Syllabus for
Bachelor of Arts (Journalism, Psychology, English)
Academic Year  (2023)

Course Description

This course is taught in the second year for students from different streams, namely BA, BSc

and BCom. If the first year syllabus is an attempt by the Department of English, Christ

University to recognize and bring together the polyphonic Indian voices in English and Indian

regional literatures in translation for the Additional English students of the first year, the

second year syllabus intends to take that project a little further and open up the engagement

of the students to texts from across the world. The syllabus - selection of texts will

concentrate on readings from South Asian, Latin American, Australian, Canadian, and Afro-

American. It will voice subaltern concerns of identity, gender, race, ethnicity and problems of

belongingness experienced by humanity all over the globe.

The syllabus will extend the concerns of nation and nationality and marginalization,

discussed within the Indian context to a more inclusive and wider global platform. We have

consciously kept out ‘mainstream’ writers and concentrated on the voices of the subalterns

from across the world. There is an implicit recognition in this project that though the aspects

of marginalization and the problems facing subalterns are present across cultures and

nations, the experiences, expressions and reflections are specific to each race and culture.

The course will address these nuances and specificities and enable our students to become

more aware and sensitive to life and reality around them. This will equip the students, who

are global citizens, to understand not just the Indian scenario, but also situate themselves

within the wider global contexts and understand the spaces they will move into and negotiate

in their future.

There is a prescribed text book Blends: Voices from Margins for the second year students,

compiled by the Department of English, Christ University and intended for private circulation.

Course Objectives

The course objectives are

 to enable students to look at different cultures through Literature

 to help students develop an understanding of subaltern realities and identity politics

 to inculcate literary sensibility/taste among students across disciplines

 to improve language skills –speaking, reading, writing and listening

 to equip the students with tools for developing lateral thinking

 to equip students with critical reading and thinking habits

 to reiterate the study skills and communication skills they developed in the previous

year and extend it.

TetsukoKuroyanagi: Tottochan: The Little Girl at the Window12

Liliana Heker : “The Stolen Party

 Higuchi Ichiyo: “Separate Ways”

 Harukki Murakami "Birthday Girl"

 Luisa Valenzuela: “I’m your Horse in the Night”

Poetry 12 Hrs

 Silvio Curbelo: “Summer Storm”

 Nancy Morejon: “Black Woman”

 Ruben Dario: “To Roosevelt”

 Mina Asadi: “A Ring to me is a Bondage”

Essay 9Hrs

 Amy Tan: “Mother Tongue

 Linda Hogan: “Waking Up the Rake”

 Isabelle Allande: “Open Veins of Latin America”

Children's Literature -  Kimberley Reynolds (CUP)

CIA 1: A written test for 20 marks. It can be an Open Book test, a classroom assignment, an

objective or descriptive test pertaining to the texts and ideas discussed in class.

CIA2: Mid-semester written exam for 50 works

CIA 3: This is to be a creative test/ project in small groups by students. They may do

Collages, tableaus, skits, talk shows, documentaries, Quizzes, presentations, debates,

charts or any other creative test for 20 marks. This test should allow the students to explore

their creativity and engage with the real world around them and marks can be allotted to

students depending on how much they are able to link the ideas and discussions in the texts

to the world around them.

Question Paper Pattern

Mid Semester Exam: 2 hrs

Section A: 4x5= 20

Section B: 2x15=30

Total 50

End Semester Exam: 3 hrs

Section A: 4 x 5 = 20

Section B: 2 x 15= 30

Total 50

Objectives

·         To enable learners to understand the basic nuances of communication

·         To enable learners to judge audience perception in communication

·         To enable learners to understand basic psychological aspects required in communication

·         To enable learners to write for various purposes of communication

·         To enable leaners to use appropriate means of oral communication

Scope

Objectives

Methods (oral, written and non-verbal)

Barriers

Audience psychology

Perception, attitudes, beliefs, values, norms and experiences

Types (vertical, horizontal, diagonal and grapevine)

Importance of listening

Empathy and emotional intelligence

Gender

(A set of case studies must be used to enable learners to understand the above topics)

Meetings and minutes writing

Teleconference and conference

Negotiation

Telephone conversation

Impression management

Conflict management

Corporate governance

(To be taught using sample videos, case studies and sample practice in class)

Business communication

Job application and resumes

Testimonials

Notification and agenda

Memos

Circulars

Brochures and pamphlets

Tenders

Email writing

User manual

(To be taught using samples of the above mentioned categories and through case studies)

13. Communication Goals and Approaches – Ronald Adler

14. The Interpersonal Communication - Joseph A Devito

15. Business Networking: The Survival Guide - Will Kintish

16. The Definitive Book of Body Language - Barbara and Allan Pease

17. Active Listening 101: How to Turn Down Your Volume to Turn Up Your Communication Skills - Emilia Hardman

18.  Power Listening: Mastering the Most Critical Business Skill of All - Bernard T. Ferrari

19. Conflict 101 - Susan H. Shearouse

20. Shine: How to Survive and Thrive at Work - Chris Baréz-Brown

2. Technical Communication: Principles & practice   -Meenakshi Raman & Sangeetha Sharma.

3. Business Communication.     - Prakash Singh & Meenakshi Raman

4. Business Communication       - Jain V.K   & O.P.Biyani 

5. Essentials of business Communication –Mary Ellen Guffey.

6. Excellence in Business Communication – John Thill & Courtland.L.Bovee

7. Business Communication - Kitty .O.Locker & Stephen Kyo.

8. Successful Writing at work – Philip.C. Kolin

9. Business Communication for Success – Scott.Mc Lean.

10. Basic Business Communication   - Lesikar & Flatley

11.  Emotional Intelligence – Daniel Goleman

12. Emotional Intelligence at Work - Dalip Singh

CIA (weight) = 50 marks

ESE (weight) = 50 marks

CIA 1= 20 marks (weightage 10%)

The assignment could be based on case study analysis or video analysis of a certain aspect in communication

CIA 2= 50 marks (weightage 25%)

The CIA 2 would be a submission assignment based on the topics covered. The teachers may choose one or more combinations of the communication aspects covered and provide a single topic or multiple sub-topics for the written submission.

CIA 3 =20 marks (weightage 10%)

This assignment can be an oral task to ensure the oral communication section is tested. The task maybe done in groups to check various aspects covered under the unit.

Attendance = 5%

ESE = 50 marks

Portfolio Submission

The learners are expected to file every class assignment and tasks done during the semester. The portfolio must have at least one assignment for every main topic covered under each unit.

• To introduce the students to the socio-political, religious and cultural aspects of America through literary texts
• To enable students to  read texts as products of  historical, political and cultural context
• To provide insights into different styles of writing over different centuries
• To encourage clear understanding of different genres and prosody/forms/literary devices.
• To enable learners to give their perspective on the texts prescribed
• To brainstorm learners to use their knowledge of History, Psychology, Sociology, etc to read literary works

Description: This unit will introduce American History and literature. An outline of important events would be briefed.

• The Navajo Creation Story
• John Smith- The New Land
• Anne Bradstreet – In Honour of that Highness

Description: This unit will move further into specific texts relevant to the century and sensitize learners in that direction. 

