This course is about the study of basic psychological processes. It is an introductory paper that gives an overall understanding about the field of Psychology. It will provide students with an introduction to the key concepts, perspectives, theories, and subfields in psychology. It focuses on various basic processes underlying human behavior.

Lifespan Development focuses on processes of change in individuals and groups across lifespan.

Topics of interest include: developmental theories, patterns of development in physical, motor, cognitive and psychosocial

domains within.

Course Description: This course in sports psychology aims at apprising students about the basic concepts related to applying psychological principles in sports. This course will also help students to develop an in-depth understanding about sports person’s situations, demands, and problems and will enable them to design intervention programs for them. 

Course Objectives: This course aims to 

• Understand the scope and perspectives of sports psychology.
• Understand the cognitive and social psychological dimensions in sports.
• Understand the effect of arousal, anxiety and stress on performance.
• Create interventions for sports persons.

Course Description

This course has been designed taking into consideration the need to nurture and enhance some of the skills which are necessary for a society to function and individuals to interact with their immediate spaces and society at large. This course is an amalgamation of both personal and professional aspects and therefore would engage with questions of personal and professional integrity, social interactions and harmonious living so on and so forth.

Course Objectives

The course is designed to:

1.      Enhance social interaction skills

2.      Develop social awareness and sensitivity

3.      Nurture best academic, professional and personal practices

We engage with the media everyday. The growth of technology equips people with various tools of communication. This course is designed to teach students how to critically and effectively access, analyze, evaluate and create various media messages. It provides theoretical and practical knowledge to empower students to be active learners in our media-rich environment and to think critically about how media shapes and influences culture. It exposes the students to the essential new media production skills and knowledge needed to create digital media messages for their studies and research, photo manipulation, video/audio production, blogging and podcasting.

Course Objectives

The course aims to help students to:

• Provide an understanding of writing for the cyber media

• Effectively access, analyse and evaluate online information and digital media

• Understand the intricate things about writing for web based newspapers, radio and television

• Detect and examine misinformation and fake news in the media

All the first year BALIB students are expected to complete 1Immersive Project at the end of their First year. The first year students are encouraged to go for immersive experience which is generic in nature, so that they are able to better understand their interests and strengths as well as weaknesses. The student must complete 12 working days of the same.This will be done through an established immersive program organized by Liberal Arts department in collaboration with the organization. Students must complete a minimum of 12 working days, and submit a weekly report, final report, presentation and viva to get the credits.

Ojectives:

1. To expose the students to an industrial environment (viz. various materials, processes, products and their applications along with relevant aspects of quality control which cannot be simulated in the classroom) for application of existing knowledge in industrial situations, rural communities, ecological care.

2. To provide possible opportunities to learn and sharpen the real time technical, soft skills, interpersonal skills  and managerial skills required for a professional career.

3. Understand the social, environmental, economic and administrative considerations that influence the working environment [PO 6, 7]

4. To expose students to the professional’s responsibilities and ethics [PO 8]

5. To get acquainted with the working styles of industries at different hierarchy and learn to work in a team [PO 9]

6. To gain experience in all types of professional communications (viz. Pre-project applications, during work, people skills and documentation skills and post project reports/projects writing skills ) [PO 10]

7. To demonstrate the impact of the project on their lifelong learning and professional development [PO 12]

8. To provide the linkages of future job/research opportunities to students in the organisation [PO 12]

This course begins by establishing fundamental ways in which ideas differ from other goods. The course then uses these concepts to evaluate the origins of economic growth, the role of science and science institutions, innovation incentives (through market structure, intellectual property, and organizational practices), the diffusion of innovations and their implications for inequality, and the geography of innovation. Though squarely anchored in the economics discipline, the course will also draw on the sociology of science, particularly classic Mertonian frameworks for understanding the scientific incentive system, scientific labor markets, and scientific norms. The course will introduce both macroeconomic and microeconomic approaches for assessing the “ideas production function. Altogether, in tandem with theoretical approaches, this course substantially reviews core empirical literature, including a modern array of methods and data sets that are suited to studying ideas and innovation, and aims to provide students with an extensive toolkit to undertake innovation research.

The course aims at providing a systematic introduction to mainstream approaches to the study of circular flow of Money in the current century. It has been designed in such a way that it stimulates awareness on Monetary Policy and policy management in progressive nations. It also aims at developing the ability for objective reasoning about macroeconomic issues.

 Course Objectives

This course aims to help students to:

• outline the concept of macro economics through some of the major theoretical constructs.
• summarize and illustrate the various mechanisms of circular flow of income.
• summarise how heterodox economist see the mechanism of circular flow of income;
• train students to hone their writing and presentation skills to effectively discuss these complex ideas.

The purpose of this course is to help students gain an understanding of the economic factors inherent in engineering design and decision-making. Any engineering project must be not only physically realizable but also economically feasible. The principal aim of this subject is to provide students with some basic techniques of economic analysis to understand the economic process.

