GED Course Structure
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GED Course Structure
GED courses are offered both through the program and existing departments.
GED courses are designed under the following five categories:
A. General Education Foundation Courses (GEF)
B. ULAB Core Courses (UCC)
C. Elective/ Optional Courses (GED)All the courses listed under the above-mentioned categories are already built into every undergraduate degree program and clearly indicated on their respective syllabi. Students following any given degree program will be automatically directed towards the required GEF, ESK, UCC and GED elective/optional and Minor, that they must take or choose from.
The GED elective/optional and Minor courses, may vary quite a bit from term to term, and students are advised to consult the listings for each term to know what they must take or may choose from.
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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)
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
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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. 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 O Sahitya
UCC1201
History of the Emergence of Independent Bangladesh
UCC1202
Ethics
C. 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.
- Arts and Humanities
Course Code
Course Title
HUM2101
Art of Self Defense
HUM2102
Foreign Language: German
HUM2103
Foreign Language: Chinese
HUM2104
Cultural Heritage of Bangladesh
HUM2105
Bangladesh Studies
HUM2106
History of Bangla Literature
HUM2107
History of Pre-Modern South Asia
HUM2108
Introduction to Dance
HUM2109
Introduction to Drama
HUM2110
Introduction to Music
HUM2111
Introduction to Philosophy I
HUM2112
Introduction to Photography
HUM2113
Introduction to the History of Linguistics
HUM2114
World Art and Architecture
HUM2115
World Civilization
HUM2116
Current and Contemporary Art Forum
HUM2117
Foreign Language: France
HUM2118
Introduction to Bangla Language and Literature
HUM2159
Professional Ethics (for the students of the Engineering School)
HUM2201
Film History
HUM2202
Folklore Studies
HUM2203
History of Empire
HUM2204
History of Modern South Asia
HUM2205
Introduction to Performing Arts
HUM2206
Introduction to Philosophy II
HUM2207
Islamic Art and Architecture
HUM2208
Literature and Human Rights
HUM2209
Literature of Bangladesh
HUM2210
Logic
HUM2211
Modern Bangla Literature I
HUM2212
Origin and Development of Bangla Language
HUM2213
Peoples, Culture and Language
HUM2214
Qazi Nazrul Islam: Life and Works
HUM2215
Rabindranath Tagore: Life and Works
HUM3101
Aesthetics of Film
HUM3102
Bestseller Fiction
HUM3103
Capitalism and Lyric Poetry: Charles Baudelaire
HUM3104
Comparative Literature: Bangladesh and West Bengal
HUM3105
Eastern Philosophy and Religion
HUM3201
Education and Knowledge: South Asian Perspectives
HUM3202
Ethics from Aristotle to Alain Badiou
HUM3203
History, Memory and Amnesia
HUM3204
Imagining the Global Eighteenth Century Art
HUM3205
Introduction to Psychoanalysis: Freud and Lacan
HUM3206
South Asian Art and Architecture
HUM3207
Bangla for Print Media
HUM3208
Bangla for Electronic Media
HUM4101
Jacques Lacan: Ethics of Psychoanalysis
HUM4102
Modern Bangla Literature II
HUM4103
Objectivity and its Loss
HUM4104
Origin and Development of Bangla Prose
HUM4105
Tragedy and Trauerspiel: Theater after Walter Benjamin
HUM4106
Writing History: Approaches and Methods
HUM4107
The Visual Culture of South Asian Women
II. Social Sciences(+)
Course Code
Course Title
SSC2141
Anthropology and Global Social Problems
SSC2142
Development Studies
SSC2143
Economic Development and Social Change
SSC2144
Environmental Policy and Law
