COURSE OUTLINE
ENGLISH ESSAY-
100 MARKS
Candidates will be required to write one or more
Essay in English. A wide choice of topics will be given. Candidates are
expected to reflect comprehensive and research based knowledge on a selected
topic. Candidate’s articulation, expression and technical treatment of the
style of English Essay writing will be examined.
Week
Plan:
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COURSE OUTLINE
ENGLISH PRECIS & COMPOSITION-
100 MARKS
The
examination in this subject will be based upon a paper carrying 100 marks to
Test the candidate’s abilities to handle Precis Writing, Reading Comprehension,
Sentence Structuring, Translation, Grammar and Vocabulary, etc.
Week
Plan:
Week
1: Precis Writing
Week 2: Reading
Comprehension
Week 3: Grammar and
Vocabulary
Week 4: Sentence
Correction
Week 6: Grouping of
Words
Week 7: Pairs of Words
Week 8: Translation
COURSE OUTLINE
HISTORY OF PAKISTAN AND INDIA- 100
MARKS
Week Plan:
Week
1: Muslim Rule and Heritage in India
(712-1857):
Political
History Arrival, foundation and consolidation of Muslim rule in India,
important rulers of the Slave Dynasty and the Mughals. The Spirit and legacy of
Muslim civilization, Art, Architecture and literature, Public Administration
under Muslim Rules. Sultans, Kings, Economic, Social, Judicial, Civil and
Military system during the Muslim rule, Industry, trade and commerce under the
Muslim patronage, Financial Administration.
Week
2: British Rule in India: 1857-1947:
British
Imperialism, origin and growth of the East India Company, Causes and effects of
downfall of the Mughal Empire in India, War of Independence in 1857:Causes and
effects Constitutional and Political
Reforms of the British Government (1858-1947) and growth of the Political
Parties –Indian Congress
Week
3: Muslim Struggle for Independence:
Role of Shah Wali Ullah, Syed Ahmad Shaheed
and Sir Syed Ahmed Khan towards regeneration of the Muslim of South Asia, All
India Muslim League, Partition of Bengal, Simla Deputation, Lucknow pact;
Khilafat movement. Nahru Report Quaid-i- Azam’s Fourteen Points.
Week
4: Pakistan Movement:
Allama Iqal’s Allahabad Address 1930, and
Round Table Conference. The Congress Rule intheprovinces-1937-1939, Lahore
Resolution 1940, various Missions and Plans for the partition of the South
Asia. Founders of Pakistan: Quaid-i-Azam, Mohsin-ul-Mulk, Syed Amir Ali, Ali
Brothes. Sir Agha Khan, Chaudhry Rahmat Ali, etc.
Week
6: History of Pakistan (1947- To date):
Pakistan’s
early Challenges—Quaid-i-Azam as Governor-General, various attempts at
constitution making.
Week
7: Military in Politics:
Ayub Khan, Yahya, Zia–ul–Haq and Pervaiz
Musharaf regimes, Civil Military Relationship in Pakistan, Separation of East
Pakistan: Causes and Effects
Week 8: Working of Democracy in
Pakistan:
Liaquat
Ali Khan to Firoz Khan Noon (1947- 1958), Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s
Period,(1971-1977),Benazir, Nawaz Sharif ,Revival of Democracy: 1988-1999,
Restoration of Democracy (2008 to date), Role of Major Political Parties and
Pressure Groups in the history of Pakistan.
COURSE OUTLINE
GENDER STUDIES- 100 MARKS
Week
Plan:
Week
1: Introduction to Gender Studies
·
Introduction to Gender Studies
·
Difference between Gender and Women
Studies
·
Multi-disciplinary nature of Gender
Studies
·
Autonomy vs. Integration Debate in Gender
Studies
·
Status of Gender Studies in Pakistan
Week 2: Social
Construction of Gender
·
Historicizing Constructionism
·
Problematizing the category of “Sex”:
Queer Theory
·
Is “Sex” socially determined, too?
·
Masculinities and Feminism
·
Nature versus Culture: A Debate in
Gender Development
Week 3:Feminist Theories
and Practice
·
What is Feminism
·
Liberal Feminism
·
Radical Feminism
·
Marxist/Socialist Feminism
·
Psychoanalytical Feminism
·
Men’s Feminism
·
Postmodern Feminism
Week 4:Feminist
Movements
Feminist Movements in the West, First Wave, Second
Wave and Third Wave Feminism, United Nation Conferences on Women, Feminist
Movements in Pakistan.
