This course examines major themes in the history of urbanism by concentrating on selected towns and cities in order to explore general issues (e.g. the relationship of town and countryside and the emergence of capital cities) and characteristic urban building (e.g. fortifications, designed squares, civic monuments).
Course Catalogue
Course Code: GED 356
Course Name:
Urbanization and Ancient Cities
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Course Code: GED 401
Course Name:
Imagining the Global Eighteenth Century Art
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Forging a modern state and a modern empire involved new and reworked forms of visual representation. This course looks at how artists in the two leading imperial Western powers, England and France, produced art that addressed the concerns of diverse and newly expanded audiences.
Course Code: GED 409
Course Name:
Literature of Bangladesh
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
(Second half of the 20th century)*
The course is designed to give the students a comprehensive idea of literature of Bangladesh of the 2nd half of the 20th century. The course includes theoretical discussions on selected works by major literary figures of Bangladesh, of the period. of some important works from Bangladesh by major writers of the period. The course is divided into following three sections: (I) Poetry: Farrukh Ahmed, Ahsan Habib, Syed Ali Ahsan, Shamsur Rahman, Hasan Hafizur Rahman, Abu Zafor Obidullah and Al-Mahmud; (II) Prose: Shaukat Osman, Syed Waliullah, Shamsuddin Abul Kalam, Abu Ishaq, Hasan Azizul Haq, Akhtaruzzaman Ilias; and (III) Drama: Syed Waliullah, Munier Chawdhury, Syed Ahmed, Syed Shamsul Huq and Selim Al-Din.
* This course will be taught in Bangla .
Course Code: GED 410
Course Name:
Introduction to Performing Arts
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course focuses on various forms of performing arts such as dance, drama and music, performance theory and their history, Indigenous theatre of Bangladesh and popular music in society.
Course Code: GED 411
Course Name:
Objectivity and Its Loss
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The nature and limits of objectivity in the context of biomedical practices and institutions will bne taught under this course. Topics include conceptions of objectivity, conflict of interest, inappropriate influence, individual ethical failings, cognitive biases, and other linguistic and social sources of error and bias. Emphasis will be on identifying strategies for counteracting the various threats to objectivity.
Course Code: GED 416
Course Name:
Business Ethics and Leadership
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The course will be designed to introduce and examine different leadership qualities and enable the students to reason about the role of ethics in business. The students will examine lives and works of 5-7 leaders. Also they will discuss real life ethical dilemma cases from marketing, operations, human resource, accounting, finance and other related fields.
Specific course objectives include:
1. To learn from leadership qualities demonstrated by leaders in the past.
2. To be able to recognize ethical issues in business. And finally …
3. To critically examine the students’ own ethics and leadership qualities and test them in conversation among peers.
Students who should attend:
This course requires heavy participation on behalf of the students in their learning. Almost 80% of the grades will depend on class participation and presentations.
Course Code: GED 416
Course Name:
Global Migration and Citizenship
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The movement of people across borders is a defining characteristic of the modern age. Migrants’ contribute to the economies of the host and homeland, but also exacerbate inequality, enflame nationalist sentiments, and spread values that threaten existing power structures. This course explores the causes of international migration; how governments regulate it; and how it transforms our ideas of citizenship.
Course Code: GED 418
Course Name:
South Asian Art and Architecture
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course will offer a comprehensive idea on South Asian art and architecture from the beginning to the present. Through this course students will learn about the patterns of development in the field of art and architecture, painting, sculpture, famous monuments and minor art objects of South Asia, major artists and architects. Besides, the course will interpret the varied ways in which South Asian art reflects and shapes social, religious, cultural, political and economic milieu of South Asia.
Course Code: GED 419
Course Name:
Ethnic Identity and Nationalism
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course focuses on study of key issues debated by anthropologists regarding ethnicity and nationalism, with examination of concepts such as identity, cultural citizenship, transnationalism-globalization, gender, home, and acculturation-hybridity.
Course Code: GED 429
Course Name:
The Visual Culture of South Asian Women
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Considers women as patrons and producers of ancient and medieval art and architecture, and examines the imaging of women in ancient and medieval works of art. Topics include feminist perspectives in ancient medieval history and art history, patronage by royal and aristocratic women, costume and textile production, and the art and architecture of female monastic communities.