JSS MAHAVIDHYAPEETA

JSS COLLEGE FOR WOMEN

Affiliated to the University of Mysore & Re-Accredited by NACC with ‘B’ Grade

Kollegal, Chamarajnagar – 571440.

Political Science

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INTRODUTOIN

The Department started in the year 1983 with the inception of the college. then, Political Science as an important discipline of humanities has been taught as one of the core subjects. Presently, Political Science is studied with in the following combination. 

HEP: History, Economics and Political Science 

University of Mysore has introduced ‘Indian Constitution’ during the year 2003-2004, as a compulsory paper for all first year degree students. This has been done by the university with the primary objective of enabling students irrespective of their courses to have a fair knowledge about the process of formation and functioning of their government at the centre and states. This has provided an opportunity for the teachers of our department to teach and to be taught as well with the students of commerce and social sciences and to be taken them into the domain of Political Science.

   The department has a library of its own for the use of the faculty and to meet the need of the students. Besides, the department has a collection of question papers of previous years for the use of students.

The Department of Political science is successful in obtaining 100% Result consistently every year. 

 

Core features:

  • ICT Classes
  • Seminars
  • Debates
  • Group Discussions

 

Programme Outcome

Upon Completion of the Bachelor of Arts in Political Science Students will be able to:

  1. Write clearly and with purpose on issues of international and domestic politics and public policy.
  2. Participate as a civically engaged member of society.
  3. Analyze political and policy problems and formulate policy options. 
  4. Demonstrate critical thinking including the ability to form an argument.
  5. Detect fallacies and martial evidence about key issues of public policy and politics. 
  6. Discuss the major theories and concepts of political science and it’s in belief.
  7. Deliver thoughtful and well articulated presentations of research Endings. 

 

Course Outcome:

 

I SEMESTER  BA

Principles of Political Science

 

Students should be able to

  • Understand the meaning and importance of political science 
  • Know the methods of studying political science – Historical, Experimental and Behaviour
  • Know the Austinian and Pluralistic theories
  • Understand the civil and political Rights
  • Understand the meaning and features of Sovereignty
  • Understand the meaning and kinds of Law

 

Basic Concepts of Political Science

  • Understand the meaning and importance of political science 
  • Understand the relationship of political science with other social science 
  • Understand the meaning of elements of the State.
  • Understand the meaning and features of Sovereignty
  • Understand the meaning and importance of Freedom and Rights.
  • Know the meaning and importance of Liberty, Equality and Justice.

 

Introduction to Political Science

  • Understand the meaning and importance of political science 
  • Understand the Major notions of the Organic and Class theory 
  • Understand the meaning and importance of Freedom and Rights.
  • Understand the meaning and importance of Freedom and Rights.
  • Understand the Natural Rights and Historical and Marxist Theory

II SEMESTER  BA

Political Thinkers 

 

Students should be able to

  • Know the Plato ideas on  ideal state, Communism and Education.
  • Understand the Classifications of Constitution the Aristotle.
  • Know  the ideas on prince  and state  -Mechiavelli.
  • Know the Kautilya’s state and Administration.
  • Understand the Political ideas of Gokale and Tilak.
  • Understand the Social Justice of Gandhi and Ambedkar. 

 

Major Political Ideologies

  • Understand the meaning Importance , Role and Impact of Ideology 
  • Understand the Broad Classification –  Left, Right and Center
  • Know the Meaning, Importance and Forms of Nationalism
  • Know the Meaning, Origin and Development of Liberalism.
  • Understand the meaning and features of Socialism, Democratic and Marxism.
  • Understanding the End of Ideology.

 

Indian Government Politics  

  • Understand the Historical Development of the Constitution. 
  • Know the meaning of Preamble to the Constitution.
  • Know the Fundamental Rights of Constitution of India
  • Understand the Indian President Election Power and Position.
  • Understand the Composition, Powers and Functions of Supreme court
  • Understand the Powers and Functions of Prime Minister of India.

 

 

III SEMESTER  BA

Modern Government Part-I

 

Students should be able to

  • Know the Evolution of the Constitution of UK.
  • Understand the salient features and role of conventions of UK.
  • Understand the composition, powers and function of UK.
  • Understand the salient features of constitution of USA
  • Understand composition process of election, powers and function  of USA President
  • Know the composition, power and functions of USA Government 

 

 

Political Institutions and Governments

  • Understand the process of making Law 
  • Know the Increasing importance of Executive
  • Understand the Independence of judiciary and judicial Activism 
  • Understand the crown and Prime minister power and functions
  • Know the power and functions of the Congress in Government of  USA
  • Understand the power and function of Supreme court of USA.

