CO 1- Analysing what is Politics and explaining
the approaches to the Study of Political Science-
Normative,
Behavioral, Post Behavioral, Feminist.
CO 2- Assessing the theories of State (Origin,
Nature, Functions): Contract, Idealist, Liberal and
Neo-Liberal
Theories.
CO 3- Explaining the Concept of State Sovereignty:
Monistic and Pluralistic Theories. Analysing the
changing concept of Sovereignty in the context of
Globalisation.
CO 4- Classification of David Held's Democratic
Theories.
CO 5- Understanding basic concepts of Liberty,
Equality, Rights, Law and Justice.
CO 6- Assessing empirical Political Theory: System's
Analysis, Structural Functionalism.
CO 7- Explaining Dialectical Materialism and
Historical Materialism with special reference to
relationship
between base and superstructure.
CO 8- Analysing the theory of class and class
struggle.
CO 9- Describing the Marxist Approach to politics.
CO 10- Analysing Marx's concept of Freedom and
Democracy: Nature, Features and Critique.
CO 11- Discussing Marx's Theory of State with
special reference to Relative Autonomy of the State.
CO 12- Explaining Marxian theory of Revolution.
CO 13- Evaluating the major debates in Marxism:
Lenin- Rosa Luxemburg debate on Political party.
CO 1- Tracing the evolution of Comparative
Politics as a discipline and drawing a distinction
between
Comparative Politics and Comparative Government.
CO 2- Investigating the nature and scope of
Comparative Politics.
CO 3- Analysing the approaches the approaches and
models of comparison: systems analysis; structural
functionalism; and institutional approach.
CO 4- Critically analyzing the features of a liberal
democratic and socialist political system with focus
on
UK, USA and the People's Republic of China.
CO 5- Discussing the features of a federal system
with special reference to USA and Russia.
CO 6- Conducting an intensive comparative study of
the Executive (UK, USA, France and Russia);
Legislature (UK, USA and the PRC); the Judiciary
(UK, USA and PRC).
CO 7- Critically looking at the rights of the
citizens of UK, USA and PRC from a comparative
perspective.
CO 1- Introducing the Indian Constitution with a
focus on the role of the Constituent Assembly and
examining the essence of the Preamble.
CO 2- Examining the Fundamental Rights and Duties of
Indian citizens with a study of the significance and
status of Directive Principles.
CO 3- Assessing the nature of Indian Federalism with
focus on Union-State Relations.
CO 4- Critically analyzing the important
institutions of the Indian Union: the Executive:
President; Prime
Minister, Council of Ministers; Governor, Chief
Minister and Council of Ministers; The legislature:
Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha, Speaker, Committee System,
State Legislature, The Judiciary: Supreme
Court and the High Courts: composition and
functions- Judicial Activism
CO 5- Looking at the Constitutional Amendment
Procedure with focus on the main recommendations of
the
Constitutional Review Commission (Venkatachalliah
Commission)
CO 6- Critically evaluating the Indian Party system
-its development and looking at the ideology of
dominant national parties
CO 7- Evaluating the role of various forces on
Indian politics: religion; language; caste; tribe;
regionalism;
business; working class and peasants
CO 8- Evaluating the Electoral Process in India with
focus on the Election Commission: Composition,
Functions and Role
CO 9- Investigating the New Social Movements since
the 1970s:environmental movements,
women's movement and human rights movement.
CO 1- Explaining scope and subject matter of
International Relations as an autonomous academic
discipline.
CO 2- Approaches and methods to study the discipline
through Political realism, Pluralism and Worlds
system's Model.
CO 3- Examining the issues of Underdevelopment,
Terrorism, Regionalism and Integration that
characterizes
the Post second world war order.
CO 4- Studying the role of Diplomacy, Propaganda and
Military capabilities in the making of foreign
policy.
CO 5- Explaining certain basic concepts like
Globalisation in contemporary world order.
CO 6- Describing the Cold War phases and
understanding the post Cold War era.
CO 7- Discussing the developments in European
Ethno-nationalism since 1990's. Tracing the growth
of
European Union
CO 8- Examining Indian Foreign Policy: Basic
Principles, Evolution and Bilateral Relations.
CO 9- Evaluating the working of UN and its organs;
Peace keeping Function and Human Rights.
CO 10- Analysing the Foreign Policy of USA and
China.
CO 11- Studying the developments in third world
countries in post world war II era like NAM:
Relevance,
ASEAN, SAFTA and SAARC, OPEC, OAU, West
Asia-Palestine problem after Cold War
CO 1- Providing an insight into the dominant
features of Ancient Western Political Thought:
Ancient Greek
political thought with focus on Aristotle and Plato;
Roman Political Thought: its contributions with
special emphasis on the emergence of Roman law.
CO 2- Examining the features of Medieval Political
Thought.
CO 3- Evaluating the Renaissance; political thought
of Reformation; and Machiavelli.
CO 4- Critically examining Bodin's contributions to
the theory of Sovereignty; Hobbes as the founder of
the
science of materialist politics; Locke as the
founder of Liberalism with focus on his views on
natural
rights, property and consent; and Rousseau's views
on Freedom and Democracy; Bentham's
Utilitarianism; and John Stuart Mill's views on
liberty and representative government.
