FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
Bachelor of Arts is a non - profit, dedicated to promoting the study of BA programs and degrees by providing unbiased straight forward information for students to used to begin their degree research An arts degree prepares you for a variety of careers and professions by providing the analytical tools and writing skills necessary for success in today’s workplace. l arts students become familiar with the great ideas, historical events, and social forces that have shaped the contemporary world. Ideas are presented in a global context to make the knowledge relevant to our increasingly interrelated cross - cultural environment. The Bachelor of Arts degree is the traditional requirement for graduate study in business, law, and specific academic fields.
Objective
The Bachelor of Arts course has as its objectives that graduates :
- Can demonstrate a sound knowledge and understanding of selected fields of study in the humanities, languages and social and behavioural sciences.
- Can access and appreciate national and international debates in their areas of study.
- Can demonstrate an independent approach to knowledge that uses rigorous methods of inquiry and appropriate theories and methodologies that are applied with intellectual honesty and a respect for ethical values.
- Can apply critical and analytical skills and methods to the identification and resolution of problems within a changing social context.
- Can act as informed and critically discriminating participants within the community of scholars, as citizens and in the work force.
- Can communicate effectively and, in the case of those students undertaking a language major, are able to read, write and speak another language with fluency and appreciate its cultural context
- Qualify for employment in a wide range of occupations
- Have a continuing commitment to learning
- Are proficient in the use of appropriate modern technologies, such as the computer and other IT systems, for the acquisition, processing and interpretation of data.
Eligibility
B.A
Successful completion of class 10 2 of Haryana Education Board or any other examination recognized by the Academic Council as equivalent to it, with 33% Score.
P.G. Classes
A person who has passed one of the following examinations shall be eligible to join the previous (Part-1) class of master of arts (M.A.) Courses:-
1. B.A./B.Sc. B.Com., (Hons.) examination in the subject of Postgraduate course.
2. B.A./B.Sc./B.Com Hons.) Examination in the subject other than the subject of Post-Graduate Course with at least 50% marks in the aggregate.
3. Bachelor degree with at least 50% marks in aggregate or 45% marks in the subject of P.G. Course in which the candidate wishes to seek admission.
Provided That
- A candidate getting at least 55% marks in Hindi (Compulsory)subject may also be considered eligible for admission to M.A. (Hindi)
- A candidates who has passed B.A. (Hons.) in sanskrit with at least 45% marks or B.A. Examination with at least 45% marks in sanskrit (elective) may also be considered eligible to take up M.A. (Hindi).
Important Note for P.G. Classes
A candidate who is placed under compartment in the qualifying / examination is not eligible to join M.A. Course
The minimum percentage of marks to pass the examination in each semester shall be-
- 35% in each theory paper separately & in aggregate of theory & internal assessment marks where prescribed
- 40% in each Practical/Dissertation/Viva-Voce where prescribed.
- 40% in aggregate.
Internal Assessment U.G. Classes
Internal assessment of Ten marks (for B.A. V & VI Sem) and Twenty (for B.A. Ist, IInd, IIIrd & IVth sem) marks in each subject is awarded to students of U.G. Course according to the following norms:
- 50% for performance in House exam.
- 50% for the attendance (75% and above).
- No marks are given if attendance is belo w 75%
P.G. Classes
Internal assessment of 20 marks is applicable as shown below:
- 10 marks for House Exams.
- 5 marks in proportion to attendance (65% & above). no marks if attendance is below 65%.
- 5 marks for Presentation/ Class test/ Project
Subject Scheme
U.G. Classes
| Compulsory Subject | | | Elective Subjects | |
I | II | Group-1 | Group-2 | Group-3 | Group-4 |
English (Comp) | Hindi (Comp) | Sanskrit(Elective) | Math | Pol. Sc. | History |
- | - | Economics | Music (V) | Phy. Ed. | - |
- | - | - | Sociology | - | - |
B.A. (English - Hons.)
| Semester Ist | | Semester II |
I | Introduction to Poetry & Related Literary Terms | VI | Introduction to Drama & Related Literary Terms |
II | Introduction to Fiction & Related Literary Terms | VII | Introduction to Prose |
III | English Phonetics and Grammar | VIII | Essentials of Communication |
IV | Compulsory I (One language other than English) | XI | Compulsory II (Same language as for the Semester-I) |
V | Elective-I (One Elective subject from B.A. Pass Course with the same scheme of Examination) | X | Elective II (Same subject as for the Semester-I) |
P.G. Classes
M.A. (Pol. Sc.)
| Semester Ist and IInd | | Semester IIIrd and IVth |
I | Western Political Thought | VI | Contemporary political thoughts & theory |
II | Indian Political System | VII | Comparative Politics |
III | International Politics | VIII | International Law |
IV | Public Administration | XI | Diplomacy: Theory & Practice |
V | Research Methodology | X | Foreign Policy in India |
M.A. (English)
| Semester Ist | | Semester IInd |
I | Chaucer to the Renaissance | VI | The Romantic Age |
II | Jarobean to the Restoration Age | VII | Victorian Literature |
III | Neo-classicism and the rise of the Novel | VIII | Any one of the following options i) Indian Drama and Poetry ii) Indian Novel in English iii) Modern Indian literature in Translation |
IV | English Phonetics and Phonology (option 1) | IX | Criticism - I (Aristotle to T.S. Elito) |
V | Classical Greek Drama (Option II) | | |
| Semester IIIrd | | Semester IVth |
X | Criticism II | XIV | Contempporary Critical Theory |
XI | Modern British Literature | XV | a) Literature & Gender b) European Literature c) Major Critical Concepts & Movement |
XII | a) American Literature b) World Literature | XVI | a) Diasporic Literature b) Subaltem Studies |
XIII | a) Contemporary American Literature b) Contemporary Indian Literature c) Contemporary British Literature | XVII | a) Linguistics & ELT b) Indian Classical Drama |
M.A. (History)
| Semester Ist | | Semester IInd |
Paper - I | Ancient Societies-I | Paper - VI | Ancient Societies-II |
Paper - II | Medieval Societies | Paper - VII | Medieval World |
Paper - III | Modern Word | Paper - VIII | Modern World |
Paper - IV | History of Haryana | Paper - IX | History of Haryana |
Paper - V | State in India | Paper - X | State in India |