Syllabus for
BA (Psychology, Economics/Honours/Honours with Research)
Academic Year  (2023)

The combined majors in Psychology and Economics offers students the opportunity to integrate the study of economics with psychology. These interlinked disciplines have their own exclusive areas of expertise with conceptual and methodological specialisations which helps the student to have a clear understanding with regard to their possibilities. While providing the opportunity for an integrated approach, this course provides ample scope to learn the discipline of economics and psychology in depth where students can major either in the discipline of economics or psychology for further studies. The program offers an eclectic mix of electives that promotes interdisciplinary academic engagement without compromising on discipline-specific identities. In the third year, students will be awarded the Under Graduate Degree with Economics and Psychology as the majors. After the successful completion of the three-year degree programme, the students have the option to do an honors programme/honors programme with research either in Psychology or Economics.

Programme Outcome/Programme Learning Goals/Programme Learning Outcome:

PO2: Demonstrate critical thinking, scientific inquiry and problem-solving skills by applying psychological theories and research to real-world scenarios.

PO3: Demonstrate understanding of appropriate values and ethical standards in research, practice, and academic contexts.

PO4: Demonstrate communication skills, digital and psychological literacy to achieve personal, professional, and community goals.

PO5: Explain the fundamental and applied concepts from a pluralistic approach by examining new frontiers in knowledge that cuts across disciplinary boundaries.

PO6: Critically evaluate economic theory, developmental policies and outcomes, political theories, ideas and ideology, social systems and interventions to promote a just and humane society, and demonstrate a coherent understanding and comprehensive knowledge of the fundamental theories and concepts in the discipline of psychology in a multidisciplinary learning context.

PO7: Demonstrate communication skills, digital and psychological literacy to achieve personal, professional, and community goals through group discussions, oral and written presentations.

PO8: Demonstrate an understanding of appropriate values, ethical thinking and ethical standards in research, practice, and academic contexts by raising and encouraging normative questions and positions.

CIAs are composed of three components and carry 50% weightage CIA 1 and 3 are faculty-initiated ones, CIA 2 is the Mid-semester examination. End Semester Exam carries 50% weightage.

Course Description

This course provides the participants with a bird’s-eye view of the FinTech landscape and an appreciation of the history of financial innovation. The course examines the technology fundamentals driving the FinTech revolution to develop an appreciation of their application in a comprehensive array of financial sectors.  This course builds on the foundation of elementary financial theory and complements financial intermediation and capital market courses with a unique yet essential technology and innovation perspective. 

Course Objective:

CO1: To give an overview of digital finance, Fintech, and its trend.

CO2: To understand the role of Fintech in the financial system.

CO3: To give awareness about the application of Fintech in various fields of Finance.

CO4:To give an understanding of contemporary issues related to FinTech 

 Course Description: This course aims at understanding the financial statements published by Indian companies and make a meaningful understanding of the same. The course gives the initiation towards terminology in accounting and takes the readers through Income statement and Balance sheet. The interpretation of the cash flow, Income statement and Balance sheet gives the reader an understanding of fundamentals of the company and gives a sense of financial soundness or not of any company. The growing need of adherence to rules and practice of ethics in accounting in its various aspects from public practice to reporting with case studies will explain the profoundness of Ethics in Accounting and corporate reporting.

Forensic science is the application of scientific principles and techniques to the investigation of crimes and legal issues. This course covers the fundamental principles of forensic science, including various scientific analysis techniques used in criminal investigations, legal and ethical issues, and types of evidence collected at crime scenes.

This course gives an insight into nutrition and its importance in leading a healthy life.

This course will enable the students to have fundamental knowledge about financial accounting. The topics covered are Book-keeping, Subsidiary Books, preparation of Ledger and Financial Statements and Analysis of Financial Statements.

Brand Management course will enable student to have a fundamental understanding of how to build, measure, and manage a brand.

Entrepreneurship is not just about start-ups: it is a topic that is rapidly growing in importance in government policy and in the behaviour of established firms. The course provides students with an understanding of the role and personality of the entrepreneur, and a range of skills aimed at successful planning of entrepreneurial ventures. Material covered includes fostering creativity and open-mindedness, knowledge acquisition and management, innovation systems, screening and evaluating new venture concepts, market evaluation and developing a marketing plan, legal Issues Including intellectual property, preparation of venture budgets, and raising finance. The major piece of assessment is the writing of a comprehensive business plan for a new venture.

The course aims at enhancing their financial skills as well as training the students to be financial educators with family and friends. There is a need for students to effectively plan and monitor their spending. The course aims at effectively training students and equipping them with the knowledge and tools to manage their finances and also teach others the same.

The main objective of this course is to enable students to develop creative concepts for advertising of any product or service.

This course covers the fundamentals of HTML and PHP for web development. Students will learn HTML tags for content structuring and essential PHP scripting concepts, including variables, conditional statements, and error handling. Additionally, they will explore form handling, loops, and MySQL database interactions using PHP. By the end, students will be equipped to create dynamic web applications and understand the essentials of web programming.