• Doctor Richard Shuckburgh- Yankee Doodle (popular version)
• Benjamin Franklin- Rules by which a Great Empire...
• Sarah Wentworth Morton- Stanzas to a Husband Recently United

Description: This unit will provide a variety in terms of different kinds of literature that the particular century has produced and provide contexts as and when required

• James Lowell- Stanzas on Freedom
• Washington Irving- Rip Van Winkle
• Emerson- I Become a Transparent Eyeball/Brahma
• Hawthorne- Young Goodman Brown
• Martin Luther King- I have a Dream (speech)
• Longfellow- My Lost youth
• Douglas- What the Black Man Wants
• Whitman- A noiseless Patient Spider
• Dickinson- I years had been from Home
• Harriet Beecher Stowe- Excerpts- Uncle Tom’s Cabin
• Kate Chopin- Lilacs

Description: This unit will provide a variety in terms of different kinds of literature that the particular century has produced and provide contexts as and when required.

• Hemingway- The Snows of Kilimanjaro
• Frost- Meeting and Passing
• Ezra Pound- An Immorality
• Langston Hughes- Daybreak in Alabama
• Fitzgerald- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Cummings- Even a Pencil has Fear to
• Ginsberg- Howl or A Supermarket in California
• Eugene O Neill- The Emperor Jones or Hairy Ape

Description: This unit will introduce war and the effect of it on the minds of American writers and the society. It will also take the learners through different styles of writing.

• Alice Walker- The Color Purple
• Sylvia Plath- Gold Mouths Cry
• William Burroughs- Naked Lunch
• James Thurber- A Couple of Hamburgers

Text compiled for internal circulation

1. Abel, Darrel. American Literature, Volume 1: Colonial and Early National Writing, (ed)
2. Abel, Darrel. American Literature, Volume 2: Literature of the Atlantic Culture, (ed) Abel, Darrel.
3. Recent American Literature to 1930, (ed) Heiney and Downs Lenthiel H, Volume 3; Barron’s Educational Series
4. Recent American Literature After 1930, (ed) Heiney and Downs, Lenthiel H. Volume 4; Barron’s Educational Series
5. Literary History of The United States:  (ed) Spiller, Thorp, Johnson, Canby, Ludwig, Third Edition: Revised; Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
6. The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Volume 1, Second Edition; (ed) Lauter, Yarborough et al, Heath
7. The Harper American Literature, Compact Edition; (ed) McQuade, Atwan et al, Harper and Row

Question Paper Pattern

Mid Semester Exam

 End Semester Exam

Section A – 15x4 = 60

Section B – 20x2 = 40

The prescribed texts could form the subject matter of CIA 1 as well as CIA 3.

In particular, the texts could be extended to meet CIA 3 requirements.  

French as second language for the Arts, Science and Commerce UG program

To perform a tribute: artist, work, you are going to…..

Towards a working life

France Seen by...

Mediamania

Act 1, 2 & 3

2.      Gonnet, Georges. Molière- Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme .Paris : Hachette, 1971

2.      French websites like Bonjour de France, FluentU French, Learn French Lab, Point du FLE etc.

Course Description:

The detailed text book “Shambook” is a Khanda Kavya written by Jagdeesh Gupta. To improve the creative writing skills, Nibandh, Kahani and Kavitha lekhan are included.Bharathiya chitrakala is also a part of the syllabus to improve the knowledge aboutIndian paintings.

Course Objectives:

Students are exposed to different forms of poetry especially, Khanda Kavya. It will help them to understand the contemporary socio-political issues.By learning about the tradition of Indian painting and legendary painters of India , students get to know about the richness and culture  of the Indian paintings. Creative writing sharpens their thinking, analytical  and writing skills 

Khanda Kavya “Shambook” [Poetry] By:Jagdeesh Gupta. Pub: Raj Pal & Sons

Level of knowledge:Analitical    

Nibandh lekhan, Katha lekhan, Kavitha lekhan.

Level of knowledge:Conceptual

Utbhav, vikas aur pramukh shailiyam

pramukh kalakar-1.M F Hussain 2.Ravindranath Tagore 3.Raja Ravi Varma 4.Jamini Roy.

Level of knowledge: Conceptual

1. Khanda Kavya”Shambook[Poetry] ByJagdeesh Gupta.Pub: Raj Pal & Sons

2. Essentials of Screen writing: The art, craft and business of film and television writing

By: Walter Richard.

3. Writing and Script: A very short introduction

By: Robinson, Andrew.

4 .Creative writing By John Singleton

5. Adhunik  Hindi Nibandh By Bhuvaneshwarichandran Saksena.

CIA-2(Mid sem examination)

CIA-3(wikipedia article creation)

End semester examination

This course has been conceptualized in order to ensure a grounding in law and an understanding of ethics which is an important prerequisite for all journalists.

Law- meaning, definition, evolution. Law and morality. Types of law- civil and criminal, English common law, need for law in today’s society. Press Legislation - Brief overview of press legislation in India from the British rule to the present. Indian Penal Code, Official Secrets Act, Vernacular Press Act, Censorship and Film Censorship.

Indian Constitution- Preamble & Fundamental Rights. Freedom of the Press in India, Constitutional guarantee of press freedom under Art. 19(1)(a). Reasonable restrictions under Art 19(2) and Art 19(6). Interpretation of Press Freedom by the Supreme Court. Legislative Privileges- Tension between the legislature and press. Defamation: meaning, definition, civil and criminal defamation, test of defamation, defenses and punitive actions. Libel and Slander. Contempt of Court: Civil and criminal contempt. Defenses for contempt. Right to Information Act. 

Need for a code of conduct, Press Commission's, PCI - role and Functions, The Working Journalist Act, Prasar Bharati Act, Self regulation, Source protection, Ownership patterns. The Cinematograph Act, Copyright Act, Whistleblower protection Act, Intellectual Property Rights in India. 

Cyber laws - Information Technology (Amendment) Act 2008, Information Technology (Information Security Practices and Procedures for Protected System) Rules 2018, cyberspace and censorship. Supreme Court’s Aadhar Judgement and the Right to Privacy, Personal Data Protection Bill - 2018. 

Judgments on Freedom of Speech and expression - Case Studies

Duggal Pavan. (2016). Textbook on Cyber Law (2nd ed.). Gurgaon: Lexis Nexis.

Gupta Ruchika. (2015). Media laws and ethics. New Delhi: Rajat Publications.

Jethmalani,Ram. (2014). Media Law (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Thomson Reuters.

Neelamalar M. (2010). Media Law and Ethics. New Delhi: PHI Learning.

Sethy, N. (2017). Press and Media Laws. New Delhi: Regal Publications.

https://rsf.org/en/ranking.

Judgements (thehoot.org)

Hakemulder, J. R., Jonge, F. A. D., & Singh, P. P. (2005). Media Ethics and Laws. New Delhi: Anmol Publications Pvt.Ltd.

An objective test conducted to test the students awareness and knowledge about basic concepts related to media law.

CIA 2: 50 Marks

Centralised Mid Sem exam

CIA 3: Project (Group Work)

Students have to do a project which will reflect on the the

state of news media currently

ESE: 100 Marks

Centralised written exam

 This course has been conceptualized in order to introduce newspaper and magazine layout and design concepts.

This course will introduce students to the basics of newspaper design and layout.

Students will learn about the different elements of design, such as typography, color, white space, etc.

• Visualizing and planning of a newspaper/magazine, News selection and Placement,

• Newspaper format: Full format, Tabloid and Magazine

• Design for Newspapers & Magazines - Trends.

• Elements of Newspaper Design: Shape, Colour, Texture; Aesthetics- Balance, Contrast, Rhythm, Unity, Harmony, Typography - principles, types and uses of fonts, Colour and Visual representation, Rules: Column Rule, Cut off Rule, Window, White spaces, character count. 

• Layout: Importance, types; elements, contemporary styles vs traditional styles, Technicalities: Paper sizes, grids, margins, columns, left and right flush, centering, justification, rulers, scaling, page numbering, texture, colour.

