FINAL List of Elective Courses [dated 31.08.2024]

Note that applications for change of elective courses will be accepted till 23 August 2024, 4 PM. Write an email to achoudhary@polscience.du.ac.in. Clearly mention the elective you wish to drop and the elective you wish to take along with your name and exam roll number in the email.

 

Link for Filling Forms for Elective Courses for MA Sem-III Students (Active w.e.f. 11:00 AM on 08 August 2024, Thursday): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdteJi_lntWlWomdYZFd3AncuS0pFszZHzNXN8_OJZsTlIZkw/viewform?usp=sf_link

 

Notice for Filling Forms for Elective Courses for MA Sem-III Students (Dated 01.08.2024)

  1. The Elective Courses form will be accepted with effect from 08 August 2024 (Thursday), 11:00 AM onwards. You cannot fill the form before this time and date.
  2. Elective Courses form submission for session 2024-25 (MA Final Semester III) will be done via online medium using Google Forms ONLY. The link will be available on the Department Website and will be active at 11:00 AM on 08 August 2024 (Thursday). Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdteJi_lntWlWomdYZFd3AncuS0pFszZHzNXN8_OJZsTlIZkw/viewform?usp=sf_link
  1. The link will be active till 11:59 PM on 09 August 2024 (Friday).
  2. Only ONE response per e-mail ID would be registered.
  3. Students need to have a GMAIL ACCOUNT. Those students, who do not have a Gmail account, are required to register for a Gmail account and use the same for filling up the form.
  4. It is mandatory to fill up all the details in the form. Incomplete forms will not be submitted.
  5. Students are required to select four elective courses. Selections will be accepted according to first-come-first-serve basis.
  6. There is a limit of 200 students for each elective course. Therefore, only the first 200 students opting for a particular elective course, on a first-come-first-serve basis, shall be entertained. Once an elective course has received 200 applicants, it shall no longer be available.
  7. The cap of 200 is not applicable for students with disabilities and foreign students. They need to contact the Department Office to submit their request, if the elective course of choice is not available through the Google Form.
  8. Students will be given once chance to change their selected electives subject to availability of seats, date for which shall be announced later.
  9. A sample form is available on the Department website.
  10. Students enrolled in SOL & NCWEB need to approach their respective concerned offices for choosing optional papers. They do not need to fill this online form.

Following are the instructions to fill the form online:

a) The link will open a Google Form where the student has to fill the following details:

  1. E-mail ID
  2. Name
  3. 10-Digit Mobile Number
  4. PG College Name (to be selected from the drop-down menu)
  5. Examination Roll No.
  6. Preference of Electives from four different slots (from four drop-down menus)

b) Students need to make sure that they have these details ready before opening the form.

c) Students are advised to keep fifth/sixth choice of elective course in mind in case their primary choices are no longer available from the drop-down menu.

d) The link will be available on the Department website. However, it will not be active before Thursday, 08 August 2024, 11:00 AM.

Slotting of Elective Courses:

Slot

A

B

C

D

S1

1A PS-E 10: Dalit Bahujan Thought (Prof. N. Sukumar)

1B PS-E 54: Interpreting Indian Classical Texts (Dr. Radha Kumari)

 

 

S2

2A PS-E 02: Global Justice and the South (Prof. Ashok Acharya and Dr. Rajesh Dev)

2B PS-E 12: Discourses on Hindu Nationalism (Prof. Sangit Kumar Ragi)

2C PS-E 04: Theory & Practice of Democracy (Dr. Miranda Das)

 

S3

3A PS-E 15: Social Exclusion: Theory and Practice (Dr. Smita Agarwal)

3B PS-E 33: Development Process and Politics in India (Prof. Madhulika Banerjee)

3C PS-E 68: Political Parties and Party system in India (Dr. Sumit Kumar)

 

S4

4A PS-E 48: Politics and Psychoanalysis (Dr. Saroj Giri)

4B PS-E 62: International Relations of South Asia (Dr. N. Koiremba Singh)

4C PS-E 69: International Political Economy (Dr. Robert Mizo)

 

S5

5A PS-E 37: State Politics in India (Prof. Sunil K Choudhary)

5B PS-E 21: Security Studies (Dr. Megha)

5C PS-E 16: Indian Strategic Thought (Dr. Surae Soren & Prof. Bipin K.Tiwary)

5D PS-E 26: Constitutionalism in Comparative Perspective (Prof. Ujjwal K. Singh)

S6

6A PS-E 22: Comparative Federalism: Theory and Practice (Prof. Rekha Saxena)

6B PS-E 25: Politics of South Asia in Comparative Perspective (Prof. Nasreen Chowdhory)

6C PS-E 44: The Political in Local Governance (Dr. Avantika Singh)

 

S7

7A PS-E 06: Democracy and Violence: Contestation, Convergence and Discourse (Dr. Abhishek Choudhary)

7B PS-E 05: Critical Traditions in Political Theory (Dr. Mithila Bagai)

7C PS-E 60: ‘Worlding’ International Relations: Perspectives from the Global South (Prof. Navnita C. Behera & Prof. Sanjeev Kumar H.M.)

