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 Semester 1: Core Courses
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 Political Theory: Concepts and Approaches
 
 
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 Classical Political Thought: Plato, Aristotle
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 Modern Political Thought: Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau
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 Contemporary Political Thought: Marx, Gramsci, Arendt, Rawls
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 Approaches to Political Theory: Normative, Empirical, Historical
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 Indian Political Thought
 
 
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 Ancient Indian Political Thought: Manu, Kautilya, Ashoka
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 Medieval Indian Political Thought: Barani, Kabir, Abul Fazl
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 Modern Indian Political Thought: Gandhi, Nehru, Ambedkar, Savarkar
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 Research Methodology
 
 
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 Introduction to Social Science Research
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 Research Design: Types and Methods
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 Data Collection: Primary and Secondary Sources
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 Data Analysis: Quantitative and Qualitative Techniques
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 Report Writing and Presentation
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 Comparative Politics: Institutions and Processes
 
 
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 Approaches to Comparative Politics
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 Constitutions and Constitutionalism
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 Electoral Systems and Party Systems
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 Legislatures, Executives, and Judiciaries
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 Political Development and Democratization
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 Semester 2: Core Courses
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 International Relations: Theories and Issues
 
 
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 Classical Theories of International Relations: Realism, Liberalism, Marxism
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 Contemporary Theories of International Relations: Constructivism, Feminism, Post-structuralism
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 Key Issues in International Relations: Globalization, Terrorism, Human Rights, Environment
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 Public Administration: Concepts and Theories
 
 
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 Classical Theories of Public Administration: Weber, Wilson, Taylor, Fayol
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 Modern Theories of Public Administration: New Public Management, Governance
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 Indian Administration: Evolution, Structure, and Functions
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 Indian Politics: Institutions and Processes
 
 
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 The Constitution of India: Features and Amendments
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 Parliamentary System: Structure and Functions
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 Federal System: Centre-State Relations
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 Judiciary: Structure and Functions
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 Electoral Process and Political Parties
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 State Politics in India
 
 
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 Regionalism and Sub-Regionalism
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 Caste and Politics
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 Class and Politics
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 Gender and Politics
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 Development and Politics
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 Semester 3: Optional Courses (Choose any two)
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 Human Rights: Theory and Practice
 
 
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 Theories of Human Rights
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 International Human Rights Law
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 Human Rights in India
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 Human Rights Movements
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 Political Sociology
 
 
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 Theories of Political Sociology
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 Political Culture and Political Socialization
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 Political Participation and Political Mobilization
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 Social Movements and Revolutions
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 Local Governance and Politics
 
 
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 Theories of Local Governance
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 Panchayati Raj Institutions in India
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 Municipal Governance in India
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 Urban Politics
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 Foreign Policy of India
 
 
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 Determinants of Indian Foreign Policy
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 India and its Neighbors
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 India and Major Powers
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 India and International Organizations
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 Semester 4: Dissertation and Viva-Voce
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 Dissertation
 
 
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 Students will be required to write a dissertation on a topic approved by the department.
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 The dissertation should be an original piece of research and should demonstrate the student's ability to conduct independent research.
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 Viva-Voce
 
 
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 Students will be required to defend their dissertation in a viva-voce examination.
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 The viva-voce examination will be conducted by a panel of examiners.
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