Course syllabus of Satellite campus of BBAU Lucknow

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1. B.A. & M.A. in Social Science Course Syllabus 1-32
2. B.Sc. (IT) Course Syllabus 33-64
3. B.C.A Course Syllabus 65-105
4. B.Sc. (H) FST Course Syllabus 106-161
5. B.Com. Course Syllabus 162-197
6. L.L.M. Course Syllabus 198-240
7. B.LISc. Course Syllabus 241-252
History Syllabus

Satellite Campus BBAU, Amethi

Syllabus Outline

Code Paper Credits
Semester-I
BSH 101 Philosophy of History 4
BSH 102 Classical Greco-Roman History 4
Semester-II
BSH 201 History of Early India: Indus Valley to 400 BCE 4
BSH 202 History of Early India: 400 BCE to 1200 CE 4
Semester III
BSH 301 Medieval World Sixth to the Fifteenth Century CE 4
BSH-302 Political History of Medieval India: 12th to Mid 16th CE 4
Semester IV
BSH 401 Political History of Medieval India: Mid 16th to mid 18th CE 4
BSH 402 Western World 1450-1648 4
Semester V
BSH 501 History of the Early Modern World: From the Renaissance to the 4
American Revolution
BSH 502 History of Modern India: 1707-1947 4
BSH A-502 The Modern World: Late 18th Century to the 20th Century 4
Semester VI
BSH 601 Colonialism, Imperialism and anti-Imperialist Movements in Asia, 4
Africa and Latin America
BSH 602 US History from Pre-Columbian times to the Cold War 4
BSH A-602 Western Historiography 4
Semester I
BSH 101 – Philosophy of History

Unit I
1. Nature, Object, meaning and subject matter of history.
2. Value judgment and varieties in history.
3. History and other social Sciences.

Unit II
4. Greco-Roman Historiography
5. The Influence of Christianity.
6. Critical and Speculation Philosophy.

Unit III
7. Historiography during Renaissance Enlightenment.
8. Romanticism and Positivism.
9. Post- Modernism.

Unit IV
10. Modern theories – Historical Imagination and Historical Evidence.
11. Human nature and Human History.

BSH 102 – Classical Greco-Roman History
Unit I
1. Greece: General History: Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic Periods; Greek city-states; Athens,
Sparta, Delphi;

Unit II - Greek History
2. Economic Aspects
3. social and political aspects
4. Cultural facets of urbanism (slavery, democracy, the arts and letters).

Unit III - Rome General History
5. Kingdom,
6. Republic,
7. Empire; Rome, Pompeii, Herculaneum;

Unit IV - Roman Economic and Political Bases of Urbanism
8. The Roman empire,
9. Pax Romana
10. International trade arts and letters.

Semester II
BSH 201 – History of Early India: 400 BCE To 1200 CE
Unit I - Emergence of Empire in Early India
1. The Mauryas: Administration, Society and Economy. Ashoka and his policy of Dhamma. Decline of the
Mauryan Empire.
2. Rise of New Political Powers-Shungas, Indo-Greeks, Kushanas.

Unit II - Deccan And Tamilham 200 BCE- 200 CE
3. Deccan in the Shaka- Satavahana period, Rise of trade.
4. South as Reflected in the Sangam Poems and Archaeology.

Unit III - Society and Culture 300- 700 CE
5. The Gupta Dynasty, Harshavardhana.
6. Religion, Art and Literature 300-700 CE.

Unit IV - Regions and Regionalism 700 – 1200 CE
7. Growth of Regional Cultures in north India: The State and economy. The debate on feudalism.
8. Growth of Regional Cultures in south India: State, economy and society.

BSH 202 – History of Early India: Indus Valley to 400 BCE

Unit I - Early Cities
1. The Harappan Civilization: antecedents and material conditions
2. Society, trade and religion

Unit II – Decline of the Indus Valley Civilizations
3. Decline and diffusion of the Harappan Civilization

Unit III - Early Indian Society: Second Millennium BCE to First Millennium BCE
4. Spread of the Chalcolithic and the Iron Age Cultures.
5. Early Vedic and later Vedic societies.

Unit IV - Second Urbanisation And New Religious Traditions
6. Early States and Cities (Sixth century BCE to the fourth century BCE): Janapadas and
Mahajanapadas, urban centres.
7. Buddhism, Jainism and other heterodox sects.

Semester III
BSH 301 – Medieval World Sixth to the Fifteenth Century CE

Unit I
1. Europe after the collapse of Rome (fifth till tenth century) -
2. Arabia (sixth till ninth century)-
3. China: (from sixth to the tenth century) -
emergence of woodblock printing, the printing of the book and literary practices.

