institution where they want to pursue their internship. The same should be communicated to the Department of Media Studies and get approved before the commencement of the internship.  A letter of confirmation from the organisation has to be submitted to the department before the internship commences.  The internship has to be undertaken by the student for four weeks (minimum 24 days).  A Daily work log has to be maintained by the student through the internship course, and the same should be submitted weekly to the faculty mentor.  The student must submit a Consolidated Internship Report [FINAL REPORT] to the department after completing the four-week internship.   A Certificate / Letter of Completion issued by the organisation has to be submitted to the department.

The Students need to fulfil the following criteria for internship evaluation:

The students are expected to identify and communicate to the organisation/ institution they want to pursue their internship.  The same should be communicated to the Department of International Studies, Political Science and History, and approved before the commencement of the internship.  A letter of confirmation from the organisation has to be submitted to the department before the internship commences.  The internship has to be undertaken by the student for four weeks (minimum 24 days).  A Daily work report followed by weekly reports must be maintained and submitted on time by the student to the respective faculty mentor.  The student must submit a final internship report and the Internship dairy copy to the department after completing the four-week internship and along with all the required documents.  A Certificate of Completion issued by the organisation has to be submitted to the faculty and the department.  VIVA will be conducted to review the work done by the student to assess the learning outcomes.

Economics Internship:

Media Studies Internship:

Political Science Internship: 

This course will explore culture, society and the representation of gender through media and the ways in which media content enables, facilitates and challenges these social constructions in society. Students will focus on the gendered aspects of society and culture.

Course Objectives

The course aims to help students to:

• Gain insight into the ways in which gender and its intersections with race, ethnicity and class is enacted and represented
• Explore the socio-cultural mechanisms that shape our individual and collective notions of identity 
• Make sense of what it means to be male, female or the third gender

• Concepts of sex and gender
• Gender identity
• Gender expression
• Transgender, and transsexual
• History of gender issues and feminism; Feminist theory

• Gender and Media: Industry, audience, text
• Judith Lorber, “Believing is Seeing: Biology as Ideology”
• Laura Mulvey, “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema”
• Media representation: Femininities, Sexualities, Masculinity and visual culture analysis
• Brenda Cooper, “Boys Don’t Cry and Female Masculinity: Reclaiming a Life and Dismantling the Politics of Normative Heterosexuality
• Media Production: Gendered media
• Kristen Shilt, “I’ll Resist With Every Inch and Every Breath
• ’ Girls and Zine Making as a Form of Resistance”
•  Digital Culture: gender and online self-presentation
• Sharon Cumberland, “Private Uses of Cyberspace: Women, Desire, and Fan Culture”
• Contemporary gender movements (Case study)
• He for She, Me too movement, Times Up

• Concept of culture and society
• Cultural values, cultural norms, cultural diversity
• Culture-high culture, low culture
• Global culture-cultural diffusion, role of mass media
• Hofstede’s Cultural Dimension

• Interplay between Media and Society
• Cultural implications
• Popular Culture and Society
• Through the lens of film, music, games, television, fashion, comic and sports
• Media representation: Minorities
• Globalization and the future
• Social issues and social media-digital culture

Course Description 

This course provides students with the knowledge of theoretical and structural models of marketing communication and aims to equip students with the tools necessary to create promotional campaigns. Students will be actively involved in designing and implementing various communication strategies in marketing.

course objectives

The course aims to help students to:

• Understand the concept, theories and communication strategies.
• Understand consumer’s psychology and behaviour. 
• Equip students with the latest concepts and techniques of marketing communication to meet customer demand on social media platforms.

Market: Definition, Concept, Meaning; Marketing concept; Marketing mix; Environmental factors; Marketing planning and strategies; basic concepts of communication: Model, theory and cycle.

Psychological influences affect consumer behaviour; Major socio-cultural influences on consumer behaviour; Stages in the consumer decision process.