Week 5: Gender and
Development
·
Colonial and Capitalistic Perspectives
of Gender
·
Gender Analysis of Development Theories;
Modernization Theory, World System Theory, Dependency Theory, Structural
Functionalism
·
Gender Approaches to Development: Women
in Development (WID), Women and Development (WAD), Gender and Development
(GAD); Gender Critique of Structural Adjustment Policies (SAPs).
·
Globalization and Gender
Week
6: Status of Women in Pakistan
·
Status of Women’s health in Pakistan
·
Status of Women in Education
·
Women and Law
·
Women and Employment
Case
Studies of:
·
Shermin Ubaid Chinoy
·
Mallala Yousaf Zai
·
Mukhtaran Mai
Week 7: Gender and
Governance
·
Defining Governance
·
Gender Issues in Women as Voters
·
Suffragist Movement
·
Gender Issues in Women as Candidates
·
Gender Issues in Women as
Representatives
·
Impact of Political Quota in Pakistan
Week 8: Gender Based
Violence
·
Defining Gender Based Violence
·
Theories of Violence against Women
·
Structural and Direct Forms of Violence
·
Strategies to Eliminate Violence against
Women
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SOCIOLOGY- 100 MARKS
Week
Plan:
Week 1: General
Sociology
·
Individual:
Sociability or the sociality of man.
·
Culture:
Meaning and Characteristics (Culture is variable, learnt, social, shared,
Transmissive, dynamic and adaptive), types (Material, Non –material), functions
(transfer of knowledge, define situation, provide Behaviour pattern, moulds
personality) and elements of culture (norms, values, beliefs, sanctions,
customs).Culture and Socialization; formal and non-formal socialization,
transmission of culture, cultural relativism. Sub-cultures. Ethnocentrism and
xenocentrism, Cultural lag, High culture and popular culture. Multiculturalism,
assimilation, and acculturation.
Week 2: General
Sociology
·
Society:
Meaning and characteristics. Community; meaning and characteristics. Individual
and society. Relationship between individual and society. Two main theories
regarding the relationship of man and society (i) the social contact theory and
(ii) the organismic theory. Social and cultural evolution of society (Hunting
and Gathering Society, Herding and Advance Herding Society, Horticultural
Society, Agrarian Society, Industrial Society, Post modern Society).
·
Social
Interaction: Caste and classes, Forms of social
classes, Feudal system in Pakistan, Social Mobility-nature of social mobility
and its determinants in Pakistani society, Culture of poverty.
Week 3: General
Sociology
·
Social
Control: Mechanisms of social control-formal and informal
means of social control, Anomie, Alienation and social Integration-Means of
social integration in Pakistani Society.
·
Social
and Cultural Change and Social Policy: Processes of Social
and Cultural Change-discovery, inhibitions to social and cultural change in
Pakistan Social planning and directed social and cultural change, effect of
Industrialization, Urbanization, Modernization and Modern Means of
Communication on Social Change.
Week 4: General
Sociology
·
Public
Opinion: Formation of Public, Opinion, Concept of opinion
leader, characteristics of opinion leadership.
·
Community:
The rural community, Traditional Characteristics of rural life, the urban
community, Rural – Urban convergence, Urbanism, Future of cities in Pakistan.
Week 5: General
Sociology
·
Social
Institutions: The nature and genesis of institutions,
the process of institutionalization, Functions of Social Institutions: Family,
Religion, Education, Economy and Politics.
Week 6: General
Sociology
·
Social
Problems in Pakistan: High population growth rate, Rural
–urban migration. Issues of technical/vocational training, Deviance and street
crime, Unemployment, illiteracy and School drop out, Smuggling, Prostitution,
Poverty, Drug Addiction, Child Labour and Abuse Bonded Labour, Social Customs
and Traditions effecting Women in Pakistan, Violence Against Women’s and
Domestics Violence, Issues concerning the Elderly’s in Pakistan.
Week 7: Sociological
Theory
Three
sociological perspectives: Structural Functionalism, Symbolic interactions and
Conflict. Theorists: Ibn-i-Khaldun Spencer, August Comte, Emile Dukheim, Max
Weber, Kari Marx, Parson.
Week 8: Methods of
Sociological Research
Scientific
Method, Steps in research, Types of Questionnaire Research Design, Surveys,
Observation and Case Studies.
