About the Department

During the course of an institutional self study under the stewardship of Dr. Chandran D.S. Devanesen, the first Indian Principal of the college, Political Science as an academic discipline was introduced at the master’s level in 1963. In 1965, the Department of Politics and Public Administration, headed by Dr M.Abel, was born out of the erstwhile Department of History and Politics. In the year 1967, Political Science was introduced at the Bachelor’s level. In 1981, Dr. A. Mantramurti became the head of the Department after Dr. M. Abel, who retired as the Principal of the college. Later in the same year the nomenclature was changed to Department of Political Science and Public Administration. In 1985 the composite Department was bifurcated into two independent Departments, viz. Department of Political Science and Department Of Public Administration. The Department of Political Science was continued to be headed by Dr. A. Mantramurti, till he became Principal of the college in 1999. The Department was headed by Prof. Ravindernath Chanana since 1999 to 2002, Dr. J. Ramesh Sundar, 2002 to 2014, Dr. A Subraminian, 2014 to 2015, Dr. Crobsy Vijayakumar, from 2015 to 2017. Currently the department is headed by Dr. K. Palani.

The Department has an illustrious record of professors who had served as faculty in the likes of Rev. Duncan Forrester, Prof. Padmavati Arumugam, Dr. S.Krishnasamy, Prof. S.N.Balasundaram, Prof. Ms. Mercy David, Dr. R. Stephen Samuel, Dr. Julius Karunakaran, Dr. M. Suresh Babu, Dr. S.Jeevenendam, Dr. P.Ebenezer Benjamin, Dr. M. Jabaraulla Khan, Dr. D. William Gnansekaran, Dr. Kingsley Alfred Chandrasekar, Mr. A. Ravi Kumar, Mr. P.W.C. Davidar, Mr. Gunashankar and Mr. Sudharshan.

Programmes Offered: B.A., M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D

Programmes Offered

B.A, M.A, M.Phil

B A Political Science – Revised Syllabus
Choice Based Credit System
With effect from 2017-2018 onwards
				Marks
No		Title	Hours	CA	ESE	Credits
Semester- I
1	Part-I	Language-I	4	50	50	3	Hours
2	Part-II	English-I	4	50	50	3	30
3	Part-III Major - 1	Principles of Political Science	5	50	50	5	Credits
4	Part-III Major- 2	Introduction to Modern Governments	5	50	50	5	24
5	Part-III Allied-I	Political Sociology in India	6	50	50	5
6	Part-IV a	General Course: Introduction to Political Science/BT/AT	4	50	50	2
7	Part-IV d	Value Education	2	50	50	1
Semester- II
8	Part-I	Language- II	4	50	50	3	Hours
9	Part-II	English-II	4	50	50	3	30
10	Part –III Major - 3	Indian Constitution	5	50	50	5	Credits
11	Major - 4	Modern Constitutions	5	50	50	5	24
12	Part-III Allied-I	Elements of Public Administration	6	50	50	5
13	Part-IV a	General Course: Introduction to Political Science/BT/AT	4	50	50	2
14	Part-IV d	Value Education	2	50	50	1
Semester- III
15	Part-I	Language- III	4	50	50	3	Hours
16	Part-II	English- III	4	50	50	3	30
17	Part-III Major - 5	Western Political Thinkers	5	50	50	5	Credits
18	Major - 6	Political Dynamics in India	5	50	50	5	23
19	Part-III Allied-II	Policy Studies – Concept and Theories /World Civilizations/ History of Tamil Literature-I	6	50	50	5
20	Part-IV b	Personality Development (Skill Based)	2	50	50	-
21	Part-IV c	Environmental Studies	4			2
Semester- IV
22	Part-I	Language-IV	4	50	50	3	Hours
23	Part-II	English-IV	4	50	50	3	30
24	Part-III Major - 7	Modern Political Thinkers	5	50	50	5	Credits
25	Major - 8	Fundamentals of Indian Administration	5	50	50	5	27
26	Part-III cAllied-II	Issues in Public Policy in India / World Civilizations / History of Tamil Literature- II	6	50	50	5
27	Part-IV b	Personality Development (Skill Based)	2			3
28	Part-IV b Interdepartment	Political Economy of India	4	50	50	3
Semester- V
29	Part-III Major -9	Research Methodology and Field Work	6	50	50	5	Hours
30	Major – 10	Framework of International Relations	6	50	50	5	30
31	Major -11	Modern Indian Political Thinkers	6	50	50	5	Credits
32	Major – 12	Issues in Peace and Conflict	6	50	50	5	26
33	Part-IV-b-Computer Skill (Skill Based)	Theory & Practicals	2	50	50	3
34	Part-IV-b General Electives (Skill Based)	Introduction to Human Rights	4	50	50	3
Semester- VI
35	Part-III Major-13	Contemporary Political Theory	6	50	50	5	Hours
36	Major- 14	Issues in International Relations	6	50	50	5	30
37	Major - 15	Political Ideologies	6	50	50	5	Credits
39	Major - 16	Government and Politics Of Tamil Nadu	6	50	50	5	25
40	Major – 17	Foreign Policy of India	6	50	50	5
Part-V Extension Activities. (Taken outside class hours)		Physical Education / NSS/NCC/Sports/Scrub Society / Service learning program / Department Association Activities				1	Credit= 1
Total			180			150

