GED Course Structure

  • Breakdown

    Course Category

    No of Courses

    Course Code

    Course Title

    Credits

    Pre-Uni  (based on admission test performance)

    2

    ELL0099

    Remedial English

    Non-credit

    MAT0099

    Remedial Math

    General Education Foundation Courses (GEF)

    2

    GEF1101

    Academic English I

    3x2 = 6

    GEF1201

    Academic English II

    GEF1202

    Advanced English Writing Skills (for MSJ only)

    GEF1203

    Advanced Bangla Writing Skills  (for MSJ only)

    GEF2101

    Introduction to Data and Statistics  (for MSJ only)

    Essential Skills (ESK)

    4

    ESK1110

    Computer Skills

    Non-credit

    ESK1111

    Healthy Life Skills

    ESK1112

    Social Skills

    ESK1113

    Professional Skills

    ULAB Core Courses (UCC)

    3

    UCC1101

    Bangla Bhasha O Sahitya

    3+3+3 = 9

    UCC1201

    History of the Emergence of Independent Bangladesh

    UCC1202

    Ethics

    Elective/ Optional Courses (GED) any one from each tier (Tier I, Tier II and Tier III)

    3

    Tier I

    Arts and Humanities

    3x3 = 9

    Tier II

    Social Sciences

    Tier III

    Natural Sciences

    Minor Courses

    5

     

    Sustainable Development

    5x3 = 15

  • Catalogue

    A. General Education Foundation Courses (GEF) (2 courses/6 credits)

    Course Code

    Course Title

    GEF1101

    Academic English I

    GEF1201

    Academic English II

    GEF1202

    Advanced English Writing Skills (for MSJ only)

    GEF1203

    Advanced Bangla Writing Skills  (for MSJ only)

    GEF2101

    Introduction to Data and Statistics  (for MSJ only)

    B.Essential Skills (ESK) (4 courses/ Non-credit)

    Course Code

    Course Title

    ESK1110

    Computer/IT Skills

    ESK1111

    Healthy Life Skills

    ESK1112

    Social Skills

    ESK1113

    Professional Skills

     

    C. ULAB Core Courses (UCC) (3 courses/9 credits)

    The UCC Core Courses remain fixed over extended periods of time, and are offered in a fairly fixed sequence, so students following their departmental syllabi can know which UCC Core Courses to take when without reference to any other directions.

    Course Code

    Course Title

    UCC1101

    Bangla Bhasha

    UCC1201

    History of the Emergence of Independent Bangladesh

    UCC1202

    Ethics

     

    D. GED Electives/Optional (3 courses/9 credits)

    Students have to choose any three courses (one from each tier) from the Elective and/or Optional courses listed below (courses below in each set are a sample of the offerings and not a complete listing; offerings will be changed from time to time and students have to choose from what is on offer at a given time).

    If a student’s 4-year distribution chart indicates that in his/her current term, s/he is required to take a “GED Elective” or an “Optional,” then s/he may choose a suitable course from the list below that does not conflict with his/her other required courses.

    1.  Arts and Humanities

    Course Code

    Course Title

    GED2101

    Art of Self Defense

    GED2102

    Bangladesh Studies

    GED2103

    Cultural Heritage of Bangladesh

    GED2104

    Current and Contemporary Art Forum

    GED2105

    Foreign Language

    GED2106

    History of Bangla Literature

    GED2107

    History of Pre-Modern South Asia

    GED2108

    Introduction to Dance

    GED2109

    Introduction to Drama

    GED2110

    Introduction to Music

    GED2111

    Introduction to Philosophy I

    GED2112

    Introduction to Photography

    GED2113

    Introduction to the History of Linguistics

    GED2114

    World Art and Architecture

    GED2115

    World Civilization

    GED2201

    Film History

    GED2202

    Folklore Studies

    GED2203

    History of Empire

    GED2204

    History of Modern South Asia

    GED2205

    Introduction to Performing Arts

    GED2206

    Introduction to Philosophy II

    GED2207

    Islamic Art and Architecture

    GED2208

    Literature and Human Rights

    GED2209

    Literature of Bangladesh

    GED2210

    Logic

    GED2211

    Modern Bangla Literature I

    GED2212

    Origin and Development of Bangla Language

    GED2213

    Peoples, Culture and Language

    GED2214

    Qazi Nazrul Islam: Life and Works

    GED2215

    Rabindranath Tagore: Life and Works

    GED3101

    Aesthetics of Film

    GED3102

    Bestseller Fiction

    GED3103

    Capitalism and Lyric Poetry: Charles Baudelaire

    GED3104

    Comparative Literature: Bangladesh and West Bengal

    GED3105

    Eastern Philosophy and Religion

    GED3201

    Education and Knowledge: South Asian Perspectives

    GED3202

    Ethics from Aristotle to Alain Badiou

    GED3203

    History, Memory and Amnesia

    GED3204

    Imagining the Global Eighteenth Century Art

    GED3205

    Introduction to Psychoanalysis: Freud and Lacan

    GED4101

    Jacques Lacan: Ethics of Psychoanalysis

    GED4102

    Modern Bangla Literature II

    GED4103

    Objectivity and its Loss

    GED4104

    Origin and Development of Bangla Prose

    GED4105

    Tragedy and Trauerspiel: Theater after Walter Benjamin

    GED4106

    Writing History: Approaches and Methods

     

