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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The course is designed to provide the students with a comprehensive idea of Bangladesh Archaeology. Student It will introduce various methodologies to appreciate archaeological heritage of Bangladesh based on an innovative and integrated perspective derived both from the human and the natural sciences. It will also show how socio-political and economic history of Bangladesh can be reconstructed from the existing material evidences.
This syllabus gives idea on biodiversity through conceptualization and explanation of terminology related to biodiversity and conservation. The syllabus places emphasis on the application of biodiversity and impact of recent developments on the needs of a contemporary society. The course involves the students in the identification of problems regarding desertification, analyzing the situations and for next steps planning. It helps the students for creating knowledge base and exploring new ideas insight it. After completion of the course, students will generate /explore new approaches for creation of biodiversity and nature conservation.
This course gives idea on organic farming through conceptualization and explanation of terminology related to sustainable/organic agriculture. The course involves the students in the identification of problems regarding conventional farming, chemical hazards, analyzing the situations and for next steps planning. It helps the students for creating knowledge base and exploring knowledge on ecological agriculture. After completion of the course, students will generate /explore alternatives for chemical farming.
This course will examine the roots of the scientific knowledge in Ancient Greece up to the developments of modern science. The emphasis will be how the scientific thought was developed over time. Some history of mathematics will also be examined, particularly as it has been applied to solve scientific problems. After successfully completing this course a student will know about all great scientists and their contribution in different areas of science and they will be able to define philosophy, religion and science and differentiate between these notions.