Unit II
4. Feudalism in Europe from eleventh to thirteenth century -
5. Arabised West Asia and Africa (seventh to the twelfth century)-
6. China: (tenth to fourteenth century) -
(a) State, nomadic invasions and sinification
(b) Trade, commerce and urbanisation, ―Medieval Economic Revolution‖.

Unit III
7. Economic and social changes in Europe (fourteenth and fifteenth centuries) –
8. Economic and social changes in West Asia (twelfth to the fifteenth century) -
9. Economic and social changes in China (twelfth to the sixteenth century)-

Unit IV
10. Intellectual and economic interactions between Europe and Asia:
(a) Scientific and intellectual exchange.
(c) Feudal culture.
(d) Medieval cities.

BSH 302 – Political History of Medieval India: 12th to Mid 16th CE

Unit I - Early Medieval Polities in the 11th Century
1. The Rajput states in western and central India: An overview.
2. The Regional states in Peninsular India: An overview.

Unit II - The Delhi Sultanate (1206-1526): Political Expansion and Consolidation
3. Sources for the Study of Delhi Sultanate; historiography of Turkish invasions and conquest.
4. Territorial expansion and consolidation: administrative measures of Iltutmish, Alauddin Khalji and Muhammad
bin Tughlaq.
6. Political structure of regional Sultanates; the Lodis (1451-1526).

Unit III - The Delhi Sultanate (1206-1526): Forms of Political Legitimization and Control
7. Theory of Kingship and forms of political legitimization; relations with ulama and sufis.
8. Iqta System and the changing composition of the ruling class.
9. Architecture as representation of power and hierarchy: the Qutb Complex and the settlement of Mehrauli; urban
settlements of Delhi.

Unit IV - Vijayanagar Kingdom and South India
10. Sources for the study of medieval south Indian History.
11. Emergence and growth of Vijaynagar Empire (1336- 1565); Vijaynagar-Bahmani relations, disintegration of
Vijaynagar Empire.
12. Interpreting the nature of Vijaynagar state- Nayankara system and Amaram.
13. Political structure of post-Vijaynagar Nayak states.

Semester IV
BSH 401 – Political History of Medieval India: Mid 16th to mid 18th CE
Unit I - The Mughal Empire
1. Sources for the study of Mughal Empire
2. Babur‘s conquest of northern India
3. Mughal-Afghan conflict and the Sur interregnum
4. Mughal expansion and consolidation under Akbar, Jahangir, Shahjahan and Aurangzeb; new military
technology.
Unit II - Political Centralization, Theory of Kingship and Forms of Political Legitimacy
5. Administrative centralization under Akbar; the Mansab and Jagir systems; changing composition of Mughal
nobility.
6. Mughal theory of kingship and forms of political legitimation
7. State and religion with special reference to Akbar and Aurangzeb
8. Relations with Ottomans, Safavids and Uzbeks

Unit III - Emergence of Regional Powers
9. The rise of Marathas, Maratha state under Shivaji and the Peshwas
10. Nature of Rajput polity during the Mughal period
11. Rise and growth of Sikh Power
12. Political structure of Deccan kingdoms and post-Vijaynagar Nayaka states

Unit IV – Rebellions, Decline and Disintegration
13. The crisis in agrarian and jagir systems; agrarian revolts of the late 17 and the early 18 centuries
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14. The Rajput revolt of 1679
15. Disintegration of the Mughal Empire in the first half of the 18 century
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16. The nature of Mughal successor states in the 18 century
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BSH 402 – Western World 1450-1648

Unit I
1. Decline of middle Ages in Europe.
2. Humanism and Renaissance in Italy and Europe.

Unit II
1. Reformation & Counter Reformation.
2. Geographical Discoveries, Scientific accomplishments.

Unit III
1. Hapsburgs.

Unit IV
1. Tudors.
2. Bourbons.

Semester V
BSH 501 – History of the Early Modern World: From the Renaissance to the American Revolution

Unit I
1. The Renaissance in Italy
2. The Age of Explorations and early colonial conquests
3. The Reformation in Europe

Unit II
4. The transition from feudalism to capitalism
5. The rise of absolutist states in Europe
6. The Scientific Revolution
Unit III
7. The Enlightenment
8. Mercantilism in the eighteenth century
9. Society and culture in early modern Europe

Unit IV
10. The agricultural revolution in Britain
11. The coming of the Industrial Revolution
12. The American Revolution

BSH 502 – History of Modern India: 1707-1947

Unit I
1. The 18th century in India: historical developments and historiographical debates
4. Anglo French struggle for supremacy and British ascendance

Unit II
7. New revenue settlements and education policy under British
8. Cultural awakening and attempts at social and religious reforms
The Uprising of 1857, causes , events, nature, consequences

Unit III
British colonial policy under the Crown and Rise of Nationalism
Development of Political Organisation and the Indian National Congress

Unit IV
Early Nationalist Politics: moderates, extremists and revolutionaries
The advent of mass politics: Gandhian movements, 1917-1942
Events leading to Freedom and Partition

BSH A-502 – The Modern World: Late 18th Century to the 20th Century

Unit I
1. Political Changes
a. Emergence of philosophy of Enlightenment and its differing impact on European society;
b. Emergence of bourgeoisie and the French Revolution of 1789, the rise of Napoleon and the making of
Napoleonic Empire;
c. Liberalism, Nationalism and Socialist theories and the changes in social and political climate in Europe.
d. Industrialisation and growth of Imperialism in Europe and Japan.

