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DR. K. N. MODI UNIVERSITY

INS-1, RIICO Industrial Area Ph-II, Newai, Rajasthan (India), Pin code- 304021

Syllabus

Bachelor in Arts

School of Humanities & Social Sciences

Effective from 2017-18

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PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION

PAPER CODE: 01BA103

Credit: 04

Course Objectives This class is designed to improve communication skills with peers, family, teachers, employers or large groups of people

so that the students may participate more successfully in professional and social life. Rapidly expanding technologies and

corporate systems demand strong choices in verbal and nonverbal messages, listening skills and critical thinking.

UNIT 1

Introducing Business Communication, Basic forms of Communication, Objectives, Communication

models and process, Effective communication, Barriers in communication

UNIT 2

Tenses, sequence of tenses, Determiners. Modals, Prepositions, Connectors, Passives, Indirect Speech,

Words and Phrases: Word formation. Synonyms and Antonyms; Homophones; Select vocabulary of

about 500-1000 frequently used words;

UNIT 3

Non-verbal communication: Importance, types. Formal and Informal communication networks, tips for

effective use of non-verbal communication,

UNIT 4

Practical aspects of business communication: Report writing, CV Writing, Public speaking, Presentation

Skills, Interviews, Group discussion, Effective listening, Job application. Modern Forms of

communication: Teleconferencing, E-mail, Internet, Facebook, Twitter

UNIT 5:

Value-Based Text Readings

Essays: Of Studies by Francis Bacon, “On Saying Please” by A. G. Gardiner

Poems: The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, Leisure by W. H. Davies

Short story: Kabuliwala by Rabindranath Tagore.

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Reference Book:

1, Boyee and Thill - Business communication today, Tata MC grawhill

2, Kaul; Business Cornniunication Prentice hall

3. Kaul; Effective Business Communication, Prentice hall

4. Patri V.R.; Essentials of Communication; Greenspan publication.

5. Longman Language Activator (with CD)

6. Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

MICRO ECONOMICS

PAPER CODE - 01 BA 108

Course objectives -

Education in Economics begins with a study of the most fundamental ideas that govern economic

activities. A beginner normally commences the study of these ideas with two courses in the

methodology and principles of economics. The first course covers the simple relations that are

concerned with the economic behavior of individual economic agents. This course is called

microeconomics-1. It will introduce the students to the basic ideas and tools that will be utilized

throughout in other courses of the degree programme.

UNIT I

Introduction of Economic, Nature and Scope of Economics. Differences between Micro and Macro

Economics, Significance of Micro Economics in Decision Making and Fundamental Concepts of

economics. Objectives of Business Firms.

UNIT II

Supply and Demand: Individual demand and supply schedules and the derivation of market demand

and supply; shifts in demand and supply curves; the role prices in resource allocation; the concept of

elasticity and its application; consumer and producer surplus; taxes and their efficiency costs.

Techniques of demand forecasting.

UNIT III

Production Function and Laws of productions in short and long run. Managerial applications of

production functions. Indifference curve and then properties, optimal input combination. Cost

concepts cost- output relationship, Iso-cost and Iso-quant approach.

UNIT IV Market Structure: Perfect Competition features, Determination of price under perfect competition. Monopoly: Feature, Pricing under monopoly. Price Discrimination, Monopolistic:

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Features, Pricing under monopolistic competition, Product differentiation. Oligopoly: Features,

Price determination under Oligopoly. Pricing Strategies.

UNIT V

Theories of distribution: marginal productivity theory, theories of rent-classical and modern theory,

liquidity preference theory of interest.

Suggested Reading-

1. Stonier and Hague - A text book of economic theory

2. R,G. Lipsey: An Introduction to positive economies

3. Samnelson, Paul A: Economics

4. Gould and Ferguson: Micro economic theory'

ENGLISH - PROSE

PAPER CODE

01BA107

Unit 1

Bacon: Of Friendship, Of love

Unit 2

“Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell

Unit 3

“Laughter” by Joseph Addison

Charles Lamb: “The praise of chimney sweepers” or “Imperfect Sympathies”

Unit 4

“A wrong man in workers’ paradise” by Rabindranath Tagore

Ant Community

Unit 5

Huxley: Selected Snobberies Gardiner: On Superstitious

Gardiner: On Superstitions

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Recommended Books:

1. Bimal Jalan (ed.) The Indian Economy: Problems and Prospects Penguin

2. C. D. Wadhwa. Some problems of India's Economic Policy, Tata McGraw Hill

3 PC Joshi. 1975. Land Reforms in India: Trends and Perspectives. Allied Publishers:

4 Pramit Chaudhuri. 1979. Indian Economy: Poverty and Development.

ENGLISH-POETRY

PAPER CODE- 01BA207

Unit 1

Geoffrey Chaucer: Prologue to the Canterbury Tales

John Donne: Death Be Not Proud; A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning

Unit 2

John Milton: Paradise Lost I (first 26 lines), On his blindness

William Wordsworth: The World is too much with us; Daffodils

Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Rime of the Ancient Manner (Part I)

Unit 4

John Keats: Ode to a Nightingale, Ode to Autumn

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Ozymandias, Ode to the West Wind

Unit 5

Browning: My Last Duchess

Philip Larkins: The Church Going

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PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION II

SUBJECT CODE: 01BC205

Course Objectives:

This course aims to the students to know about English grammar basic and its use in professional

way which include tenses, parts of speech, essay writing, letter writing.

Unit -1 Applied Grammar

a) Subject – Verb Agreement

b) Parts of Speech

c) Noun (Definition. Singular, Plural)

d) Pronoun and Determiners

e) Modal Verbs

f) Adjectives

g) Articles

h) Adverb

i) Frequently used prepositions & their usage

j) Conjunctions

k) Interjection

l) Exercises

Unit - 2 Grammar

a) Grammar and Usage

b) Phrases and Clauses

c) Synthesis of Sentences (use of connectives)

d) Conditional Sentences

e) Correction of Common Errors

Unit - 3 Comprehension and Precise Writing

a) Reading Comprehension

b) Reason for poor Comprehension

c) Improving Comprehension Skills

d) Developing skills of Comprehension

e) Precise writing

f) Use and Procedure of Precise Writing

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Unit - 4 Letter writing and Review Writing

a) Classification of Letters

b) Social Letters

c) Business Letters

d) Resume Writing

e) Review Writing

Unit - 5 Essay and Paragraph Writing

a) Essay writing

b) Types of Essay

c) Argumentative Essay

d) Descriptive Essay

e) Paragraph writing

f) Component of a Paragraph ( Topic, Unity, Coherence, Adequate Development)

g) Techniques for Paragraph Writing

Reference Books:

1. Current English Grammar and Usage with composition by R.P. Sinha, Oxford Univ. Press

New Delhi.

2. English Grammar, Composition and usage by J.C. Nesfield, Macmillan India Ltd. Delhi.

3. English Grammar & Composition by P.C. Wren & Martin, S. Chand & Co. Ltd. New Delhi.

4. Technical Communication Principles and Practice by Meenakshi Raman, Oxford Univ.

Press New Delhi.

5. Communication Techniques by Neeru Sharma, Vayu Education of India, New Delhi.

6. Paragraph Writing Made Easy by J. K. Arora

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Recommended Books:

1. Heijdra, B.J. and F.V .Ploeg (2CX) 1) Foundations of Modern Macroeconomics, Oxford,

University Press, Oxford.

2. Lewis, M.K. and P.D. Mizan (20(X)), Monetary Economics. Oxford University Press, New

DeM.

3. Hanson, A.H. (1953) A Guide to Keynes. McGraw Hill, New York

4. Keynes, J.M, (1936), The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, Macmillan,

London.

5. Gupta, S.B. (1994), Monetary Economics, S. Chand & Company, New Delhi.

6. Kenen, P.B. . The International Economy, Cambridge University press, London.

ENGLISH FICTION

PAPERCODE - 02BA406

Unit 1

Charles Dickens: Great Expectations

Unit 2

Thomas Hardy: The Mayor of Casterbridge

Unit 3

Fielding: Joseph Andrews

Unit 4

Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility

Unit 5

Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness

History of English Literature

The Age of Chaucer

Renaissance in England

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criteria; cost-benefit analysis. Role of monetary and fiscal policies in developing countries.

UNIT V

External resources; FDT; Aid vs. trade; Technology inflow; MNC activity in developing

Countries, Planning: Need for planning—Democratic, decentralized planning, macro level

planning, micro level planning; Review of Indian plan models.

Recommended Books;

1. Indian economics (A development oriented study) Dull, R and Sundharm, K.P.M. (S. Chand

and Company LTD).