The objectives of the course are to make students:

• Become acquainted with basic economic concepts such as demand and supply, price, competition, interest, taxes, profit, inflation, etc.

• Develop a significant understanding of the time value of money

• Develop the ability to apply various methods for economic analysis of alternatives

• Increase student’s knowledge of the impact that interest, taxes, inflation have on economic and engineering decisions.

• Develop the ability to estimate project cash flows for design alternatives including tax implications.

• Understand the fundamentals of profit and loss analysis and benefit-cost analysis.

• Become familiar with basic accounting statements and concepts such as balance sheets, income statements, depreciation methods, etc.

• Develop the ability to make replacement decisions.

• Basic understanding of project risk and uncertainty using sensitivity and break-even analysis.

The primary aim of this course is to introduce students to the concept of institutions and the informal economy in a global context. The discourse examines the informal economy through the lens of institutional economics. The aim is to acquaint students with significant discourses and issues in policy design and intervention.

This course aims to help students to:

• outline the concept of institutions and institutional change through some of the major theoretical constructs in institutional economics.
• summarize and illustrate the various mechanisms of the informal economy connecting the theoretical concept to issues of measurement.
• examine the linkages of formal and informal economy;
• train students to hone their writing and presentation skills to effectively discuss these complex ideas.

The players in the foreign market are increasing in numbers with the presence of the much more liberalized policies and regulations. Students need to acquire knowledge on the functioning of trade globally and its financial implications. The course imparts knowledge of foreign exchange activities and the hedging of foreign exchange exposures and other related aspects of risk coverage while doing international business.

Objectives of the caurse

1. To introduce the complexities of internatinalisation of finance

2. To understand the effects of international flow capital

3. To develop analystic skills of students

Course DescriptionThis course introduces students to a broad range of issues, concepts, and approaches integral to the study of peace and conflict. Aspects of war system and war prevention, conflict resolution and nonviolence, human rights and social justice, development and environmental sustainability will be discussed. 

Course Objectives: To provide students with  the theoretical empirical perspectives of peace and conflict issues, and apply those to the causes and consequences of conflicts–from the onset to the resolution. It will enable students to understand the multifaceted nature of contemporary conflicts.  

The course will look at Genocide – trace its ideological foundations and historical evolution from antiquity to the late 20th century. Genocide is a topic of enormous contemporary relevance, with implications for the construction of national identity and the responsibilities of the international community. While the focus will be on the Shoah (or Holocaust) due to its centrality within Genocide Studies, the course will also look at American, Asian and African cases. The analysis will be focused on the historical, cultural and social contexts alongwith the spatial, cultural and political memories they engender. The course will look at the phenomena of genocide through history. It will explore the causes and course of various episodes of genocide throughout world history, using a comparative approach. The core case studies are Armenia, the Jewish Holocaust, Cambodia and Rwanda, as well as pre-1900 genocides (particularly Native Americans and Africans). The students will analyse how the memory of genocide has been used and abused for political and other ends. This course is designed to challenge and enhance students pre-existing historiographical skills and encourage interdisciplinary awareness. The course concludes by asking students whether historical understanding can help us to prevent genocide in the future.

Many large organizations are having to cede their market dominance to new disruptive players. Well-oiled organizations are hitting roadblocks due to unanticipated problems that are slowing down operations. VUCA is affecting organizations like never before -impacting schedules, delaying deliverables, and causing cost overruns. Managing projects has become a nightmare with the uncertainties and ambiguities of business, delaying integration of allied activities, making the project a non-starter even before it gets off the ground. In this VUCA world, it is imperative to confront the volatile, embrace theunknown, conquer the complex, and understand the ambiguous to be able to predict what lies ahead. This course helps students to understand the tensions in a given situation and how they need to think through a problem from multiple dimensions. The course aims to give students an insight into the mega trends and forces that are impacting their world. Ask what are some of the causes of these trends and their business implications? What can future managers like themselves do about understanding these changing trends, and why they need to address, appreciate, adapt and attempt to manage these changes in their ecosystem? The course aims to introduce some basic VUCA concepts, in order to broaden their world view of management and nature of managing complex problems.

The course will provide the students a basic introduction to the concept and nature  of human rights, their conceptual and historical foundations.  It will give an overview of human rights philosophy, principles, instruments and institutions, and also an overview of current issues and debates in India and across the world. It aims to explore some aspects of the diverse and increasingly complex body of international law of human rights that has both national and international application. The course also seeks to analyze the ways in which human rights violations occur with a concrete case studies

• To introduce the students to the basic concepts, elements, and preoccupations of the human rights

• To engage in philosophical discussion and discourse, and relate it to human rights

• To acquaint the student with development of human rights

• To critically examine the human rights issue in the contemporary society

Communication Studies addresses critical thinking, communicative concepts and skills, and relational and participatory effectiveness in personal, public, and professional spheres. This is a Communication Studies course and as such, this course will give you the tools needed to dissect your experiences in our communicative world. Specifically, this course introduces you to major issues and perspectives in communication studies while helping you think about and analyze communication in a systematic way. This course will provide an introduction to the study of Communication. It aims to understand how and why we communicate and what impacts communication has on who we are and what we do. Topics include the functions, foundations, models, and modes of communication.  An overview of concepts and processes related to the functions of communication will be examined through current theoretical and empirical research. Emphasis is placed on communication theories and techniques used in interpersonal, group, public, intercultural and mass communication situations.  It focuses specifically on the relevance of communication study today and how different situations and technologies demand the evaluation and application of appropriate communication techniques. Students in the course will apply communication studies to developing applications of communication including business presentations, public speaking, organizational communication, and small group communication.

