Academic

Under Graduate

Honours and General

Details of the Department and Courses Offered:

1. Name of the department: Department of History

2. Year of Establishment: 1944

3. Name of the Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.): UG (Hons& General) and PG

Name of the Programmes:

• • • B.A. (Gen.): Three years of duration; Part-I ,Part-II and Part-III. Annual evaluation system.

Part I Examination at the end of B.A. (Gen.) 1st Year.

Part II Examination at the end of B.A. (Gen.) 2nd Year.

Part III Examination at the end of B.A. (Gen.) 3rd Year.

• • • B.A.(Hons.): Three years of duration; Part-I ,Part-II and Part-III. Annual evaluation system.

Part I Examination at the end of B.A. (Hons.) 1st Year.

Part II Examination at the end of B.A. (Hons.) 2nd Year.

Part III Examination at the end of B.A. (Hons.) 3rd Year.

• B.A.(Hons.): 6th Semesters of CBCS courses offered from 2019 to till now

UG CBCS Syllabus (History Honours)

Discipline Core (DC)

Semester I

DC-1 History of India: Pre-history to 6^th Century BC

DC-2 History of India: 6^th Century BC-Gupta Period

Semester II

DC-3 History of India: Post-Gupta to 1200 AD

DC-4 History of India: 1200 AD to 1526 AD (Political History)

Semester III

DC-5 History of India: 1200 AD to 1526 AD (Socio- Cultural, Economic history)

DC-6 History of India: 1526 AD to 1707 AD (Political History)

DC-7 History of India: 1526 AD to 1707 AD (Socio- Economic and Cultural history)

Semester IV

DC-8 History of India: 1707 AD to 1818 AD

DC-9 History of India: 1818 AD to 1885 AD

DC-10 History of India: 1885 AD to 1950 AD

Semester V

DC-11 Rise of the Modern West: Mid 15^th -17^th Century

DC-12 Rise of the Modern West: 17^th Century-Mid 18^th Century

Semester VI

DC-13 History of Europe: 1789 AD to 1870 AD

DC-14 History of Europe: 1871 AD to 1945 AD

Discipline Specific Elective (DSE)

Semester V

DSE-1-A India after Independence

OR

DSE-1-B Economic History of Modern India

DSE-2-A History of China and Japan

OR

DSE-2-B Regional History with special reference to North Bengal (1206-1947)

Semester VI

DSE-3-A Contemporary World (1945-1990)

OR

DSE-3-B Gender and Education

DSE-4-A Contemporary World (1990-till date)

OR

DSE-4-B History of South-East Asia (20^th Century)

Skill Enhancement Course

SEC-1 Understanding Indian Heritage

SEC-2 Project (will be decided by the concerned department of the colleges)

Generic Elective (GE)

Semester I

GE-1 History of India: Pre-history to 6th Century BC

Semester II

GE-2 History of India: 6^th Century BC-Post Maurya

Semester III

GE- 3 History of India: Gupta Empire- 1200 AD

Semester IV

GE-4 History of India from 1200 AD – 1556 AD

• • • M.A. (regular, on self-financing-basis): Two years of duration consisting four semesters.

    • First year has 1st & 2nd Semester.

    • Second year has 3rd & 4th Semester.