POLITICAL SCIENCE
SEMESTER- I
Course Title (Generic Elective): Fundamentals of Political Theory
AHPLS-103/GE-1
(To be opted by students from other departments)
                                           Contact Hours/Week: 6

 Sri Amit Pal:-

 1. a. What is Politics?
 b. What is Political Theory and what is its relevance?

Sri Munnalal Tikait:-

 2. Concepts: Democracy, Liberty, Equality, Justice and Rights.

 Dr. Priyanka Banerjee:-

 3. Debates in Political Theory:
 a. On what grounds is censorship justified and what are its limits?
 b. Should the State intervene in the institution of the family?

 SEMESTER- II
Course Title (Generic Elective): Major Aspects of the Indian Constitution
AHPLS-203/GE-2
(To be opted by students from other departments)
                                             Contact Hours/Week: 6

 Prof. Santiram Mondal:-

 Unit- I: The Constituent Assembly and the Constitution
  a. Composition and Role of the Constituent Assembly.
  b. Features of the Constitution, the Preamble.

 Sri Amit Pal:-

 Unit- II: The Fundamentals of Indian Constitution
 a. Fundamental Rights.
 b. Directive Principles of State Policy. 
 c. Fundamental Duties.

Dr. Priyanka Banerjee:-

 Unit- III: Organs of Government
 a. The Legislature: Union (Parliament) and State (Vidhan Sabha and Vidhan Parishad).
 b. The Executive: Union (President, Vice-President, Prime Minister and Council of Ministers)   and State (Governor, Chief Minister and   Council of Ministers).
 c. The Judiciary: Supreme Court and the High Court.

 Sri Munnalal Tikait:-

 Unit- IV: Federalism and Decentralisation
 a. Federalism: Division of Powers, Emergency Provisions, Changing Dynamics of Centre-State Relations.
 b. Local Self-Government institutions in India: Urban Administration in West Bengal (Municipalities and Municipal Corporations) and Rural Administration in West Bengal (Panchayati Raj Systems).

SEMESTER- III
Course Title (Generic Elective): Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics
Course Code: AHPLS- 304/GE-3
(To be opted by students from other departments)
                                            Contact Hours/Week: 6

 Prof. Santiram Mondal:-

 1. The nature, scope and methods of comparative political analysis.

 Sri Munnalal Tikait:-

 2. Comparing Regimes: Authoritarian and Democratic.
 3. Classifications of political systems:
 a) Parliamentary and Presidential: UK and USA.
 b) Federal and Unitary: USA and France.

 Dr. Priyanka Banerjee:-

 4. Electoral Systems: First past the post, proportional representation, mixed systems.
 5. Party Systems: one-party, two-party and multi-party systems.
 6. Contemporary debates on the nature of state: From state centric security to human centric security and the changing nature of nation-state in the context of globalization.

SEMESTER- IV
Course Title (Generic Elective): International Relations--- Basic Concepts
Course Code: AHPLS-404/GE-4
(To be opted by students from other departments)
                                           Contact Hours/Week: 6

 Dr. Priyanka Banerjee:-

 1.Evolution and Approaches to International Relations:
 a. Evolution of international relations as an autonomous discipline.
 b. Major Theories: Realism and Neo-Realism and Liberalism.
 c. Behavioural Theory: Systems Theory and Decision-Making Theory.

 Sri Munnalal Tikait:-

 2. Cold War and Post-Cold War Era:
 (a) Origins and Phases of Cold War; End of Cold War and Collapse of the Soviet Union.
 (b) Post Cold- War Era and Emerging Centers of Power (European Union, China and Russia)
 3. India’s Foreign Policy:
 (a) Basic Determinants (Historical, Geo-Political, Economic, Domestic and Strategic).
 (b) India’s Policy of Non-alignment.
 (c) India’s Relationship with USA and Pakistan.