Course and programmes available:
Under graduate (Honours and Regular) Affiliated to Bodoland University.
At Present the department has been using two different mode of curriculum:
(i) CBCS system (Six Semesters)
(ii) NEP/2020 (Eight Semesters)
PAPERS TAUGHT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
(UNDER CBCS SYSTEM)
Major & General Course
Semester | Honours/General | Paper code | Name of paper | |
1st | Honours | C.1 | Indian Philosophy | |
1st | Honours | C.2 | Logic | |
2nd | Honours | C.3 | Greek Philosophy | |
2nd | Honours | C.4 | Ethics | |
3rd | Honours | C.5 | Western Philosophy | |
3rd | Honours | C.6 | Social and Political philosophy | |
3rd | Honours | C.7 | Applied Ethics | |
4th | Honours | C.8 | Text on Indian philosophy | |
4th | Honours | C.9 | Text on Western philosophy | |
4th | Honours | C.10 | Truth Functional Logic | |
5th | Honours | C.11 | Analytic Philosophy | |
5th | Honours | C.12 | Continental Philosophy | |
6th | Honours | C.13 | Philosophy of Religion | |
6th | Honours | C.14 | Philosophy of Language | |
Generic Elective(Inter Disciplinary),&Discipline Specific Core Course | ||||
Semester | Honours/General | Paper code | Name of paper | |
1st | Honours&General | GE-1/DSC-1 | Logic | |
2nd | Honours&General | GE-2/DSC-2 | Ethics | |
3rd | Honours&General | GE-3/DSC-3 | Indian Philosophy | |
4th | Honours&General | GE-4/DSC-4 | Western Philosophy | |
Skill Enhancement Compulsory Course | ||||
Semester | Honours/General | Paper code | Name of paper | |
3rd | Honours/General | SEC-1 | Critical thinking and decision making | |
4th | Honours/General | SEC-2 | Art and film Appreciation | |
5th | General | SEC-3 | Ethical decision making | |
6th | General | SEC-4 | Yoga Philosophy | |
Discipline Specific Core Course(General) | ||||
Semester | General | Paper code | Name of paper | |
1st | General | DSC-1 | Logic | |
2nd | General | DSC-2 | Ethics | |
3rd | General | DSC-3 | Indian Philosophy | |
4th | General | DSC-4 | Western Philosophy | |
5th | General | DSE-5 | Buddhism | |
6th | General | DSE-6 | Greek Philosophy |
SYLLABUS UNDER NEP IN PHILOSOPHY
UDALGURI COLLEGE, UDALGURI
FOUR YEARS UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME (FYUGP)
BASED ON NEP 2020 UNDER BODOLAND UNIVERSITY
FOUR YEARS UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME (FYUGP) BASED ON NEP 2020 UNDER BODOLAND UNIVERSITY
The College follows the Programme Outcome (PO) & Course Outcome (CO) of Bodoland University to which it is affiliated. In addition, the college delineates the following points as programme outcomes:
UG Arts
- To realize the potential of learners in facing future challenges in the professional world and prepare them for building a developed nation.
- To develop subject-specific knowledge as a foundation for higher studies in the concerned field.
- To ensure that the learners graduate as restrained social beings with certain values infused in them. 4. Garnering the ability to contribute to society; Socially, culturally, academically and economically.
Programme Outcome:
The Under Graduate course in Philosophy Honours initiates students to Epistemology and Metaphysics, Logic, Indian Philosophy, History of Modern and Western Philosophy and Ethics, Philosophy of Religion and Existentialism. The course develops interests in learning philosophy with clarity and analysing philosophical concepts with philosophical reflection and analysis. The course also helps to develop critical thinking.
Course outcome:
SL No |
Course Code |
Title of the Course |
Course Outcomes |
1. |
(PHLMAJ- 1014) |
Greek Philosophy |
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to understand the philosophical principles of Greek Philosophy along with the epistemology and metaphysical problems of Philosophy. |
2. |
PHLMIN –1014 |
Indian Philosophy |
Upon completion of the course, students will gain detailed knowledge about the Outline of Indian Philosophy and the different schools of Indian thought like Cārvāka, Jainism and Buddhism. |
3. |
PHLIDC – 1014 |
Social and Political Philosophy |
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to understand the relationship between family and society, state, equality and social progression as a whole. |
4. |
PHLSEC – 1013 |
Professional Ethics and Insurance |
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to understand the meaning of ethics, professional ethics and individual progression. |
5. |
PHLVAC – 1014 |
Ethics and Values |
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to understand ethical values and duty with philosophy. perspective. |
6. |
PHLMAJ –1024 |
Fundamentals of Logic |
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to know arguments and its forms along with formal techniques used for evaluating arguments as valid and invalid. They will also understand the idea of |
set and set relations and apply diagrammatic method of testing arguments involving sets. |
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7. |
PHLMIN 1024 |
Logic |
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to know the argument and its forms along with formal techniques used for evaluating arguments as valid and invalid. |
8. |
PHLIDC 1013 |
Philosophy of Religion |
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to understand the students about religious ideology, religious language, symbolism, freedom of will, faith, reason and revelation. |
9. |
PHLSEC 1023 |
Critical Thinking |
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to understand the situation and apply the thought, solving problems in competitive examinations. |
10. |
PHLVAC – 1024 |
Yoga and Health |
Upon completion of the course, students will be capable of understanding about the importance of Yoga, health and meditation |
11. |
PHLMAJ 2014 |
Methods and Conceptions of Philosophy (Indian approaches) |
Upon completion of the course, students will be capable of understanding about the Indian theory of Knowledge. |
12. |
PHLMAJ 2024 |
Formal Logic |
Upon completion of the course, students will be capable to prove the validity of arguments, argument and argument forms. To apply the rules of inference in both propositional and predicate logic. |
13. |
PHLMIN 2014 |
General Philosophy |
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to understand the Philosophical perspective of realism, idealism, space and time, test of truth. |
14. |
PHLIDC – 2013 |
Environmental Ethics |