2. Rathindra P.Sen. Development Theories and Growth Models (S. Chand and Company LTD)

LITERARY CRITICISM

PAPER CODE - 03BA502

UNIT 1

Literary Devices:

(a) Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Alliteration. Assonance, Imagery, Symbol

(b) Plot, Character, Structure, Narrator, Allegory, Irony, Paradox

(c) Main Stanza Forms: Ballad Metre, Tcrza rima, Spenserian stanza, Ottava rima, Heroic

Couplet

UNIT II

Aristotle: Concepts of Plot, Tragic Hero, Catharsis

Wordsworth: Theory of Poetry and Poetic Diction,

Relevant Portions from “Preface to Lyrical Ballads”

MICRO ECONOMICS PAPER CODE -01BA108

COURSE OBJECTIVES – Education in economics beings with a study of the most fundamental ideas that govern economic activities. A beginner normally commences the study of these ideas with two courses in the methodology and principles of economics. The first course covers the simple relations that are concerned with the economic behavior of individual economic agents. This course is called Microeconomics - I. It will introduce the student to the basic ideas and tools that will be utilized throughout in other courses of the degree program.

UNIT I:

Introduction to Economics, Nature and Scope of Economics, Differences between Micro and Macro Economics. Significance of Micro Economics in Decision

Making Basic Economic Problems Utility Analysis - utility and satisfaction, Total and Marginal utility, Cardinal and Ordinal Approach, Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility, Law of equi-marginal utility, Consumer’s Equilibrium,

UNIT 2:

Meaning and definition of Indifference Curve, properties of Indifference Curve, Indifference Schedule and curve, Diminishing Marginal Rate of Substitution, Consumer’s Equilibrium, Supply and Demand: Individual demand and supply schedules and the derivation of market demand and supply; shifts in demand and supply curves; the role prices in resource allocation; the concept of elasticity: price, income and cross elasticity

UNIT 3

Production Function: Iso-cost and so-quant approach. Laws of Returns, Returns to scale, Producer’s equilibrium. Cost analysis

UNIT 4

Price determination in the short run and long run under Perfect Competition, Monopoly, Imperfect and Monopolistic competition-elementary theory.

UNIT 5

Theories of distribution: marginal productivity theory, theories of rent (Ricardian, Modern theory and Quasi rent) Profit (Risk, Uncertainty and Innovation theories) theory of interest (Classical and Keynesian)

Suggested Reading

1. Stonier and Hague - A text book of economic theory 2. Ahuja H.L. - Principle of micro economics 3. Samuelson, Paul A. - Economics 4. Gould and Ferguson: Micro economic theory

Second Semester Indian Economy

PAPER CODE 01BA201

COURSE OBJECTIVES - To give knowledge to students to understand the globalization process, the principal mechanisms and give some knowledge of the happenings in the field of economy.

UNIT-1

Structure of Indian Economy, Basic features of Indian economy, primary secondary and Tertiary Sectors - Basic Features.

Natural Resources, Land, Water, Forest and Mineral Resources.

UNIT-2

Human Infrastructure of Indian Economy – Health, Nutrition, Education, Knowledge, Skills, Housing sanitation Demographic Features (As per New Census) Population, Size, Sex, Rural-Urban Classification, Population Distribution, Recent National Population Policy:

UNIT-3

Agriculture - Nature and Importance, Land Reform, Green Revolution, Rural Credit,

Agriculture Marketing and Mechanization main causes of backwardness agriculture in India. Food security in India.

UNIT-4

Small Scale and Cottage Industries – Meaning, Important and Problems. Major Industries in India – Iron & Steel, Textile, Sugar, Cement, Auto-Mobiles.

UNIT-5

Planning in India – Objective, Strategy, Achievement & Failures. Analysis of Current Five Year Plan.

Suggested readings

1. S K. Mishra V.K. Puri – Indian economy

2. KPM, Sunderam Indian economy.

3. Kr. Gupta - Indian economy.

THIRD SEMESTER MACROECONOMICS

PAPERCODE- 02BA301

COURSE OBJECTIVE - to teach the essentials of macroeconomics. Motives of consumers a general knowledge of macroeconomics business, unemployment, inflation, fiscal policy and banking policies and functions.

Unit I - Circular flow of income in closed and open economy. National Income and related aggregates. Measurement of national income and social accounting in India, National Income and economic welfare.

