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An orientation programme for MPhil students, admitted in the session 2019-20, is scheduled on 26 September 2019, Thursday, at 2.30 PM at the Department of Political Science, 2nd Floor, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi. All concerned students are required to attend the same.
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>>Internal Assessment seating arrangements for (seating plan 103) (Roll no. allotment) for MA (Prev.) & (seating plan) MA (Final)<<
Please note: All Internal Assessment Examinations will be held in North Campus only.
All PWD/VH and those who have not their name in the list of students, are requested to contact the office for the seating arrangement of Internal Assessments.
Department of Political Science, University of Delhi invites you to a talk on
"Gender Sensitization and Caste Discrimination"
Date and Time: September 24th, 2019 at 11:00 AM
Venue: Room No. 18, 2nd floor, Satyakam building, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi (North Campus)
Department of Political Science invites you to its Weekly Seminar on Wednesday, 18 September 2019, 2:30 p.m.
Nature's Crossroads: Democracy as if Ecology mattered
Speaker: PROF. MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Ashoka University
Department of Political Science invites you to its Weekly Seminar on Wednesday, 11 September 2019, 2:15 p.m.
'Missing' Women Leadership in Indian Higher Education: Broken Pipeline of Fields of Power?
Speaker: Dr Manisha Priyam, NIEPA
Syllabus Approved by the Oversight Committee:
Course Structure
Format of the M. Phil. Written Entrance Examinations
Candidates were required to attempt three questions, two from Section A, and one from Section B. In Section A, there were six essay-type questions, one from each sub-discipline as a paired choice, of which candidates had to attempt any two. In Section B, candidates were required to attempt any one bibliographic essay question.
Structure of M. Phil. Coursework for the Academic Year 2017-2018
Two compulsory courses (1 and 2) and one optional course, the total value of which will be 100 x 3= 300 marks.
1. Research Methodology: 100 marks
(Offered in the first semester: August-December 2017)
The introductory lectures focused on the use and operationalization of concepts in social science research, the relation between research and theory, and the literature review. The course introduced students to some important quantitative and qualitative techniques, and acquainted students with the issues of research ethics and plagiarism, and sought to provide them guidance on how to find sources and write a research proposal.
Mode of evaluation:
Exams: 100 marks
2. Concepts, Trends and Classics in Politics: 100 marks
(Offered in the second semester: January -April 2018)
Lectures were delivered on a select set of generic and discipline-wide concepts and trends with the simultaneous reading of prescribed classic texts (1 text for M.Phil. students and 2 for Ph.D. students) customized to students’ broad research interests, guidance of which was provided by the assigned faculty. The 6 concepts chosen were: power, state, rights, governance, security and culture.
Mode of evaluation
Exams: 40 marks
Response Notes on assigned readings: 10 marks
Review Essay: 15 marks
Research Proposal (written): 10 marks
Research Proposal (viva): 25 marks
3. One optional course: 100 marks
(2 optional courses were offered in each semester. Students chose one course from these four.)
Two optional courses offered in the August-December 2017 semester:
1. Subaltern Politics in India
2. Political Theology Debates: Brahminical, Buddhist, Christian
Two optional courses offered in the January-May 2018 semester:
1. Doing International Relations: Exploring Alternative Trajectories
2. Knowledge, Development and Politics: Conceptual and Field Issues
Mode of evaluation
Term Paper (Written)/ Term Paper (Written) and Exams: 75 marks
Term Paper (viva): 25 marks