Introductory-level training will be given software and tools for solving data science problems.

This course is designed to provide the theoretical foundations of data science.

Standard problems in data science, such as pre-processing, classification, clustering, and visualization, will be addressed.

Practical sessions will provide demonstrations, training, and discussions on results and interpretation methods.

Course description:

This course has been conceptualized in order to Understanding and exploring theory and practice as two sides of the same coin for academic 

excellence in Performing Arts. Benchmarking quality, understanding and exploring adaptability to situations and taking leadership tasks.

Maintaining emotional and aesthetics sensitivity in verbal and non-verbal communication

Introduction to Carnatic music focus on the basic fundamentals of Carnatic music. This course helps to improve the vocal quality as the lessons works as voice culture to the begginner.

This introductory course explores fundamental acting techniques, including character development, improvisation, and emotional expression. Engage in various acting exercises and scene work to enhance students' understanding of the craft. This course further develops confidence and creativity as the students delve into the art of storytelling through performance.

To provide a strong foundation for data science and the application area related to it, train toexplore the process of data pre-processing and machine learning, and to inculcate the importanceof ethics while handling data and problems in data science. To provide students with a fundamental understanding of the digital computing concepts from a hardware and software perspective.

This course covers the programming paradigms associated with Python. It provides a comprehensive understanding of Python data types, functions and modules with a focus on modular programming.

This course is designed to familiarise the students with the basic principles of microeconomic theory. The course will illustrate how microeconomic concepts can be applied to analyze real-life situations. The course has been conceptualized in order to help students:

• To understand how decisions related to the allocation of scarce resources and trade-offs are made.
• To understand the role of government policies regulating market outcomes.
• To analyze the market for goods and services and output-price determination.
• To demonstrate an understanding of how rational consumers make their choice to optimize utility.

Course Description

Microsoft Excel is a tool for the statistical analysis of data. It allows to perform a wide variety of statistical procedures. Main purpose of the course is to provide students with a basic knowledge of managing and analyzing data.

Course Objectives

The aim of this course is to provide skills and knowledge which will allow the students to learn basics of MS Excel, perform basic calculations using formulas and functions, professionally format spreadsheets and create data visualizations using charts and graphs, perform advanced data operations using PivotTables.

• To expose learners to a variety of texts to interact with
• To help learners classify ideologies and be able to express the same
• To expose learners to visual texts and its reading formulas
• To help learners develop a taste to appreciate works of literature through the organization of language
• To help develop critical thinking
• To help learners appreciate literature and the language nuances that enhances its literary values

• To help learners understand the relationship between the world around them and the text/literature
• To help learners negotiate with content and infer meaning contextually
• To help learners understand logical sequencing of content and process information

·         To help improve their communication skills for larger academic purposes and vocational purposes

·         To enable learners to learn the contextual use of words and the generic meaning

·         To enable learners to listen to audio content and infer contextual meaning

·         To enable learners to be able to speak for various purposes and occasions using context specific language and expressions

·         To enable learners to develop the ability to write for various purposes using suitable and precise language.

Course Description: In the last 20-25 years the field of game studies has evolved significantly. It is globally recognised. Video games have been studied using inter, multi and transdisciplinary methods to understand culture, identity, media, narration and communication. The course will provide a historical, social, cultural and critical foundation about games, digitality, storytelling and its moral and ethical world. This will enable students to understand the connection between identities, moralities and our current engagement with the gaming world. This will help in broadening the interdisciplinary focus and assessment of storytelling in diverse forms and connect it with the ethical issues of the contemporary world.

Course Objectives: The course will survey the evolution of ideas connecting storytelling, gaming and ethics and morality. It will introduce the latest research in gaming and ethics as evidenced in the globalised world. It will provide a methodology for students to assess and critically evaluate the meaning, content, intent, narration (compared to other broader media), ideology and ethical implications of gaming in the contemporary world.

Course Description

Rural India comprises 66.46% of India’s population and contributes to a large portion of India’s GDP by way of agriculture, services, skilled and non-skilled labour.  Rural India suffers from socio-economic distress due to several factors, small land holding, rain dependent agriculture, and lack of alternative sources of income, migration to urban centers and due to several sociological factors. 

Rural India in its diverse geographies has a huge potential to provide solutions to some of the gravest global challenges pertaining to environment and sustainable development and which remains largely untapped.  This calls for a focused approach in exploring the potential opportunities through a scientific approach of critical thinking and creativity, pro-active engagement of rural communities, creating effective structures to implement and create global visibility for the proprietary products and services created. Such an approach will substantially mitigate socio-economic distress in rural communities by providing them income generating opportunities by engaging social enterprises and also contribute to the sustainability goals of the UN.

The course of Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship for students of English Language and Literature  seeks to sensitise students with an on field immersion with rural India and explore possibilities for enterprise through case studies on innovative rural enterprises.  The course seeks to apply their finer eye for aesthetics and culture and

Course Objectives

•           To familiarize students with the Sustainability goals envisioned by UN and motivate them to proactively contribute towards its attainment.

