This course is one of essential and foundational courses in the literature of political Science at the graduate and under-graduate levels. It deals with classical and historical aspects of politics and statecraft. It endeavores to explore the originality of people participation and people empowerment in decision making and decision executing sectors. The reader comes to know how the seeds of democracy and other social institutions gradually penetrated in this modern world. 

 Intended Learning outcomes 

It enables the students to understand the classical beginning of all modern democratic institutions. 

 

It enables the students more diversified and dynamic in both theory and practice to understand the meanings of development 

It empowers them to differentiate the true meanings of development 

It encourages them to understand the ground realities of making long term planing and progress 

It teaches the essential concepts of all the leading subjets of social sciences 

The students will be better in the position grap the spatial issues and challenges of economic development  

Assessment Criteria 

This course carries 03 credit hours and 100 marks for evaluation. The total marks are divided in three parts: 

20  Sessional Marks, this part is further divided in four sub-parts:  

05 Marks for Class Attendence, 05 Maks for Class Participation, 05 Marks for Assignment and 05 Marks for class Test.(05 x4=20). The result of sessional marks will be declared before the commencement of final term examination on the notice board of the department. 

30 Marks will be for Mid-Term Examination, which will be held on the 9th week of the semester. 

This paper may include both objective and subjective types questions. its result will also be declared before beginning of the final term exams and the marked copies will also be seen to students to clarify their mistakes. 

50 Marks will be for Final-Term Examination 

These exams will be held at the end of the semester. 15 marks will be for objective type questions and 35 marks will be for subjective type/long questions. 25% syllabus of before mid-term exams will also be included in the final term syllabus. 

Class Day and Timing 

This course is being offered to 5TH semester students of BS Political Science. The class helds accordingly, 8-00 to 9-30 & 8-00 to 9-30AM on Monday and Friday 

Recommended Book

George. H. Sabine A History of Political Thought. Publisheb by Henry Holt & Company, INC.(August,1947). 

Judd Harmon Political Thought from Plato to the Present. published by McGraw-Hill Europe.(June, 1964).

 

 

 

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