• Basic understanding of softwares for print.

• Front Page Design /Functional Design /Horizontal design, Modular design, Total page design /Single-theme design, 

• Preparing Dummy of Newspaper and its different pages

• Principles of Graphics and their Importance.

Schindler, J., & Müller, P. (2018). Does design follow politics? The visualization of political orientation in newspaper page layout. Visual Communication, 17(2), 141-161.

Holmberg, N. (2004). Eye movement patterns and newspaper design factors: An experimental approach.

Harrower, T., & Elman, J. M. (1995). The newspaper designer's handbook (p. 224). WCB, Brown & Benchmark Publishers.

Somuah, E. (2015). The Impact of Layout and Design in Newspapers on Readers: A Study of the Daily Graphic (Doctoral dissertation, Ghana Institute of Journalism).

Assignments include:

• Research on Newspaper Layout & Design
• Newsletter submission 
• Lab journals

Business Journalism is an introductory course designed to equip aspiring journalists with the basic understanding of India's economy, business environment - both domestic and global and skills and knowledge necessary to appreciate what it takes to be a business reporter. It offers a practical and theoretical foundation, covering topics such as understanding financial markets, analysing corporate organisations, conducting interviews with business leaders, and writing stories on business-related issues. This course also  helps them learn how to make sense of the world of business news, interpret data, and convey the stories behind the numbers effectively to a wide audience to keep them aware of the business affairs in the world and in-turn holding corporations accountable.

• Making sense of macro and micro economy

Government policies
Consumer markets, demand and supply

• Understanding a business organisation and the basics of what makes a balance sheet and a profit and loss statement
• Indian capital markets

Public markets - stock markets, listing, IPO & FPOs, BSE, NSE

Private markets - funding stages, valuation, VCs/PEs, etc

Stocks, bonds, currencies and commodities

• Banking

RBI - monetary policies, MPCs

PSUs and private banking

• Beat reporting 

Technology/Pharma/Retail/Energy

New economy/Internet Tech/startups

Pitching stories and Reporting Practice

How to find good business stories?

• Tracking news
• Key events (macro and micro)
• Filings

How to take effective notes?

• Flagging

1. Key points
2. Interesting story ideas
3. Follow up

• Timestamp

How to write compelling business stories?

• Building sources
• Maintaining balance in stories
• Addressing key arguments
• Setting context

• Venkateswaran, R.J.(2000).How to Excel in Business Journalism. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers Private ltd.
• Arora, D.D. (2003). Business Journalism.New Delhi Saloni Publishing House 
• Hayes, Keith (2014). Business Journalism: How to Report on Business and Economics. Apress; 1st ed. edition

CIA Overall: (10+20+20) = 50

ESE: 25 + 25 =50

Course Description: Language Kannada is offered to students of third Semester BA/B.Sc as Second language for fifty marks. Students of this semester will study an anthology of Modern Kannada Poetry and an Autobiography of Laxman Gaikwad. This course prepares the students to understand the new era. At the dawn of the twentieth century, B.M. Srikantiah, regarded as the “Father of modern Kannada Literature”, called for a new era of writing original works in modern Kannada while moving away from archaic Kannada forms. Students will study modern Kannada poetry from B.M.Sri to Dalit poet Dr. Siddalingiah. An anthology of modern poetry is selected to understand the beauty of modern Kannada poets through their writings. Uchalya is an autobiographical novel that carries the memories of Laxman Gaikwad right from his childhood till he became an adult. Laxman Gaikwad took birth in a criminal tribe of India belonging to Orissa/ Maharastra. The original text is translated to Kannada by Chandrakantha Pokale.

Course Objectives:

Understand and appreciate poetry as a literary art form.

Analyse the various elements of Poetry, such as diction, tone, form, genre, imagery, symbolism, theme, etc.

Appreciates to  learn the elements of autobiography.

1. Kariheggadeya Magalu- B.M.Sri

2. Hunnime Ratri- Kuvempu

3. Anna Yagna-Bendre

4.Mankuthimmana Kagga-D.V.G

5.Ikkala- K.S. Narasimha Swamy

6. Kannad padgol- G.P.Rajarathnam

7.Hanathe hachchuttene- G.S.S

8.Adugemane Hudugi-Vaidehi

9. Nehru Nivruttaraguvudilla- Adgaru

10. Nanna Janagalu.-Siddalingaiah

Text: Uchalya

Author:Lakshman Gayekwad

Translation: Chandrakantha Pokle

1 Dialogue Writing

2 Essay writing

3 short story building

2. Kannada Sahitya Charithre- Volumes 1-4, Editor: G. S. Shivarudrappa, Prasaranga, Bangalore Univeristy.

3. Hosagannada Kavitheya Mele English Kavyada Prabhava- S. Ananthanarayana

4. Hosagannadada Arunodaya- Srinivasa  Havanuru

2. Kannada Sahitya Sameekshe- G. S. Shivarudrappa

3. Bhavageethe- Dr. S. Prabhushankara

4. My Experiments with Truth- M.K. Gandhi

5. Ouru Keri- Siddalingaiah

This course has been conceptualized in order to provide a general introduction to various developmental concepts across the different stages of the lifespan, with the nature versus nurture debate as a concurrent theme. The course is described through three perspectives: physical, cognitive, and psychosocial. Emphasis will be on the major transitions from fetal development through death in the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional domains. Research methods in developmental psychology are addressed explicitly and are also addressed alongside each major research study and theory discussed. This course includes discussion on the influences of cultural issues and technological advancements. This course addresses classic developmental theories and research as well as provides an overview of current developmental topics across the lifespan.

Importance of Life-span Development; Historical Perspective; Characteristics of Life-span Development; Nature of Development; Overview of Theories of Development: Freud, Erikson, Piaget, Vygotsky, Information processing, Behavioural, Socio-Cognitive, Ethological and Ecological theories; Major Issues and Debates in Developmental Psychology; Studying Development - Sequential, Cross-sectional and Longitudinal approaches.          

Stages of prenatal development; Teratogens and prenatal environment; Birth, newborn appearance, reflexes, assessment and states; Physical and motor development - in childhood: cephalocaudal and proximodistal pattern, gross and fine motor skills and handedness; Puberty and adolescent changes: Meaning of  puberty, biological changes, sexual maturation, growth spurt, primary and secondary sexual characteristics; Adult development and Ageing - Biological; Assessments in studying development.

Stages of Cognitive Development - Piaget's Theory: Milestones and Mechanisms; Vygotsky’s Theory; Language development; Observations & Experiment Methods in studying development.

Emotions; Temperament; Development of self-concept; Play; Aggression and altruism; Moral Development: Kohlberg’s theory; Development of identity: Erikson and Marcia’s views; Gender differences and gender role standards; Use of field experiments to study development.

Development of Attachment: Bowlby’s theory; Adolescent relationships: Family, peers, adult society, adult life; Vocational adjustment; Foundations of intimate relationships: friendship, love, and sexuality; Marriage: Marital adjustment and conditions influencing it; Parenthood and parenting styles: adjustment to parenthood; Coping with Mid-life crisis, changes in relationship; Ageing and theories of ageing; Coping with death, stages and patterns of grieving; Cultural differences: Indian philosophy- four stages of a life and expectations; Use of questionnaires and interviews to study development; Ethical considerations in developmental research.