Course Objectives: 

• To critically analyze written and visual communication texts

• To Explore communication in different cultural contexts using case studies and personal experience.

• Analyze the trends and issues in modern society that impact communication.

• Identify and apply communication theory to adapt to your audience

The synergy between media and culture will be explored in this course. Theoretical perspectives introduced through the syllabus lead to informed critique of media as well as to mindful practice.The course combines cultural studies with media and sociology and explores processes and activities, from local to global levels. This course will introduce the students to the very latest research and theory in the study of our contemporary culture and the digital realm, and how our world is portrayed in the media

Course Objectives: 

The course aims to help students to:

• Understand the role of the media in society.

• Explain key concepts and debates in media and cultural studies

• Analyse how media informs and contributes to the formation of identity for individuals and groups in various cultural contexts

• Enable the students to become more effective media watchers, consumers, and practitioners.

• Understand the impact and implications of media content.

This course is designed to provide basic instruction in writing for print, broadcast and online media platforms. The course would allow students to explore the role of mass media in today’s world and its impact on our daily lives will be included in the course curriculum. It is designed to work on the necessary skills for writing for various media platforms. In the interest of the subject experiences with media professionals and hands-on learning will be provided. Instructional Methods: lecture, discussion, student-directed learning, hands-on production, observation, peer evaluation and guest speakers.

Course Objectives

The course aims to help students to:

• To analyze how technological and other trends in mass media are transforming traditional concepts of writing. 

• To examine aspects of content creation across multiple media platforms. 

• To analyze the media environment. 

• To apply the numerous styles of writing for mass media.

• Be able to critically review and modify mass media content.

• Identify and apply communication theory to adapt to your audience

This course introduces students to the prominent theories of personality within the field of psychology. Students will review various theoretical models, the historical context in which they were developed, and how empirical research has been formed by these theories. The course also aims to introduce students to various indigenous understanding about personality.

Course Objectives: This course aims to

●      Understand the various theories of personality.

●      Gain exposure to various personality tests.

Knowledge on how culture and history have shaped personality

This course will enable students to understand how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the social context consisting of actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. The course introduces students to the existing theory and research in the past and contemporary social settings comprising viz, the intraindividual, interindividual, social factors that influence individual and group behavior.

Course Objectives: To enable students:

●      Understand the historical and scientific origin and development of the field in the western and Indian context.

●      Understand the development of the self and the dynamics of interpersonal attraction, prosocial behavior, aggression, prejudice, group processes and attitude formation and change in a social context.

Comprehend the nature of scientific methods employed to study behavior in the social context and developing a critical outlook.

This course is an introduction to the field of Clinical Psychology. The course will provide students an understanding of the nature and scope of the field and assist students in getting a clear idea about the different mental health professions. The course will include an overview of assessment, psycho-diagnosis and research in clinical settings and would also enable students to become sensitive towards ethical, legal and socio-cultural issues in the practice of Clinical Psychology.

How (and when) was the world divided into two (East/West, Orient/Occident, and later, North/South), and when (and how) did this division assume the form of domination? This course intends to search the roots of this division (and later, a unilateral, cultural, political and economic domination) from the fundamental characteristics of ancient civilisations throughout the globe, to the more recent establishment of capitalism and its gradual ascension to a world order. The concepts of ‘Colonialism’, ‘Imperialism’, ‘Postcolonialism’ and ‘Orientalism’, as well as ‘Westernisation’, ‘Modernisation’ and ‘Development’ will be discussed, expanded and problematized, from historical, sociological, anthropological, cultural, political and psychoanalytic perspectives.The focus will also be on literary responses to colonialism and imperialism and to post- and neo-colonial contexts characteristic of more recent times. In the process – combining the close reading and analysis of literary case studies with the study of theoretical texts

1. Introduction of the concepts of ‘Civilisation’ and ‘Culture’, suggesting different outlooks in Cultural Studies and Social and Human Sciences.

2. Application of the basic concepts of ‘Colonialism’, ‘Imperialism’, ‘Postcolonialism’ and ‘Orientalism’, to Cultural Studies and Social and Human Sciences as well as the current international political situation.

3. Recognition of the major encounters between Postcolonial Studies and other transdisciplinary world-outlooks

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

Course Objectives

The course aims to help students to:

●      demonstrate an understanding of different schools of thought in International Relations.

●      develop an ability to integrate the theories and contextualize contemporary global events.

outline the behaviour of nation-states in the international arena.

