POLITICAL SCIENCE

✱ BA (Programme Course) also offered by this Department as aided & self financed basis.

Objective of the UG Program:

The major objectives include:

●  To cultivate an appreciation of aesthetic and ethical values among the students.

●  To increase knowledge of diverse political systems around the world, and the changing domestic and global contexts within which they operate.

●  To increase knowledge of the political science discipline; its principal theoretical frameworks and applications, conceptual vocabulary, and methods of inquiry; its major subfields of study; and its interrelationships with the other social science fields.

●  To increase understanding of basic facts and concepts about the Global political system in general and Indian Political System in particular.

●  To think critically and creatively to solve problems and to develop particular skills and abilities among the learners.

Objective of the PG Program:

The major objectives include:

●  To increase acquisition of citizenship skills, ethical values, and the ability to understand and appreciate human diversity; and to engage in community life as active citizens.

●  To increase development of writing skills through research papers, essay exams, field based projects in political science topics.

●  To increase knowledge of diverse political systems around the world, and the changing domestic and global contexts within which they operate.

●  To Increase knowledge of the political science discipline; its principal theoretical frameworks and applications, conceptual vocabulary, and methods of inquiry; its major subfields of study; and its interrelationships with other social science fields.

●  To increase recognition of the major problems, the leading policies, and the legal issues confronting contemporary political systems globally in general and India in particular.

Specialization of PG Program:

Indian State and Society, Public Administration

Future Program Planning (if any):

●  To initiate a Rural Development Study Centre

●  Certificate, Diploma, PG Diploma in Human Rights

●  Centre for cultural studies (Emphasis on North Bengal Regions)