The coursework aims to provide undergraduate psychology students knowledge and hands-on practice of experimental psychology and statistics. The course imparts training in classic as well as contemporary experiments in the field of Psychology. Students will conduct experiments in the field of Psychology from the domains of learning and cognition. In the process they will be provided an understanding of central concepts in the field such as designing an experiment, variables, hypothesis etc. This course is planned to provide a framework for the development of assessment practices. Attention will be given to issues of identifying and selecting test instruments, conducting the assessment process in an ethical and considerate manner, interpreting norm referenced and criterion referenced test scores and writing APA style reports. The course introduces students to computer assisted experiments. The course would help students to evaluate, modify and develop psychological experiments. Statistical techniques covered will include descriptive statistics including concept of normality, measures of central tendency and dispersion, and pie charts and graphs, as well as use of a common statistical program (SPSS) to analyze data. Laboratory periods stress the techniques of data analysis using computers.

Ethical issues in research (APA)- consent, confidentiality, Standards of reporting, Plagiarism, Ethical issues in report writing for tests and experiments, style of writing (scientific, unbiased, objective)

This module will draw a sketch of the movement of Experimental Psychology in the disciplinary history, highlight and discuss some distinctive features of conducting experiments in human subjects including use of theories, establishing hypothesis and designing experiments. The module also critically looks at the ethicality and contemporary understanding of this method. The student would conduct minimum six experiments including at least two computer assisted experiments. Computer assisted include but not limited to PEBL, E-Prime, Z-tree.

Topics: Perception, Illusion, Dexterity, Attention, Reaction time 

Suggested Experiments and tools for Demonstration/ to conduct : Size weight Illusion, Finger and tweezer Dexterity, Depth Perception, tachistoscope, Reaction time apparatus, colour blindness, Muller-lyer, Minnesota Rate of Manipulation Test (MRMT), Stroop test, division of attention

Relevance of Statistics in Psychological Research; Descriptive Statistics; Variables and Constants; Scales of Measurement, Normality, Presentation of data: Graphs (Bar diagram, Pie chart, Histogram) Group and Ungrouped data: Mean, Median, Mode. Introduction to Statistical packages; Data analysis (SPSS/ Excel/ Word)

Cohen, R. J. & Swerdlik, M. E. (2013). Psychological Testing and Assessment: An Introduction to Tests and Measurement (Eighth Edition). McGraw-Hill.

Gravetter, F.J. &Wallnau, L.B. (2009).Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (9th Ed.). Cengage Learning.

Martin, D. W. (2008). Doing psychology experiments. Thomson-Wadsworth.

• CIA 1: Lab Report (20 marks) + Class participation and Supervisor Feedback (05 marks) = 25 Marks 

• CIA 2: Lab Report (20 marks) + Class participation and Supervisor Feedback (05 marks) = 25 Marks 

• CIA 3: Department Level Exam =  50 marks 

Sundara Kanda is the only chapter of the Ramayana in which the hero is not Rama, but rather Hanuman. The work depicts the adventures of Hanuman and his selflessness, strength, and devotion to Rama are emphasized in the text. Bhoja only wrote 5 kāṇdas (up to the Sundarakāṇda), and there is a story about this: that he was inspired to write this work the night before a battle, that as he finished the Sundarakāṇda it was time to go, and that he announced that the Yuddhakāṇda would be enacted in the battlefield against the invader, but sadly he never returned. Others have composed a Yuddhakāṇda to complete the work.

The main objective of the students is to understand the champu Kavyas based on the sam.  

The Origin and development of the Champu.

Origin and developmetn of Champu kavyas

Five Important Champus

Level of knowledge: Basic/conceptual/ Analytical

Shlokas 1 -60 Hnumantha¨s voyage to Lanka and searching for Seetha Description of city Lanka , Characters of Champu Kavya 

Prayogas and Krudantha

Translation of Given passage from English to Sanskrit 

Writing composition in sanskrit on the given topic in Sanskrit

Sundarakanda from Bhaja´s Champu Ramayana 

Chitrakalayaa: ugagamam vikaasam ca

origin and development of painting through Vedas and Puranas

Reference Books:-

1)      Sundarakanda from “Champuramayana of Bhoja  

2)      Sanskrit Grammar by M.R. Kale.

3)       History of Sanskrit literature by Dr.M.S. Shivakumaraswamy.

4)       History of Sanskrit literature by Krishnamachari.

CIA 2 mid semester examination

CIA 3 Wikipedia assignment

Araillakiyam, bakthi illakiyam, ikala illakiyamn the major allakiyams.The influence myths and puranas are delineated through the good deeds for a better lifestyle.The  Cultural Studies part will have an overview of Indian painting both traditional and modern with special reference to mythology and literature

India 2020- Abdul Kalam

1. Thirukural

2. Avvai kural

1. Thiru vasagam

2. Kambar andhadhi

Naatu pura padalgal

India 2020- Dr. Abdul Kalam

1. Common topic: Oviyam

2. Visual text : nattupuviyal

Sollu illakanam

Thirukkural-Bhoombugar pathipagam- puliyur kesigan urai, Chennai- 08

Kammbarin Ainthu noolgal- Vanathi pathupagam- Dr. R. Rajagopalachariyar,  Chennai- 18

Nathu pura illakiyam- Ki Va jaganathan- malai aruvi- Monarch achagam- chennai

India 2020- APJ Abdul kalam- puthaiyuram aandugaluku aga oru thoali nooku,  New century book house, chennai

Thirukkural-Bhoombugar pathipagam- puliyur kesigan urai, Chennai- 08

Kammbarin Ainthu noolgal- Vanathi pathupagam- Dr. R. Rajagopalachariyar,  Chennai- 18

Nathu pura illakiyam- Ki Va jaganathan- malai aruvi- Monarch achagam- chennai

India 2020- APJ Abdul kalam- puthaiyuram aandugaluku aga oru thoali nooku,  New century book house, chennai

Tamizhar nattup padagal - N Vanamamalai, New century book house, Chennai

EXAMINATION AND ASSIGNMENTS: There is a continuous evaluation both at the formal and informal levels. The language skills and the ability to evaluate a text will be assessed

This paper will have a total of 50 marks shared equally by End Semester Exam (ESE) and Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA) While the ESE is based on theory the CIA will assess the students' critical thinking, leadership qualities, language skills and creativity

This course is taught in the second year for students from different streams, namely BA, BSc and B Com. If the first year syllabus is an attempt by the Department of English, Christ University to recognize and bring together the polyphonic Indian voices in English and Indian regional literatures in translation for the Additional English students of the first year, the second year syllabus intends to take that project a little further and open up the engagement of the students to texts from across the world. The syllabus - selection of texts will concentrate on readings from South Asian, Latin American, Australian, Canadian, and Afro-American. It will voice subaltern concerns of identity, gender, race, ethnicity and problems of belongingness experienced by humanity all over the globe.

The syllabus will extend the concerns of nation and nationality and marginalization, discussed within the Indian context to a more inclusive and wider global platform. We have consciously kept out ‘mainstream’ writers and concentrated on the voices of the subalterns from across the world. There is an implicit recognition in this project that though the aspects of marginalization and the problems facing subalterns are present across cultures and nations, the experiences, expressions and reflections are specific to each race and culture. The course will address these nuances and specificities and enable our students to become more aware and sensitive to life and reality around them. This will equip the students, who are global citizens, to understand not just the Indian scenario, but also situate themselves within the wider global contexts and understand the spaces they will move into and negotiate in their future.

There is a prescribed text book Blends: Voices from Margins for the second year students, compiled by the Department of English, Christ University and intended for private circulation. 