Unit II
2. Nationalism and Modernisation
a. Liberation movements in Latin America; Resistance to the colonial expansion in Africa
b. Nationalism and nationalist movements in non-European societies and its impact on the changing social order;
c. Arab nationalism and its resistance to the Ottoman Empire and European imperialism.

Unit III
3. Revolutionary and Right Wing movements in Europe and Asia
a. Russian Revolution and the Making of the Socialist state in USSR under Lenin and Stalin;
b. Republican Revolution, the May Fourth movement, the Communist Revolution in China, Economic
liberalisation and the Communist regime in the post-Mao era;
c. Right Wing movements in Europe with special reference to Italy, Germany and Spain;
d. The two World Wars and the making of the world organisations.

Unit IV
4. The Cold War and After a. The Cold War and the international political Climate;
b. The emergence of dictatorship, democracy and apartheid in Asia and Latin America and Africa;
c. The Non-aligned movement ;
d. Collapse of the Soviet Union and emergence of the Uni-polar world.

Semester VI

BSH 601 – Colonialism, Imperialism and anti-Imperialist Movements in Asia, Africa and Latin America

Unit-I - Approaches to the Study Of Imperialism
1. Marxist Theories; J.A. Hobson, Hilferding, R. Luxemberg, V.I. Lenin.
2. Non-Marxist Theories: J.A. Schumpeter, David Landes, J.Gallagher, R. Robinson

Unit II - The Making of Colonial Empires
3. Stages of Colonialism in India and Indonesia.
4. British Colonialism in Malaya, Burma and Ceylon.
5. French Colonialism in Indo-China.
6. Opium Wars and Imperialist Intrusion in China.

Unit III - Imperialism in Africa and Latin America
7. British colonialism in Egypt and Ghana; French Colonialism in Algeria.
8. Colonial Policies in South Africa.
9. Nature of US Imperial domination in Latin America (Haiti, St. Domingo and Mexico) and South-East Asia
(Philippines, Taiwan, Cambodia, Korea).

Unit IV - Anti-Imperialist Struggles
10. Early anti-colonial protests and movements.
11. Constitutionalism, Middle class and beginning of nationalism.
12. Organized Political Resistance to Colonialism.

BSH 602 – US History from Pre-Columbian times to the Cold War

Unit I
1. Pre-Columbian era
2. The Colonial period (1600-1750)

Unit II
3. Formation of the United States of America (1750–1789)

4. Early national era and westward expansion (1789–1849)

Unit III
5. Slavery and the Civil War era (1849–1865)
6. Reconstruction and Transformation (1865–1914)

Unit IV
7. War, the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression (1914-1930)
8. The New Deal and World War II (1930–1945)

BSH A-602 – Western Historiography
Unit I
1. British Historians – Edward Gibbon, Bradley, Buny, Carlyle, Buckle, Toynbee.
2. French Historians – Montesquieu, Voltaire, Compte.

Unit II
3. German Historians – Hegel, Marx, Ranke, Spengler.
4. Italian Historians – Vico, Croce.

Unit III
5. Research in History, choosing a subject of Research.
6. Sources and Documents

Unit IV
7. Objectivity in History and ancillary disciplines.
8. Thesis writing.
Integrated Social Sciences Syllabus
Satellite Campus, BBAU, Amethi
Course Code Paper Credits
Semester I
BSH 101 Philosophy of History 4
BSH 102 Classical Greco-Roman History 4
BPS 101 Principles of Political Science – I 4
BPS 102 Indian National Movement & 4
Constitutional Development - I
BPA 101 Administrative Theory 4
BPA 102 Administrative Thinkers 4
Semester-II
BSH 201 History of Early India: Indus Valley to 400 4
BCE
BSH 202 History of Early India: 400 BCE to 1200 4
CE
BPS 201 Principles of Political Science – II 4
BPS 202 Indian National Movement & 4
Constitutional Development – II
BPA 201 Indian Administration 4
BPA 202 Personnel Administration-I 4
Semester III
BSH 301 Medieval World Sixth to the Fifteenth 4
Century CE
BSH-302 Political History of Medieval India: 12th to 4
Mid 16th CE
BPS 301 Comparative Political Institutions (U.K., 4
U.S.A., China and Russian Federation)-I