 

S8

8A PS-E 38: Indian Polity in State-Society Interaction Since the 1960s (Dr. Binit Kumar Sinha)

8B PS-E 56: Regions and Regionalism (Dr. Garima Das)

 

 

Note:

You can ONLY choose ONE paper from a given slot/row (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, S7, S8).

Example: If you opt for PS-E 02, you cannot opt for PS-E 12 or PS-E 04.
Similarly, if you opt for PS-E 10, you cannot opt for PS-E 54, and so on.

The reason is that the classes and examinations for such papers are held simultaneously.
However, you are free to choose any other elective paper.

Please refer to the time table below to avoid any clash of timing for your paper of choice.

 

Time Table

MA Final Sem - III [Academic Session 2024-25]

Third Semester (August - December 2024)

 

 

 

09:30 AM - 11:10 AM

11:30 AM - 01:10 PM

02:00 PM - 3.40 PM

03:40 PM - 05:20 PM

Monday

S1

S2

S3

S4

Tuesday

S5

S6

S7

S8

Wednesday

S1

S2

SEMINAR

SEMINAR

Thursday

S5

S6

S7

S8

Friday

S3

 

S4

 

 

Slots of Elective Courses to be offered to MA Political Science 3rd Semester [2024-25]

 

Slot 1: Mondays and Wednesdays 9:30 AM

1A PS-E 10: Dalit Bahujan Thought (Prof. N. Sukumar)         

1B PS-E 54: Interpreting Indian Classical Texts (Dr. Radha Kumari)

 

Slot 2: Mondays and Wednesdays 11:30 AM

2A PS-E 02: Global Justice and the South (Prof. Ashok Acharya and Dr. Rajesh Dev)

2B PS-E 12: Discourses on Hindu Nationalism (Prof. Sangit Kumar Ragi)

2C PS-E 04: Theory & Practice of Democracy (Dr. Miranda Das)

 

Slot 3: Mondays 2:00 PM and Fridays 9:30 AM

3A PS-E 15: Social Exclusion: Theory and Practice (Dr. Smita Agarwal)

3B PS-E 33: Development Process and Politics in India (Prof. Madhulika Banerjee)

3C PS-E 68: Political Parties and Party system in India (Dr. Sumit Kumar)

 

Slot 4: Mondays 3:40 PM and Fridays 2:00 PM

4A PS-E 48: Politics and Psychoanalysis (Dr. Saroj Giri)

4B PS-E 62: International Relations of South Asia (Dr. N. Koiremba Singh)

4C PS-E 69: International Political Economy (Dr. Robert Mizo)

 

Slot 5: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30 AM

5A PS-E 37: State Politics in India (Prof. Sunil K Choudhary)

5B PS-E 21: Security Studies (Dr. Megha)      

5C PS-E 16: Indian Strategic Thought (Dr. Surae Soren & Prof. Bipin K.Tiwary)

5D PS-E 26: Constitutionalism in Comparative Perspective (Prof. Ujjwal K. Singh)

 

Slot 6: Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:30 AM

6A PS-E 22: Comparative Federalism: Theory and Practice (Prof. Rekha Saxena)

6B PS-E 25: Politics of South Asia in Comparative Perspective (Prof. Nasreen Chowdhory)

6C PS-E 44: The Political in Local Governance (Dr. Avantika Singh)

 

Slot 7: Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:00 PM

7A PS-E 06: Democracy and Violence: Contestation, Convergence & Discourse (Dr. Abhishek Choudhary)

7B PS-E 05: Critical Traditions in Political Theory (Dr. Mithila Bagai)

7C PS-E 60: ‘Worlding’ International Relations: Perspectives from the Global South (Prof. Navnita C. Behera & Prof. Sanjeev Kumar H.M.)

 

Slot 8: Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:40 PM

8A PS-E 38: Indian Polity in State-Society Interaction Since the 1960s (Dr. Binit Kumar Sinha)

8B PS-E 56: Regions and Regionalism (Dr. Garima Das)