SSC2145
Global Political Economy
SSC2146
Globalization
SSC2147
International Law
SSC2148
International Trade
SSC2149
Introduction to Anthropology
SSC2150
Introduction to Archaeology
SSC2151
Introduction to Climate Change
SSC2152
Introduction to Community Development
SSC2153
Introduction to Museology
SSC2154
Introduction to Political Thought
SSC2155
Introduction to Public Policy and Governance
SSC2156
Introduction to Sociology
SSC2157
Introduction to Sustainable Development
SSC2158
Principles of Economics I (Micro)
SSC2160
Urbanization and Ancient Cities
SSC2241
Community Archaeology
SSC2242
Development of Social and Political Theories
SSC2243
Environment and Sustainability (for CSE)
SSC2244
Ethnoarchaeology
SSC2245
Experiencing the Past
SSC2246
Health and Society
SSC2247
Human Dimensions in Environmental Management
SSC2249
International Human Rights and Justice
SSC2250
International Relations
SSC2251
Introduction to Social Studies
SSC2252
Living with Conflict
SSC2253
Movements of Indigenous Community
SSC2254
Natural Hazards and Disaster Management
SSC2255
Population Sciences and Demography
SSC2256
Principles of Cultural Anthropology
SSC2257
Principles of Economics II (Macro)
SSC2258
Science, Perceptions and Reality
SSC2259
Social Impact Assessment
SSC2260
Who Owns the Past
SSC3141
Body, Society and Culture
SSC3142
Cultural Resource Management
SSC3143
Cultural Studies: Film, Media, Literature
SSC3144
Cyberspace and Crime
SSC3145
Education, Society and Development
SSC3146
Environmental Impact Assessment
SSC3147
Environmental Information System
SSC3148
Gender and Society
SSC3149
Globalization and Social Conflict
SSC3150
Grassroots, Community and Development
SSC3151
History and Theory of International Relations
SSC3152
Mind, Emotions and Self
SSC3153
Political Ecology
SSC3154
Power, Politics and State
SSC3155
Terrorism and Security
SSC3156
Principles of Economics II (Macro)
SSC3157
Principles of Economics II (Macro)
SSC3241
Archaeological Ethics and Practice
SSC3242
Business Ethics and Leadership
SSC3243
Corporate Sustainability Management
SSC3244
Crime and Criminology
SSC3245
Entrepreneurship
SSC3246
Ethnic Identity and Nationalism
SSC3247
Islam and Islamism: A South Asian Perspective
SSC3248
Marx and the Critique of Political Economy
SSC3249
Social Inequality and Diversity
SSC3250
World Geography
SSC4141
Frantz Fanon and Colonial Psychiatry
SSC4142
Methods of Social Research
SSC4143
Global Migration and Citizenship
SSC4144
Religion
SSC4145
Sexual Difference: Feminism and Psychoanalysis
SSC4146
Women Studies
Seminar on Grassroots Economic Development
III. Natural Sciences
Course Code
Course Title
NSC2181
Evolutionary Theory and Human Behavior
NSC2182
Food and Nutrition
NSC2183
Introduction to Psychology
NSC2184
Renewable Energy
NSC2185
Sustainable Agriculture
NSC2281
Archaeological Sciences
NSC2282
Biodiversity and Nature Conservation
NSC2283
Environmental Science
NSC2284
History and Methods of Science
NSC2285
Human Biology: Anatomy and Physiology
NSC3181
Archaeological Geophysics
NSC3182
Introduction to Science Studies
NSC3183
Philosophy of Science
NSC3184
Science of Climate Change
NSC3185
Technology and Development
NSC3281
Remote Sensing in Archaeology
NSC3282
Public Health and Epidemiology
NSC3283
Introduction to Mind and Behaviour
NSC4181
Genetics
NSC4182
Mathematics
D. Minor Courses (5 courses/15 credits)
Minor
(Sustainable Development)
Compulsory
Introduction to Sustainable Development (SSC2157)
Social Theory and Methods of Social Research (SSC4142)
Optional (Any Three)
Introduction to Climate Change Debate (SSC2151)
Environmental Science (GED2283)
Biodiversity and Nature Conservation (GED2282)
Seminar of Economic Grassroots Development (SSC3150)