This course explores the work of the four founders of sociological thinking: Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Simmel. Students will read on issues ranging from the transition from feudalism to capitalism, the rise of the nation-state and bureaucracy, and the division of labor in modern society, to the mental reaction to the metropolis. Through the reading of these complex writings, the course will provide a thorough understanding of the promises and curses of modernity, as they are perceived within competing sociological frameworks.
Course Catalogue
Course Code: GED 309
Course Name:
Classical Sociological Theory
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Course Code: GED 311
Course Name:
Bangla for Print Media
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
An Introduction to Bangla language: Shadhu Bangla, Standard Bangla of Bangladesh, standard Colloquial Bangla, Dialects, Usage of loan words and translation, Standard Bangla spelling, Sentence structure, modern trend, punctuation. Composition: Editorial, Post-editorial, Column, reporting feature writing, editing.
Course Code: GED 312
Course Name:
Bangla for Electronic Media
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
An Introduction to Bangla Language: Shadhu Bangla, Standard Bangla of Bangladesh, Standard Colloquial Bangla, Dialects, Usage of loan words and translation. Speech synthesis: pronunciation, intonation, pitch, speed, punctuation/scanning. Loud reading: subjective reading, objective reading, reading with content attachment, throwing, expression. Desk work: report writing, desk reporting, new working, news transfer, translation. Presentation: Confidence, out-fit.
Course Code: GED 322
Course Name:
Modern Bangla Literature (2)*
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course is to endow the students with an all-inclusive notion of the Modern Bangla Literature (18th to mid-20th century). The course includes theoretical discussions on selected works by major Bangla literary figures of the period. The course is divided into following three sections: (I) Poetry: Jibananda Das, Sudhindranath Datta, Bishnu Dey, Abul Hussein (II) Prose: Manik Bandhopadhya, Bibhutibushan Bandhapadhya, Humayun Kabir and Syed Mujtaba Ali; and (III) Drama: Sachin Sen Gupta, Tulsi Lahiri, Nurul Momen and Bijon Bhattacharya.
* This course will be taught in Bangla
Course Code: GED 323
Course Name:
Logic
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course will examine various philosophical issues arising in the foundations of logic, such as the following: existence, definite description, reference and truth, semantic paradoxes, implication and presupposition, modalities and “possible worlds,” logical truth, the nature of logical knowledge, and logic in natural language.
Course Code: GED 324
Course Name:
Experiencing the Past
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The course is planned to generate in the students a tactile experience of behavior and culture of the past. It will begin with a socio-political overview of a particular period of pre-modern history of Bengal. Thereafter, the students will explore, by means of field survey methods, one archaeological site of the period and record material evidences at the site with the help of various documentation techniques. Finally, they will reconstruct the past in the same landscape with the help of drawings, models, photographs, graphs, charts etc. The course will be offered during the semester break in the winter.
Course Code: GED 325
Course Name:
Economic Development and Social Change
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The course emphasizes on understanding the interrelations among economic, political, and cultural aspects of change in developing countries. The experience of currently developing nations is contrasted to that of nations that industrialized in the 19th century. Compares the different development strategies, which have been adopted by currently developing nations and their consequences for social change.
Course Code: GED 334
Course Name:
International Law
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course covers the nature of legal reasoning in international relations, the interplay of international law and international politics, and the international legal process. Examines selected substantive fields such as state responsibility, the use of force, international human rights, etc.
Course Code: GED 335
Course Name:
Globalization and Social Conflict
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The course examines the effect of globalization on the economies and societies of the developed and developing world. Focuses in particular on how new forms of global production and exchange are transforming the traditional role of the nation-state, creating new patterns of wealth distribution, and generating new sources of social conflict and political contestation.
Course Code: GED 336
Course Name:
Environmental Impact Assessment
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The course focuses on the impact of bio-geophysical environment and on man’s health and well being of legislative proposals, policies, programs, projects, and operational procedures, and to interpret and communicate information about the impacts. Engineering economic and socio political assessments will be also discussed under this course.