Today’s generation is confronted with manifold challenges as a result of the rapidly changing economy and socio-political environment. The primarly goal of Liberal arts edcuation is to make students informed and responsible citizen. This coure aims to prepare graduates with skills which will not only make them efficient at their workplace but also nurture them as individuals who would make an effective contribution to the society. This has been done keeping in mind the paradigm shift from knowledge-oriented-approach to learning to skill-oriented-approach that the contemporary era necessitates.

This course is intended to provide knowledge on accounting practices in sole and partnership firms of the 21st century and equip students with concepts, processes and reporting of financial statements in modern organizations.

CourseObjectives:

The course aims to:

• educate the students about the accounting principles and practices

• help the students to understand the accounting cycle and the steps involved in the preparation of financial statements.

• make the students learn the practices of accounting in different forms of business except limited liability companies.

This paper is introduced to equip the students with modern trends and courses in the field of consumer behaviour. This paper provides a broad overview of the very interesting phenomena of the behaviour of consumers.

The course aims to help students to:

• Understand the importance of interdisciplinary perspective.

• Emphasize the role of psychological factors on people’s economic activity.

• Understand the process of decision-making involved in consumer behaviour.

As education in every sense is one of the fundamental factors of development, this course is designed to understand the various nuances of education and development. No country can achieve sustainable economic development without substantial investment in human capital. Education enriches people’s understanding of themselves and the world. It improves the quality of their lives and leads to broad social benefits to individuals and society. Education raises people’s productivity and creativity and promotes entrepreneurship and technological advances. In addition, it plays a very crucial role in securing economic and social progress and improving income distribution. So, this course serves as a foundation course for carrying out research on education and development.

Course Objectives:

The course aims to help students to:

• develop an understanding of the link between education and economic development. 

• comprehend the role of education in bringing about equity and social welfare.

• relate the main political, economic, and social processes that influence education.

• developing an insight of the educational policies in India.

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

Course Objectives:

The course aims to help students to:

• apply microeconomic analysis to important labour market processes and outcomes.

• expose the students to a wide range of empirical issues in the Indian labour market.

• sensitize the students to the role of the government in the labour market.

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to basic econometric concepts and techniques of econometric analysis through a step-by-step approach. The course begins with an introduction to the definitions and scope of econometrics. Then students will be introduced to simple as well as multiple linear regression models and the fundamental assumptions of Classical Linear Regression Modelling. The causes, consequences and remedies for the assumption violations viz. Heteroskedasticity, Autocorrelation and Multicollinearity are then discussed. There is a separate unit to introduce students to the use of dummy variables in econometric analysis. The course also covers the consequences of and tests for misspecification of regression models.

CourseObjectives

This course has been conceptualised in order to provide learners with:

• a comprehensive introduction to basic econometric concepts and techniques. 

• an in-depth understanding of simple as well as multiple linear regression models.

• the knowledge and skillset to understand and examine the CLRM assumption violations and specification errors.

• an introduction to dummy variables and its use in econometric modelling. 

This course covers the South Asian history through the edifice of the post-colonialism till date. We proceed chronologically and cover some of the major political, social, religious, and cultural developments in late-colonial South Asia and decolonisation process. Students will be exposed to primary sources, written and documented by a diverse array of people, as well as the politics of identities in the present day. Students will also learn about the practices of postcolonial history more broadly, including how to gauge paradigm shifts and identity narratives to conduct basic research on contemporary South Asia

With more than 230 million global citizens living outside their home countries, international migration is one of the most critical issues facing the global community in the 21st century.

As a result of globalisation, many countries have entered an era of superdiversity with societies more diverse in terms of ethnicity, and immigration status, than ever before. The major policy issue is not whether we should be tough on migration, but how we can better integrate new migrants and long established communities into their chosen societies, in a way that promotes social solidarity and inclusion. The world is moving, but not all opinions and governments are willing to accept this poorly understood reality. The issue affects both states and the planet, in a process of globalization and of regionalization of migrations, and raises new questions for international relations, now including the South. This course aims at improving knowledge of the subject, addressing the key issues raised by international migration, and assessing the trends of tomorrow. The course will examine the social, economic and political impacts of international migration and examine current, proposed and ideal approaches to welfare provision in the era of superdiversity. It will explore data to help map super diverse populations and examine the rights and entitlements of migrants in different societies.

Through introducing the concept of superdiversity the question of How migration transforms identity could be approached better.  The course will cover topics such as alienation, assimilation, generational memory, survival, nostalgia, hybridity, and transformation. Students can expect a wide range of writing assignments, both analytical and creative.Border control and  management play a vital role in the economy, trade and national security of all countries. This subject introduces students to an extensive range of border management issues including policy, legislation, compliance management, and economic and social impact. Comparative international studies and the application of international norms and legislation in areas such as migration and security are key aspects of this subject.

The course aligning with the vision of the liberal arts programme  provides a broad, theoretical understanding of human mobility and the role of both internal and international migration in economic and political processes, social change and globalisation.

