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THE BHAWANIPUR EDUCATION SOCIETY COLLEGE A MINORITY RUN COLLEGE. AFFILIATED TO UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA

RECOGNISED UNDER SECTION 2(F) & 12 (B) OF THE UGC ACT, 1956

B.A. (HONS/ GEN) SEMESTER II INTERNAL ASSESSMENT EXAMINATION, 2018-19

ENGLISH (HONOURS)

Core Course 3

• Mahesh Dattani: Bravely Fought the Queen

• Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay: Rajmohan’s Wife

• Toru Dutt: Our Casuarina Tree

• Derozio: ‘To India My Native Land’

• Nissim Ezekiel: ‘Enterprise’

• Kamala Das: ‘Introduction’

• A.K. Ramanujan: ‘A River’

• Jayanta Mahapatra: ‘Dawn at Puri’

Core Course 4

• William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night

Macbeth

Sonnet 18, Sonnet 130

• Andrew Marvell: ‘To His Coy Mistress’

• John Donne: ‘Good Morrow’

• Chaucer: The Wife of Bath’s Prologue

ENGLISH (GENERAL)

• Arms and the Man

• As You Like It

• Shooting an Elephant

• Dream Children

• The Mayor of Casterbridge

BENGALI (GENERAL)




BENGALI (HONOURS)




POLITICAL SCIENCE (HONOURS)

Constitutional Government in India Code: PLS-A-CC-2-3-TH+TU

Module I:

1. Evolution of the Indian Constitution. Role of the Constituent Assembly--- debates (overview).

The Preamble.

2. Citizenship. Fundamental Rights and Duties. Directive Principles.

3. .Nature of Indian Federalism: Union-State Relations.

4. Union Executive: President, Vice-President: election, position, functions (focus on Emergency Powers),

Prime

5. Minister, Council of Ministers, relationship of Prime Minister and President.

Module II:

6. Union Legislature: Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha: Organisation, Functions – Lawmaking procedure,

Parliamentary procedure, Privileges, Committee system. Speaker.

7. Government in states: Governor, Chief Minister and Council of Ministers: position and functions – State

Legislature: composition and functions.

8. Judiciary: Supreme Court and the High Courts: composition and functions – Judicial activism.

9. Constitutional amendment. Major recommendations of National Commission to Review the Working of

the Constitution.

Politics in India: Structures and Processes Code: PLS-A-CC-2-4-TH+TU

Module I:

1. Party system: features and trends – major national political parties in India: ideologies and programmes.

2. Coalition politics in India: nature and trends. Political parties in West Bengal: Overview.

3. Electoral process: Election Commission: composition, functions, role. Electoral reforms.

4. Role of business groups, working class, peasants in Indian politics.

Module IV:

5. Role of (a) religion (b) language (c) caste (d) tribe.

6. Regionalism in Indian politics.

7. New Social Movements since the 1970s:

a. environmental movements

b. women’s movements

c. human rights movements

Module II:

4. PRC (1982 Constitution ):(a) Significance of the Revolution (b) Basic features with special reference to

General Principles(c) Communist Party: structure, functions, role (d) Rights and Duties of Citizen (e) The

National Government:

(i) The Executive: President, Premier, State Council,

(ii) The Legislature: National People’ Congress ,Standing Committee

(iii) The Judiciary.

5. Salient features of the Constitutions of Bangladesh ,France, Switzerland.




POLITICAL SCIENCE (GENERAL)

Comparative Government and Politics Code: PLS-G-CC-2-2-TH+TU

Module I

1. Political System: Liberal-democratic, Authoritarian .Socialist – forms of Political Systems: Unitary and

Federal, Parliamentary and Presidential.

2. U.K.: (a) Basic features with major focus on Conventions and rule of Law. (b) Legislature: composition

and functions with major focus on the concept of parliamentary sovereignty. (c) Executive:

composition and functions of the Cabinet with major focus on the role of the Prime Minister – the

concept of Cabinet Dictatorship; (d) Role of the Crown;(e) Party system – role of the Opposition.