Unit 2 - Classical theory of employment, Say’s law of market, Keynesian theory of income determination: Aggregate demand and Aggregate Supply approach, Savings Investment approach, consumption function.

Unit 3 - Saving function and sources of savings, investment function and MEC (Marginal efficiency of capital) Multiplier: simple investment and government expenditure multiplier and leakages of multiplier. Concept of accelerator

Unit 4 - Money: meaning, functions and classification, stock of money and its measurement M1, M2, M3, M4, Quantity theory of money: cash transaction and cash balance approach, inflation and deflation: definition, causes, effects, and measures to control

Unit 5- Functions of commercial bank, credit creation. Central bank and its functions, credit control - qualitative and quantitative methods.

Recommended books:

1. Ahuja HL. Macro economic Analysis

2. Hanson, A. H. (1953) A guide to Keynes McGraw hill, New York.

3. Jhingan ML – Macro economic theory.

4. Gupta SB, Monetary Economics

FOURTH SEMESTER INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

PAPER CODE- 02BA403

Course objective- This subject scope is on the inter linkages in terms of international finance, international trade and international monetary economics. This includes study of the flow goods and services, flow of capital and the flow of money across international borders.

Unit 1 - Meaning and importance of international economics, intra and international trade.

Importance of international trade in economic development, Difference between domestic and international trade.

Unit 2 - Theories of international trade, absolute and comparative advantage, factor endowments: Heckscher Ohlin.

Unit 3 - Terms of trade: concept and types, Tariff and non tariff barriers in international trade.

WTO: objectives and its functions, TRIMS, TRIPS & IMF

Unit 4 - Balance of Payments: Meaning and composition and its relationship with balance of trade, Disequilibrium in Balance of Payments, methods of correction, international capital movement.

UNIT 5 - Trends and directions of India’s foreign trade. Exchange rate: Theories of exchange rate mint parity theory and purchasing power parity theory. Concept of appreciation and depreciation of currency and its effects on foreign trade.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

1. Dominick and Salvatore, International Economics. 2. Kenen, PB. The international economy, Cambridge University

Press 3. Vaish MC & Singh Sudama - International Economics.

FIFTH SEMESTER DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

PAPER CODE 02BA501

Course objectives - the main objective of the course is to teach students the core topics in environment economics focusing on systematic analysis using micro economic theory.

Unit 1 - Economic growth and development, factors affecting economic growth: capital labour and technology, development and underdevelopment, perpetuation of underdevelopment poverty.

Unit 2 - Poverty. Absolute and relative: measuring development gap - per capita income, inequality of income and wealth, human development and quality of life index and other indices of development, population and economic development theory of demographic transition.

Unit 3 - Partial Theories of development - Nurkse, big push theory, theory of unlimited supply of labour, low income equilibrium

Unit 4 - Need for investment criteria in LDCs: Present vs. future growth: alternative investment criteria: cost benefits analysis.

Unit 5 - External resources: FDI: AID V/S TRADE Technology inflow, MNC activity in developing countries, Planning: need for planning

demographic, decentralized planning, micro level planning, and review of Indian plan model.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS –

1. Dutt. and Sunderam K.P.M. Indian Economy

2. Todaro., Michael P., Economic Development.

3. Thirlwal, A.P. - Growth and Development

4. Mishra and Puri, Economics of Development and Planning: Theory and Practice

SIXTH SEMESTER PUBLIC FINANCE

03BA601

COURSE OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this course are to provide basic knowledge about various intricacies for public finance.

UNIT 1 - Meaning and scope of public finance, public goods vs. private goods, principles of maximum social advantage, economic functions of modern state.

Unit 2 - Public expenditure: Meaning and nature, cannons and classification of public expenditure, effects on production distribution and economic stability. Reasons for the growth of public expenditure.

Unit 3 - Public revenue: main sources of revenue, Taxes: Meaning, Canons, Classification of taxes: progressive, proportional and regressive Taxes, direct and indirect taxes, effects of taxation.

Unit 4 - Public debt: role of public debt and effects of public debt, methods of debt redemption, tax vs. loan.

Unit 5 - Fiscal Policy: meaning, objectives, its significance in developing economies, and its limitations

Recommended books-

1. Tyagi BP, Public finance. 2. Hajela T. N. - Public finance. 3. Bhatia HL - Public Finance