This course covers a wide range of topics, including:

• Citizenship and Human rights

• Welfare

• Immigration policy

• Social cohesion and integration

• Human trafficking

• Race, ethnicity and identity

• Multiculturalism

• Popular media and creation of public onion around migration

The course caters to the demand for government agencies and private sector companies to develop expertise in these areas.  It provides the foundation for successful careers in government, international organisations, civil society, or further academic inquiry.

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

Conditions of health and disease are inherently linked to states of peace and war. War and

violence have direct effects on human health including physical and mental trauma,

injuries, and death. War also has indirect effects on physical and mental health through

the disruption of the economic and social systems through which healthcare is delivered.

Both combatants and civilians are at risk of morbidity and mortality associated with

short-term loss of food, clean water, shelter, social support, or healthcare infrastructure.

More long term, societies at war also lose important infrastructure investments (schools,

institutions, systems), and fail to make investments in infrastructure because of the

diversion of resources for weaponry and war. Many individuals experience other physical

and psychological injuries associated with trauma and conflict induced ecological

damage. Conflict-associated structural violence, or the systematic ways in which social

structures harm or disadvantage individuals, also affects human health by creating

institutional barriers to achieving maximal health status.

The mass media is the primary means by which citizens learn about political issues, events and actors. While the media plays a key role in domestic politics, we should expect that the media are particularly important in informing citizens and shaping their opinions regarding issues of complex international matters where direct experience may be somewhat limited. For this reason, we investigate the effects of differential media coverage on public opinion of major contemporary global issues namely foreign policy and war, terrorism, climate change, and migration. However, many contend that the media are not simply the means by which information is transferred but constitute political actors themselves. We therefore also explore the causal factors that may shape media coverage of global affairs and how this varies across media organisations and across time and space.

Course Objectives

The course aims to help students to:

• To critically evaluate the evolution of global media from newspapers to new media looking at developments in the political and social sphere.

• Engage with different empirical and theoretical approaches to the analysis of mass media and public opinion  

• Identify causal mechanisms by which media coverage can (and cannot) shape public opinion on global issues and foreign policy  

• Compare and analyse the sources of influence on media coverage of international politics  Understand and articulate the effects of media framing and agenda-setting on contemporary climate change and immigration debate.

Science and Technology have a prominent role in a developing nation. The learning and practice of effective science communication are very crucial in the current world scenario. This course is designed to create awareness among the students regarding the significance of science communication and to evaluate the science communication techniques adopted by the mainstream media. The paper offers a theoretical perspective of science and technology communication, enabling the students to acquire knowledge about science communication's socio-political and developmental aspects. The course analyses the recent communication methods and practices in media outlets regarding the different fields of science reporting. Since the post-covid era demands more attention on health communication and related areas, the course has given emphasis to health communication.

Course Objectives:

• To understand the role of science and technology in society.

• To develop a scientific temper for the nation's sustainable development. 

• To analyze the significance of science communicators in imparting scientific awareness and outlook among society. 

• To Know the recent trends and techniques in mediated science communication.

In this course, students will learn about the power of stories to effect social change. Students will navigate the growing pool of research about the techniques and structure of effective storytelling that show how story components and narrative structure affect our brains.This course will help you develop communications, research and writing skills through exploration of traditional and contemporary stories. Students will review and experiment with new approaches to storytelling to build stories that can drive belief and behavior change.

Course Objectives:

• Understand the impact stories can have on individuals.

• Identify how storytelling is an instrumental tool of self expression and identity formation

• Develop the ability to identify and target specific audiences.

• Encourage students' critical thinking and critical expression skills

• Demonstrate an understanding of the difference between plot and structure and how the two can work together

• To tell stories and grapple with the practical aspects of storytelling as a communication art 

• To explore story sources, selection, performance, and narration 

The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of the role of communication in politics. We will explore research from the fields of communication and political science concerning the content of a variety of “legacy” and “new” forms of political communication. We will discuss the role of traditional print and television news media, entertainment media forms with political relevance, online media, face-to-face interpersonal communication, and various forms of technologically mediated social interactions in politics (e.g., social media, discussion forums, news article comment spaces). This course will expose students to a breadth of scholarship on political communication from both communication and political science (and sometimes, other related fields). Students will become familiar with theoretical, methodological and pragmatic issues in political communication scholarship.

Course Objectives:

• Articulate a core understanding of political communications and its primary functions
• Recognize, describe, and demonstrate how political candidates and elected officials employ and are
• constrained by communication
• Demonstrate an example of effective political communications 
• Develop a comprehensive strategic communications plan.

Course Description:

An Organization consists of different departments and processes. Managers at all level must understand how a company’s departments and processes “fit” together to achieve its goal. It focuses on all the functional areas of business and presents a cohesive strategic management model from a strategic perspective. The subject provides an insight on the strategy adopted by the companies in response to environmental change. The course provides a comprehensive and integrated presentation of current strategic management thinking in a clear and succinct format.

Course Objective:

·       To learn the fundamentals of strategic management using the case method.

