Foundation Course in Humanities Syllabus PDF

**Course Name :Foundation Course in Humanities (Development of Societies/Philosophy)** **Course Code:C101** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

**Course Name :Foundation Course in Humanities (Development of Societies/Philosophy)** **Course Code:C101** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Semester: 3rd** C101.1 Outline the responsibilities towards the local, national and global societies C101.2 Illustrate current political scenario of the world that will help to think critically and independently about the world political system C101.3 Distinguish between various political theories. C101.4 Explain core economic terms, concepts, and theories. C101.5 Compare various competent theories of economic development. Development of Societies Course code: HSMC101-18 Credits: 3 COURSETOPICS: 2.1 Unit I: Social Development 1\. Concepts behind the origin of Family, Clan and Society 2\. Different Social Systems 3\. Relation between Human being and Society (5 hours) 4\. Comparative studies on different models of Social Structures and their evolution 2.2 Unit II: Political Development 1\. Ideas of Political Systems as learnt from History (3 hours) 2\. Different models of Governing system and their comparative study 2.3 Unit III: Economic Development 1\. Birth of Capitalism, Socialism, Marxism (18 hours) 2\. Concept of development in pre-British, British and post British period Barter, Jajmani 3\. Idea of developmentin current context. 4\. E. F. Schumacher\'s idea of development, Buddhist economics. Gandhian idea of development. Swaraj and Decentralization. 3\. READINGS 3.1 TEXTBOOK: 3.2 \*REFERENCEBOOKS: 4\. OTHERSESSIONS 4.1 \*TUTORIALS: 4.2 \*LABORATORY: 4.3 \*PROJECT:Possible projects in this course could be a\) Interact with local communities and understand their issues. b\) Study local cottage industry and agricultural practices. Role of engineering and specialized knowledge. c\) Evaluation of technology in the context of its application. Social impact of technology. Environmental impact of technology. Evaluation from a holistic perspective