•           To create a firsthand awareness of rural India and challenges which can be translated into entrepreneurial opportunities.

•           To study and analyze different Social Enterprise models and their relative outcomes

•           To gain an understanding of the challenges of running a social enterprise.

•           To give students a firsthand experience of understanding the challenges of capacity building and leadership creation in rural communities for an enterprise and engage them proactively in building a sustainable business.

•           To stimulate curiosity in students to identify the areas of gaps in products and services and come up with creative solutions which can be translated into profitable enterprises.

•           To help students develop ethical business models founded on the principles of equity and fair play vis-à-vis the engagement of rural and grass root communities

•           To enable students to curate branding and market strategies for products and services emerging from a social enterprise to make them profitable and sustainable

Course Description

 Rock Music is a sound and dissonance rich discourse with its own socio-cultural practices and aesthetics. This course is an academic introduction to this space and its role in the identity formation of a generation, of a people and a Nation in motion.

Course Objectives

• To engage with popular music as aural texts 
• To study the popular music practitioner as an activist and artist
• To appreciate the significance of  social critique and a counter cultural aesthetic

Course Description:

This course offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the connections between food and literature, focusing on how food has been represented in literary works from different cultures and time periods. In addition, the course will provide an overview of the history and evolution of food culture, as well as the politics and economics of food production and consumption. By examining culinary themes in literary works, students will gain a deeper understanding of how food functions as a powerful symbol and narrative device in literature, reflecting social, cultural, and historical contexts. This course provides an opportunity for students to explore the rich connections between food and literature, fostering critical thinking, cultural awareness, and personal reflection.

Course Objectives

1.     To enhance the ability to identify and interpret the symbolic, metaphorical, and cultural significance of food within literary works.

2.     To help explore how food reflects and shapes social, historical, and cultural aspects of different societies and communities, shaping individual and collective identities and reflect social hierarchies and inequalities.

3.     To develop the ability to craft vivid and evocative descriptions by learning techniques for using sensory details, imagery, and figurative language to bring culinary experiences to life in their own writing.

Moving from land to ocean marks a shift in our understanding with fluidity as the focal point. ‘Blue Humanities’ or ‘Blue Cultural Studies’ uses the ocean as the lens to foreground diverse historical, social, cultural, economic and political aspects. The expansive field of Blue Humanities adopts a multidisciplinary approach, weaving together insights from environmental studies, oceanography, marine studies, cultural studies, film studies, history, etc. The course specifically focuses on revisiting the cliched conceptualization of the ocean as vast, alien, terra nullis and ahistorical. The ‘Oceanic Turn’ transitions from the surface to the depths below to explore the three-dimensional ocean through socio-cultural representations. Reading the ocean and the sea through cinema from across the world will help understand how the ocean is portrayed in myriad ways ‘foregrounding and problematizing issues connected to gender, race, pollution, social justice, maritime activities, privatization, globalization, capitalism ontologies’ to revisit our established thought regimes. 

This course attempts to map out the connection between history and cinema. It aims to look at how cinema can be treated as a visual text and a source for understanding history. 

Cyber law has emerged as a medium for growth with immense potential for solving many new and interesting challenges.  The course aims at appreciating one of the important emerging areas of law and the nitty-gritty involved in it. This introduces the students to the underlying philosophy of the subject and its relation to other areas focusing on human rights.

UNIT 1 is designed to introduce students to the role of law in technology, especially the internet and is designed to give a brief overview of the historical aspects of the internet. UNIT 2 acquaints the students with the regulation of cyberspace. UNIT 3 deals with digital contracts and information technology, while UNIT 4 deals entirely on cyber crimes which are rampant in the digital era.  UNIT 5 issues in E-commerce. Unit 6 deals with IPR issues in cyberspace and UNIT 7 deals with international regulation of cyberspace.

It is a solitary principle of industrial relations that a happy and content labourer is an indispensable asset for any employer. However, labourers have not received their due on account of historical wrongs, and in this era of a market economy, labourers do not seem to get the minimum standards of social security. As a result, industrial peace and harmony have remained a distant dream. Hence, constant efforts are being made by the governments to ameliorate the working conditions of labour in order to ensure minimum welfare for the workers.

The present decline in environmental quality calls for a stricter enforcement of laws relating to protection of environment. The objective of this course is to give an insight into various legislations that has been enacted in our country for protection of environment and also to create awareness among the citizens of the country about the duties cast on them under various legislations in relation to protection of environment.

Course Objectives:

• To impart an in-depth knowledge of environmental legislations to students from diverse backgrounds.
• To interpret, analyse and make a critique of the legislations and Case laws relating to environment
• To provide a brief understanding of various developments that has taken place at international level to check various environmental harms.

