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

The success of organizations are predominantly determined by the effectiveness of it people resources. To succeed in this global competition, it is imperative for the organizations to build hig performing teams. The core of building high performing teams is to understand team dynamics and build collaboration within teams, between teams and work as a team of teams. The course will enable the students to understand the nuances of team dynamics, experience the power of synergy working as a team and collaborate effectively for the benefit of personal, organizational and societal growth.

The course aims: 

●        To facilitate better understanding of group and phases of group development

●        To provide a deeper understanding of team dynamics and qualities of being a good team player

●        Resolve team conflicts and build synergy

●        Build trust, offer constructive feedback, coach and mentor others

To inculcate the spirit of working as a team

Human Resource is considered as a valuable resource in every organization. The world class companies compete among themselves to attract the best talent across the globe.  They view talent as competitive differentiator and one where the acquisition, engagement, development and retention of talent is considered as a strategic priority of business.  This course exposes the students to methods and practices to acquire, engage and develop talent, focus on development of strategic leaders within an organization and also deals with how talent and knowledge can be managed effectively for the development of the organization

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.

This course provides the knowledge base for understanding the workings of Excel. The primary objective of the course is to familiarize the students with the basics of Microsoft excel. The course introduces the students to financial analysis. Further, the course also deals with the practical application of Microsoft Excel in day-to-day business activities. As a prerequisite, the students should have basic knowledge of computers and MS Office.

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.

The course –Market and Economy – covers the pertinent themes in both Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. It aims at providing a systematic introduction to mainstream approaches to the study of economics and enable students to understand the basic concepts of economic development.

Academic Skills are a blend of theoretical ability to recognize the nuances of language aspects and hands-on training to exercise the acquired knowledge in reasoning, reading and writing. Academic Skills focus on developing research skills through careful reading and critical writing that are considered foundational and crucial in textual scholarship and knowledge production. The participants of this course will determine their areas of interest in conceptualizing their seminal work and constructing a reasoned argument. This course prompts the participants to take their learning-receptive skills and productive skills in a purpose-driven and practice-oriented mode on a contextual basis.

The course deals with receptive skills (reading) and productive skills (writing). In fact listening and speaking skills are not directly involved but act as a higher cognitive process. This course facilitates the participants with varied practices, tasks, exemplars, sample papers to practice with context-driven reading material. It runs for one full academic year with specific learning outcomes which are two-fold – conceptual grasp and textual application. The whole course and its structure involve Bloom’s taxonomy of knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, evaluation and synthesis.

Objectives

To enable the learner

•       acquire higher order receptive and productive skills

•       develop reading skills at the higher education level

•       be aware of functional grammar to improve research writing skills

•       grasp and apply the mechanics in academic writing skills

•       use study skills for research-based knowledge dissemination (writing a paper or presentation)

Course Description: This course offers an understanding to literary movements and genres. The focus is on form, structure and terminologies in literature. It enables students to interpret and critique texts and to understand that literature is representational. This course also examines texts in their socio-political context to engage with the historical context and cultural production of literature.

Course Objectives: This course aims to 

1.    offer a comprehensive understanding of the text and the contexts. 

2.     develop analytical and critical reading strategies

3.     enhance students to understand texts from multiple perspectives.

4.     develop analytical writing skills and to understand methods of interpretation

5.     acquire a literary vocabulary to read and write academic essays

This is an introductory course to understanding the emergence and development of crime fiction as a literary genre. Once considered as popular literature insignificant to the canon, crime fiction exists as a genre that is relevant to the current times, especially to understand the society in which we live in today. This course will engage discussions on the concepts of crime and justice, and enable students to identify how crime impacts individuals and communities. Certain discourses will include socio-cultural understanding of crime and punishment, role of detectives and police officers and their interactions with civilians, and how gender, race, class, religion play a role in these narratives. Through this course, students will critically analyse textual works in the form of short stories, chapters, essays, novels, along with visual sources such as documentaries, films, television and web series and animated works.

Course Objectives

The objective of this course is to:

●      Sensitise students to the real-world scenario of conflict and violence and its consequence thereof.

●      Introduce crime fiction and its sub-genres

●      Study the impact of crime on literature and society.

●      Explore different forms of crime fiction from across the globe.

●      Identify works of crime fiction that are yet unexplored such as regional works with linguistic variabilities.

Course Description

Functional Hindi course under the Multidisciplinary courses is offered to the students of the undergraduate programmes to introduce the students to the basics and the functional forms of the Hindi language. The course will focus on improving the oral and writing skills of the students.

Course Objectives:

• To develop linguistic competencies and sharpen oral and written communicative skills
• To enable the students to learn the language for day-to-day communication.
• To enrich the learner’s vocabulary
• To enable learners to engage in and discuss simple topics with ease

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.