·       To understand the fundamental principles & interrelationships among business functions such as: R & D, Production, Marketing, Customer Service, finance, human resources and Information Technology

·       To understand the interrelationships of business to individuals, other organizations, government and society.

In order to successfully finish the undergraduate degree with a honours, the Liberal Arts programme requires the students to either write a thesis or complete a capstone project. A capstone project serves as another way to prove their understanding of a given subject, but unlike a thesis, they can prove their skills through solutions or new ideas instead of pure analysis.

We at CHRIST, firmly believe that new ideas come from ‘thinking outside the box’ and developing new perspectives that combine diverse ways of knowing the world. And with our enabling environment, empowered leadership and governance structure, we are breaking away from the pattern of conventional and rigid program and creating student-centric, flexible learning systems, and allow students to explore and curate their own visions and aspirations – incorporating creative expressions like music, theatre, art and sports into the curriculum as well. And this is exactly where we believe the need for Capstone Projects are indispensable.

CHRIST (Deemed to be University) seeks to partner with industry to provide real world project experience for the Liberal Arts undergraduate students. Industry provides students with ill-defined problems where student teams must define the problem and develop solutions that use tools and methods learned in their courses. This module/course seeks to addresses several of the sustainability-based issues and problems and to provide the opportunity for assessment of student ability in these often difficult to assess areas.

Postcolonialism may be defined, following Robert Young, as the perspective provided by theories that analyze the material and epistemological conditions of postcoloniality and seek to combat the continuing, often covert operation of an imperialist system of economic, political and cultural domination. This course will examine, through the lens of postcolonial theories, major literary and filmic texts that, as John McLeod puts it, have been produced by people from countries with a history of colonialism, primarily those concerned with the workings and legacy of colonialism, and resistance to it, in either the past or the present. The course will use postcolonial theories to discuss the ways in which the literary forms of fiction, film and autobiography both depict and question postcolonial realities in nations ranging from India to Nigeria.

Course Description: This course will instruct you how to harness the power of effective storytelling and apply storytelling techniques across multiple media. It will not only make you tell a story but develop skills to create an emotional relationship between your story and the audience. It will help the students understand the various aspects of humanisation of the stories. It will equip the students to develop humanise content that will spark a conversation and result in creating social change. The course will cover how the battle for attention today is won with a compelling narrative or story told via the most appropriate media vehicles on a continuous basis. And, it will provide instruction and insights as to how organisations, brands, individuals, governments etc are now required to become trans-media storytellers, where compelling and emotive stories are created to influence key audiences. The course will mix discussions of theoretical approaches with practical application of the concepts and theories. As such, typical classes involve case analysis, group problem solving, analysis of relevant materials and debate.

Course Objectives: 

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

• Identify story ideas and the best media formats to convey them

• Apply technological tools to convey their content in various multimedia format

• Understand the basic mechanics of creating a message for a purpose (e.g., story for emotional engagement, dissemination, awareness building, advocacy, news etc.); 

• Apply critical and creative thinking skills in the collection and analysis of information.

This course analyzes the social histories, socio-economic conditions, and current challenges confronting various racial, caste, ethnic, gender, cultural, religious, and other minority groups in India. Various competing theoretical frameworks are utilized, and the general principles of dominant-minority group relations are explored and examined. This course examines the historical and contemporary implications of inequality that have persisted especially in India, with some emphasis on other industrialized and developing countries. In addition, this course will provide an overview of the causes and consequences of economic and social inequality and how it is reproduced throughout society. Using an intersectional perspective to better understand how various inequalities impact individuals, communities, and systems, this course uses

a multi-disciplinary lens to explore complexities of inequality and how it continues to be reproduced in society. Students will be challenged to analyze core tenants of systemic inequality and critically develop strategies to reduce inequality. The course is designed to foster critical analysis of the issues of difference in our society and to prepare students to understand and interact with people from diverse backgrounds and cultural perspectives throughout their lives. Finally, students will gain the knowledge to analyze social, political, and economic inequalities within a holistic and historical context, while closely examining issues as that relate to the impact of systems based on race, gender, class, and sexuality.

This course is an introduction to basic concepts of cognitive psychology. Course will cover basic concepts and major theories of Cognitive Psychology. The course will also provide a good understanding of research done on various cognitive variables. By studying this course, students will be encouraged to appreciate diverse approaches and models in the field of cognitive psychology. Relevant experiments will also be discussed.

Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

CO1: Demonstrate theoretical understanding of various cognitive processes.

CO2: Understand cognitive theories, models, and perspectives.

CO3: Understand cognitive phenomena in day-to-day life from a research perspective.

CO4: Analyse the design and importance of experimental studies in cognitive psycholog.

