COURSE OUTCOME/PROGRAMME OUTCOME/ PROGRAMME SPECIFIC OUTCOME:
I. COURSE OUTCOME:
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 14-Tracing the evolution of Comparative Politics as a discipline and drawing a distinction between Comparative Politics and Comparative Government.
CO 15- Investigating the nature and scope of Comparative Politics.
CO 16- Analysing the approaches the approaches and models of comparison: systems analysis; structural functionalism; and institutional approach.
CO 17- Introducing the Indian Constitution with a focus on the role of the Constituent Assembly and examining the essence of the the Preamble.
CO 18- Examining the Fundamental Rights and Duties of Indian citizens with a study of the significance and status of Directive Principles.
CO 19 Assessing the nature of Indian Federalism with focus on Union-State Relations.
CO 20- 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 21- Looking at the Constitutional Amendment Procedure with focus on the main recommendations of the Constitutional Review Commission (Venkatachalliah Commission) CO 22- Critically evaluating the Indian Party system – its development and looking at the ideology of dominant national parties
CO-23 Explaining scope and subject matter of International Relations as an autonomous academic discipline.
CO 24- Approaches and methods to study the discipline through Political realism, Pluralism and Worlds system’s Model.
CO 25- Examining the issues of Underdevelopment, Terrorism, Regionalism and Integration that characterizes the Post Second World War order.
CO 26- Studying the role of Diplomacy, Propaganda and Military capabilities in the making of foreign policy.
CO 27- Explaining certain basic concepts like Globalization in contemporary world order.
CO 28- Explaining the nature, scope and evolution of Public Administration; Private and Public Administration; Principles of Socialist Management.
CO 29- Discussing making of Public Policy Making and methods of Implementation
CO 30- Analysing the major Concepts in Public Administration.
PROGRAMME OUTCOME
PO1-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.
PO2-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.
PO3 - 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.
PO4 - 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 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
PROGRAMME SPECIFIC OUTCOME
PS0 1 - Understanding the nature and developments in national and international politics
PSO2 - Analysing the Indian constitutional provisions, major legislations and reforms.
PSO3- Critical evaluation of social, economic and political variables for a proper understanding of the plurality of Indian society
PSO3 -Building overall consciousness regarding national political history, international relations and present Indian and Western political thinkers.
PSO4 - Encouraging a comprehensive, comparative understanding of specific world constitutions such as UK, USA, China, Russia, Switzerland and France.
PSO5 - Developing knowledge of administrative studies with special reference to Indian administrative structures and practices.
PSO6 - Examining India’s foreign relations with her neighbours and great powers.
PSO7 -Use of case study method for analysing the working of important international and regional organisations like UN, EU, ASEAN etc.