Parliament is the heart and soul of any parliamentary democracy which is envisaged to reflect the expectations and aspirations of the people. In fact, it is the chief law-making organ and it comprises of members from different backgrounds, so as to represent the varied expectations of the people. As such, it has an onerous responsibility of making laws in a manner which caters to the requirements of the society cutting across the party lines.

In twenty-first century, the age of technology and information, the role of Parliament has increased manyfold as the impressions of “We the People” have also undergone a sea change with respect to the quality of the law made. In this context, a fundamental knowledge of the law-making process and the requisites of the same is essential for the citizens. Hence this course is devised to introduce the students to the essentials of law-making process by the Parliament as well as the privileges conferred on the members of Parliament.

This course is designed as a foundation course in Mathematics for those who have not been exposed to any Mathematics course earlier.  This enables the students to improve their analytical, reasoning and problem solving skills. Topics included are Set Theory, Theory of Equations, Matrices and Determinants.

Course Description:

This skill-based course aims at imparting theoretical knowledge of optimization techniques.  These techniques are widely used in the industry to optimize available resources.  This will help the student to apply the mathematical techniques to real life situations.

Course Objectives: This course will help the learner to

COBJ1.   Acquire problem solving skills in Linear Programing and its related problems

COBJ2.   Gain proficiency in implementing the algorithms for solving Transportation and Assignment Problems.

COBJ3.  Demonstrate the methods of solving Two-Person Zero-Sum Games

This course considers the degree to which media influences political opinion and actions and also its impact on public policy in the Indian context. In other words, the course examines the role of news media in the Indian political process from both behavioural and institutional perspectives.

Course description: This course will introduce students to the basic principles and techniques of audio and video production. Students will learn how to use a range of equipment and software to produce high-quality audio and video content. This course is designed for non-media students who want to acquire basic skills in audio and video production.

This course will provide students the opportunity to apply a variety of interdisciplinary approaches on popular young adult narratives. Students will be exposed to the real -world culture and physical environment that produced, shaped, and continues to inform the Harry Potter series, giving students greater insight into the importance of textual awareness and analysis.

Public Speaking is an essential skill in the twenty first century that offers a lot of benefits for thos excel in it. Thise who have the gift of the gab are bound to interact with people with a lot of confidence and exert influence on how others respond. It boosts the chances of anyone to build their professional profile. Apart from these obvious positives in the personal and interpersonal spheres, those with Public Speaking skills are often seen as potential leaders. This course on Public Speaking aims to provide a solid conceptual foundation and a lot of opportunities for the participants to build their public speaking skills and excel at different levels.  

This course introduces the students to the fundamentals of forensic science. Student will be introduced to the different analytical tool to analyse the results. They will also learn the physics behind investigative method used to gather evident. Finally, students will study emerging use of nanotechnology in forensic science.  

This course has been conceptualized to introduce and discuss the moral foundations of democracy in principle, and democratic institutions, in particular. The students are initiated to various types of moral discourses in political philosophy. Further, this course looks at the development of democracy, in the global as well as the national realm. Democracy as an ideal gets fructified in the form of a government, which in turn is based on the principles of justice, freedom, equality, and fraternity. Ethics acts as the premise on which a successful democracy rests.

The main objectives of the course are to:

●      Present an overview of the major concepts, debates, and historical facets of STI in IR.

●      Create a foundation for the students to pursue further research in various aspects of STI in IR, and provide a systemic understanding of its impact on the economy, politics, culture, society, and foreign relations of India and other countries.

Providing an academic understanding in the current context of emerging technologies, its impact and influences in the society, as well as create avenues for interdisciplinary understanding and research.

This first-semester course introduces undergraduate psychology majors to the scientific study of human nature. The student would be able to understand how psychologists ask questions from several different perspectives. Students will learn about the various scientific methods psychologists use to study behaviour and become acquainted with many of psychology's important findings and theoretical approaches. Further, students will be able to appreciate the shape that contemporary psychology has taken. The aim is to build a familiarity with psychology’s intellectual origins and to foster an awareness of its many false steps, dead-ends, and alternative pathways to appreciating the social, cultural, and psychological influences on theorising in psychology. The course will equip the student with knowledge and scope for careers in psychology and develop an understanding of the professional skills required for such a career. Students will have learned to think critically about psychological evidence through journal clubs and class discussions embedded in the course.

Course Description: This course aims at enabling the student to study and understand the problems and issues relating to women in Indian society in the context of wider social forces. This course will sensitize students on the issues of subjugation of and oppression prevalent against women in Indian society and enhance their understanding of the various social problems that women face in the society.

Course objectives :

●        To introduce the students to social issues relating to women

●        To explore gender relations from an interdisciplinary perspective 

This course discusses various social issues which are of relevance for contemporary world. These issues surround the broad themes of population, health, development. In relation to population and health this course would cover issues like aging, reproductive health, HIV AIDS, euthanasia, drug abuse, etc. In relation to development this course would look into issues like urban land use, farmer’s suicide, displacement, etc.

 Course Objective:

Students shall be able to identify and analyze contemporary social problems. They will be able to apply interdisciplinary approach to relevant policies at local, national, and international levels.