CO 5- Taking an insight into the following: Hegel's
views on Civil Society and State; Utopian and
Scientific
socialism: basic characteristics.
CO 6- Examining the varieties of non-Marxist
socialism: Fabianism, Syndicalism, Guild Socialism,
German
Revisionism.
CO 1- Tracing the evolution of Indian political
thought from ancient India to modern India.
CO 2- Analysing the nationalist thought of Raja
Rammohun Roy.
CO 3- Assessing the nationalist thought of Bankim,
Vivekananda and Tagore.
CO 4- Discussing the nationalism of Gandhi, M. N.
Roy, Narendra Deva and Syed Ahmed Khan.
CO 5- Explaining the formation of the Congress in
1885.
CO 6- Tracing the Bengal Partition and the Swadeshi
movement.
CO 7- Analysing the Gandhian Movements such as the
Khilafat, Non Cooperation, Civil Disobedience
movements.
CO 8- Assessing the alternatives to the Indian
National Congress- the Forward Bloc, Congress
Socialist
Party, Communist Parti of India.
CO 9- Describing the movements against caste and
untouchability, Ambedkar's views on Social Justic
and
the depressed classes.
CO 10- Analysing the Working Class and Peasant
movements under colonial rule
CO 11- Discussing the roots of communalism- Savarkar
and Hindu Nationalism and Jinnah and the two nation
theory
CO 12- Estimating the contribution of the August
1942 movement, the INA and the naval uprising
CO 1- Studying the concepts of Power, Authority
and Legitimacy in the context o society.
CO 2- Examining social stratification through the
index of class, caste and elite.
CO 3- Evaluating the impact of Religion on society.
CO 4- Relating Gender and Politics
CO 5- Creating awareness among students about
Nationalism and State building processes in Western
Europe and third world
CO 6- Establishing State –society interrelationship.
CO 7- Classifying the different types of Political
systems.
CO 8- Discussing the approaches to the study of
Political Culture. Evaluating the different agents
of Political
Socialization and their interrelationships.
CO 9- Evaluating the concept and types of Political
Participation.
CO 10- Discussing the relation between Military and
Politics with reference to conditions and types of
intervention
CO 11- Studying groups in politics: political
parties and pressure groups.
CO 12- Assessing the approaches to Political
Communication; Electoral Behaviour
CO 13- Evaluating the concept of Political
Development and Social Change- Role of Tradition and
Modernity.
CO 1- Explaining the nature, scope and evolution
of Public Administration; Private and Public
Administration; Principles of Socialist Management.
CO 2- Discussing making of Public Policy Making and
methods of Implementation
CO 3- Analysing the major Concepts in Public
Administration.
CO 4- Tracing the Challenges in the discipline of
Public Administration like New Public Administration
(NPA); Comparative Public Administration (CPA) and
Development Administration.
CO 5- Discussing the Ecological approach to Pub.
Adm.
CO 6- Analysing the Administrative Processes:
decision making; communication and control;
leadership;
co-ordination.
CO 7- Discussing Weberian and Marxian theories of
bureaucracy.
CO 8- Studying the Organisation of the Union
Government and State Government.
CO 9- Examining the Institutions of Local Self
Government in India
CO 10- Assessing the relationship between the
Citizen and Administration: Lokpal and Lokayukt.
CO 11- Understanding the concept of District
Administration in India.
CO 12- Examining the Institutions of Financial
Administration in India.
CO 13- Analysing the Civil Service in India.
CO 14- Explaining the Planning and Planned
Administration in India. Continuity and Change in
Indian
Administration.
PO1- Effective citizenship: the course curriculum
inculcates among students a basic understanding of
the rights and
duties of citizenship and thereby to act as
responsible citizens through the observation of
important days such as
Independence Day, Republic Day and also spreading
awareness in society through street plays based on
specific
socio political issues such as domestic violence,
disillusioned youth of the materialistic world etc.
PO2- Communication: Establishment of linkages
between academics and civil society at large so as
to successfully
address socio political problems. The fortnightly
wall journal is a means for keeping the entire
student
population up to date with political occurrences
both global and domestic. Debates, seminars and
panel
discussions are also regularly organised on relevant
themes and participation is sought from experienced
resource persons. Some of the events in this regard
have been an interactive session on the Presidential
Election
In America with members of the American Senate,
Senator Wayne Harper, a Utah State Senator
(Republican
Party) and Mrs. Aruna Miller, a Maryland House
Delegate (Democratic Party) and Mr. Greg Pardo,
Assistant
Public Affairs Officer, US Consulate Kolkata; a
panel discussion and debate on Role of the Media in
Politics in
21st Century India
PO3 - Political Science and Society: understanding
the inter relationship between policy decisions and
its effects on
society. This is achieved through a comprehensive
teaching of the practice of public administration in
India.
PO4 - Critical thinking: the ability to analyse and
predict socio political phenomena based on the study
of existing
socio economic determinants and past experiences.