Upon completion of the course, students will be aware of the environmental ethics for the better sustainability of the development. |
15. |
PHLSEC – 2013 |
Logic & Reasoning |
Upon completion of the course, students will be capable to prove the validity of arguments, arguments and argument forms |
16. |
PHLMAJ 2034 |
Methods and Conceptions of Philosophy (Western approaches) |
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to know the types of philosophy and the study of the great thinkers. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to understand the epistemological and metaphysical perspectives of the philosophers like Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, Hegel etc |
17. |
PHLMAJ 2044 |
(Western Philosophy) |
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to learn and understand the subject matter contemporary western philosophy |
18. |
PHLMAJ2054 |
Philosophy of Vienna Circle |
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to learn understand with the subject matter of contemporary western Philosophy. |
19. |
PHLMIN 2024 |
Indian Philosophy (Orthodox) |
Upon completion of the course, students will benefit with the knowledge of Six major schools of Indian Hindu Philosophy, the concept of truth and knowledge, the concept of ethics, happiness, moksha, way to moksha. |
20. |
PHLINT–2012 |
Internship |
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to apply fundamental and disciplinary concepts and methods to the principal areas of study. They will also develop the skills and knowledge of specific professional fields of study. |
21. |
PHLMAJ 3014 |
Philosophy of Religion |
Upon completion of the course, students will be aware of Life beyond parochialism and the relativity of religious believes. |
22 |
PHLMAJ 3024 |
Philosophy of Language, Truth & Meaning |
Upon completion of the course, students will be visiting life in matters of our discovery of life. Lofty and greater treatments in matters of language, meaning and truth will be dawned upon in the young mind |
23 |
PHLMAJ 3034 |
Phenomenology and Existentialism |
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to understand the nuances of the individual life. The study enhance democratic treatment at large thereby creating new awareness to life at large. |
24 |
PHLMAJ 3044 |
Philosophy of Art and Culture |
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to understand life to the tune of time–tested values of Indian Art and Culture. Life of resilience would be inculcated in the young mind. |
25 |
PHLMIN3014 |
Indian Classic Scriptures |
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to understand Life, and deep-rooted in philosophy will be understood. Life distorted segregation in the so-called modern waves will have a meaning. |
26 |
PHLMAJ -3054 |
Applied Ethics |
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to learn the ethical issues from practical point of view relating to different aspects such as Bio-medical ethics, Animal and Land ethics and IPRs |
27 |
PHLMAJ 3064 |
Philosophy of Logic |
Upon completion of the course, students will know the relation between logic and other fields of logic such as Generality, Form, and logician second order vocabulary. |
28 |
PHLMAJ 3074 |
Indian Logic |
Upon completion of the course, students will develop analytical mindsets along with critical thinking. |
29 |
PHLMAJ3084 |
Contemporary Indian Philosophy |
Upon completion of the course, students will understand the life urgencies in matters of socio – cultural aspects. They will understand religion, life and morality from a modern perspective. |
30 |
PHLMIN – 3024 |
Buddhism |
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to understand Buddhism and his teachings. They will also learn that Buddhism is one of the most disciplined schools of philosophy |
31 |
PHLMAJ –4014 |
Western Philosophy |
Upon completion of the course, students will learn and understand the subject matter of contemporary western philosophy. |
32 |
PHLMAJ –4024 |
Comparative Religion |
Upon completion of the course, students will enable to describe some of the basic principles of Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism and Jainism. They will be able to compare the basic principles of one religion to another religion |
33 |
PHLMAJ –4034 |
Many Valued Logic |
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to apply basic concepts of MVL to solve problems at various levels. Apply MVL diverse physics related fields like design of electronic circuits and tests circuits for faults and defects. Understand and throw substantial light on the issue of relativism. Apply MVL in quantum mechanics. |
34 |
PHLMAJ –4044 |
Philosophy of Science |
Upon completion of the course, students will beknowing the key questions like, what counts as science, about the scientific method and about the scientific theories and its source of knowledge |
35 |
PHLMAJ-4054 |
Research Methodology |
Upon completion of the course, students will be capable of developing skill in qualitative and quantitative data analysis and presentation, the ability to choose methods appropriate to research aims and objectives, and research design. |
36. |
PHLMIN-4014 |
Indian Ethics |
Upon completion of the course, students will know about the ethical systems of Indian philosophy and how to establish moral principles and standards of human behaviour |
37. |
PHLMAJ 4064 . |
Meta-Ethics |
Upon completion of the course, students will understand the metaphysical, epistemological and commitment of moral thought and practices |
38. |
PHLMIN-4024 |
Political Philosophy |
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to analyze a variety of problems in political philosophy and compose the fundamental qualities of the relation of ethics and politics. |
39. |
PHLADL 4024 OR (PHLADL 4024 + PHLADL 4034 + PHLADL 4044) |
Dissertation on Research Project |
Upon completion of the course, students will be capable of developing their writing research papers and presentations. They will have the ability to choose methods appropriate to research aims and objectives and research design. |
40. |
PHLADL4024 |
Review of Literature and Research Publication |
Upon completion, students will be able to peruse researching Higher education. |
41. |
PHLADL4034 |
Research Proposal Writing |
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42. |
PHLADL4044 |
Philosophy of Gita |
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to find the purpose of human values and to live with it fully. |