BA/BS Political Science and International Relations

USPs of the Program

Course Structure

Semester I		Semester II
Subjects	Credits	Subjects	Credits
Fine Arts	3	Linguistic Proficiency	3
Indian Civilizations	3	Social and Political Formations	3
History of Ideas	3	Political Processes and Dynamics of State Politics in India	3
Introduction to Political Science	3	International Political System	3
Introduction to International Relations	3	Theories of International Relations	3
Foundations of Political Economy	3	OPEN ELECTIVE 2	2
OPEN ELECTIVE 1	2	OPEN ELECTIVE 3	2
TOTAL	20	TOTAL	19
Semester III		Semester IV
Subjects	Credits	Subjects	Credits
English for Professional Development (EPD)	3	Foreign Language	3
Public Policy and Governance in India	3	Ideology and Politics	3
Foreign Policy Analysis	3	International Politics of Mass Communication	3
Minor Paper 1	3	Minor Paper 2	3
Comparative Politics	3	Media and Politics in India	3
The Politics of International Economic Relations	3	Comparative Environmental Policy	3
Political Institutions in India	3	Global Trade and Economic Diplomacy	2
International Media and Communication	3	OPEN ELECTIVE 4	2
TOTAL	24	TOTAL	22
Semester V		Semester VI
Subjects	Credits	Subjects	Credits
Internship	3	Global Trade and Economic Diplomacy:	3
Intellectual Property Rights	2	Foreign Policy of India	3
Introduction to Critical Thinking	2	Political Economy of Development in India	3
International Trade Law	3	Global Ethics and Justice	3
Minor Paper 3	3	Minor Paper 4	4
Nationalism and Identity Politics	3	Capstone Project	4
Tribal Politics and Indigenous Rights	3
Open Elective 5	2
TOTAL	21	TOTAL	20

Suggested Minors:

1. History

History Minor
S. No.	Title of the Course	Credits
		C
1	History of Early India	3
2	Society and Culture in Medieval India	3
3	Political History of Medieval India: 12th to Mid 16thCentury	3
4	Ancient Indian Epigraphy and Numismatics	3

2. Philosophy

Philosophy Minor
S. No.	Title of the Course	Credits
		C
1	Introduction to Indian Philosophy	3
2	Foundations of Western Philosophy	3
3	Logic, Reasoning & Methodology	3
4	Modern Indian Thinkers	3

3. English

English Minor
S. No.	Title of the Course	Credits
		C
1	Graphic narratives	3
2	Indian writing in English	3
3	Literature and cinema	3
4	History of English Literature	3

4. Sociology

Sociology Minor
S. No.	Title of the Course	Credits
		C
1	Introduction to Sociology	3
2	Political Sociology	3
3	Urban Sociology	3
4	Sociology of Work	3

Scholarships

Scholarships for Under-Graduate Students

Scholarship for Undergraduate Students for 2024 intake

CATEGORY	All India
SCHOLARSHIPS	10.00%	20.00%	30.00%	40.00%	50.00%	60.00%	70.00%	80.00%	90.00%
12th Percentage (Any Central Board)	80.00-84.99	85.00-89.99	90.00-92.50	92.60-94.99	95	96	97	98	99
JEE Percentile	75-79.99	80 - 84.99	85 - 89.99	90 - 94.99	95-95.99	96-96.99	97-97.99	98-98.99	99-100
CUET Percentile	88 - 89.99	90-91.99	92-93.99	94-94.99	95-95.99	96-96.99	97-99.99	98-98.99	99-100

Note: Best 4 Core Subjects only (SUPW, Physical Education and Non Academic Subjects will not be considered)

SCHOLARSHIP FOR UTTARAKHAND DOMICILE

• 25% on Tuition Fee

Note:
No two scholarships can be clubbed together, if any student eligible for two scholarships may choose the higher scholarship from the respective category.

Procedure

1. Students registering for scholarship should apply on the prescribed form avaliable with the institute or on website at the time of interview before confirmation of admission. Students who do not apply before confirmation of admission wlil not be eligible for merit scholarship.
2. Students should submit photocopies of all mark sheets and certificates required as above for entitling the scholarship.
3. Upon your official confirmation of admission with the DBSG, you wlil receive a formal scholarship offer letter / confirmation.
4. The scholarship wlil be disbursed semester wise.
5. In case the result of the previous semester has not been declared tlil the last date of submission of fees for the next semester, the student may provisionally submit fees equivalent to the last semester fees but in case falis to get the required marks wlil have to submit the balance fees.
6. Whlie applying for a scholarship and fliling in the percentage of class XII marks, applicants are required to consider the aggregate of Best 4 core subjects in their XII boards (SUPW, Physical Education and Non Academic Subjects wlil not be considered).

However the scholarship for 3rd semester onwards wlil be subject to:

1. 75% attendance to be maintained in each subject individually in the preceding semester. Please note that Third Semester Scholarship depends on First semester performance and Fourth semester Scholarship on second semester.
2. 70% marks in cumulative score in all subjects.
3. Students shall not be involved in any disciplinary action of misconduct where a penalty or fine is imposed by the Proctorial board.
4. Students shall take a good moral character certificate from the course coordinator every year and submit the same with the Registrar.
5. Students should give an undertaking of being avaliable at all time during the course for any brand ambassador activities and also in case of events/goodwlil programmes.
6. There should be no discontinuation in study. In case of transfer to any other institute, the scholarship given wlil have to be refunded prior to issue of College Leaving Certificate.
7. Students need to send a thank you letter to the Board of Trustees for the Generous Scholarship every semester.

In case any of the above criteria is not fulfliled the scholarship for the next semester wlil be withdrawn.

Disclaimer:

• Notwithstanding anything under this Scholarship scheme, ESKAY EDUCATIONAL TRUST has sole discretion to edit, modify, change, update, continue or abandon the above-mentioned Scholarship going forward at any given point in time, without any prior written intimation. Management wlil be the final deciding authority for all scholarship decisions as stated in this specific disclaimer.
• There is no concept of automatic renewal for next semester. The Sponsorship Committee shall decide every semester on a case-to-case basis, subject to the Scholarship Scheme if prevaliing at the relevant time.
• There should be no discontinuation in study. In case of discontinuation / transfer to any other institute, the scholarship given wlil have to be refunded prior to issue of college leaving certificate.
• Please note that this communication is without prejudice to any rights of ESKAY EDUCATIONAL TRUST and this communication should not be considered as a waiver of any rights of ESKAY EDUCATIONAL TRUST in the applicants’ favour.