B.A. POLITICAL SCIENCE
PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES
- The students who opt for BA Political Science generally are the ones who wish to get exposed to the core of several disciplines instead of moving towards specialization in one. The course has been designed to teach them the core areas of political Science such as political theory, Indian constitution, and International relations.
- The aim is not just to impart them factual and theoretical information but to develop critical faculty of their mind to enable them to think and reflect on the political issues and phenomenon objectively.
- The course module seeks to acquaint students of the functioning of the Indian Political System and how India manages its broad national interests in global politics.
PROGRAMME OUTCOMES
On the successful completion of the programme, students will be able to
| PO Number | PO Statement |
| P01 | Understand Political Theories, Philosophy and Inter related with sub social sciences and concepts of Law, Liberty, Equality and Marxian Theories. |
| P02 | Increase knowledge of Ancient and Modern Governments, Constitutions and different kind of government, Law making process and Judiciary system in India. |
| P03 | Increase knowledge of the Western and Indian political thought of the fundamental values and ethical issues contested in politics over time and of alternative moral and ethical frameworks for interpreting and evaluating contemporary political discourses. |
| P04 | Analyze the Powers and Functions of the president, Prime Minister and Judiciary system of UK, USA, France, Swiss, China, Japan, Malaysia and Indian Central-State Administration and Local Self Government. |
| P05 | Understand the Indian Social Movements and Political Parties, issues of Jammu Kashmir and North East Areas. |
| PO6 | Analyze comparison of Political Partiesin Tamil Nadu. |
| PO7 | Understand the Approaches, Principles, concepts of Public Administration and E-Governance in India. |
| PO8
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Understand the Powers and Functions of International Organizations, Peace keeping with developing countries. |
| PO9 | Explain the policy making process, Social Welfare Schemes, to aware citizens rights and duties and activities of NGO’s. |
| PO10 | Understanding of Political Science research and analytical skills, including the ability to think critically; to construct logical arguments; to collect, analyze, and interpret evidence and data; and to formulate reasoned conclusions. |
PROGRAMME EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
- Political Efficacy and Active Citizenship: Students will demonstrate a sense of political agency and be able to identify the specific ways in which an individual can participate meaningfully in politics.
- Analysis and Expression. Students will demonstrate the ability to construct and evaluate analytical arguments and write clear logical prose.
- Students will be able to identify the structure and operations of the U.S. and other political systems, and to define and apply concepts and theories in political science.
Department of Political Science
Course Outcomes
Course Name : Political Theory Course Code: 21UPS01
| S. NO. | COURSE OUTCOME | PSOs Addressed | BLOOMS VERB |
| CO1 | Learn key concepts needed to understand the political phenomenon | 1,2,3,4,5,7 | Understand |
| CO2 | Understand and explain different originated theory of State, Social Contract Theories. | 1,2,3,5,8 | Understand |
| CO3 | Understand Austin and Harold Laski’s Theory of Sovereignty. | 2,3,4,8 | Understand |
| CO4 | Understand Law, Liberty and Equality | 1,2,3,4,8 | Understand |
| CO5 | Know how liberal and Marxist traditions look at and understand politics | 1,2,3,4,7,8 | Analyze |
Course Name : Organs of Government and Political Process Course Code: 21UPS02
| S. NO. | COURSE OUTCOME | PSOs Addressed | BLOOMS VERB |
| CO1 | Understand the Ancient and Modern Governments and Constitution | 1,2,3,4,7 | Understand |
| CO2 | Know about Written, Unwritten, Flexible and Rigid Constitution | 1,2,3,4,7,8 | Understand |
| CO3 | Analyze the different forms of government like Parliamentary, Presidential, Dictatorship and Military rule | 1,2,3,4,7,10 | Analyze |