The course objectives are

·         to introduce the students to look at different cultures through Literature

·         to help students develop an understanding of subaltern realities and identity politics

·         to inculcate literary sensibility/taste among students across disciplines

·         to improve language skills –speaking, reading, writing and listening

·         to equip the students with tools for developing lateral thinking

·         to equip students with critical reading and thinking habits

·         to enable them to grasp and appreciate the variety and abundance of subaltern writing, of which this compilation is just a glimpse 

·         to actively engage with the world as a cultural and social space (to be facilitated through proactive CIAs which help students to interact and engage with the realities they face everyday and have come across in these texts)

·         to learn and appreciate India and its place in the world through association of ideas in the texts and the external contexts

·         to reiterate the study skills and communication skills they developed in the previous year and extend it.  

Unit 1: Novella

·         Viktor Frankl: “Man’s Search for Meaning”(Excerpts)                                       

Short Story                                                                                                    

·         Anton Chekov: “The Avenger”

·         Chinua Achebe: “Marriage is a Private Affair”

·         Nadine Gordimer: “Train from Rhodesia”

·         Wakako Yamuchai: “And the Soul Shall Dance”

Poetry                                                                                                             12 hrs

·         Octavio Paz: “As One Listens to the Rain”

·         Jamaica Kincaid: “Girl”

·         Derek Walcott: “A Far Cry from Africa”    

·         Joseph Brodsky: “Freedom”

·         Alice Walker: Excerpts from “In Search of My Mother’s Gardens”

·         Hannah Arendt: “Men in Dark Times”

Dalai Lama Nobel Acceptance Speech

Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning"

Diary of Anne Frank

Famous Nobel Lectures

CIA2: Mid-semester written exam for 50 works

CIA 3: This is to be a creative test/ project in small groups by students. They may do Collages, tableaus, skits, talk shows, documentaries, Quizzes, presentations, debates, charts or any other creative test for 20 marks. This test should allow the students to explore their creativity and engage with the real world around them and marks can be allotted to students depending on how much they are able to link the ideas and discussions in the texts to the world around them.

Objectives

·         To enable learners to write for various purposes

·         To enable learners to make presentation of various kinds

·         To enable learners to develop content for various contexts

·         To enable learners to develop technical writing skills

·         To enable leaners to use appropriate means of oral communication

-          Paragraphing

-          Editing

-          Ethics of writing

Case study report

Evaluative report

Operation report

Inspection report

Analytical report

Newspaper reports

-          Web content writing

-          Scientific Writing

-          Copy writing

-          Travel Writing

-          Medical Writing

-          Article Writing

-          Web Copy writing

-          Copy Editing

-          Blog writing

-Film review

-Book review

-Gadget review

-preparation

-performance

-response

 Difference between talks and speeches

Seminar presentation

Elevator pitch presentation

-Job interviews

-Promotion interviews

-Exit interviews

-Reprimand interviews

-Stress interviews

-Media interviews

-Appraisal interviews

2. Communication Skills for Project and Programme Managers -Melanie Franklin & Susan Tuttle

3. Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High - Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler

4. Difficult Conversations: How to Have Conversations that Matter the Most - Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen, and Roger Fisher

6. Professional Presentations – Malcolm Goodale

7. Group Discussion and Interview Skills – Priyadarshi Patnaik

8. Using Newspapers in the Classroom – Paul Sanderson

9. Business Benchmark – Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate – Norman Whitby

10. Business Benchmark – Upperintermediate – Guy Brook- Hart

CIA (weight) = 50 marks

ESE (weight) = 50 marks

CIA 1= 20 marks

The assignment could be a written task based on unit 1. Students maybe encouraged to write for newspapers or to write reports for any University events that maybe documented in the website. Students could also be encouraged to assist in writing reports for departments.

CIA 2= 50 marks

The CIA 2 would be a submission assignment based on the topics covered. The teachers may choose one or more combinations of the communication aspects covered and provide a single topic or multiple sub-topics for the written submission. The students could be encouraged to write based on topics covered in Unit 2.

CIA 3 =20 marks

This assignment can be an oral task to ensure the oral communication section is tested. The task maybe done in groups to check various aspects covered under the unit.

ESE = 50 marks

This course aims to introduce the students to concepts, concerns, critical debates in theorising literary texts and expose them to the applicability of these theoretical frameworks. It will enable students to critically perceive and engage with the production of meanings, significations and negotiations. This paper  will act as a bridge to Cultural Studies; Popular Culture; Indian Literatures; Postcolonial Studies; Ecological Studies and other studies that will be introduced in the final year and English Honours.

I.1 What is Literature?

I.2 What is Literary Criticism; Literary/Critical Theory?

1.3 Literary Criticism/Theory: Key Ideas: Plato to Leavis 

(An Overview of the development of theory)

II. 1. Structuralism

1. What is Structuralism?
2. The Project of the Structuralists.
3. Key Ideas/Theorists: Ferdinand de Saussure and Claude Levi-Strauss

II. 2 Poststructuralism

1. What is Poststructuralism?
2. The Project of the Poststructuralists
3. Key Ideas/Theorist: Deconstruction and Jacques Derrida

III. 1 Psychoanalysis:

1. What is Psychoanalysis?
2. The Project of Psychoanalysis and its working in Literature.
3. Key Ideas/Theorists: Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan

III. 2 Feminism:

1. What is Feminism?
2. Pre-poststructuralist’ Feminist Literary Theory
3. Poststructuralist Feminist Theory      
4. Key Ideas/Theorists: Virginia Woolf, Elaine Showalter, Helene Cixous and Julia Kristeva

IV. 1 Ideology and Discourse:

1. What is Ideology?
2. Key Ideas/Theorists: Karl Marx; Louis Althusser; and Antonio Gramsci
3. What is Discourse and it implications?
4. Key Ideas/Theorists:Michel Foucault; New Historicism; Mikhail Bakhtin; Raymond Williams and Cultural Materialism

IV. 2 Race and Postcolonialism: Nations, Nationalisms and Identity

1. What is Postcolonialism?
2. The Project of Postcolonialism
3. Key Ideas/Theorists: Franz Fanon; Homi K Bhabha; Partha Chatterjee

V. 1 Postmodernism: Knowledge and Glocalization

a. What is Modernism and Postmodernism?

b. Key Ideas/Theorists: Jean Baudrillard; Jean-François Lyotard; Giles Deleuze and Felix Guattari

V.2 Ecocriticism: Green Studies and Sustainability

a. What is Ecocriticism?

b. Key Ideas/Theorists: Cheryl Glotfelty and Harold Fromm

V. 3 Narratology: Telling and Retelling Stories

a. What is Narratology ?

b. Key Ideas/Theorists: Gerard Gennette and Vladimir Propp

1. Peter Barry: Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory.

1. Abrams, M.H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. 8^th ed. New York: Wardworth, 2005.
2. Ahmand, Aijaz. In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures. Rpt. New Delhi: OUP, 2006.
3. Culler, Jonathan. The Pursuit of Signs: Semiotics, literature, deconstruction. London/New York: Routledge, 2001. Print.
4. Devy, G.N., ed. Indian Literary Criticism: Theory and Interpretation. Rpt. Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 2007. Print.
5. Eagleton, Terry. Literary Theory: An Introduction. 2^nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 2008
6. ---. The Function of Criticism. London: Verso, 2005. Print.
7. Gurrin, Wilfred L, et al. A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature. 5^th ed.New York: OUP, 2005. Print.
8. Habib, M.A.R., ed. A History of Literary Criticism and Theory: From Plato to the Present. Oxford: Blackwell, 2008. Print.
9. John, Eileen and Dominic McIver Lopes, eds. Philosophy of Literature: Contemporary and Classic Readings. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004. Print.
10. John, Eileen and Dominic McIver Lopes. Philosophy of Literature: Contemporary and Classic Readings. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004.
11. Kapoor, Kapil. Literary Theory: Indian Conceptual Framework. New Delhi: Affiliated East-West Press, 1998. Print.
12. Klages, Mary. Literary Theory: A Guide for the Perplexed. London: Continuum, 2006
13. Leitch, Vincent B., ed. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. New York:Norton, 2001. Print.
14. Rice, Philip and Patricia Waugh. Modern Literary Theory. 4^th ed. London: Hodder Arnold, 2001. Print.
15. Rivkin, Julie, Michael Ryan, eds. Literary Theory: An Introduction. Rev ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 2003. Print.
16. Rooney, Ellen ed. Feminist Literary Theory. Cambridge: CUP, 2006. Print.
17. Waugh, Patricia. Literary Theory and Criticism: An Oxford Guide. Oxford: OUP, 2006. Print

Section A: Any 3 questions out of 5. (3x10=30) (Conceptual Questions)

Section B: 1x 20=20. Application question. Compulsory no choice.

