What is Generic Elective?
A student admitted in a particular department has to opt for the Generic Elective (GE) Course offered by other departments. As an example, a student admitted under B.Sc. (H) Mathematics programme can’t opt for the Generic Elective Courses offered by Department of Mathematics. The student will study GE Course in the first four semester.
GENERIC ELECTIVE PAPERS OFFERED BY VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS IN ACADEMIC SESSION 2020-21 (FIRST SEMESTER)
| DEPARTMENT | NAME OF THE GENERIC ELECTIVE PAPER | BRIEF DESCRIPTION |
| COMMERCE | Basics of Accounting | This course provides students a firm foundation in basic accounting concepts and methodology and also acquaints them with the changes taking place in the preparation and presentation of financial statements in accordance to the applicable accounting standards and relevant Acts. |
| COMPUTER SCIENCE | Introduction to Programming | This course is designed for students with no prior programming experience. The course introduces the concepts of object- oriented programming to students with a background in the procedural paradigm. Topics include data types, control structures, functions, arrays, files, and the mechanics of running, testing and debugging. Further, the course provides a brief review of control structures and data types with emphasis on structured data types and array processing. It then moves on to introduce the object-oriented programming paradigm, focusing on the definition and use of classes along with the fundamentals of object-oriented design. |
| ECONOMICS | Introductory Microeconomics | This course seeks to introduce microeconomic analysis as a way of understanding the world. It exposes students to standard microeconomic theory with a focus on the development of economic intuition, whilst also providing certain economic tools that support this intuition along the way. The microeconomic mind-set helps students thinking about issues that are relevant empirically and for policy. The course is aimed primarily at those who have not previously studied economics. It provides a foundation for further study in economics but is sufficiently self-contained to provide grounding for those who do not intend to take the subject any further. |
| ENGLISH | Media and Communication Skills | Media and Communication Skills is a very interesting, introductory and learner-orientated paper. It offers multiple dimensions of media and communication skills to the young learners and motivates them towards proficient, skill-based performance in each and every phase of life. It introduces the learners to the theories of communication, mass communication: its multiple forms and relationship with globalization, advertisements: types and ethics, Media Writing: scripts for television and radio, news reports and editorials, and editing for print and online media, Cyber Media and Social Media: its types and impact. |
| हिंदी | हिन्दी सिनेमा और उसका अध्ययन | हिंदी सिनेमा की लोकप्रियता ही विद्यार्थियों को उसके अध्ययन के लिए भी प्रेरित करती है । हिंदी सिनेमा आज की युवा पीढ़ी के हृदय की धड़कन बन चुका है । ऐसे में सिनेमा के बहुआयामी और व्यापक स्वरूप को जानने के लिए और उसके तकनीकी पहलुओं से परिचित होने के लिए इस विषय को विद्यार्थी चुन सकता है । समाज, साहित्य और रंगमंच का बृहत दर्शन सिनेमा में किया जा सकता है । वर्तमान संदर्भ में विद्यार्थी की रुचि और रोजगार को यहाँ आश्रय मिलता है । अतः इस विषय का चयन प्रासंगिक है। |
| HISTORY | Delhi through the Ages | This paper reveals the different ages of Delhi. It reflects how Delhi came into existence and how did it emerged to be one of the most significant cities of India among all the times. From Stone Age Sites in Delhi area to Pre-historic settlements there has been a vivid interpretation of several propounded theories about it. Besides that, the medieval history of various cities of Delhi is associated with the Sultanate & the Mughals with the Sufis, the Courtiers and the people who resided here. It relates to the artisans, the commercial groups and the brokers, the bazaar and their hinterlands that created a glittering emporium & a culture of urbanity that seized the imagination of the people of age. In the modern Delhi era, the importance of Delhi can be observed from the battle of Parpatganj to the Ghadar 1857. |
| MANAGEMENT | Fundamental of Marketing Management | This course aims to build a basic understanding of marketing management decisions. It will equip students with an understanding of marketing mix elements. Students will be able to: 1. Understand the concept of marketing and related concepts; 2. An understanding of various elements of marketing mix. |
| MATHEMATICS | Calculus | The main aim of this course is to introduce the concept of differentiation of functions, points of inflection, curve sketching etc. Concepts of functions of several variables, their partial derivatives and saddle points is also discussed. This course will enable the students to: 1) Visualize three dimensional figures and calculating their volumes; 2) Draw the graph of functions in polar coordinates and level curves of functions of several variables; 3) Understand Limits, continuity and partial derivatives of functions of several variables. |
| PHILOSOPHY | Ethics in Public Domain | This paper is an attempt to make students understand the importance of ethics in social and personal life. We try to understand the personal, social, political, philosophical issues, problem and debates through the lenses of morality and find out ethical solutions for it. In doing this, we firstly define what is ethics and how it is connected with our everyday life. |
| POLITICAL SCIENCE | Nationalism in India | The purpose of this course is to help students understand the struggle of Indian people against colonialism. It seeks to achieve this understanding by looking at this struggle from different theoretical perspectives that highlight its different dimensions. The course begins with the nineteenth century Indian responses to colonial dominance in the form of reformism and its criticism and continues through various phases up to the events leading to the Partition and Independence. In the process, the course tries to highlight its various conflicts and contradictions by focusing on its different dimensions: communalism, class struggle, caste and gender questions. |
| PSYCHOLOGY | Psychology for Living | This involves study of health, health promoting behaviours (exercise, meditation etc) and health compromising behaviours (smoking, alcoholism etc.) and positive psychology topics like hope, optimism etc. |
| STATISTICS | Statistical Methods | The learning objectives of this course include: 1. To Motivate students towards intrinsic interest in statistical thinking. 2. To analyse and interpret data. After completing this course, students should have developed a clear understanding of: Basic concepts of Statistics; Distinguish between different types of data; Graphical methods of displaying data; Measures of Locations; Concept of Bi-Variate Data; Method of Least Square; Introduction to the basics of Probability. |