| CO4 | Understand functions of Law making process in Legislature and Judiciary Functions | 1,2,3,4,7,8 | Understand |
| CO5 | Analyze different Political Parties’ Elections and Voting | 2,3,4,5,6,7,9 | Understand |
Course Name : Western Political Thought – I Course Code: 21UPS03
| S. NO. | COURSE OUTCOME | PSOs Addressed | BLOOMS VERB |
| CO1 | Explain what was the ideal state according to Plato and how was it linked to his scheme of education and theory of justice. | 1,2,3,4,7,10 | Understand |
| CO2 | Know how Aristotle differed from his master Plato on the conception of justice and Cicero’s Theory of Origin of State | 1,2,3,4,7 | Analyze |
| CO3 | Elucidate St. Augustine Theory of Two swords andhis views on Justice, Slavery, Property and Universal Peace. | 1,2,3,4,7,10 | Analyze |
| CO4 | Discuss St.Thomasaquinas Nature of State, Classification Law and Controversy of State | 1,2,3,7,10 | Understand& Analyze |
| CO5 | Know how and why Machiavelli gave an overriding priority to pragmatism above ethics and values in operation of statecraft. | 1,8,9,10 | Understand & Analyze |
Course Name: Comparative Governments Course Code: 21UPS04
| S. NO. | COURSE OUTCOME | PSOs Addressed | BLOOMS VERB |
| CO1 | Trace the Ancient and modern Comparative Methods and Classification of different kinds of Government. | 1,2,3,4,7,9,10 | Understand |
| CO2 | Analyze the features of liberal, Democratic and Political System of UK. | 1,2,3,4,7,9,10 | Analyze |
| CO3 | Discuss the features of Federal and Political System of USA. | 2,3,4,7,10 | Understand |
| CO4 | Perform Comparative Study on Administrative law and Constitutional Law in France and Swiss. | 1,2,3,4,9,10 | Analyze |
| CO5 | Perform Comparative Study onDemocratic Centralism in Chinaand Limited Monarchy in Japan. | 1,2,3,4,7,9,10 | Analyze |
Course Name: Western Political Thought – II Course Code: 21UPS05
| S. NO. | COURSE OUTCOME | PSOs Addressed | BLOOMS VERB |
| CO1 | Analyze the State of Nature, Social Contract and Sovereignty theories of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau | 1,2,3,7,10 | Analyze |
| CO2 | Analyze the Bentham and J.S.Mill’s views on Democracy and Understand about Individualism and Majoritarian Rule. | 1,2,3,4,7,9,10 | Analyze and Understand |
| CO3 | Understand the Hegel’s Idealism and Nietzsche’sSuperman concept | 1,2,3,7,9,10 | Understand |
| CO4 | Explain the T.H. Green’s Idealism and his views onWar and Internationalism | 1,2,3,4,7,8,10 | Understand |
| CO5 | Apply the Karl Marx theory of Surplus Value to implement in Presents | 1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10 | Applying |
Course Name: Indian Administration Course Code: 21UPS06
| S. NO. | COURSE OUTCOME | PSOs Addressed | BLOOMS VERB |
| CO1 | Evaluate Ancient, Medieval and Modern Administrative framework in India and functions of Ministries and Departments. | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 | Evaluate and Understand |
| CO2 | Understand functions of Indian Union government and Statuary bodies. | 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10 | Understand |
| CO3 | Understand functions of State Administrative Machineries | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 | Understand |
| CO4 | Enumerate Local Self Government Administration and BalwantRai and Ashok Mehta Committee Reports | 1,2,3,4,5,8,9,10 | Remember |
| CO5 | Identify issues in Indian Administrative System | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10 | Remember |
Course Name: POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES Course Code: 21UPSS1
| S. NO. | COURSE OUTCOME | PSOs Addressed | BLOOMS VERB |
| CO1 | Understand Evolution of Ideologies | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, 10 | Understand |
| CO2 | Estimate about the Conservatism and Liberalism | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10 | Analyze |
| CO3 | Analyse the difference between Capitalism, Socialism and Marxism. | 1,2,3,4,7,9,10 | Analyze |
| CO4 | Analyse the Democracy concept in Nationalism | 1,2,3,4,5,6,9,10 | Analyze |
| CO5 | Analyse the differences between Theories of Critical Theory, Feminism, Colonial and Post Colonialism | 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10 | Analyze |
