CHOICE-BASED CREDIT SYSTEM 2008-2009
Syllabi for First Semester
B.A. JOURNALISM
Core –1: Basic Journalism
Unit 1:
What is Journalism? Definition of News, Types of News, Formats, personal attributes of journalist, rights and responsibilities, organization of newsroom, Journalism as profession, Different Kinds of Journalism
Unit 2:
Purpose and meaning of news, Theories of news selection and news sources
news values—news judgment and story selection.
Unit 3:
Journalism in Action, Journalism as a Decision Making—Various Steps in Decision Making Process, Code of Ethics for Professional Journalists, news organization and structure, Various Positions in news organization, their role and responsibilities
Unit 4:
Language of news, Styles of writing, Finding and Constructing News Stories, Working with words
Unit 5:
The Process of Newspaper and Magazine Production, New Technology and News media, Understanding News Audiences and Readers, Readership
Core –2: History of the Press in India
Unit 1:
Advent of printing press in India
Unit 2:
Role of press in reform movement and social awakening
Unit 3:
Press during independence struggle and nationalist movement
Unit 4:
Development of vernacular press
Unit 5:
Growth of the press in post-independent India
Allied: Desk Top Publishing
DTP Basics--Workshop with Desk Top Publishing software, Hardware Orientation (Printers, Scanners, Digital Camera), Image Editing Software (PhotoShop etc.)
Practical Work will contain DTP works—Newspaper, Newsletter, Magazine etc. using PageMaker and PhotoShop
Non-Major Elective
B.A. Defence and Strategic Studies
First Semester
1. INDEPENDENT INDIA
Unit-I Introduction-Size, Location and Physical Environment.
Unit-II Cultural Patterns, Population Dimension, Rural and Urban India.
Unit-III Basics of Indian Economy-Resources and Life lines of Economy.
Unit-IV Constitution of India-Features, Preamble, Fundamental Rights,
Directive Principles of State Policy.
Unit-V Causes of Indian Social Disharmony-Poverty, Illiteracy and Social Backwardness.
2. PEACE STUDIES
Unit-I Peace-Meaning and Definitions.
Unit-II Approaches to Peace-A brief outline.
Unit-III Peace Movements-A brief study.
Unit-IV Peace Building-A brief understanding.
Unit-V Peace Making and Peace Keeping-An overview.
3. HUMAN RIGHTS
Unit-I Introduction-History of Human Rights, Meaning and Principles.
Unit-II List of Human Rights and Abuses.
Unit-III International Human Right Norms-Humanitarian Law, Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Unit-IV Human Rights & International Organizations-UNO, Human Rights Council, Security Council.
Unit-V National Human Rights Commission of India-Composition and Functions.
4. CRIMINOLOGY – AN INTRODUCTION
Unit-I Concept of Crime, Classification of Crimes and Characteristics of Crime.
Unit-II Criminology- Its Nature and Scope, Fundamentals of Criminal Law and Criminology- Its Importance.
Unit-III Organized Crimes-Introduction, Definition and Different types of Crime Organizations.
Unit-IV White Collar Crime-Definition, White Collar Crimes in India, White Collar Crime in certain Professions.
Unit-V Alcoholism, Drug Addiction and Crime.
Second Semester
1. INTERNATIONAL LAW
Unit-I Introduction-Definition, Meaning and Nature of International Law.
Unit-II Sources of International Law.
Unit-III History and Codification of International Law.
Unit-IV Relation between International Law and Municipal Law.
Unit-V Settlement of International Disputes-Amicable Means.
2. INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY
Unit-I Sociology-Meaning and Definition, Nature and Scope and Importance.
Unit-II Brief Study of Society, Association, Institution and Organization.
Unit-III The Origin of Society; Nature of Society; Language and Society.
Unit-IV The Meaning of Group; Classification of Groups; Importance of
Secondary Group.
Unit-V Social Stratification In India-Meaning of Caste and Class, Difference between Class and Caste; Modern Trends of Caste System in India.
3. DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Unit-I Introduction-Meaning and Definition.
Unit-II Types of Disasters-Natural and Man-Made.
Unit-III Brief survey of major disasters in Independent India.
Unit-IV Natural Disaster Mitigation in India-Role of Natural Resources Data Management System.
Unit-V National Disaster Management Authority of India-Outline organization and Functions.
4. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SECURITY FORCES OF INDIA
Unit-I Introduction, Role of Security and Defence forces in governance and Brief Survey of Higher Defence Organization.
Unit-II Brief Study of Indian NSC-Organization and Functions.
Unit-III Military Forces-Army, Nacy, Air Force and Coast Guard.
Unit-IV Para-Military Force-Assam Rifles, ITBP, BSF, CRPF, and NSG.
Unit-V Second Line of Defence-Territorial Army, NCC, Civil Defence and Home Guards.
B.A. DEGREE COURSE IN JOURNALISM
Non-Major Elective – 1: History of Journalism in Asia
Unit 1: Colonialism and the spread of printing technology in Asia
Unit 2: Early attempts in daily newspaper journalism in Asia
Unit 3: The rise of print culture and mass circulated newspapers in Asia during 20th century
Unit 4: History of press systems in the SAARC countries
Unit 5: History of press systems in south East Asia
Non-Major Elective – 2: History of Journalism in USA
Unit 1: The spread of printing technology in USA
Unit 2: Early attempts in daily newspaper journalism in USA
Unit 3: The rise of print culture and mass circulated newspapers in USA during the 19th 20th centuries
Unit 4: The rise of penny press
Unit 5: The role of USA press during the Cold War era
Non-Major Elective – 3: History of Journalism in Europe
Unit 1: The spread of printing technology in Europe
Unit 2: Early attempts in daily newspaper journalism in Europe
Unit 3: The rise of print culture and mass circulated newspapers in Europe during the 19th 20th centuries
Unit 4: Press systems in Eastern, Western and Scandinavian regions of Europe
Unit 5: The role of the different European press systems during the Cold War era.
Non-Major Elective – 4: History of Journalism in Tamil Nadu
Unit 1: The history of the early printing presses in Tamil Nadu
Unit 2: Early attempts in daily newspaper journalism in Tamil Nadu
Unit 3: The rise of print culture and mass circulated newspapers in Tamil Nadu during the 20th century
Unit 4: Role of Tamil newspapers during the struggle for Independence
Unit 5: Trends in contemporary Tamil journalism.