History Department

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• The three-year undergraduate History Programme is designed to familiarize students with significant developments in the History of India ,its Neighbourhood, Europe, Asia and  certain other  parts  of  the world.

• The main focus is on Indian history but students would also study about European History as well as other parts of the world.

•  The course aims to make students challenge the idea of history as seamless, or historical knowledge as finished product that the textbooks at the school level

• It seeks to expose the students to various problems and conflicts that are inherent part  of  the  historical exercise  of   reconstructing  the  past.

• The purpose is to sensitize students to Learn the knowledge about past. The idea behind this is to enable students to develop historically sensitive way of thinking with due regard to time, place, context, roles  of  human agencies involved and national pride.

•  Thus, the students are encouraged to think critically ,analyze different perspectives and actively process information about the past rather than become passive recipients of singular  historical  knowledge.

• To  inculcate a humanitarian spirit with in learners.