Course Name: INDIAN CONSTITUTION Course Code: 21UPSN1
| S. NO. | COURSE OUTCOME | PSOs Addressed | BLOOMS VERB |
| CO1 | Understand the evolution of Indian Constitution | 1,2,3,4,5,7,10 | Understand |
| CO2 | Understand the Indian Constitution to provide Rights and duties of Indian Citizens | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 | Understand |
| CO3 | Analyse the Powers and Functions of President, Prime Minister and Evaluate the concept on Judicial review. | 1,2,3,4,7,9,10 | Analyse |
| CO4 | Analyse the Powers and Functions of Governor, Chief Minister and Evaluate the 73rd and 74thAmendment. | 1,2,4,5,7,9,10 | Analyse |
| CO5 | Understand the functions of Election Commission and Finance Commission. | 2,3,4,7,9,10 | Understand |
Course Name: GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF TAMILNADU Course Code: 21UPS07
| S. NO. | COURSE OUTCOME | PSOs Addressed | BLOOMS VERB |
| CO1 | Evaluate the National and State level Movements against to the British Government | 1,2,3,5,6,7,9,10 | Evaluate |
| CO2 | Analyze the contributions of Dravidian Movement | 1,2,5,6,7,9,10 | Analyze |
| CO3 | Compare the Justice Party and Congress Party | 2,3,5,6,7,9,10 | Analyze |
| CO4 | Justify the Development of Tamil Nadu in DMK and ADMK Paradigm | 2,5,6,7,9,10 | Evaluate |
| CO5 | Trace the Issue in Minor Parties of Tamil Nadu | 5,6,9,10 | Understand |
Course Name: INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT Course Code: 21UPS08
| S. NO. | COURSE OUTCOME | PSOs Addressed | BLOOMS VERB |
| CO1 | Understand the Ancient Political Thought in India | 1,2,3,7 | Understand |
| CO2 | Evaluate the Indian Social Conditions | 2,3,5,6,7,9 | Evaluate |
| CO3 | Understand the contributions of the Leaders in Indian Independence | 1,2,3,5,6,9 | Understand |
| CO4 | Evaluate the Gandhian Principles and Nehru’s Socialism | 2,3,6,7,9 | Evaluate |
| CO5 | Understand the revolutionary Thought in Indian Independence. | 2,3,9,10 | Understand |
Course Name: POLITICAL PARTIES IN INDIA Course Code: 21UPSS2
| S. NO. | COURSE OUTCOME | PSOs Addressed | BLOOMS VERB |
| CO1 | Understand the Evolution of Political parties in India | 2,3,5,6,9 | Understand |
| CO2 | Explain the National and State Political Parties Electoral Process | 2,3,5,6,9 | Understand |
| CO3 | Explain the Functions of National Level Political Parties in India | 1,2,3,5,6,9 | Understand |
| CO4 | Explain the Functions of North Region Political Parties. | 2,3,5,9 | Understand |
| CO5 | Explain the Functions of Dravidian Political Parties. | 5,6,7,9 | Understand |
Course Name: ASIAN POLITICAL SYSTEMS Course Code: 21UPSN2
| S. NO. | COURSE OUTCOME | PSOs Addressed | BLOOMS VERB |
| CO1 | Analyze the Nature of Asian Political System | 1,2,3,7,9,10 | Analyze |
| CO2 | Analyze the functions of Asian Parliamentary System | 2,3,4,5,9,10 | Analyze |
| CO3 | Analyze the Futures of Peoples Republic of China | 1,2,3,4,7,9,10 | Analyze |
| CO4 | Analyze the Futures of Japan Constitution. | 1,2,3,4,7,9,10 | Analyze |
| CO5 | Evaluate the futures of Malaysian Constitution and its Executive System. | 2,3,4,7,9,10 | Evaluate |
Course Name: GANDHIAN THOUGHTS Course Code: 21AEEC1
| S. NO. | COURSE OUTCOME | PSOs Addressed | BLOOMS VERB |
| CO1 | Understand the Gandhism | 1,2,3,9,10 | Understand |
| CO2 | Explain the Gandhiji’s Principles of our Constitution. | 1,2,3,4,7,9,10 | Understand |
| CO3 | Explain the Gandhiji’s Education Philosophy | 1,2,3,5,7,9 | Understand |
| CO4 | Explain the Gandhiji’s views on Economic Development. | 1,3,5,9,10 | Understand |
| CO5 | Understand the Gandhiji’s Ideas about Good Government. | 1,2,3,7,9 | Understand |
Course Name: HUMAN RIGHTS Course Code: 21AEEC2
| S. NO. | COURSE OUTCOME | PSOs Addressed | BLOOMS VERB |
| CO1 | Understand the Theories and Concept of Human Rights | 1,2,3,7,8,9,10 | Understand |
| CO2 | Understand the Fundamental Rights of the Indian Citizens | 1,2,3,4,7,8,9 | Understand |
| CO3 | Enumerate the Human Rights Acts | 1,2,3,5,7,8,9 | Remember |
| CO4 | Classify the Human Rights Organizations | 2,3,7,8,9 | Analyze |
| CO5 | Assess the Human Rights Violations and Conflict | 1,2,3,7,8,9 | Evaluate |