This course examines the notion of sustainable development in light of the changing scenarios in International Relations. It aims at understanding the crucial existence of international institutions popularly referred as International Organizations for ensuring the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals. It also examinesthestatecentricunderstandinginordertoachievetheideaofsustainable development. It aims at interpreting the role and efforts of United Nations Department of Economic and Social affairs through examining various implementation strategies. It alsodealswiththethematicdiscussionofpowerpoliticsatthelevelofinternationalorganizationsandits effects on the implementation of Sustainable development goals. ThisalsoprovidesaninsightintothegreatpowerpoliticsandroleofUnited Nations in particular. The broader objective of the course is to understand the relevance of United Nations and its member states in orderto ensure peace and prosperity of people and international system by adhering to the implementation of sustainable development goals.

Bytheendofthecoursethestudentshouldbeableto:

●        developskillsby understand specialisation of differentSDG’s

●        analysetheroleofthestateinimplementing SDG’s

• assesstheroleoftheinternationalinstitutionsinhelpingcountriesachievingtheirSDG’s

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

This course has been designed to help students to:

• give an understanding of the theoretical perceptions of economic growth and development together;
• to create awareness of the challenges in the developmental process and thus motivate the students towards the thinking of alternative solutions;
• analyse the evolving issues and nuances with respect to the economic growth and development.

The players in the foreign market are increasing in numbers with the presence of much more liberalized policies and regulations. Students need to learn about the functioning of trade globally and its financial implications. The course imparts knowledge of foreign exchange activities, hedging foreign exchange exposures, and other related aspects of risk coverage while doing international business.

Objectives

• To generate awareness of the purpose and scope of multinational companies and the foreign exchange market.
• To impart a good blend of knowledge of foreign exchange economics, and evolutions of the global exchange rate system.
• To make students understand the causes of the important financial crises that took place in the history of various world economies. introduce
• To get the students acquainted with the methods of hedging foreign exchange exposures.
• To impart knowledge on international corporate strategies in diversified international financial markets.
• To familiarize the students with the functioning of international financial institutions and the features of international financial instruments.

This course has been conceptualized to locate how food practices and representations become central to the negotiation between Global South and North. While food practices are a significant part of the everyday lives of communities across the world the larger engagement with food studies is from the perspective of Global North. The course attempts to explore the existing power hierarchy between the two regions and how it is reflected, mediated, and negotiated through food practices and representations. Taking insight from various disciplinary vantage points, the course explores how food practices have shaped identities, places, economies, and the imagination of regions, cultures, and nations. The course engages in a discussion on some of the existing literature on food studies from the perspective of the global south

CO1: Apply methodologies from various disciplinary positions to determine and explore food practices 

CO2: Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge through research in the field of Food Studies and its negotiation with the Global South demonstrated through research activities. 

CO3: Identify the implications of gender, caste, class, religion, region, nation and other intersectional identities on food practices and their politics through critical assignments.

CO4: Contextualise and evaluate the power-politics that operate within their immediate spaces of engagements like home, culture, community through food practices through documentation of  knowledge around local, regional and national food practices.

An increasing number of people are living an ever increasing part of their lives online - the virtual world. The formation of communities is not bound by geographical limitations. People from different corners of the world are connecting based on their shared interests to form communities and bonds in cyberspace. Does this have implications on the lives of the people and institutions in the 'real' world? How has it modified the family and the social space? Media is, as always, evolving while also changing the people it serves. This course looks at all these developments in the communication sphere with an aim to answer the questions about virtual communities and their implications on the non-virtual world.

Course Objectives: By the end of the course, the students will be able to:
Learn techniques for determining the impact of virtual communities on real life
Apply the understanding of networked and virtual communities to come up with solutions to the sociological challenges
Analyse human relationships and communication practices in network and virtual communities

Today the world is facing serious challenges due to human population explosion, poverty, inequality, pandemics, pollution, political manipulation of the public for corporate benefit. By the turn of the millennium, as the dangers of global warming and the consequent climate change became evident, the limitations of an anthropocentric view of the environment and history became clear. Therefore, in recent years there has been a shift to a more holistic approach in History. The focus is now on understanding the planet Earth based on ecology, environmental concerns and their remedies - a view that sees mankind as part of an interconnected web of life on this planet. It becomes imperative to understand the interface between the human systems and the natural world. The course will help students to develop professional skills for planning and implementing strategies to address various conservation related issues by taking into consideration related social issues. The programme is a combination of theoretical knowledge, awareness of contemporary environmental issues and fieldwork experiences. The aim of the course is to provide knowledge and skills to the students, which will help them understand the existing problems affecting our environment, possible ways to reduce such impacts and increase awareness in communities. This professional course will give students the opportunity to understand the institutional structures concerning the environment, both at the local and international level, as well as the policies, issues and problems of India and strategies to address these.

Course Description:

This course aims to introduce basic concepts and historical perspectives on psychological disorders. It will provide an overview of major psychological disorders, etiology, and clinical descriptions of various disorders.

Course Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

• Understand the historical perspective of abnormal behaviours and the development of modern-day classification of psychological disorders.
• Differentiate between the manifestations of psychopathology of anxiety and stress related disorders, somatic symptom disorders and dissociative disorders.
• Identify the criteria to diagnose various disorders related to mood and psychotic symptoms.
• Demonstrate the understanding of the manifestation of various personality disorders and sexual dysfunctions.