This course will begin with a session on the Sociology of Cinema and the tools and techniques necessary to analyze the films that will be used in this course as a vehicle to examine society sociologically. This course introduces the student to the discipline of Sociology through cinema from India and elsewhere. It aims to allow students to critically examine society through cinema and its representation.

Course objectives:

• To enable students to view cinema as a text for sociological analysis
•  To gain an introduction to the discipline of sociology through cinema

This course is designed to build the logical thinking ability and to provide hands-on experience in solving statistical models using MS Excel with Problem based learning. To explore and visualize data using excel formulas and data analysis tool pack.

The course aims at imparting knowledge on Marketing Management from the perspective of Marketing Communications.Great marketing strategies can be powerful. Every year companies spend approximately $200 billion promoting their products and services – and that’s just in the United States alone! Explore how marketing campaigns, ads, and commercials are brought to life which will lead the exploration of various aspects of Advertising and sales promotion techniques which includes its objectives, classification, creative aspect and functions.

 This course introduces students to the concepts and processes of marketing and takes them deeper into the world of marketing.

Course Objectives: This course intends

  Describe the history of the advertising industry and its relation to today’s marketplace.

   List the roles and responsibilities of various advertising, marketing, and promotions professionals.

Develop students’ understanding and skill in development of communication strategy of a firm, particularly with advertising and sales promotions.

Emotional intelligence is considered to be a pertinent skill and it influences the way we act and react in any given situation in our lives. It helps to understand the emotion of self and others, which paves the way for coping up with one's challenges, maintain good social relationships and remain successful in one's own endeavors and goals.

Course Objectives: Through the course, the instructor aims to 

1. Introduce learners to the need and importance of Emotionally Intelligent behaviours at the workplace

2. Familiarize learners with contemporary scientific theories regarding emotions and emotional intelligence 

3.Equip learners with skills needed for emotional awareness and emotional regulation

4.Give an overview of the utility of EI in personal and professional growth 

This course examines the investment and financial issues arising from personal wealth management activities. The course commences with an introduction to the financial planning industry and the regulatory framework. It then covers various topics required for constructing a comprehensive financial plan, including identifying client financial status and goals, asset allocation, securities trading, managed funds, superannuation, estate planning, and social security. This course focuses on understanding the nature, usage, and regulations of the advice of various financial products and legal instruments for developing personal wealth management plans.

The course covers topics such as income, expenditure, savings & investment avenues, borrowing, managing risk, budgeting, etc. Participants would also learn about various financial institutions and in what ways they can benefit from these institutions. The course helps participants to become aware of different products through which they can meet their financial needs and learn about the benefits of prudent financial behavior.

This course is an introduction to Ayurveda, the traditional Indian system of medicine. The course covers topics such as the history and philosophy of Ayurveda, principles of Ayurvedic diagnosis and treatment, and the use of Ayurveda in maintaining health and preventing disease. Students will also learn about the role of Ayurveda in contemporary medicine and the current state of Ayurvedic research.

This course deals with the abundance of elements on earth and in biological systems and their inevitable role in the functioning of the living systems and the universe

This course highlights the chemistry in action in drug usage, detection of disease, infection, drunken drive, in metal extraction process, in working principle of home appliances, in recreation, in archaeology, and in human system

This course deals with the application of chemistry in forensics

This course emphasis the need for sustainable energy and environment.

This course is intended to

Evoke an understanding on the inevitable role of chemistry in biological system as well as the environment

Make students appreciate chemistry in action in different fields of application and in daily life

Create an awareness regarding need for sustainable energy and environment.

This course intends to make the students familiar with the essential concepts for steering business transactions through the various resources of E-Commerce. As a prerequisite, the students should be having a basic knowledge about computers, networks and information technology.

Course Description:

The course provides an overview of Income-tax Law. The course intends to provide a basic understanding of various concepts under the taxation system in India. It familiarises students with the multiple heads of income, deductions under each head, deductions from gross total income and computation of Gross Total Income. The course provides basic knowledge on the calculation of the income of individuals and also gives an insight into the tax planning that arises to reduce tax liability.

Course Objectives

●        To help students understand the concept of taxation and compute the total income of an individual taxpayer at the conceptual level.

●        To enable students to compute the tax liability of an individual

●        To familiarise students with different Income tax return forms and procedures for filing

The course provides basic knowledge of investment alternatives available for individuals and outlines the functioning of primary and secondary markets. It also focuses on giving exposure to students on stock market trading and strategies.

The course aims at enhancing their financial skills as well as training the students to be financial educators with family and friends. There is a need for students to effectively plan and monitor their spending. The course aims at effectively training students and equipping them with the knowledge and tools to manage their finances and also teach others the same.

