B A Prog.
Courses offered by Department of Economics under B. A. Prog.
Discipline Specific Elective (DSE)
Category: Core
Semester: l
Course Learning Outcomes:
The students learn some basic principles of microeconomics and interactions of supply and demand, characteristics of perfect competition, efficiency and welfare
Discipline Specific Elective (DSE)
Category: Core
Semester: ll
Course Learning Outcomes:
This course helps the students to understand different forms of market imperfections and market failures observed in real life situations. The students learn about the environment where the standard market mechanism fails to generate the desirable outcomes. They develop a sense of how the production is distributed among the different factors of production and the demand for inputs. Some preliminary concepts of international trade are also covered in this course
Discipline Specific Elective (DSE)
Core
Semester: lll
Course Learning Outcomes:
This course is useful for understanding various real economic issues and evaluating policy outcomes.
Discipline Specific Elective (DSE)
Core
Semester: lV
Course Learning Outcomes:
This course provides students with an analytical framework to understand the basic functioning of the macroeconomy. It also allows them to critically examine and comment on effectiveness of various policies.
Discipline Specific Elective (DSE)
Core
Semester: V
Course Learning Outcomes:
This course will help students understand the key issues related to the Indian economy. It will broaden their horizons and enable them to analyze current economic policy thus improving their chances of getting employed, and be more effective, in positions of responsibility and decision making. The course also serves as the base for further study of sector specific policy discussion that is pursed in the course in the next semester. Given the topical nature of the course, the readings will be updated every year
Discipline Specific Elective (DSE)
Core
Semester: Vl
Course Learning Outcomes:
Students will have capability to understand government policies and will enable informed participation in economic decision making, thus improving their employment prospects and career advancement
Courses offered by Department of Economics under Generic Elective for B. Com & B A Prog
Generic Elective (GE)
Semester: V
Course Learning Outcomes:
The students learn some basic principles of microeconomics and interactions of supply and demand, characteristics of perfect competition, efficiency and welfare.
Generic Elective (GE)
Semester: Vl
Course Learning Outcomes:
This course is useful for understanding various real economic issues and evaluating policy outcomes.
Generic Elective (GE)
Semester: V
Course Learning Outcomes:
Students will develop a critical understanding of the contemporary issues in Indian economic development. Students will thus be better prepared to face the professional world and can use this knowledge base in a variety of jobs, including in the corporate, civil service and NGO sectors.
Generic Elective (GE)
Semester: Vl
Course Learning Outcomes:
Students will develop a critical understanding of the contemporary issues in the Indian economy. Students will thus be better prepared to face the professional world and can use this knowledge base in a variety of jobs, including in the corporate, civil service, and NGO sectors
Courses offered by Department of Economics under Skill Enhancement for BA Prog.
Skill Enhancement Elective Courses (SEC)
Semester: lll
Course Learning Outcomes:
Students will have the capability to understand government policies and will be informed participants in economic decision-making
Skill Enhancement Elective Courses (SEC)
Semester: : lV
Course Learning Outcomes:
The student will develop an understanding of how commonly available data is collected and analyzed. This would help in the interpretation of secondary data and in the management of small primary surveys
Skill Enhancement Elective Courses (SEC)
Semester: V
Course Learning Outcomes:
Students will learn to input, visually represent and analyse data. This course introduces the student to collection and presentation of data. It also discusses how data can be summarized and analysed for drawing statistical inferences. The students will be introduced to important data sources that are available and will also be trained in the use of free statistical software to analyse data.
Skill Enhancement Course
Semester: Vl
Course Learning Outcomes: This course develops computational skills based on the knowledge of Statistics developed in the previous semester. Along with the previous semester’s SEC papers (i.e. ‘Understanding the Economic Survey and the Union Budget’, ‘Research Methodology’ and ‘Data Analysis’), this course aims to equip students with the ability to undertake basic research projects pertaining to the Indian economy, which in turn, would prove helpful in a variety of professions.
Courses offered by Department of Economics under Generic Elective for B A Hons / B Com Hons Students
Generic Elective
Semester: l
Course Learning Outcomes:
The course introduces the students to the first course in Economics from the perspective of individual decision making as consumers and producers. The students learn some basic principles of microeconomics, interactions of supply and demand and characteristics of perfect and imperfect markets.
Generic Elective
Semester: ll
Course Learning Outcomes:
This course will allow students to understand the basic functioning of the macroeconomy.
Generic Elective
Semester: lll
Course Learning Outcomes:
This course will help students understand the key issues related to the Indian economy. It will broaden their horizons and enable them to analyze current economic policy thus improving their chances of getting employed, and be more effective, in positions of responsibility and decision making. The course also serves as the base for further study of sector specific policy discussion that is pursed in the course in the next semester.
Generic Elective
Semester: lV
Course Learning Outcomes:
Students will have capability to understand government policies and will enable informed participation in economic decision making, thus improving their employment prospects and career advancement.