Integrated Marketing Communication; Meaning and role of IMC in the marketing process, One voice, Inside out approach, Outside in approach; IMC Tools: Advertising, Public Relations, Direct marketing, Personal Selling, Sponsorship; Developing IMC: Objectives, Budget, Media planning and selection decisions, Implementation, Measuring the effectiveness of all Promotional tools and IMC; Case Study: Selected Brands

Overview of Social Media; Social media campaigns; Application of Social media management tools (create advertising campaigns for Social media)

(*Mid Semester examination will be conducted for 50 marks and converted to 25 marks

*End Semester examination will be conducted for 50 marks and converted to 30 marks)

Course Description:

This course is a comprehensive study of International Relations. It provides a foundational understanding of the theories and concepts of International relations. It will aid the students to analyse the major themes in international affairs and world politics.

Course Objectives:

The course aims to help students to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of different schools of thought in International Relations.
• Develop an ability to integrate the theories and contextualize contemporary global events.
• Outline the behaviour of nation-states in the international arena.

International Relations: Meaning, nature, scope and importance; Concepts and Theories of International Relations – Realism and Neo – Realism Liberalism and Constructivism.

National Power: Meaning, elements, evaluation of national power.

National Security: Traditional and Non-Traditional concept of security

Human Security: Meaning and Importance        

War: Meaning, Nature, Causes, Types and Remedies.

Terrorism – Causes, Types, Role of State and Non-State actors in Terrorism, Counter terrorism.  

Concepts and Approaches to Pacific Settlement of International Disputes.                                                                                                  

Nature, Objectives, Determinants, Instruments of Foreign Policy

Diplomacy – Nature, Functions, Privileges and Immunities. Types of Diplomacy.  

Heywood, A (2014), Global Politics, Palgrave Foundation.

Martin Griffiths and Terry O Callaghan (2002) ‘International Relations: The Key Concepts’.     Routledge London and New York.

Brown, C and Kirsten Ainley (2005), ‘Understanding International Relations’ 3rd edition, Palgrave Macmillan New York.

Crenshaw, M. (1981). The causes of terrorism. Comparative politics, 13(4), 379-399

Devatak, D, Anthony Burke and Jim George (2007), ‘An Introduction to International Relations: Australian Perspectives’, Cambridge University Press.

Hans J Morgenthau (1948)‘Politics among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace’, Alfred A Knopf, New York.

Kenneth Waltz(1979) ‘Theory of International Politics’. Addison-Wesley Publications.

It would be a severe underestimation to consider Western Political Thought as just another discipline, as Western Political Thought is a testament of political creation. Western political Thought narrates the story of how to constitute an ideal body-politic, but the ideal has never been exhausted, which has inspired thinkers from Plato to Marx to articulate their own version of ideal body-politic. The course is designed to introduce students to main thinkers of Western Political Thought, to give them an idea as how Western Political Thought has developed. The course would attempt to give students a rigorous overview of Western Political thought by evoking the original text of thinkers concerned. The course would engage with texts like Plato’s Republic, Aristotle’s Politics and Machiavelli’s The Prince. The course would also attempt to develop a culture of doing a rigorous, hermeneutic way of reading a text which will also take into consideration the context into which thinkers ‘performed’ their philosophy.

Course Objectives:

The course aims to help students to:

●        The nature, emergence and trajectory of Western Political Thought

●        The major ideas, thinkers and debates emerging from Western Political Thought

Initial Greek Political Thought; Plato: Philosopher King, Justice and the concept of Ideas; Aristotle: Classification of Constitutions and Politics 

Jeremy Bentham; John Stuart Mill; Karl Wilhelm Fredrick Hegel; T.H. Green.

McClelland, J.S. (1998). A History of Western Political Thought. Routledge.

Mukherjee, Subrata and Sushila Ramaswamy. (2011). A History of Political Thought – Plato   to Marx. Prentice Hall India Learning Pvt. Ltd.

Mukhopadhyay, A.K. (1980). Western Political Thought: From Ancient Greeks to Modern Political Scientists. Sage.

Mulgan, R.G. (1977). Aristotle’s Political Theory. Clarendon Press.

Nelson, B. (2008) Western Political Thought. New Delhi: Pearson Longman.

Rappe, Sara. (2000). Reading Neoplatonism, Non Discursive Thinking in the Texts of Plotinus, Proclus and Damascius.  Cambridge University Press.

Skinner, Quentin. (1981). Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press.

Popper, Karl. (1945). The Open Society and its Enemies.