This Course aims to help learners build Online business strategies through Digital Marketing. The course provides conceptual knowledge on basics of marketing, fundamentals of Digital Marketing, subject related jargons and application of marketing in an online platform; it also enables an understanding of optimization a website through SEO; and attraction traffic through Google AdWords campaigns as well as social media campaigns. The course ensures to provide working knowledge of tools such as Google AdSense; Google Ad creation; Blog creation, embed Google Analytics in a webpage or in a blog to understand the performance of the online business, its ads, its traffic and to plan online business strategies.

This course covers general terminology and concepts of Python programming language such as data types (strings and numbers), variables, functions, and control structures. Additionally, they will explore String handling operation tools and Object-Oriented Programming concepts.At the end of the course, students can use different dynamic programming constructs and write simple logical programs.

The UXD course provides insight details about user experience design. In this course, students will learn the core principles of visual design, including building storyboards, choosing color schemes, and visualizing the ideal user interface to improve the user experience. This course will help to create intuitive and great-looking software products.

This course focuses on the importance of data visualization for business intelligence and decision making. The course provides a practical approach to assess and enhance the impact of visuals for the database/dataset and use  data visuals to convey distributions and relationships.To make students understand, how to compare and contrast performance measurement data using effective data visuals and also use construct effective data visuals to solve workplace problems.

This course provides an introduction to mainstream approaches to the study of macroeconomics. The course begins by introducing students to the historicity of economics, concepts of various important macroeconomic variables, and its measurement technique. Then the course proceeds with a systematic introduction to the important macroeconomic theories adopting a chronological school-wise pattern. The introductory economics deals with a detailed discussion of classical macroeconomics, which builds the base of understanding macroeconomics. The course ends with basic open economy macroeconomics concepts with the exchange rate determination in an open economy.

This course emphasizes both the theoretical and the practical aspects of statistical analysis, focusing on techniques for estimating statistical models of various kinds. The goal is to help you develop a solid theoretical background in statistics, and the ability to implement the techniques and critique empirical studies in social sciences.

• To expose learners to a variety of texts to interact with
• To help learners classify ideologies and be able to express the same
• To expose learners to visual texts and its reading formulas
• To help learners develop a taste to appreciate works of literature through the organization of language
• To help develop critical thinking
• To help learners appreciate literature and the language nuances that enhances its literary values

• To help learners understand the relationship between the world around them and the text/literature
• To help learners negotiate with content and infer meaning contextually
• To help learners understand logical sequencing of content and process information

·         To help improve their communication skills for larger academic purposes and vocational purposes

·         To enable learners to learn the contextual use of words and the generic meaning

·         To enable learners to listen to audio content and infer contextual meaning

·         To enable learners to be able to speak for various purposes and occasions using context specific language and expressions

·         To enable learners to develop the ability to write for various purposes using suitable and precise language.

Course Description 

Gender is accepted as a discourse which is constantly produced, performed and sustained by multiple narratives. Hegemonic ideologies are thus mapped onto the body and played out through continuous reinforcements. Popular Culture plays a significant role in perpetuating gender stereotypes, images of ideal bodies and normative forms of gender expression by way of legitimising what is “popular”, therefore acceptable. An interdisciplinary course in Gender and Popular Culture provides critical insights into who and what defines the popular on the one hand, while also underlining how Popular Culture itself becomes a resistant counter-narrative to hegemonic master narratives.

Course Objectives:

• Define Popular Culture and outline its significance in Gender Studies with a historical overview

• Underline the impact of performative elements of popular culture on the body, thereby on gender performativity

• Help students recognize how hegemonic ideologies are narrativised through language, the gaze, and  structural elements of the text/ media

• Enable close inter-textual readings of gender in multiple popular culture narratives including fiction, oral and performance narratives, visual media such as film, television, advertisements and social media

• Recognize Popular Culture as a counter-narrative and highlight elements of resistance through language, form and narrative technique

This paper is a short introduction to the Indo-Western philosophical traditions with the aim of setting into an interweaving motion the dialogic and contemplative. Its purpose is not merely to discern and register similarities and differences between the two traditions, but more importantly to open a dialogic space in the intersection of their central concerns.

Course Objectives:

• To introduce students to the art of thinking for themselves.
• To enable students to study how humans have reflected upon the riddles of human existence.
• To encourage students to understand the course through some of the important philosophers, their thoughts, their times and climes.
• To equip students with skills necessary for being a thinker in the field of philosophy.
• To encourage students to become citizens of the world by exposing them to ideas and events (literary and otherwise) that shape our world.
• To develop the interest of the students in reading, appreciating and critiquing the philosophies and societies of the world with genuine empathy.
• To develop their skills of thinking, reading, understanding and writing the Self and the world – logos redeemed by pathos.

The course aspires to enable and equip learners with skills to develop, perform and exhibit professional skills and competencies in a formal setup of an organization. The course intends to make the ,earners familiar with situations that they may come across in a workspace and the skills to deal with them for professional success.

