The course examines the effect of globalization on the economies and societies of the developed and developing world. Focuses in particular on how new forms of global production and exchange are transforming the traditional role of the nation-state, creating new patterns of wealth distribution, and generating new sources of social conflict and political contestation.
Course Catalogue
Course Code: GED 335
Course Name:
Globalization and Social Conflict
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Course Code: GED 336
Course Name:
Environmental Impact Assessment
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The course focuses on the impact of bio-geophysical environment and on man’s health and well being of legislative proposals, policies, programs, projects, and operational procedures, and to interpret and communicate information about the impacts. Engineering economic and socio political assessments will be also discussed under this course.
Course Code: GED 338
Course Name:
International Relations
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course examines the struggles of power and knowledge, which have constituted international relations history and theory. This survey stretches from the beginnings of the Western states system and its early exemplar thinkers like Machiavelli, Grotius, and Kant, to the current issues and contemporary theories of international relations. Focuses primarily on the ‘classical’ and ‘post-classical’ theories of international relations.
Course Code: GED 339
Course Name:
Introduction to Music
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
An introduction to history of music, early medieval Bengali music, Kirtan and other medieval Bengali music, Tune and lyrics of Bengali music (17th to mid 19th century), Bengali folk songs, contemporary Bangladeshi music, western influence in Bangladeshi music, musical instrument of Bangladesh, the renaissance of Bengali music – the music of humanism, the music of mannerism, mind and music will be taught under this course.
Course Code: GED 340
Course Name:
International Trade
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Theory of comparative advantage, trade, and income distribution is some special area of study under this course. Topics include gains from trade, evaluation of the effects of trade policy instruments-tariffs, quotas, subsidies, strategic trade policy, trade and labor markets, preferential trade agreements, and the world trading systems.
Course Code: GED 356
Course Name:
Urbanization and Ancient Cities
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course examines major themes in the history of urbanism by concentrating on selected towns and cities in order to explore general issues (e.g. the relationship of town and countryside and the emergence of capital cities) and characteristic urban building (e.g. fortifications, designed squares, civic monuments).
Course Code: GED 401
Course Name:
Imagining the Global Eighteenth Century Art
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Forging a modern state and a modern empire involved new and reworked forms of visual representation. This course looks at how artists in the two leading imperial Western powers, England and France, produced art that addressed the concerns of diverse and newly expanded audiences.
Course Code: GED 409
Course Name:
Literature of Bangladesh
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
(Second half of the 20th century)*
The course is designed to give the students a comprehensive idea of literature of Bangladesh of the 2nd half of the 20th century. The course includes theoretical discussions on selected works by major literary figures of Bangladesh, of the period. of some important works from Bangladesh by major writers of the period. The course is divided into following three sections: (I) Poetry: Farrukh Ahmed, Ahsan Habib, Syed Ali Ahsan, Shamsur Rahman, Hasan Hafizur Rahman, Abu Zafor Obidullah and Al-Mahmud; (II) Prose: Shaukat Osman, Syed Waliullah, Shamsuddin Abul Kalam, Abu Ishaq, Hasan Azizul Haq, Akhtaruzzaman Ilias; and (III) Drama: Syed Waliullah, Munier Chawdhury, Syed Ahmed, Syed Shamsul Huq and Selim Al-Din.
* This course will be taught in Bangla .
Course Code: GED 410
Course Name:
Introduction to Performing Arts
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course focuses on various forms of performing arts such as dance, drama and music, performance theory and their history, Indigenous theatre of Bangladesh and popular music in society.
Course Code: GED 411
Course Name:
Objectivity and Its Loss
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The nature and limits of objectivity in the context of biomedical practices and institutions will bne taught under this course. Topics include conceptions of objectivity, conflict of interest, inappropriate influence, individual ethical failings, cognitive biases, and other linguistic and social sources of error and bias. Emphasis will be on identifying strategies for counteracting the various threats to objectivity.