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 Objectives: 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.

Popularly known as ‘Father of the Nation,’ Mahatma Gandhi was the leading figure of

India’s freedom movement. It was his mass-based mobilization and campaign marked by the

method of non-violence and Satyagraha which changed the course of the movement. His

guiding method and principles continue to fascinate and inspire many both in India and

around the world. Gandhi elevated pacifism to an empowering political force, which inspired

world leaders like Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Walesa, etc. His views – although

developed in the context of a struggle in South Africa and India many years ago – Gandhi's

ideology has influenced myriad spheres of human experience: politics, economics, education,

nation-building etc. The course seeks to introduce to the students the ideas and thought of

Gandhi and why the interest on him has only increased.

Course Objectives

 The course is designed to acquaint the students with the life and works of Mahatma

Gandhi and also to make them understand how M.K. Gandhi transformed from a

lawyer to a Mahatma?

 To introduce the political thought of Mahatma Gandhi and his non-violent protest.

 The significance and Relevance of Gandhian values in the contemporary world.

This course has been conceptualized in order to introduce the students to the study of international relations. It introduces students to major theoretical approaches to understand international politics and diplomacy.

 To introduce the students to:

●       The nature, scope and importance of International Relations/Politics

●       The basic concepts of International Relations such as Sovereignty, Security, balance of Power etc.

●       The contemporary global issues

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.

This paper is offered to undergraduate students as a skill-enhancement course. Basically, the course follows the WHO life skills model. Where life skills education is well developed and practised, it enhances the well-being of young minds and promotes a positive outlook and healthy behaviour. The life skills model facilitates the overall development of the individual, and this course will help the learner to translate knowledge, attitude, skills, and values into action. Hence the course adopts an experiential learning pedagogy providing students with an opportunity for personal development.

This course is designed to address the changing ideas of the conceptualisation of youth in contemporary times in relation to popular culture. It explores the question of the formation of youth identity in popular culture and the debates challenging the dominant idea of youth identity in popular culture through the lens of gender, caste, class and minorities. The course takes up the case study of social media as the particular site mediating popular culture to explore these questions of youth identity formation as usage of social media by young people is increasing, especially in countries like India which has one of the highest populations of youth in the world. Popular culture and media are intertwined and social media has emerged as a phenomenon of popular culture which shapes youth identity either by mobilising youth in a powerful way in favour of dominant socio-political norms or social movements which challenge the dominant socio-political trends. In recent times, the participation of youth in electoral politics through social media has multiplied phenomenally in India shaping the nature of engagement of youth with popular culture. The conceptualisation of youth as a democratic dividend has implications for defining the relationship between youth and social media in relation to popular culture. Similarly, conceptualisation of youth as a subculture is constitutive of the relationship between youth and media. Thus, the case study of social media will be linking the theoretical conceptualisations with the empirical phenomena.

This course is designed to introduce students to urban transformations mediated through digital technology. The paper specifically explores the urban transformations in the economic and cultural sphere. In the economic sphere, the paper addresses the changing forms of work and labour, thereby the political economy of the digital technology mediated urban transformations will be explored. In the cultural sphere, the paper will introduce students to the changing nature of social relations induced by the technological advancements in cities. 

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.

Course Description

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.

Course Description: 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.

Course Objectives: Through the course, the instructor aims to

1. To provide the foundations for financial decision-making.

2. To list out various saving and investment alternatives available for a common man.

3. To give a detailed overview of stock markets and stock selection.

4. To orient the learners about mutual funds and the criteria for selection.

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.

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 helps to understand the fundamental concepts, terminology and application of databases. This course gives knowledge of ER diagrams, Database normalization, relational databases and SQL commands.

Liberalisation policies being pursued by most national economies in the world today, including India creates the need to acquire knowledge and comprehension of Globalisation as ideology along with its practical dynamics.

1.     To help students to develop the conceptual foundations.

2.     To familiarise the students with the basics of various dimensions of the globalisation and its impact.

3.    Understand the impact and consequences of the neo-liberal policies pursued across the globe.

This course introduces the learners to six important areas: Principles of Writing, Features of Writing, Essay Organization, Précis Writing, Academic Presentation and Research Writing. The course design gives more weightage to productive skills based on their rudimentary receptive skill acquisition occurred in semester one. The participants of this course will exercise their textual scholarship and translate their areas of interest into meaningful writing. This course directs the learners to produce basic academic presentations which should be career-oriented and of social relevance. Bloom’s taxonomy of knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, evaluation and synthesis becomes the substructure of this course instruction.

