Department of ECONOMICS NCR

Syllabus for
Bachelor of Science (Economics Honours)
Academic Year  (2022)

 
      

    

Department Overview:

The Department of Economics, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Delhi NCR Campus, formed in 2019 consists of a faculty pool with rich experience in teaching, research and consultancy. The Department has five full-time faculty members with specialisation in Development Economics, Rural and Health Economics, Quantitative Economics, Agricultural Economics, Resource Economics, involving in advanced research.

Mission Statement:

Vision

Establish an identity as a department of high standard in teaching and research in Economics.

 Mission

Equip students with advanced knowledge and skill sets to address real world economic problems and undertake cutting edge research on contemporary economic issues.

Introduction to Program:

The BSc Economics Honours Programme with non-core subjects Mathematics, Statistics and integrated courses in commerce and finance, is designed to produce graduates trained in the application of knowledge in economics to real-life economic, financial, ethical and analytical problems encountered in the economy. It is structured to provide the students with the skills and professional acumen to become key players in the economy irrespective of their future job places and task diversification they would take up specially in the field of quantitative analysis. The programme may enable the students to effectively apply their knowledge and skills to situations of economic, institutional and policy making both in governance, industry as well as research.

 

The programme has a rigorous focus on quantitative techniques and research methods which will orient the students in dealing with economic problems with a practical and analytical approach. The diversity and the spread of the programme ensure that the students receive sufficient experience of the current issues and crises of the world especially that of the emerging economies, developed & developing economies.

Program Objective:

Programme Outcome/Programme Learning Goals/Programme Learning Outcome:

PO1: Demonstrate analytical, creative and imaginative engagement with theory, research and practice in the chosen discipline..

PO2: Demonstrate necessary knowledge of interdisciplinary areas

PO3: Analyse and evaluate economic and financial policies

PO4: Exhibit critical thinking, interpretative and basic leadership abilities

PO5: Evaluate provincial, national and worldwide issues from the financial point of view

PO6: Demonstrate advanced knowledge of discipline-specific areas of Economics

PO7: Undertake research and demonstrate their expertise in all its stages

Assesment Pattern

The Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA) will be assessed for seventy per cent weightage and the End Semester Examination (ESE) for thirty per cent weightage. The practical courses and the common core courses will be assessed out of hundred marks in various components including attendance. The Mid Semester and End Semester written examination question pattern consists of questions divided into two or three sections with short answers, short essays and long essays.

 

Examination And Assesments

The evaluation is divided in to two components: Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA) including Mid Semester Examination (MSE), and the End Semester Examination (ESE).