BRANCH (iia): M.A. POLITICAL SCIENCE
Choice Based Credit System
With effect from 2017-2018 onwards
No	Code	Title	Hours	Marks		Credit
No	Code	Title	Hours	CA	ESE	Credit
Semester-I
1	Major	Political Theory	6	50	50	5
2	Major	Constitution of India	6	50	50	5
3	Major	Western Political Thought	6	50	50	4
4	Major	International Relations: Concepts, Theories and Issues	6	50	50	4
5	Elective	Modern Political Systems	6	50	50	5
Semester-II
6	Major	Media, Public Opinion & Electoral Studies	6	50	50	5
7	Major	Comparative Politics	6	50	50	4
8	Major	Human Rights	6	50	50	4
9	Major	Indian Political Thought	5	50	50	4
10	Elective	State and Society in India	5	50	50	5
11	Soft Skills	Personality Enrichment	2	50	50	4
Semester-III
12	Major	Foreign Policies of Great Powers: USA, EU, Russia & China	6	50	50	5
13	Major	India and the World	6	50	50	4
14	Major	Research Methodology	6	50	50	5
15	Major	Politics and Governance in India	5	50	50	4
16	Elective	Public Administration & Public Policy in India	5	50	50	4
17	Soft Skills	Communication Skill and Career Coping Skill	2	50	50	4
18		Internship				2
Semester-IV
19	Major	Indian Administration	6	50	50	5
20	Major	Contemporary Issues in World Affairs	6	50	50	5
21	Major	Dissertation	6	50	50	4
22	Major	Political Dynamics in Asia -Pacific	6	50	50	4
23	Elective	Governance, Issues and Politics in Tamil Nadu	6	50	50	5
Total			120			100

M.Phil. POLITICAL SCIENCE
Choice Based Credit System
With effect from 2017-2018 onwards
No	Code	Title	Hours	Marks		Credit
No	Code	Title	Hours	CA	ESE	Credit

1	Major	Great Debates in Political Science
2	Major	Approaches and Research Methods in Political Science
3	Major	Course work & Content Paper in Political Science

Faculty


S. D. Christopher Chandran Head of the Department	N. M. Hariharan Associate Professor	R. Sridhar Associate Professor	S. Sudha Associate Professor

J. Diviyan Assistant Professor	R. Vidya Assistant Professor	Ashik J. Bonofer Assistant Professor	Haans J. Freddy Assistant Professor

Adarsh Vijay Assistant Professor	Joseph Rajan Temporary Assistant Professor	Kiran Raghul Temporary Assistant Professor