Political Science Syllabus 2025: Semester Subjects, Electives, Books, Specializations

Understanding political theory

This subject introduces political theory to students. Then it moves on to the traditions and approaches to political theory, explains the critical and contemporary trends, and winds up with political theory practice and its grammar.

Constitutional Government and Democracy in India

The subject discusses the constitution, assembly, government organs, federalism, and decentralisation.

Political Theory and Concepts

This subject deals with the importance of freedom, the indispensability of justice, universal rights, and concerns itself with major debates.

Political Process in India

This subject is a detailed compilation of content on the party system in India, religion, regionalism and politics, caste and politics, and the change in the nature of India along with the times.

Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics

Through this subject, students understand comparative politics, the historical context of modern government such as capitalism and globalisation, socialism, colonialism and themes of comparative politics.

Introduction to Public Administration

This subject introduces students to the public administration discipline, classical theories such as scientific management and administration management, neo-classical and contemporary theories such as human relations, ecological approach etc. and public policy and major approaches in public administration.

Perspectives on International Relations

The subject helps students understand international relations, various related theoretical perspectives, and an overview of the twentieth century.

Political Processes and Institutions in Comparative Perspective

This subject guides students with various approaches to study comparative politics about the system of election and parties, nation-state and democratisation in post-colonial societies.

Public Policy and Administration in India

This subject introduces everything about public policy and administration, explains decentralisation, budget and social welfare administration, citizen and Administration interface.

Global Politics

This subject gives insights on globalisation: concepts and perspectives and contemporary global issues such as terrorism, migration etc.

Western Political Philosophy

This subject gives an insight to students about the framing of the first political questions and goes back in time to Greek antiquity. This has text and interpretations of Plato, Hobbes, Karl Marx, etc.

Indian Political Thought

This subject speaks of the emergence and evolution of Indian political thought over different points of time, including traditional pre-colonial Indian political thought, Ved Vyasa and Manu, Kautilya, Barani and Aggannasutta, Kabir and Abul Faza.

Contemporary Political Philosophy

Political philosophies are introduced with this subject, including those of Lenin, Mao Zedong, Antonio Gramsci, and John Rawls.

Modern Indian Political Thought

This subject has insights into modern Indian political thought. It includes ideas such as Ram Mohan Roy's liberalism to JP Narayan's total revolution and everything in between.

Introduction to Human Rights

This subject deals with understanding human rights, i.e. three generations, universal declaration, rights in the national constitution, international refugee law and international humanitarian law.

Development process and social movements in contemporary India.

This subject explains the development process ever since Independence, development strategy, and its impact on social structure and various social movements.

India Foreign Policy in a Changing world

This subject describes the bases, determinants, post-colonial perspectives of India's foreign policy. It further explains India's relations with the USA, Russia, China and South Asia and India’s position as a global power.

Women, Power and Politics

This subject focuses on feminism, issues for women such as patriarchy, violence, women empowerment and development.

Feminism: Theory and Practice

This subject focuses on making students understand feminism, the various theories surrounding it, the issues and participation of women and families in contemporary India and women 's work and labour.

Governance: Issues and Challenges

This subject includes government and governance, good governance, local governance and good governance initiative in India.

Gandhi and the Contemporary World

This subject has key instances of Gandhi and his influence, his initiatives and legacy, for example, Satyagraha, Swaraj etc.

United Nations and Global Conflicts

This subject has an overview of The United Nations, other organisations such as the Security Council, the International Court of Justice and major conflicts in global space since the second world war.

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Principles of Political Science I

This subject has everything about political science, such as its definitions, nature, scope etc. The state's elements, nature, theories, and sovereignty are also discussed.

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Indian National Movement & Constitutional Development I

This subject has everything about the history of the Indian National Movement, how the Indian National Congress came into existence, The Muslim League, Hindu Mahasabha, the Home Rule Movement, the Non-Cooperation movement, the Swaraj Party, the Charter Acts etc.

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Principles of Political Science II

This subject has everything about political ideas such as socialism, justice, democracy, equality, liberty, nationalism, feminism, fascism and others.

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Indian National Movement & Constitutional Development II

This subject explains the rise and growth of revolutionary movements in India, such as the Quit India Movement, Civil Disobedience Movement and acts such as the Government of India Act, 1935, Indian Independence Act, 1947 etc.

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Comparative Political Institutions I

This subject describes the nature and approaches of comparative political institutions, constitutionalism and rule of law, federalism and separation of powers, etc.

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Constitution of India

This subject is comprehensive information about the composition, aims and objectives of the constituent assembly, preamble, parliament, judiciary, citizenship, fundamental rights and duties etc.

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Comparative Political Institutions II

This subject describes the executive, legislature, and judiciary of countries such as the UK, USA, China, Russia, and the different political parties therein.

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Constitution of India II

This one has all the information one needs on the governor, chief minister, union-state relations, amendment procedure, election commission and finance commission.

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Political Thought - Indian and Western I

This subject is a comparative assessment of Indian thinkers such as Manu and Kautilya and Western thinkers such as Plato and Aristotle.

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Indian Government and Politics

This subject describes salient features of the Indian political system, federalism, parliament, Supreme Court, union government, fundamental rights and duties etc.

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Political Sociology I

This subject has everything about political sociology, such as emergence, nature, scope and approaches. It also includes political socialisation, participation and power.

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Principles of Public Administration I

This one describes all aspects of public administration such as nature, scope, public and private, etc. It also focuses on the concept of the organisation such as meaning, types, principles, units, and the concept, merits, and demerits of delegated legislation.

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International Relations I

The different concepts of international business such as meaning, scope, approaches, power and ideology are studied in this subject. It also has national power, interest, Cold War, non-alignment, etc.

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Political thought: Indian and Western II

This one continues from its predecessor, describing the ideals and studies of Indian thinkers such as Vivekananda Gandhi and Western thinkers such as Rousseau, Machiavelli, etc.

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Indian Government and Politics II

ThIs one describes the political process and issues in Indian democracy.

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Political Sociology II

Political culture, parties, pressure groups, public opinion, mass society, modernisation etc., form the content to be studied in this subject.

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Principles of Public Administration II

This subject describes the types, functions and roles of the Chief Executive, personal administration, administrative corruption, financial administration and administrative improvement.

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International Relations: Concepts and Issues -II

As a continuation to its first volume, this one describes Cold War politics, regionalism, foreign policy, and the United Nations.