Skinner, Quentin. (1978). The Foundations of Modern Political Thought, Vol. I. Cambridge University Press.

Wayper, C.L. (1954) Political Thought. English Universities Press.

This course offers selected classical and modern concepts and theories of Public Administration. It introduces the evolution of public administration as a discipline and the significance of dichotomy between political science and public administration. Specifically, it provides basic concepts and principles like organisation, hierarchy, unity of command, span of control, authority, and responsibility etc. Besides, students learn core theories of public administration and new frontiers in the field of public administration.

Course Objectives:

The course aims to help students to:

• understand the nature and importance of public administration and its evolution as a discipline. 
• critically reflect on theories in public administration and their general applicability in governmental context.
• analyse new frontiers in the field of administrative science in general and administrative behaviour in particular.

Meaning, approaches, Scope and Significance. Evolution of the Discipline. Public Administration and its distinction with Political Science and Management.

State Vs Market Debate. Public-Private Partnership. New Public Management Perspective. E-Governance. SMART Governance. Digital Administration. Corporate Governance.

Organization. Hierarchy. Unity of Command. Span of Control. Authority and Responsibility. Coordination. Supervision. Centralization and Decentralisation. Line, Staff, and Auxilliary Agencies.

Taylor’s Scientific Management. Fayol’s Administrative Management. Herbert A. Simon on Decision Making in an organization, David Easton and Chester Bernard’s Systems Approach.

Elton Mayo’s Theory of Human Relations. Socio-psychological Approach: Views of Abraham Maslow and Frederick Herzberg, Views of Douglas McGregor and Victor Vroom, Follett’s Theory of Conflict and Integration.

Mid Semester Examination

End Semester Examination

The primary objective of this course is to familiarize the database management and various discipline specific software packages to the students and help them to analyse the basic statistical methods for data analysis. The theme identified for the fifth and sixth semester is Data management and Technical Knowledge.

The course aims to:

• develop discipline specific skills for professional and personal growth.
• provide a platform to nurture and hone skills necessary for professional development. 

Students must choose MOOC courses offered by various online platforms in the specific themes given for the Fifth and sixth semesters. This consists of various discipline software packages, SPSS, Excel, R, Adobe, Python, Tableau, Nvivo etc

Course Description

The course provides a basic foundation in the theories of international economics.  It also enables the understanding of the trade policies and practices adopted in various countries as well as the impact of the same. The motives and effects of labour and capital mobility are brought out to facilitate the understanding of factor movement. The course exposes the students to the forms of economic integration in theory and practice.  The module on the structure of the balance of payments and foreign exchange markets gives an in-depth view of the same and the issues therein. The course concludes with a discussion on the financial liberalisation and economic crises in recent times.

Course Objectives:

The course aims to:

1. introduce the different theories pertaining to international trade.

2. enhance the understanding of trade policies and practices adopted globally.

3. bring out the motives and effects of global labour and capital movement.

4. provide a theoretical and practical understanding of the forms and effects of economic integration. 

5. comprehend the interlinkages between the balance of payment, foreign exchange markets, financial liberalisation and economic crises. 

The Subject Matter of International Economics; Trade Based on Absolute Advantage; Trade Based on Comparative Advantage; Misconceptions about comparative advantage; Comparative advantage in practice.

Heckscher-Ohlin Theory; Factor-Price Equalization, Effect of Trade on Income Distribution; Empirical Tests of the Heckscher-Ohlin Model–The Leontief Paradox; Empirical relevance of the H-O theory in the current period; Economies of Scale and International Trade; Imperfect Competition and International Trade-Intra industry trade; Technological gap and Product Cycle models

Partial Equilibrium Analysis of a Tariff; General Equilibrium Analysis of a Tariff in a Small Country – Import Quotas; Other Non-tariff Barriers; Neo- Protectionism.

International labour mobility: motives and effects of international labour mobility; International capital movement-Portfolio investments and direct investments, motives for international capital flows, effects of international capital flows; MNCs.

Trade-Creating Customs Unions; Trade-Diverting Customs Unions; The Theory of the Second Best and Other Static Welfare Effects of Customs Unions; European Union; Multilateralism –WTO.