This course offers theories of Public Administration from its evolution point of view. It introduces the evolution of public administration as a discipline and the significance of dichotomy between political science and public administration. Specifically, it provides a range of theories of public administration from classical theory, scientific management theory to public management which exposes the students to dynamics of administrative and managerial thoughts. 

Course Objectives: 

The course aims to help students to: 

• understand the nature and how varied administration thoughts shaped public administration as a discipline. 
• reflect on theories that created the trends in administration and their relevance in the present context. 
• analyse the conflicts raised between different schools of thought in the field of administrative science with reference to the new public management.

Entrepreneurship is about managing risk than taking risk, Project analysis is process of evaluating the opportunities on multiple aspects to ensure optimum success of the venture. The idea is tested to assess market risks, operational risks, perceived value and benefit and financial risks and then a detailed plan is developed. The course covers topics opportunity assessment, Strategic choices, Legal aspects, Business Plan formulation and pitching the idea for funding.

COURSE OBJECTIVE:

·To impart an understanding on modalities for assessing an idea/opportunity

·To understand the process of reducing failure risks in ventures 

·To enable an understanding on developing sustainable and profitable ways of managing a venture

·To develop skills for raising funds.

Research competencies and skills are essential for the effective conduct and understanding of ethics, values, policies and  ultimately for evidence-based decision-making, whether in business, government or civil society. 

This course is part I of the 2-part Program on Research Methods and Analysis, which aims to introduce the process of  construction and deconstruction of research concepts and methods as a foundation for setting a critical link system within  and across disciplines. Apart from its intellectual strength, Research Methods is a tool to critique set notions and  understandings. The course will look at issues that are contested, problems of ideological orientation as well as the structure  in critical writing which helps in a better understanding of any discipline-based Discourse. As an extension this whole  process translates well into understanding ‘Writing’ as a creative & intellectual activity that requires a certain extent of  academic rigor for greater validation.  

The modules take you through the empirical research cycle step-by-step. The course balances theoretical knowledge with  experience-based learning. We strongly believe that learning-by-doing will help you develop a unique set of skills to draft  and execute your research proposal and then a research-based dissertation. The idea is to equip our students in the basics  of Research and its methods, so that they are able to effectively use these skills in the eventual dissertation that they have to  complete by the end of the 6th semester.  

All the first and second year BALIB students are expected to complete 2 Internships/Immersive

PRojects -one at the end of their First year and the next at the end of their Second year. Among

them, the first year the students are encouraged to go for internships and immersive

experiences which are generic in nature, so that they are able to better understand their interests

and strengths as well as weaknesses. And at the end of their Second year, they are encouraged

to opt for internships which are aligned with their areas of specializations so that it may also

help with their Dissertation work towards the end. The student must complete 30 working days

of the same. This may be done through an established internship program or be set up

independently by the student in consultation with the Program Coordinator/Assigned

Internship Mentor. Students must complete an advance contract, work a minimum of 30

working days, and submit a final report.

Course Description

Health economics is at the interface of economics and health science. Economic theory is applied for decision making in the health sector. The course aims at providing the students with the basic knowledge on the definition and scope of health and measuring the quality of health using appropriate methods and to relate the supply and demand concept with respect to health, understanding different health costs concepts and functioning of economics of health insurance. The course also aims to introduce economic evaluation techniques to measure the health outcomes and its implication which will enable the students to practically use the evaluation technique for predicting outcomes.

Course Objectives

The course aims to help students to:

• provide an understanding of the role of health economics in health care decision making.
• introduce and explain various concepts and dimensions of decision making in the health sector and health care management.
• apply various evaluation techniques to analyse the health outcomes.
• provide overview of manpower in the Indian health sector

Course Description

The course aims to explain the principles and methods of behavioral economics while contrasting them with standard economic models. It highlights the importance of cognitive ability, social interaction, moral incentives and emotional responses in explaining human behaviour and economic outcomes. 

Course Objectives

• To understand the scope of interaction between psychological phenomena and economic variables
• To develop perspectives about economic phenomena outside the spectrum of core economic theories.

Course Description

This course analyzes the structural aspects of the Indian state and offers a detailed understanding of important components of the Indian Constitution. It further examines the important organs of the state and their structural equations. Specifically, it provides debates on the functional aspects through executive and judiciary and its influence on Indian economy. 

Course Objectives

The objectives of the course are to introduce students to: 

• examine the dynamics of the Indian state and structure.
• identify and analyze the contemporary issues and debates of Indian Constitution.
• illustrating and outlining the nature, structure, working of the Constitution and the functional implications involved in it.

Course Description:

This course is intended to provide knowledge on accounting practices in sole and partnership firms of the 21^st century and equip students with concepts, processes and reporting of financial statements in modern organizations.

 Course Objectives:

The course aims to make students:

1. understand the basic accounting principles and practices
2. demonstrate the accounting cycle and the steps involved in the preparation of financial statements.
3. explain the practices of accounting in different forms of business except limited liability companies.