Total = 50.

CIA I: A class test (open book or otherwise on concepts and application) for 20 marks

CIA III: Any creative test that is application based for 20 marks.

End Semester Pattern

Section A: 5x10 =50 (Answer any 5 out of 7) Conceptual Questions alone

Section B: 2x25 = 50 (Answer any 2 out of 3) Application based

Total 100

French as a second language in the UG program. The method Génération A2 consists of a student's book and an activity book, both included in the digital manual. It consists of 6 units preceded by an initial section of 'Welcome'. Continuing from where A1 left, it aims to enhance learning skills further. The structure of each unit marks a real learning journey into different aspects of the French language and culture.

Course Objectives

·       To develop linguistic competencies and sharpen oral and written communicative skills further

·       To enhance awareness of different aspects of francophone civilization.

·       To enrich the learner’s vocabulary

·       To enable learners to engage in and discuss simple topics with ease

Lesson 1: Let’s do the housework!

Lexicon – Lodging, the house, rooms

Grammar – The progressive present tense , possessive pronouns, negative form

Speech act – Protesting and reacting

 Lesson 2: About lodging

Lexicon – Furniture and equipment, household tasks

Grammar – Some adjectives and indefinite pronouns, verbs ‘to read, to break up

                   and to complain’

Speech act – Expressing interest and indifference

Molière’ s L’Avare – Français facile -Act III Sc 8 onwards

Lesson 1: All in form!

Lexicon – The human body: exterior / interior, sickness and medicines

Grammar – Simple past tense and imperfect, recent past, expression of duration

Speech act – Narrating in the past tense

Lesson 2: Accidents and catastrophes

Lexicon – Accidents, natural catastrophes

Grammar – Adjectives and indefinite pronouns: nothing, no one, verbs ‘to say,  to run, to die’

Speech act – Expressing fear and reassuring

Molière’ s L’Avare – Français facile -Act IV

Lesson 1: Studying abroad, Happy journey

Lexicon – The educational system, formalities to go abroad

Grammar – Demonstrative pronouns, simple future tense, situating in time

Speech act – Expressing one’s opinion,

 Lesson 2: The weather

Lexicon – The weather

Grammar –Me too, not me, impersonal verbs, verbs ‘ to believe, to follow and to rain’

Speech act – Speaking about the weather, speaking about the future

Molière’ s  L’Avare – Français facile -Act V

2.     Molière, L’Avare – Français facile

Course Description:

The detailed text-book "Ashad ka ek din” is a drama by Mohan Rakeshi, one of the eminent writers of modern Hindi Literature. Hindi journalismis is one of the major unit of this semester. Phrases, idioms, technical and scientific terminology are included in this semester to improve the literary skills.

Course Objectives:

Through the prescribed play and the theatre performance, students can go through the process of experiential learning. Study of Mass media enables them to get practical training. Phrases, idioms, technical and scientific terminology sharpen the language skills of the students.  

Madhavi (Play) ByBhishma Sahni. Rajpal and Sons, New Delhi - 110006 

Level of knowledge: Analitical

•  Report writing,
• Media Interview                                                                    
•  Hindi Journalism 
• Electronic media and Hindi,
• Print media                                    

Level of knowledge: Conceptual

1. 50 Nos. Phrases and Idioms for writing the meaning and sentence formation.  

2. 100 Nos. (Hindi equivalent)

Level of knowledge: Basic

1. "Ashad ka ek din ” is a drama by Bhisma Sahni. Rajpal and Sons, New Delhi - 110006

2. Hindi PatrakaritakaIthihas:By Jagadeesh Prasad Chaturvedi

3. HindiPatrakaritaSwaroopEvamSandarbh:                          By Vinod Godare

4. Media Interview:                     By Philip Bell,Theovanleeuwen.

CIA-2(Mid sem exam)

CIA-3((Wikipedia-Article creation)

End sem exam

Course Description: This course has been conceptualised in order to introduce the students to social research and specifically to media research, its process and the methods with the aim of making them familiar with media studies research.

Social Research: Concept - Nature and Scope - Research steps and their types. Objectivity Reliability and Validity in Research - Variables, Hypothesis and Research Questions. Type of

hypothesis, Characteristics of good hypothesis, Hypothesis testing.

Communication research - Media research- Behaviourist School and Critical School of Research- Audience Reception studies, Media Technology studies, Political Economy of Media. The theoretical framework for media research- case studies.

Research design: Survey Research, Content analysis, Market and Advertising research, Case study method, Semiotics and Digital Ethnography. Sampling and its types, Tools and Techniques of Data Collection, Questionnaire Schedule, Interview and Observation mode.

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.

Berger, A. A. (2016). Media and communication research methods: An introduction to qualitative and quantitative approaches (Fourth Edition.). New Delhi: Sage.

Kothari, C. R., & Garg, G. (2014). Research Methodology (3rd ed.). New Delhi: New Age International Publishers.

Wimmer, R. D., & Dominick, J. R. (2011). Mass Media Research An Introduction (9th ed.). New Delhi: Cengage Learning.

This course has been conceptualized in order to enable the students to learn all of the different aspects of the news media, with a central focus on video production, broadcast journalism, and media literacy. They will also learn the various phases of television production and gain hands-on experience with professional equipment and mobile technology. Students will learn the process of scriptwriting, storytelling, editing and how to capture the images that tell a story to the viewer.

Introduction to Broadcast media, Why Broadcast Journalism matters? What makes Broadcast News?

Different types of News.24-Hour News channel, Preparing Bulletins, News Programs,

Newsmakers and their skills. People involved in Broadcast Media. Their roles and responsibilities.

Writing basics, writing for a mass audience, News angles, multi-angled stories, News package, Copy tasting, Balance of News, The Angle, Staged News Conference, Setting up the interview, preparing for the interview. The interviewer’s skill, different types of interview, being interviewed yourself.

Broadcast News Stylebook, News anchors, and presenters, qualities of a news caster, breathing, reading speed, projection, emphasis, pitch, mic positions, teleprompter, noise, bringing the story to life.

Television news production- three stages of production – TV newsroom technology -organising materials from user generated content (UGC) and citizen journalism- reporting and video journalism – sound recording- pocket news, getting the shots- shoot for impact- capturing ‘B -Roll’ shots (Insert shots)- Cut-in and cut-away shots – Continuity.

Editing the Pictures and sound- Sequence of shots-shot length- Editing types, style – editing software – Data – graphics and visuals – synchronizing audio with visuals, titles – exporting the sequence- publishing.