Course Description:

Partition is a significant and recurring theme in the history of many nations. It represents not just a division of land but also a rupture in the lives of people, impacting their identities, cultures, and relationships. Through a diverse selection of literature, this course seeks to examine the complex, multifaceted, and often painful narratives that emerge from partition events around the world. It is an engaging and thought-provoking exploration of literary works that delve into the multifaceted and often traumatic experiences of partition in various countries. This course delves into the human, emotional, and societal consequences of dividing nations and communities, providing a comprehensive view of this historical phenomenon. The course will journey into different regions (with a focus on Indian Partition), exploring literary responses to partition, both in the form of creative works such as novels, short stories, and poetry, as well as critical essays that provide theoretical frameworks for understanding these narratives.

Course Objectives:

CO1: To develop a nuanced understanding of the historical, cultural, and human dimensions of partition through the study of literature from various affected countries.

CO2: To analyze and critically engage with the ways in which literature serves as a medium for reflecting the impact of partition on individuals and societies.

The Northeast has been a region lying in the peripheries of the mainstream for years. Along with politics and economy, literature from this region also has been marginalized. This course will introduce to the students, an array of literature from North-East India. It intends to create exposure and in-depth understanding of the societies of Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, and Sikkim, through literature.

CO1: Students will gain exposure about literature from the North-East.

CO2: Students will understand and appreciate cultural differences that exists between NE India and other regions.

CO3: Students will gain knowledge on writings and culture of various regions of NE India.

This course attempts to showcase the potential of language in aiding judicial proceedings and crime investigations through case studies. This course introduces Forensic Linguistics by providing definitions, overview, and methods of analysis through close reading and analysis of the case studies.

CO1 – To create an understanding of how the knowledge of linguistics can be applied to crime investigations, jurisdictions, and law enforcement.

CO2 –To generate informed discussions on language sciences concerning interdisciplinary studies. 

Course Description

This course will explore the diverse traditions of Indian epics through retellings in Indian literature and other art forms well into the twenty-first century. The primary interest will be understanding the social, cultural, and political stakes attached to individual retellings of each epic. We will also engage with the new adaptations of the epics like Indian television serials, film versions and invocations of the epic stories in contemporary art and culture. Students will gain exposure to the diversified social structures in India that these stories reproduce, as well as resistance to those structures.

Course Objectives

CO1     To demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the major Indian epics and their historical and cultural significance.

CO2     To critically analyse and compare multiple retellings of Indian epics in different literary forms, such as prose, poetry, drama, and visual media, highlighting variations in themes, interpretations, and artistic choices.

CO3     To place these epics within the broader cultural and historical context of India, considering how they have influenced and been influenced by various aspects of Indian society, including religion, philosophy, art, and politics.

CO4     To apply their knowledge by creating their creative adaptations of Indian epics. This includes writing, performance, or other forms of artistic expression that reflect an in-depth understanding of the source material.

CO5     To engage in critical discourse by participating in class discussions, presenting research findings, and writing essays demonstrating their ability to analyse, interpret, and critically evaluate retellings of Indian epics while considering their cultural and literary implications.

Course Description:

A clear understudying of the intellectual property system has, therefore, become a necessity for all those associated with creative and innovative endeavor from policy makers, business executives to educators as well as artists and inventors themselves. This course seeks to provide a foundation for students to understand the enormous potential and power of IP and regulatory framework in India. The major objectives of the course are to(i) To understand the niceties and complexities of the global intellectual property system and the challenges it poses to India in terms of compliance to global standards of IP protection (ii) To identify IP as an effective policy tool for national, economic, social and cultural development, especially through the use of limitations and exceptions to monopoly rights and (iii) To equip students with the knowledge of the procedural and substantive IP system in India. 

Course Objectives:

To identify the conventional and non-conventional forms of intellectual property rights and to understand the basic differences between them. 

To comprehend the theoretical underpinnings of intellectual property rights protection. 

To understand the international instruments related to intellectual property rights protection. 

To equip students with the knowledge of the procedural and substantive IP system in India. 

To identify the limitations and exceptions to these monopoly rights.

The course covers various aspects of The Companies Act, 2013 relating to formation of companies, documentation of companies, types of capital, issue of shares, transfer and transmission of shares, management of company, statutory meetings and provisions relating to meetings, winding up of a company and other latest amendments of the Act. As a prerequisite, students should have basic knowledge about different organization structures and also the concept of a Company (Public and Private). 

Course Learning Objective: The objective of the course is to impart students the basic knowledge of the regulatory framework of companies with reference to various provisions of Companies Act 2013 there under including case laws.  

21st century is certainly an age of advertisements and consequent consumerism. Advertisements have occupied a large chunk of the daily lives of people, and are considered to be the major crowd-pullers for any marketing manager. Virtually, everything under the sky-- from pin to parenthood-- is within the grip of a marketing technique namely advertisements. However, with this shift in marketing strategy, complications in industry have also raised manifold. Many a time, the seemingly simple situations land up in legal disputes of vast ramifications. Hence, this Course is designed to address the various legal aspects that may arise out of marketing strategies pursued by managers. Issues pertaining to contracts, product liability, competition practices are dealt with, and legal aspects of marketing of various products and services are discussed.

