Department of Political Science

Programme: M.A.

Semester-I         :  All Core Courses are Compulsory                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Credit

1.            POL-C.101: Liberal Political Theory                                                      4

2.            POL-C.102: Theory of International Politics                                            4

3.            POL-C.103: Major Concepts and Issues in Public Administration              4

4.            POL-C.104: Indian Political System                                                        4

5.            POL-C.105: State Politics in India with special reference to North-East Politics (I)    2

 

Semester-II        : Three Compulsory, one Optional Core Courses and one Open Course

Compulsory Core Courses:

1.            POL-C.201:          Marxist Political Theory                                                       4

2.            POL-C.202:          Problems of International Politics                                          4

3.            POL-C.203:          State Politics in India with special reference to North-East Politics (II)      2

Optional Core Courses:

1.            POL-C.204:          Third World Political Theory                                                         |

2.            POL-C.205:          Administrative Theory                                                                  |   4

3.            POL-C.206:          East and South-East Asian Political Systems                                |

4.            POL-C.207:          West Asian Political Systems                                                       |

(Students to choose any one from the above)

Open Courses:

1.            POL-O 208:          Government and Politics in N. E. India                                    |

2.            POL-O 209:          Democracy in India                                                                |              4

3.            POL-O 210:          Modern Indian Political Ideas.                                                 |

(Students to choose any one from the above)

Semester-III       :  Compulsory Core Courses:

1.    POL-C 301:          Contemporary Political Theory                                                    4

2.    POL-C 302:          Research Methodology (I)                                                           2

Optional Core Courses:

1.            POL-C 303:          Issues in Women’s Studies                                            |

2.            POL-C 304:          International Law and International Organisation              |

3.            POL-C 305:          South Asian Political Systems                                         |              4

4.            POL-C 306:          African Political Systems                                                 |

(Students to choose any one from the above)

Open Courses:

1.            POL-O 307:          Globalisation                                                                      |                             

2.            POL-O 308:          Politics of Social Movements                                               |

3.            POL-O 309:          Women and Political Theory                                                 |              4

4.            POL-O 310:         Development Administration                                                  |

5.            POL-O 311:          Issues in Environmental Politics                                            |

(Students to choose any two from the above)

Semester-IV      : Three Compulsory and Two Optional Core Courses

Compulsory Core Courses:

1.            POL-C 401:          Major Debates in Political Theory                                                            4

2.            POL-C 402:          Comparative Politics                                                                              4

3.            POL-C 403:          Research Methodology (II)                                                                      2

Optional Core Courses:

1.            POL-C 404:          Political Ideology                                                                                    |

2.            POL-C 405:          Political Sociology                                                                                   |

3.            POL-C 406:          Foreign Policy of Major Powers                                                                 |4

4.            POL-C 407:          Indian Political Economy                                                                           |

5.            POL-C 408:          Human Rights                                                                                           |

(Students to choose any two from the above)