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University of Delhi — B.A. (Hons.) Political Science — official course contents PDF
Semester I papers and unit structure as published in the official Department of Political Science course contents, effective from the academic year 2011-2012 onwards.
The batch above is the student cohort this material is mapped to. The effective period is stated by the official document itself — check your college's current syllabus before relying on either.
B.A. (Hons.) Political Science · University of Delhi · Academic batch 2024-25
Every paper title and unit heading on this page is transcribed verbatim from the official University of Delhi course contents. Each paper hub carries the full unit list with lecture counts, plus four resource types: unit notes, important questions, a revision sheet and a previous year questions hub.
Notes, questions and revision material on this site are original. Where the university publishes no verified document, the page says so and explains how to obtain the official copy instead of guessing.
Marks pattern (official): Max Marks 100 = Theory Exam 75 + Internal Assessment 25. Teaching: 5 lectures + 1 tutorial per week (main papers).
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To help the student understand India’s colonial past, since the roots of many political institutions and ideas, and social and economic structures central to politics in India today, can be traced back to this past. The course studies colonialism in India from social-economic, political, religious, legal and educational perspectives.
6 units · 60 lectures · 100 marks
This course is divided into two sections. Section A introduces the student to the idea of political theory, its history and approaches, and an assessment of its critical and contemporary trends. Section B is designed to reconcile political theory and practice through reflections on the ideas and practices related to democracy.
2 units · 60 lectures · 100 marks
To acquaint students with the constitutional design of state structures and institutions, and their actual working over time. The Indian Constitution accommodates conflicting impulses — liberty and justice, territorial decentralization and a strong union — within itself. The course traces the embodiment of these conflicts in constitutional provisions, and shows how they have played out in constitutional practice, encouraging a study of state institutions in their mutual interaction and with the wider non-institutional environment.
4 units · 60 lectures · 100 marks
Semester I also carries Paper IV: Concurrent – Qualifying Language. The official syllabus states that the existing syllabi of all Concurrent/Credit Courses shall remain unchanged, so this paper is governed by the separate language syllabus rather than the Political Science course contents.