Course Objective of this course are –

1.    To give an understanding on the concept of Marketing vis-à-vis constitutional law

2.To explain requirement of contract law in marketing

3.To give an overview of law relating to protection Consumer and product liability

4.To familiarize students with law relating competition in marketing

5.    To acquaint students with various laws for the prohibition and regulation of advertisement of products and services

Human resource management encompasses a wide range of responsibilities and functions within an organization. In order to practically avoid mistakes several HR managers makes due to limited knowledge of their legal responsibility. This course is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the legal framework governing human resources management. The course will explore key statutes, regulations, and case law that impact various aspects of HR functions.

From the above premise, The course is divided into six (6) units:

Unit 1 deals with overview of the historical development of labour laws in India and understanding the constitutional and statutory foundations of labour laws. Unit 2 willdeals illuminate the legal issues involved in strikes and lockouts. Unit 3deals on HR Contracts and Policies align with Labour Law and contract law. Unit 4 will provide the understanding of the Right and duties of the trade unions. Unit 5 covers sexual harassment and discrimination on the work place and how HR plays a huge role in dealing with this challenges. Unit 6 will make the students understand the resolution process in an industrial conflict as well as alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.

Corporate Social Responsibility or CSR, as it is popularly referred to, is a combination of ethical, philanthropic, legal and economic responsibilities of a corporate organization towards the social transformation by addressing the social issues in collaboration with Government and NGOs. The corporate entities are more into profit making business and in this race, they often forget that their activities are causing harm to and not protecting the environment as well as human rights of the people.

This course, thus, has been specifically designed for the non-law people. It aims to address the linkages between the corporate and the human rights in the form of CSR. It critically analyses one significant question – whether the issues of human rights should be addressed by the corporate sector mandatorily or voluntarily, in different social contexts? The strengths and weaknesses of the CSR initiatives in India and other countries are analysed. Also, the international commitments, with special reference to the role of United Nations are seen.  

Course description: This course aims as an add-on course for the students in reaching a level of increased competence in economics and business. It is designed for students who have a basic mathematical background. Emphasis is placed upon learning mathematical concepts through common economics and business problems. Topics included are Functions of one variable, Calculus and its application in economics, Limits, Maxima and minima etc.

Course objectives: This course will help the learner to

COBJ 1: Intended to increase the use of mathematical methods in Economics and Business.

COBJ 2: To get working knowledge on limits, concavity convexity and points of inflection.

COBJ 3: Learn Differentiation, Partial differentiation and its basic applications in Economics and Business.

COBJ 4: Study the concepts of increasing and decreasing functions, maxima and minima, and find its applications through functions familiar in Economics and Business.

As an art form, cinema possesses a language all its own—a language that transcends cultural boundaries and speaks to the universal human experience. From the evocative power of lighting to the rhythm of editing, every decision made by filmmakers contributes to the creation of meaning and emotion. Throughout this course, we will examine iconic films, analyze groundbreaking techniques, and decode the symbolism that enriches cinematic narratives.

Whether you are an aspiring filmmaker, a film enthusiast, or someone eager to gain a deeper understanding of the stories unfolding on the silver screen, "The Language of Cinema" is designed to equip you with the tools to appreciate and critically engage with the diverse and dynamic world of filmmaking.

Course Description:

The Department of Media Studies offers this course to introduce students from different disciplinary backgrounds to the world of signs, symbols, and icons. Besides, this course also aims to familiarise the students with the basic concepts and theories of visual culture. The visual in the forms of photographs, advertisements, and films shape our everyday experiences, so it becomes necessary to understand how these visuals could be deconstructed to identify literal, connotative, subjective, and metaphorical meanings. Further, this course will also explore the relationships among visual culture, digital media, and power. It will explore the analysis of specific visual texts and will reflect on understanding the larger cultural meanings assigned to the visual. The learning objectives are for students to develop the skills necessary to perform such critical analysis of visual texts and show an overall understanding of how the visual operates.

Course Outcomes/Objectives:

By the end of the course the learner will be able to:

·   Understand the critical and theoretical concepts relating to visual culture.

·  Demonstrate the process of meaning generation in visual media.

·  Interpret the levels of meanings in any given visual text.

·  Recognize the role of photographs, advertisements and films in contemporary visual culture.

·  Apply the theories of visual culture to interpret visual media messages and understand their relation to power.

This is a foundational course which enables the students to understand the what, why and how of peacebuilding. Through the use of activities, lectures and case studies-based pedagogy, students will be enabled to become familiar with the domain of peace studies and explore the possibility of their peacebuilding  contributions in conflict contexts. Case study analysis, role plays, fish bowl activities, etc. would be used as pedagogical tools to make students understand viewpoints from different perspectives. 

Suitable for: This course is suitable for students who aspire to work in the domains of international studies, psychology, law, sociology, social work, journalism, education, performing arts, literature, human resource management, etc. All those who are generally curious and interested about dealing with conflict, pursuing peace and exploring the arts are also welcome.