3. 3. U.S.A.: (a) Basic features (b) US federalism (c) Bill of rights (d) Legislature: composition and functions

with major focus on the Presiding Officers and Committee System; (e) The Executive: The President:

election, powers and functions. US Cabinet: composition and functions; (f) Supreme Court:

composition and functions; (g) Party system.

Module II

4. PRC (1982 Constitution):(a) Significance of the Revolution (b) Basic features with special reference to

General Principles(c) Communist Party: structure, functions, role (d) Rights and Duties of Citizen (e) The

National Government: i) The Executive: President, Premier, State Council, ii) The Legislature: National

People’ Congress ,Standing Committee iii) The Judiciary.

5. . Salient features of the Constitutions of Bangladesh, France, Switzerland.

HISTORY (HONOURS)

CC-3 : History of India C300 BCE to C750 CE

I. Economy and Society(circa300 BCE to circa CE300)

a) Expansion of agrarian economy: production relations

b) Urban growth: North India, Central India and the Deccan; craft Production: trade and trade routes;

coinage

c) Social stratification: class, Varna, Jati, untouchability; gender; marriage and property relations.

II. Changing political formations (circa 300BCE to circa CE300) :

a) The Mauryan Empire

b) Post-Mauryan Poliities with special reference to the Kushanas and the Satavahanas; Gana-Sanghas

III. Towards early medieval India(circa CE fourth century to CE750):

a) Agrarian expansion: land grants, changing production relations; graded land rights and peasantry.

b) The problem of urban decline: patterns of trade, currency, and urban settlements. c) Varna, proliferation

of Jatis: changing norms of marriage and property

d) The nature of polities: the Gupta empire and its contemporaries: post-Gupta polities-Pallavas, Chalukyas,

and Vardhanas.




IV. Religion, philosophy and society(circa 300BCE–CE750)

a) Consolidation of the Brahmanical tradition: dharma, Varnashram, Purushastras, Samskaras. b) Theistic

cults (from circa second century BC):Mahayana; the Puranic tradition.

c) The beginnings of Tantricism.

V. Cultural developments (circa 300 BCE to circa CE750):

a. A brief survey of Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit and Tamil literature, Scientific and technical treatises.

b. Art and architecture and forms and patronage ; Mauryan, Post-Mauryan, Gupta, Post-Gupta

CC-4: Social Formations and Cultural patterns of the Medieval World other

than India

GROUP-B

III. Crisis of the Roman Empire and its principal causes: Historiography

IV. Religion and Culture in Medieval Europe : Society, Religious organizations (Church and Monastery),

Carolingian renaissance12thcentury renaissance, Position of Women in men Medieval Europe, Witchcraft and

Magic, Urbanization, Rise of University, Medieval art and architecture.

V. The feudal society its origins and its crisis: Historiography

GROUP-C

VI. Judaism and Christianity under Islam

HISTORY (GENERAL)

CC- 2/ GE- 2: History of India from. C.300 to 1206 I. The Rise &Growth of the Guptas: Administration, Society, Economy, Religion, Art, Literature, and Science

& Technology.

II. Harsha & His Times: Harsha’s Kingdom, Administration, Buddhism & Nalanda

III. South India: Polity, Society, Economy & Culture

IV. Towards the Early Medieval: Changes in Society, Polity Economy and Culture with reference to the

Pallavas, Chalukayas and Vardhanas.

V. Evolution of Political structures of Rashtakutas, Pala & Pratiharas.

VI. Emergence of Rajput States in Northern India: Polity, Economy & Society.

VII. Arabs in Sindh: Polity, Religion & Society.

VIII. Struggle for power in Northern India & establishment of Sultanat




SOCIOLOGY (HONOURS)