2.      Herbert Zettl, TV production Handbook, Thomas Wardsworth Publishing.

3.      Bernard, Sheila Curran , Documentary Story Telling for Video and Film Makers.

4.      Shyles, Leonard. Art of Video Production.

5.      Bernard, Sheila Curran. Documentary Story Telling for Video and Film Makers.

6.      Rea, Peter W ; Irving, David K . Producing and directing the short film and video.

This course has been conceptualised in order to :

● Acquire the necessary skills to work as a photojournalist and Video Producer.

● Learn fundamental principles of news applied in choosing a photography medium.

● Attempt to introduce photography as a form of documentary.

History, evolution and analysing pictures. Difference between Aesthetics and photojournalism,understanding journalistic photography, Photography for Print media (Newspapers and Magazine) and online media, leading lines, rule of thirds, frames, foreground and background,S-curves, patterns, light and shadow. Learning different compositional styles of great photographers.

 Aesthetics and Originality, Visual Feature Extraction by light, color, saturation, hue, familiarity, texture, size, aspect ratio, composition, depth of field, shape, feature - selection, classification, regression, Attaining Right Exposure, long exposure, Exposure Compensation, Precaution on choosing the background, Open softwares, creating photostories, Photo editing software, converting pictures to infographic materials and mobile journalism.

History, evolution of documentaries as a genre, early silent films, evolution of audio documentary, Need for audio documentary, Key audio/radio journalists working in the field. Audio fundamentals: Definition, properties and characteristics of sound, Representation of sound - sound waves, evolution of sound recording, understanding the nuances of sound: sound spectrum, decibel, range of human hearing, threshold, distortion, echo, acoustic, reflection and refraction of sound, reverberation, ambient sound. Studio and on location recording of sound.

 Brief introduction to stages of production, understanding documentary spaces, creating feature stories in the form of short documentaries, Process of producing an audio documentary

Sample Assignments:

Creating a photostory with only 4 images

Writing for Sound

Make a trailer for any one of the TV shows

End Semester Submission:

Make a video documentary or an audio documentary on any topic.

The course introduces the rich Kannada language and helps students to read and write the Regional language effectively. The prescribed text ‘Kalagnani Kanaka’ (Kanaka, the visionary) is all about 15^th century poet, saint and philosopher of the Haridasa Bhakti tradition. “Kanaka’s writings touch on all aspects of truth and social reality’ said K.R. Nagaraj, literary critic and the author of the Kalagnani Kanaka play. “Kanaka’s poetry is dense with rhyme, rhythm, meter and rich descriptions. He upholds social justice while addressing the issues of the time-caste and class differentiation and gender oppression, for example. Contrary to popular belief, he never confined himself to any one philosophical tradition- Advaita, Dwaita or Vishistadwaitha” ‘Kannadada Moovattu Kathegalu’ is another prescribed text. Through this text the students are exposed to the writings of Koradkal Sreenivasa Rao, K. P. Poornachandra Tejaswi, Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, G. P. Basavaraj and others. Short stories help students in harnessing creative writing skills.

Act- 1

Act- 2 

Act- 3 

Act- 4 

Act- 5

Act- 6

1.      Dhaniyara Sathyanarayana-Koradkal Sreenivasa Rao

2.      Thabarana Kate- K. P. Poornachandra Tejaswi

3.      Gowthami Helida Kathe- Masti Venkatesha Iyengar

4.      Raja mattu Hakki- G. P. Basavaraj

Essay Writing/ Letter Writing/ Dialogue writing 

2.      Kannada Rangabhoomi; L.S. Shesshagiri Rao

3.      Kannada Sanna Kathegala Olavu- Giradi Govinda Raju

4.      Tabarana Kathe- Kannada Screen play by Girish Kasaravalli

2.      Kannada Rangabhoomi; L.S. Shesshagiri Rao

3.      Kannada Sanna Kathegala Olavu- Giradi Govinda Raju

4.      Tabarana Kathe- Kannada Screen play by Girish Kasaravalli

CiA-2 Mid Semester Exams- 50 marks

CIA-3 Wikipedia Article writing- 20 marks

End Semester Exams- 50 marks

This course has been conceptualized in order to understand the historical and scientific origin as well as the development of the field in the western and Indian context. The course will help the student understand the development of the self and the dynamics of interpersonal attraction, prosocial behaviour, aggression, prejudice, group processes and attitude formation and change in a social context.

What is Social Psychology? Brief History of Social Psychology, Social Psychology in India, Recent advances in Social Psychology: Role of Emotions, Social Neuroscience, Implicit (non-conscious) processes, Multicultural perspective. Role of Theory in social psychology; Methods of Social Psychology: Systematic Observation, Survey, Experimental Method, Qualitative research: Interviewing, Participant observation, Diaries, Focus groups, Discourse analysis, Archival research.

Definition, Heuristics, Schemas, Automatic and controlled processing, Potential sources of error in social cognition, Affect and cognition; Definition of self, Self-concept – Beginnings, Formation, Self- schemas. Culture and Self. Self- presentation - False modesty, Self-handicapping, Impression management. Self-esteem - Development and Consequences. Perceiving persons- Attribution theories, Attribution biases - Fundamental attribution error, Actor-observer effect; Definition of attitudes and its components, Attitude: Formation, Relationship with behaviour; How Attitudes Are Changed - Persuasion, Theory of Cognitive Dissonance.

Motives of Prosocial behaviour: Evolutionary perspective, Social Exchange perspective, Empathy-altruism hypothesis, Negative-state relief, Empathic joy, Defensive helping, guilt and shame, The Role of Social Norms. Emergency Responses: Understanding the Bystander Effect, Influences on Helping – Positive Emotions, Group membership, Social Exclusion, Darkness, Putting an economic value on one’s time and effort. The effects of being helped;

Interpersonal attraction and affiliation –Internal Sources of Attraction: The Role of Needs and Emotions, External Sources of Attraction: The Effects of Proximity and Physical Beauty, Factors Based on Social Interaction: Similarity and Mutual Liking, Close Relationships: Foundations of Social Life. 

The nature and origins of stereotyping: Definition, Aspects, Illusory correlation, Outgroup homogeneity; Prejudice: What is the problem? Contrasting perspectives on origins of prejudice:  Prejudiced Personality, Threat to self-esteem, Rationalizations for oppression, Competition for resources, Social categorization. Ways to reduce prejudice: Contact, Re-categorization, Superordinate goals; Discrimination: Hostile and Benevolent sexism, Glass cliff effect, Glass ceiling effect, Modern Racism, Casteism in the Indian context.

Definition, Aspects, Conformity: Asch’s Research on Conformity; Compliance; Symbolic Social Influence;  Obedience to Authority: Milgram’s research; Tyranny: Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison study, Reicher and Haslam’s BBC prison study.

Crisp, R.J. & Turner, R.N. (2007). Essential Social Psychology. Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd.

Misra, G. & Dalal, A.K. (2001). Social Psychology in India: Evolution and Emerging trends. (in Eds) Ajit. K. Dalal and Girishwar Misra. New Directions in Indian Psychology, Volume I: Social Psychology. Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd.

Myers, D.G (2002) Social Psychology, (7th International Ed). McGraw Hill Companies.

Taylor ,S .E, Peplau, L.A & Sears, D.O. (2006) Social Psychology, (12th Ed). Pearson Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.