Objectives

•       To acquire critical and creative thinking

•       To develop the taste for theory of knowledge

•       To be aware of professional and research driven presentation skills

•       To apply the mechanics in academic writing skills

•       To use research skills to take a position in writing (writing a paper or presentation)

Course Description

This is an introductory course on Cultural Studies developed keeping in mind the unique requirements of BA (PE) program. The course is designed to provide a foundation of Cultural Studies as a discipline with its application in and intersection with Psychology. The course acquaints the learner with basic theoretical concepts and both textual and field methods of Cultural Studies. Subsequently, units are designed for learners majoring in Psychology and English to think through the many aspects of culture such as cinema, television, and media.

Course Objectives

·       To introduce learners to the basic concepts and methods of cultural studies.

·       To acquaint learners to the diverse areas in which Cultural Studies theories and methods can be analytically applied.

·       To enable learners to develop basic framework of analysis of cultural practices at the intersection of Psychology and Cultural Studies.

Course Description: This course offers an understanding to locate poetry and prose under the various literary movements studied. This also enhances a literature graduate’s understanding of the various forms of poetic and prose expressions. An analytical and critical understanding of how these forms are used in various literatures in English and their evolution over time. This course also offers insights into literary expressions as satire, protest and reactions to various socio-political incidents in history. Contemporary popular culture has also modified these forms to suit their expressions and aesthetics.

Course Objectives:

This course aims to

Understand poetic expressions and prose deliberations as an artistic expression

develop analytical and critical reading strategies of the forms of poetry and prose

enhance students to understand texts from multiple perspectives.

acquire a literary vocabulary to read and write academic essays on the poetic and prose forms.

 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.

IPR have assumed increased significance in global trade. Over the last two decades IPR protection has expanded in an unprecedented pace resulting in economic growth. Understating IPR legal regime is vital for protecting innovation and creation. This course aims at providing basic working knowledge in the area of intellectual property and examines, analyzes and studies the remarkable subject of International Intellectual Property Law and how to enforce trademarks, patents and copyrights beyond national boundaries. Special emphasis will be placed on international standards for intellectual property and its implementation, application and practices in national jurisdictions. In addition the course covers the differences and similarities between the diverse national intellectual property systems.

This course – on African Politics and Key Ideologies aims to educate students with the broader theoretical and practical framework in African politics, rise of African nationalism and independence and development of African Political System. The course introduces the students to the philosophical perspectives of African political figures and intellectuals, formation of political processes and structures in Africa. 

Course Description:

Dr B R Ambedkar is one of the great intellectuals who has contributed to nation-building as an anti-caste leader, ardent philosopher of social justice, political economist, and principal architect of the Indian constitution. An organic intellectual, Dr Ambedkar developed his political philosophy by critically examining his personal experiences and encompassing them with a rigorous analysis of India’s social structure and history. This course will facilitate students to broaden their understanding of the social, economic and political thoughts of Dr Ambedkar. Further, this course will engage with the critical ideas of ‘Liberty, Equality and Fraternity’ to enable young minds to examine the socio-political realities in the Indian context.

Course Objectives:

To engage with the intellectual legacy of Dr B R Ambedkar.

To foster a critical approach to examine the social, political, and economic inequalities with Ambedkar’s political philosophy.

The course will introduce the students to how UN public policy has evolved in achieving its core mandate to maintain international peace and security through establishing cooperation among countries to address the issues without borders, towards achieving sustainable development Under the Sustainable Development Agenda with its economic, social and environmental dimensions the UN has gone beyond its earlier objective of preventing war and is ensuring human security.

Course Objectives

The course aims to help students:

 To understand the working of United Nations Organization.

 To identify the sustainable development goals and their necessity in the world

 To understand the various ways in which citizens can promote the SDGs

The course helps students to understand and explore views on personality and individual differences. The course poses an opportunity for students to help understand the various theoretical approaches to the concepts of personality, intelligence and learning. The students will learn the strengths and weaknesses of major theories as well as how to assess and apply these theories. With the support of psychometric tools and lab-based activities, students would be able to identify the various tools to investigate personality and intelligence and be able to better understand themselves and others.

This second-semester course provides an undergraduate psychology major student with a general understanding of the biological mechanisms by which the brain, nervous system, and endocrine system mediate behaviour and mental processes. The students will be able to appreciate the role of the brain and nervous system in human behaviour and mental processes by studying normal brain functions and biological processes, including neurons and neuronal function, basic brain anatomy, and the sensory systems, as well as potential problems caused by abnormal brain functioning and processes. The course will cover a range of selected behaviours and processes that are critically related to the function of the nervous system. A special emphasis will be placed on research findings that have shed light on the intricacies of the brain-behaviour relationship

This course is designed to help students understand the relationship between artificial intelligence and society and what are the various social concerns regarding this relationship. The course will introduce students to the historical development of artificial intelligence and what are various social, economic and ethical concerns raised by the increasing use of artificial intelligence. Different sociological explanations of the relationship between artificial intelligence and society will be explored in the course.