CC3 SYLLABUS

CC-3 Introductory Sociology – II

1. On the Plurality of Sociological Perspective

2. Functionalism

2.1 General arguments;

2.2. Contributions of Parsons and Merton;

2.3 Critical overview.

3. Interpretive Sociology


3.2 Contributions of Weber

4. Conflict Perspective


4.2 Contributions of Dahrendorf and Coser;

4.3 Critical overview

5. Structuralism


5.2 Contributions of Levi-Strauss

6. Feminist Perspective


6.2 Stages of development of feminism;

6.3 Varieties of feminist sociology

CC-4

Sociology of India – II

1.Ideas of India

1.1 Gandhi and Ambedkar

1.1.1 Gandhi on Harijan

1.1.2 Ambedkar: Dalit &Hindu Society

1.2. Indological and Ethnographic Approaches

Resistance, Mobilization, Change

2.1. Dalit Politics

2.2. Mobility and Change

2.3. Women’s Movement

2.4. Peasant Movements

2.5. Ethnic Movements

2.6. Middle Class Phenomenon

Challenges to Civilization, State and Society




3.1. Communalism: Factors and Control measures

3.2. Secularism: Significance, Issues and Challenges

3.3. Nationalism: Concept and Growth Factors

SOCIOLOGY (GENERAL)

Sociology of India

1. India as a Plural Society

1.1 Unity and Diversity

1.2 Problem of National Unity

2. Social Institutions and Practices

2.1 Caste

2.1.1 Sanskritization

2.1.2 Changing aspects

2.2 Tribe

2.2.1 Features

2.2.2 Tribes in contemporary India

2.3 Class

2.3.1 Rural class

2.3.2 Urban class

2.4 Village

2.4.1 Self-sufficient village community

2.5 Family and Kinship

2.5.1 Types of family

2.5.2 Kinship in India

3. Identities and Change

3.1 Dalits’ Movement

3.2 Women’s Movement

4. Challenges to State and Society

4.1 Communalism

4.1.1 Problems

4.1.2 Solution

4.2 Secularism

4.2.1 Concept

4.2.2 Nature




JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION (HONOURS)

JORA-CC-2-3-TH+TU: Reporting and Editing

Unit-1

News: Elements, Values, Objectivity; Beat and Source: definitions, Principles of News (Report) Writing: Intro,

Lead; Principles of Agency News; Principle of Page Making; Interviewing: Research, planning, framing

questions, writing the piece; Feature: Definition, Types; Advertorials.

Unit-2

Positions, qualities, duties and responsibilities of: Correspondents: Special Correspondent,

District Correspondent, Foreign Correspondent; Columnist, Photo Journalist, News Coordinator, Executive

Editor, Assistant Editor, Chief Reporter, Chief Sub-Editor, Sub-Editor, News Editor, Chief of News Bureau;

Headline: types, importance, writing headline for newspaper; Principle of writing an Editorial, Post Editorial;

Principles of Sub-Editing;

Unit-3

Specialization in Journalism: Interpretative and Investigative Journalism, Political Journalism, Crime and Legal

Journalism, Public Affairs Reporting, Human Interest Stories and Human Rights Reporting, Corporate,

Economic, Financial and Business Journalism.

Unit-4

Agriculture Journalism, Science Journalism, Sports Journalism, Film Journalism, Environment Journalism,

Fashion and Entertainment Journalism, Page-3 Reporting, Column Writing, Writing for Magazine, Special and

supplementary Pages.

JORA-CC-2-4-TH: Media and Communication

Unit-1

Communication: Definition, Processes and Semiotic school; Forms of Communication (verbal, non-verbal,

paralanguage, iconic, semiotic etc.), Levels of Communication (intrapersonal, interpersonal, group, public,

mass communication), Functions of communication and mass communication (surveillance, correlation,

transmission, entertainment, validation, mobilization)

Unit-2

Role of Media in a Democracy: Responsibility to Society, Contemporary debates and issues relating to media;

Online journalism, Citizen Journalism; Covering news: Covering Speeches, Meetings and Press Conferences;

Covering of beats- crime, courts, city reporting, local reporting, hospitals, health; education, sports;

Understanding new media: e-mail, social media; Ethics in journalism.




JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION (GENERAL)

JORG-CC/GE-2-2-TH+TU: Media Management

Unit-1

Newspaper as a business enterprise and its public service role; Indian experience; Ownership of Newspapers:

Different types in India; Cross-media Ownership, Media Conglomeration&

Convergence; Sources of revenue of newspapers; Scope in India; Departments of Newspaper

organizations and functions; Front page of a daily newspaper; Film review; Book review; Music review; Radio

and Television review.

