This is an introductory course in photography, emphasizing production and theory with emphasis on pictures that tell stories. Students execute a portfolio of original photography images, and examine and analyze the function, purpose and effectiveness, of those images, through a series of writings. Through execution of visual problems and writings students examine the content and function of contemporary analog/film images.
Course Catalogue
Course Code: GED 211
Course Name:
Introduction to Photography
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Course Code: GED 212
Course Name:
Ethics
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The course is designed to understand the norms of human conduct. Topics include ethical principles, prudence, pleasure or power, history of the development of philosophical ethics, early Greek ethics, Greek schools of moral philosophy, Stoicism, Epicureanism, ethics after the reformation, secular ethical philosophies and Psychoanalysis and behaviorism.
Course Code: GED 213
Course Name:
Introduction to the History of Linguistics*
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course is to introduce the origin and development of linguistics in Greek, Roman, Indian, European, Arabic, American, and Bengali nations. Through this course students will understand the basic concept of General Linguistics i.e. Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Historical Linguistics, Dialectology, Socio-linguistics, Psycho-linguistics, and Language Acquisition skills.
* This course will be taught in Bangla
Course Code: GED 214
Course Name:
Mathematics
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The course is designed to study the basic fields of mathematics such as quantity, structure, space, and change. Topics include ancient mathematical texts, history of mathematics, notation, language and rigor, foundation and philosophy, applied mathematics, common misconceptions including mathematics and physical reality.
Course Code: GED 215
Course Name:
Introduction to Political Thought
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course will focus on normative political thought. Political theory is a field of study, which engages the history of political thought and attempts to answer the normative question “What do we want our political world to be?”. The immediate goal of this class is pushing you to think critically about the ideas and philosophies that have shaped, and will continue to guide, contemporary political systems. We do this by reading and discussing a variety of influential political thinkers who advance competing ideas of how the political ought to be organized. The larger goal of the course is to provide you with the intellectual tools to become more informed and engaged democratic citizens, and perhaps, more thoughtful and considerate human beings. We will explore together some of the great contributors to the history of political thought. This historical investigation will be balanced by a close reading of select primary documents dealing with the fundamental problems of politics. The students will have to keep the following questions in mind as we conduct our investigation: What is the structure of reality posited by the thinker? How does the thinker view human nature? What are the practical outcomes if the thinker is taken seriously? What is the impact of political philosophy on the real life? Why do laws made by other people have authority for me? Can it be fair for one person to be wealthier than another? How free should society be? Is sexism like racism? Such questions are explored through a careful reading of some classic texts in political philosophy, from the fourth century B.C.E. to the present.
Course Code: GED 216
Course Name:
Introduction to Bengali Language and Literature
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course will be offered to the students who didn’t have Bengali either in SSC/HSC, O/A level or equivalent examinations and also to the non native speakers. This course will provide preliminary knowledge about the history and structure of Bengali language, literature and alphabet.
Course Code: GED 221
Course Name:
Introduction to Drama
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The course is designed to understand theatre and other performance genres. The topics include history and trend of world theatre, performance studies, Theatre for Development, theory of drama, theories of acting, characterization, script analysis, and stage performance.
Course Code: GED 222
Course Name:
Current and Contemporary Art Forum
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The course presents basic information on visual arts through exposure to art history, art criticism, aesthetics and some art making. Through class instruction, readings & discussions, hands-on projects, gallery/museum trips and meeting artists, the goal of the course is to enable the students to appreciate contemporary art and to grasp some of its ever-shifting and elusive nature, its trends and its purpose.
Course Code: GED 223
Course Name:
Global Political Economy
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The course is designed to study the interaction of politics and economics among the world’s nations. The most important of these interactions concerns foreign trade. Students of this course learn about the politics of international financial relations, regional political and economic cooperation, international environmental management, international investment patterns of multinational corporations (MNCs), foreign aid, and relations between rich and poor regions of the world. They examine how government policies affect economic trends and why nations adopt specific economic policies. They also seek to understand the foundations of global or regional economic cooperation in a world of growing, independent national governments.
Course Code: GED 224
Course Name:
Film History
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The course introduces the historical development of the film and discusses major filmmakers and their films, principal fiction and nonfiction genres, and film industries throughout the world.