 

Major Political Ideologies  

  • Know the meaning, importance, Role and impact of Ideology.
  • Understand the Emergence of New Ideology
  • Understand the Nationalism in the era Globalization
  • Understand the Classical and Modern Liberalism
  • Know the Elements Marxism
  • Understand the Institutional requirements for Democracy

IV SEMESTER  BA

Modern Government Part-II

Students should be able to

  • Understand the features of the fifth republic of  France
  • To know the composition power and function of Parliament of  France
  •  Understand  the salient features of the constitution of Swiss 
  • Know the Swiss federal Assembly –Composition and functions
  • Understand the salient features of the Constitution of 1982 China republic

Understand the power and  function of the standing committee

State politics in India with special reference to Karnataka

 

  • To  know the Re-Organization of states
  • Understand the JVP Committee and Fazal Ali commission Recommendations 
  • Understand the Structure of State Government
  • Understand the Party and Electoral politics in Karnataka 
  • Know Issues in Karnataka  politics 
  • Understand the Politics of centre and State Relation

Introduction to International Relations 

  • Understand the Meaning scope and Importance of International Relations
  • Understand the Meaning Elements of National power
  • Know the Meaning ,Formulation of Foreign policy
  • Understand the Privileges and Immunities of Diplomats
  • Understand the causes of war and remedies of war
  • Understand the Organs of UNO

 

 

V SEMESTER  BA

Indian Government and Politics Part-I

 

Students should be able to

  • Understand the Federal and Unitary Features of Constitution of  India
  • Know the Fundamental Rights and Duties of the Constitution  of India
  • Understand the Composition, power and function of Election Commissions of India
  • Know the power and function of UPSC
  • Understand the function of Planning commission
  • Know the centre and state Relation 

 

India Government and Politics –Part II

  • Understand the Power and functions of the Union Parliament
  • Understand the Indian President’s Elections power and position
  • Understand the power and function of prime minister of India
  • Know the power and functions of Government and Chief minister
  • Understand the Judicial Review and Judicial Activism in India
  • Understand the Lokpal  and Lokayukth

 

Local self government in India with special Reference to Karnataka

.

  • Understand the Meaning and Importance of  Local self Government
  • To Know Evolution of Local self Government in India
  • Understand the features of the 73rd and 74rd Constitutional amendment
  • Know the Composition and power of the Urban Local self government
  • Understand the Composition and power of the Rural Local self government
  • Know the Sources of Revenue  of Local self government

V SEMESTER  BA

HUMAN RIGHTS

Students should be able to

  • Understand the Meaning importance of Human rights
  •  know the Evolution of Human rights –American and French Revelation 
  •  Understand  the International Covenant on civil and Political rights 
  • Understand the United nations Charter and Universal Declaration of Human rights
  • Know the Human rights in India Constitution
  • Understand the Role of Judiciary in protecting Human rights in India
  • Understand the power and functions of National Human rights Commission

Political Thought

 

  • Know the Plato Ideas State, Education and Communism
  • Understand the Classification of Constitutions of Aristotle 
  • Know the Kautilya  Saptanga theory Mandala theory, and Shadguna
  • Know the Ideas on Prince and State – Machivelli 
  • Understand the Social justice of Gandhi and Ambedkar
  • Know the Views of Socialism of Ram Manohar Lohia

Political Sociology

  • Understand the Meaning and Scope on Public administration
  • Understand the Elite theories of Pareto and Monaca
  • Know the Political Culture Political Socialisation and Political Participation
  • Understand the Sanskritizations, Westernization, and Traditions
  • Know the Election Party, system, pressure groups  and their impact on Society and State
  • Understand the Ethnicity and Politics, Regional and Linguistic Politics

Public Administration

  • Understand the Meaning and Scope on Public administration
  • Know the Relations with in other social science
  • Understand the meaning and principles of organization.
  • Know the meaning and features of corporation and commission. 
  • Understand the Features and functions of civil Service 
  • Know the Preparation of Budget.

Public Administration and Public Policy 

  • Understand the Meaning, Scope and Importance Public administration
  • Understand the Major and comparative approaches to public administration
  • Know the theories of Public administrative
  • Know the Recruitment of civil Administrative 
  • Understand the concept and theories of public policy
  • Know the Relevance of policy making.

