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CAAS BA Courses

CAAS BA Courses

B. A. (Hons) in Arabic

The course at the level of B.A.(H.) in Arabic is designed to develop language skills in speaking, reading, writing, translation and interpretation. The students are also made acquainted with history, culture and literature of the Arab World through courses such as contemporary Arab World and history of Arabic Literature. In teaching the language audio visual language laboratory facilities and films are also used which make learning the language simpler and interesting. The Centre also offers two tool courses on Arab history, culture and civilisation.

Monsoon Semester Core Subjects

Course No. Course Title   Credits
BA (1stYr)
AA111A Arabic Text and Applied Grammer 2
AA112A Oral Expression 2
AA113A Writing Arabic 2          M
AA114A Contemporary Arab World  2

 

Course No. Course Title   Credits
BA (2ndYr)
AA211A Arabic Text and Applied Grammer 3
AA212A Oral Expression 3
AA213A Translation: Journalistic & Literary (Arabic-English) 3         M
AA214A Pre-Islamic Arab World: Geo-Political System  3

 

Course No. Course Title   Credits
BA (3rdYr)
AA311A Arabic Grammer 3
AA312A Interpretation: Arabic-English-Arabic 3 M
AA313A Arabic Text: Prose & Poetry      3        
AA314A Translation: Arabic-English-Arabic   3
AA315A Composition: Essays, Letter Writing & Summary Writing  

List of Optional and Tool course for BA(H)

Monsoon Semester
Optional Courses

Centre Course No. Course Title Credit
CAAS AA551H Modern Hebrew – I        3
AA552H Modern Hebrew – II 3
AA251A Arabic-I 3

Tool Courses

Centre Course No. Course Title Credit
CAAS AA114 (T) Contemporary Arab World 2
AA214 (T) Pre-Islamic Arab World: Geo-Political System 3

 

Winter Semester Core Subjects

Course No. Course Title   Credits
BA (1stYr)
AA115A Arabic Text and Applied Grammer 2 W
AA116A Oral Expression 2 W
AA117A Translation: English-Arabic – English 2 W
AA118A Contemporary Arab World: A general
survey of Arab society, Culture. Education
and Economy Medium is English 		 2 W

 

Course No. Course Title   Credits
BA (2ndYr)
AA215A Arabic Text and Applied Grammer 3 W
AA216A Arabic Text: Prose & Poetry 3 W
AA217A Oral Expression & Comprehension 3 W
AA218A Contemporary Arab World   3 W


 

Course No. Course Title   Credits
BA (3rdYr)
AA316A Translation : Arabic- English-Arabic 3 W
AA317A Oral Expression : Arabic English- Arabic  3 W
AA318A History of Arabic Literature 3 W
AA319A Al-Balagha (Rhetorics)   3 W
AA320A Composition: Essay, Precis Writing and
Preparing book review		 3 W

 

List of Optional and Tool course for BA(H)

Winter Semester
Optional Courses

Centre
 Course No. Course Title Credit
CAAS AA551H Modern Hebrew –I 3
AA552H Modern Hebrew –II 3
AA252A Arabic-II 3

Tool Courses

Centre

Course No.

Course Title

Credit
CAAS AA118 (T) Contemporary Arab World:  A general survey of Arab society, Culture. Education
and Economy Medium is   English		 2

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Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.