Unit-2

Circulation of newspapers; Circulation factors: Geographical factor, Social Factor, Economic, Technological

factor; Promoting circulation; Newspaper’ spolicy; Circulation department; Organization; Functions; Duties

and responsibilities of the circulation manager; RNI; Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC), National Readership

Survey (NRS);

Unit-3

Advertisement department of a Newspaper; Administration of Ad-department; Advertisement Manager:

Duties and responsibilities; Different types of advertisement in newspapers: classified and display; Newspaper

as a medium of advertisement;

Unit-4

Newspaper Printing: Evolution of newspaper printing process; Public Service Broadcasting: Prasar Bharati;

Electronic Media Management: Licensing, Organizational Patterns; TRAI; The Broadcasting Bill 1997.

HINDI (GENERAL)




EDUCATION (GENERAL)

CC-2/GE-2 (Semester- 2)

Psychological Foundation of Education

Unit: 1 = Relation between Psychology and Education

➢ Meaning and definition of Psychology

➢ Meaning and definition of Education

➢ Relation between Psychology and Education

➢ Nature, scope and significance of Educational Psychology

Unit: 2 = Stages and types of human development and their educational significance

➢ Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

➢ Erikson’s Psycho-social Development Theory

➢ Kohlberg’s Moral Development Theory

➢ Vygotsky’s Social Development Theory and Bandura’s Social Learning Theory

Unit: 3 = Learning: Concept and Theories

➢ Concept and characteristics of Learning

➢ Theories: Connectionism (Trial and error, Classical, Operant)

➢ Insightful Learning

➢ Memorization and Forgetting: Process of memorization, causes of forgetting and economical ways of

improving memorization

Unit: 4 = Intelligence

➢ Concept of Intelligence

➢ Theories of Spearman, Thorndike and Guilford

➢ Types and uses of Intelligence tests

➢ Concept of Emotional Intelligence and E.Q.

FILM STUDIES (GENERAL)

History: World Cinema

Post WW I

1. German Expressionism: Robert Weine & Fritz Lang

2. Soviet Montage: Lev Kuleshov, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Sergei Eisenstein

3. Surrealism: Luis Bunuel

4. Silent Comedy: Chaplin

Post WW II

5. Italian Neo-Realism: Roberto Rossellini & Vittorio De Sica

6. French new wave: Francois Truffaut & Jean Luc Godard

7. Japanese Cinema: Ozu, Akira Kurosawa & Mizoguchi




Environmental Science




PSYCHOLOGY (GENERAL)

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

THEORY:

Unit 1: Introduction:

Brief history of social psychology (special emphasis on India), Scope of social psychology, levels of social behaviour, approaches towards understanding social behaviour.

Unit 2: Individual level processes:

Attitude: formation, change and resistance to change.

Unit 3: Interpersonal processes:

Interpersonal attraction, prosocial behaviour, aggression

Unit 4: Group dynamics:

Key aspects of groups (Structure, Function and Types of Groups), cooperation and conflict

PRACTICAL:

1. To determine group cohesiveness of a small group (by Sociometric method)

2. Influence of group on individual behaviour

GEOGRAPHY (GENERAL)

GEO-G-GE-2-TH – Environmental Geography

Unit I: Climatology

1. Insolation and Heat Budget. Horizontal and vertical distribution of atmospheric temperature and pressure

2. Overview of planetary wind systems. Indian Monsoons: Mechanisms and controls

3. Atmospheric disturbances: Tropical and temperate cyclones. Thunderstorms

4. Overview of global climatic change: Greenhouse effect. Ozone depletion

5. Scheme of world climatic classification by Köppen

Unit II: Soil Geography

6. Factors of soil formation

7. Soil profile development under different climatic conditions: Laterite, Podsol, and

Chernozem

8. Physical and chemical properties of soils: Texture, structure, pH, salinity, and NPK

status

9. USDA classification of soils. Soil erosion and its management

Unit III: Biogeography

10. Ecosystem and Biomes. Distribution and characteristics of tropical rainforest; Savannah and hot desert

biomes

11. Plant types, occurrence and ecological adaptations: Halophytes, xerophytes, hydrophytes, and mesophytes

12. Biodiversity: Types, threats and management with special reference to India

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