     

     

    South Asian Art and Architecture

     

    History of World Art and Architecture

     

         II.     Social Sciences(+)

    Course Code

    Course Title

    GED2141

    Anthropology and Global Social Problems

    GED2142

    Development Studies

    GED2143

    Economic Development and Social Change

    GED2144

    Environmental Policy and Law

    GED2145

    Global Political Economy

    GED2146

    Globalization

    GED2147

    International Law

    GED2148

    International Trade

    GED2149

    Introduction to Anthropology

    GED2150

    Introduction to Archaeology

    GED2151

    Introduction to Climate Change

    GED2152

    Introduction to Community Development

    GED2153

    Introduction to Museology

    GED2154

    Introduction to Political Thought

    GED2155

    Introduction to Public Policy and Governance

    GED2156

    Introduction to Sociology

    GED2157

    Introduction to Sustainable Development

    GED2158

    Principles of Economics I (Micro)

    GED2159

    Professional Ethics (Core for CSE)

    GED2160

    Urbanization and Ancient Cities

    GED2241

    Community Archaeology

    GED2242

    Development of Social and Political Theories

    GED2243

    Environment and Sustainability (for CSE)

    GED2244

    Ethnoarchaeology

    GED2245

    Experiencing the Past

    GED2246

    Health and Society

    GED2247

    Human Dimensions in Environmental Management

    GED2248

    Industrial Management (Core for CSE)

    GED2249

    International Human Rights and Justice

    GED2250

    International Relations

    GED2251

    Introduction to Social Studies

    GED2252

    Living with Conflict

    GED2253

    Movements of Indigenous Community

    GED2254

    Natural Hazards and Disaster Management

    GED2255

    Population Sciences and Demography

    GED2256

    Principles of Cultural Anthropology

    GED2257

    Principles of Economics II (Macro)

    GED2258

    Science, Perceptions and Reality

    GED2259

    Social Impact Assessment

    GED2260

    Who Owns the Past

    GED3141

    Body, Society and Culture

    GED3142

    Cultural Resource Management

    GED3143

    Cultural Studies: Film, Media, Literature

    GED3144

    Cyberspace and Crime

    GED3145

    Education, Society and Development

    GED3146

    Environmental Impact Assessment

    GED3147

    Environmental Information System

    GED3148

    Gender and Society

    GED3149

    Globalization and Social Conflict

    GED3150

    Grassroots, Community and Development

    GED3151

    History and Theory of International Relations

    GED3152

    Mind, Emotions and Self

    GED3153

    Political Ecology

    GED3154

    Power, Politics and State

    GED3155

    Terrorism and Security

    GED3156

    Underwater Archaeology

    GED3241

    Archaeological Ethics and Practice

    GED3242

    Business Ethics and Leadership

    GED3243

    Corporate Sustainability Management

    GED3244

    Crime and Criminology

    GED3245

    Entrepreneurship

    GED3246

    Ethnic Identity and Nationalism

    GED3247

    Islam and Islamism: A South Asian Perspective

    GED3248

    Marx and the Critique of Political Economy

    GED3249

    Social Inequality and Diversity

    GED3250

    World Geography

    GED4141

    Frantz Fanon and Colonial Psychiatry

    GED4142

    Methods of Social Research

    GED4143

    Migration and Contemporary Issues

    GED4144

    Religion

    GED4145

    Sexual Difference: Feminism and Psychoanalysis

    GED4146

    Women Studies

     

     

     

    Seminar on Grassroots Economic Development

     

    III.             Natural Sciences

    Course Code

    Course Title

    GED2181

    Evolutionary Theory and Human Behavior

    GED2182

    Food and Nutrition

    GED2183

    Introduction to Psychology

    GED2184

    Renewable Energy

    GED2185

    Sustainable Agriculture

    GED2281

    Archaeological Sciences

    GED2282

    Biodiversity and Nature Conservation

    GED2283

    Environmental Science

    GED2284

    History and Methods of Science

    GED2285

    Human Biology: Anatomy and Physiology

    GED3181

    Archaeological Geophysics

    GED3182

    Introduction to Science Studies

    GED3183

    Philosophy of Science

    GED3184

    Science of Climate Change

    GED3185

    Technology and Development

    GED3281

    Remote Sensing in Archaeology

    GED3282

    Public Health and Epidemiology

    GED3283

    Introduction to Mind and Behaviour

    GED4181

    Genetics

    GED4182

    Mathematics

     

     

    E. Minor Courses (5 courses/15 credits)

    Minor

    (Sustainable Development)

    Compulsory

    Introduction to Sustainable Development (GED 205)

    Social Theory and Methods of Social Research  (GED 462)

    Optional (Any Three)

    Introduction to Climate Change Debate (GD 217)

    Environmental Science (GED 209)

    Biodiversity and Nature Conservation (GED 227)

    Seminar of Economic Grassroots Development (GED 467)