This goal is achieved by training students in the
different
methods and tools of investigation such as empirical
research methods, survey research and data analysis
of
subject responses. Some of the research projects
carried out by the students are Water Supply and
Sanitation
Provisioning in Schools in Kolkata; The Role of The
Media in The 16th Lok Sabha Elections; Women's
Empowerment and Local Self- Government: Kolkata
Municipal Corporation Case Study.
PO5- Individual and team work: Function effectively
as an individual and as a member/leader in different
social
settings. This aim is achieved through team research
and presentations, especially inter college student
seminars
which have addressed themes such as Diverse
Paradigms of Indian Democracy: Crises and Challenges
and
The Indian Parliament: A critical Retrospect and
also by participating in the Youth Parliament
competition
organised by the Department of Parliamentary
Affairs, Government of West Bengal
PS0 1 - Building overall consciousness regarding
national political history, international relations
and present Indian
and Western political thinkers.
PSO2- Encouraging a comprehensive, comparative
understanding of specific world constitutions such
as UK, USA,
China, Russia, Switzerland and France.
PSO3 - Understanding the nature and developments in
national and international politics PSO2 - Analysing
the Indian
constitutional provisions, major legislations and
reforms.
PSO4 - Critical evaluation of social, economic and
political variables for a proper understanding of
the plurality of
Indian society
PSO5 - Use of case study method for analysing the
working of important international and regional
organisations like
UN, EU, ASEAN etc.
PSO6 - Developing knowledge of administrative
studies with special reference to Indian
administrative structures and
practices.
PSO7 - Examining India's foreign relations with her
neighbours and great powers.
Paper 1: POLITICAL THEORY
CO 1- Explaining nature and scope of Political
Science. Discussing different Approaches: Normative
approach (b) Behavioural Approach (c) Marxist
Approach.
CO 2- Analysing the concept of Sovereignty of the
State. Discussing Monistic Theory, Pluralistic
Theory,
Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty.
CO 3- Evaluating the theories of the State: Contract
theory, Idealist theory, Liberal and Neo-liberal
theory,
Marxist theory and Gandhian theory.
CO 4- Discussing the nature of International
Relations. Analysing the Liberal Approach and
Realist
Approach of International Relations.
CO 5- Accessing the different theories and concepts
of Marxism, like Dialectical Materialism and
Historical
Materialism, concept of Class and Class Struggle,
Revolution and Lenin's theory of Imperialism
CO 6- Explaining Schools of Jurisprudence, Theories
of Law and sources of Law
CO 7- Methods of Representation, Political Parties
and Pressure Group.
CO 8- Accessing the concepts of Rights , liberties
and their relationship.
CO 9- Explaining the theories of Nationalism,
Internationalism and fascism.
Paper 2: COMPARTIVE POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
CO 1- Examining diverse political systems:
Liberal-democratic, Authoritarian, Socialist forms
of political
systems.
CO 2- Exploring the Constitution of UK: salient
features; the executive -the Crown, Prime Minister
and
cabinet; the legislature: House of Lords, House
Commons, speaker and Committees; Party System in
UK.
CO 3- Exploring the US Constitution: salient
features; the executive: President; Legislature:
Senate. House
of Representative; Speaker; Judiciary: the
composition and role of the Supreme Court; Bill of
Rights;
Party System.
CO 4- Making a comparative analysis of the following
institutions of UK and USA: Legislature, Executive
and party systems.
CO 5- Exploring the Chinese Constitution: salient
features in the light of the General Principles; the
Executive; Legislature; Judiciary; and the role of
the Communist Party.
Paper 3: GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN INDIA
CO 1- Outlining the basic values and philosophy of
Indian Constitution as expressed in the Preamble.
CO 2- Studying Fundamental rights , duties and
Directive Principles of State Policy.
CO 3- Examining Indian federalism through
Centre-state relations.
CO 4- Evaluating the structures of government at the
National level.
CO 5- Evaluating the structures of government at the
State level.
CO 6- Examining the role of Political parties in
Indian Democracy.
CO 7- Studying the Election Commission and electoral
process in India.
CO 8- Assessing Judicial Activism in India with
particular reference to Supreme Court.
CO 9- Studying the process of interaction between
society and politics in contemporary India- Caste,
tribe
and religion.
CO 10- Creating awareness about social movements and
empowerment related to women.
Paper 4; CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES IN INDIA
CO 1- Explaining the determinants and features of
Indian Foreign Policy.
CO 2- Evaluating the role of UN and assessing its
relevance in future.
CO 3- Analysing the various dimensions of the
working of the Indian Administrative system- PMO,
Cabinet Secretariat, UPSC (Recruitment and Training
of civil servants)
CO 4- Understanding the concept of Human Rights.
Assessing the availability of Human Rights in the
Constitution of India. Studying the State Human
Rights Commission.
CO 5- Examining the dynamics of Globalisation.
CO 6- Understanding the working of Urban and Rural
Self Government in India with special reference to
West Bengal
CO 7- Explaining the Processes and Procedures of
Union and State Legislatures.