 

VI SEMESTER  BA

Principles of Pubic Administration 

Students should be able to

  • Understand the Meaning, Scope and Importance Public administration
  • Understand the meaning and principles of organization
  • Know the meaning and features  of Public administrative
  • Understand the Independent regulatory Commission 
  • Know the functions of management
  • Understand the Control over Administration

Personal and Financial Administration 

  • Understand the meaning and function of civil services 
    • Understand the types, needs for recruitment and promotion
    • Know the aims and objectives of training 
    • Understand the meaning and factors to building the morale 
  • Understand the meaning and types of disciplinary action 
  • Understand the preparation of Budget.

International Relations 

  • Understand the Meaning, Scope and Importance of International relation
  • Understand the elements of National power
  • Understand the privileges and immunities of National power
  • Understand the Causes, remedies and kinds of war.
  • Understand the Disarmament 
  • Understand the Organs of UNO.

 

Indian Government and Politics 

  • Know the Historical development of the constitution.
  • Know the preamble to the Constitution
  • Understand the fundamental rights and duties.
  • Know the directive principles of state policy 
  • Understand the power and function of Union Government  
  • Understand the composition and power functions of major functionaries

Public Policy 

  • Understand the Meaning, types and significance of public policy 
  • Know the values and ethics in public policy 
  • Know the policy formulation in developing countries 
  • Understand the techniques and conditions for successful policy implementation
  • Understand the problems of policy implementation
  • Know the major public policies in India

VISION 

  • To create awareness among the students about the present political situation. 
  • To make the students well vigilant about the human rights and social responsibilities.
  • To visit Panchayath office and administrator offices of the town to make know the administration technique of the department. 

 

MISSION 

  • Political science is the pursuit of all political knowledge has to be made understood to the rural student.
  • Along with the state government we try to inculcate to the very importance of values and principles of Indian constitution, which is the lengthiest constitution in whole of Asia.  
  • The present generations are the vigilantes of their fundamental rights & duties. The awareness of vigilance is created in the minds of the younger generation of today about the biggest democracy of Asia. 

Politics as well as its study in the form of Political Science are intriguing phenomena that have captured the attention of thinkers and sages since Socrates. Political Science deals with the study of Politics as well as its study in the form of Political Science are intriguing phenomena that have captured the attention of thinkers and sages since Socrates. Political Science deals with the study of the state, nation, government, politics, and policies of the government. Initially Political Science was taught only at intermediate/BA level as compulsory as well as optional course. The subject has tremendous scope in the contemporary world. It addresses the core issue of employment in the field of education, international relations like diplomacy, governance, psephology, civil society, law, and comparative politics and so on. The department welcomes all the students who opt political science as one of the subjects. The dedicated and well qualified faculty of the department is committed to facilitate, educate and guide the student community. We wish you success and good health

 

SLNO NAME QUALIFICATION EXPERIENCE (YRS)   DESIGNATION
1

Suma G S

MA , M.phil , Ph.D   10 Assistant Professor
2

Sri. Guruprasad

MA, B.Ed 06 Assistant Professor
3

K S Prakash

MA, B.Ed 05 Assistant Professor
4 Prameela MA, B.Ed 12 Assistant Professor

 

 

  1. A Mock- parliament was successfully conducted to imbibe the essential skills of communication, leadership qualities, creativity, time management and such other events management skills in the students on 19-08-2017.
  2. The students of political science Department were taken to create awareness of Law at the court Hall of the town and made to witness the proceedings of the court and be a part in the experiential learning on 09-02-2018.
  3. As part of the field visit program students were taken to Vidhana Soudha, the legislative assembly Government of Karnataka Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore in order to witness the live session of the assembly and understand the procedures and functioning of the working house on 20.2. 2020.

 

 

 

Smt SUMA G S
Asst Professor & HOD,                                      
JSS College for Women,                                                                
Vidyanagar, 
Kollegal – 571440

Mob : +91 9620534053
Gmail : sumaravikarna.123@gmail.com

 

Shri  PRAKASH K S

Asst Professor 

JSS College for Women,
Vidyanagar, 
Kollegal – 571440

Mob:+91 9141537589

Gmail : prakash3041984@gmail.com

 

 

Shri  PRAKASH K S

Asst Professor 

JSS College for Women,
Vidyanagar, 
Kollegal – 571440

Mob:+91 9141537589

Gmail : prakash3041984@gmail.com