CIA-1: Activity-based Individual Assignment- 10 Marks 
CIA-2: Mid sem Exam-Case/Scenario-based Question- 25 Marks; Department level 
CIA-3: Individual Assignment- 10 Marks 
Attendance- 5 Marks 

ESE Pattern      ESE (End Semester Examination) Total Marks- 50 , 02 HOURS

Question paper pattern
Section A- (Short Answers) 02 marks x5Qs =10 Marks
Section B- (Essay Type) 10 marks x 3Qs = 30 Marks
Section C-(Compulsory: Case Study) 10 marks x 1Q =10 Marks

This course is the next phase of Psychological experiments and statistics-1 completed in the third semester. Students will examine the connection between experimental psychology and society. Much of the course will involve students considering directly how to create/develop lab and field experiments. Other portions of this course are directed at developing skills in data analysis, including the use of the statistical software package SPSS (all students are expected to have had previous exposure to SPSS or comparable statistical software in semester three). Students will perform experiments and analyze data from these experiments both individually and as part of a group. Students will also learn how to disseminate the results of their experiments orally and in the form of an APA-format report. 

Developing and Conducting Experiments- computer-assisted and classic experiments, Variables, hypothesis, analysis, report writing and presenting the findings. Steps involved in designing an experiment.

Topics: Memory, Concept Formation, Creativity, Learning

Suggested Experiments and tools for Demonstration/ to conduct - digit span, memory drum, bi-lateral transfer of learning, cueing on recall, paired associate learning, habit formation, concept formation task

Difference between Two Independent Means, Two Dependent (Correlated) Means and nonparametric Approaches to Data. Correlation: The meaning of Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing; Null and the Alternative Hypotheses, A Statistically Significant Difference versus a Practically Important Difference; Levels of Significance versus p-Values. Hypothesis Testing About the Difference between. Presentation of tables: Correlation, t-test, (in APA style) Software packages: SPSS, MS Word (Tables)

Cohen, R. J. & Swerdlik, M. E. (2013). Psychological testing and assessment: An introduction to tests and measurement (Eighth Edition). McGraw-Hill.

King, B.M. & Minium, E.W. (2007).Statistical reasoning in the behavioral sciences (5th Ed). John Willey.

Morling, B. (2012). Research methods in psychology: Evaluating a world of information. (1st Ed).  W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.

• CIA 1: Lab Report (20 marks) + Class participation and Supervisor Feedback (5 marks)-  25 Marks 
• CIA 2: Lab Report (20 marks) + Class participation and Supervisor Feedback (5 marks)-  25 Marks 
• CIA 3: Department Level Exam- 50 Marks 

Avimarakam by Bhasa is the drama  prescribed as a text and approved in the B.O.S.  It is sociological drama which explains about the society.  . This drama is an imaginary composition of Bhasa . The concept and drama skills expresses the beauty of the style of the author Bhasa.  He creates the characters and the incidents are naturally created. Grammar will also be studied.

Avimarakam of Balagovindaha  Jha Origin and development of Nataka to understand the different theories and original nature of Sanskrit dramas. Avimarakam  by Balagovind jha  provides an insight to sociological life .Basic grammer only rules are given for usage in composition. Language component will help for proper usage of Sanskrit language.

             Level of knowledge: Basic/conceptual/ Analytical

Avimaraka meeting kurangi and Avimaraka engtering into the mansion of  Kurangi

Karaka prakaranam 

Vykarana vishesha 

Translation of given passage from English to Sanskrit

Writing an article in Sanskrit on the given topics

Avimarakam  by Balagovind jha 

Books for Reference: -

1.      “Avimarakam” by Balagovinda Jha

2.      Basanatakachakram  of choukamba edition.

3.      Sanskrit dramas by a.B.Keith

4.      Sanskrit grammar by M.R.Kale.

CIA 2 Mid semester examinations

CIA 3 Wikipedia assignments

A new concept, cultural studies, will take the students beyond prescribed syllabus to include music, theatre, painting, and films out of which the art form of music is taken up for the first semester.  Aram poetry- Ara nericharam specifies life discipline and standards, which would pave a successful life for the students. 

Bhakthi ilakiya- them bhavani, cheerapuranam, thirumandiram is inclined towards ritual practices. Kaapiyam with its historical values provides an understanding about life in a mature way.

seevaga sindhamani.

Thirumular Thirumandhiram

These topics coherently plays a significant role in inclination towards spiritual aspects of life. It puts for the religious beliefs and entitles each one to understand the rituals and practices.

Aranericharam- Munai padaiyaar

The text acustoms the core values and ethics with the ideological guidelines and ways of living.

Thembavani

Seera puranam

Thiru mular, thiru mandhiram

The text elicits the importance of rituals and beliefs. 

Nadagam

1. Irakam yenge- C N Anna Dhorai

2. Theervu - Indhra partha sarathi

3. Soothradharam- Puvi Arasu

4. Karumbum Kalliyum- Komal saminadhan

5. Palaavku thookigal - Dr. A. Ramasamy

6. Pei ottam- Dr. K A Guna Sekaran

Vetrumai orupugal

Tamizhil pudhirgalum, pazhamozhigalum

1. Neethi book, Manikkavasakar pathippakam, paarimunai, Chennai -08 

2. Tamil paa thirattu - prasaranga pub. Bangalore university, Bangalore 

3. Kappiya noolkal-manikkavasakar pathippakam, Chennai -08 

4. Madagascar kalanchiyam - van a thing pathippakam

2. Mozhi varalaru - Dr. My. Varatharajan - kazhaka pub. Chennai- 01 

3. Aranerichaaram-Munaipatiyaar 

4. Kazhaka pub. Thirunelveli, thenninthiya saivachiththantha noorpathippu kazhaka, Ltd., Chennai 01 

5. Thirumoor thirumandiram-Thiruvaavatuthurai aathinam, Thiruvaavatuthurai Nadagam, Education in karnataka Bangalore 01. 

6. Madras university , etaikkala illakkiyam, Chennai -01 

7. Thamizh pazhamozhikal, janaral pub. Mylappur, Chennai -04 

8. Thamizhil puthirkal our aayivu-Aaru. Ramanadan, Manikkavasakar niilakam, Chennai -01

EXAMINATION AND ASSIGNMENTS: There is a continuous evaluation both at the formal and informal levels. The language skills and the ability to evaluate a text will be assessed

This paper will have a total of 50 marks shared equally by End Semester Exam (ESE) and Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA) While the ESE is based on theory the CIA will assess the students' critical thinking, leadership qualities, language skills and creativity

Objectives:

·         To introduce students to few key terms of colonialism and postcolonialism

·         To enable close reading of texts in their socio/political/cultural contexts, specifically colonisation

·         To make students use critical vocabulary of the critical framework while discussing and writing

Terms chosen will introduce the key issues of colonialism and postcolonial literatures as a foundation to the rest of the paper. The reference text is Key Concepts in Post-Colonial Studies, Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths and Helen Tiffin, will offer focus to the discussions.

·         Centre/margin

·         Colonialism/imperialism

·         Decolonisation

·         Mimicry/hybridity

·         Post-colonialism/postcolonialism 

Savage/civilised

The poems chosen are response to colonisation from America, Srilanka, England, Canada  and Caribbean. The selection aims at introducing the resistance to colonisation articulated by indigenous community, Anglo-French community and the migrant slaves.

·         A Lament for Confederation - Chief Dan George 

·         I Lost My Talk - Rita Joe

·         The Dodo – Hilaire Belloc

·         Buffalo Dusk – Carl Sandburg

·       Zong - Nourbese Philip

·       The Sea is History – Derek Walcott

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Novel is one of the major genres borrowed from the West and appropriated to narrate the nation. This module aims to introduce the form and the process in the Indian context.   

The team will discuss and select from the following texts. 

·       The Coming be the Christ Child -  Bessie Head

·       Is There Nowhere Else Where We Can Meet? – Nadine Gordimer

·       My Son, the Fanatic – Hanif Kureishi

·       Doris Lessing - Grass is Singing

·       Michael Oondatje - Running in the family

·       Naipaul - House for Mr Biswas or Miguel Street