Graduate Attributes

Graduate Attributes (GAs) form a set of individually assessable outcomes, which collectively indicate the graduate’s potential to acquire competence of an individual to perform certain tasks/ duties/responsibilities. The Graduate Attributes of B. A. (Public Administration and Governance) are as follows:

GA1. Disciplinary Knowledge:

Acquire in-depth knowledge of theory and practice of Public Administration, including the wider and global perspective, with an ability to compare, evaluate, analyze existing situations and new knowledge, and integration of the same for enhancement of knowledge.

GA2. Critical Thinking:

Analyze complex social/administrative problems critically; apply independent judgment for analyzing information to make intellectual and/or rational decisions for conducting social enquiry in a wider theoretical, practical and policy context.

GA3. Analytical Reasoning:

Ability to evaluate the reliability and relevance of evidence; identify logical flaws and gaps in the arguments of others; analyze and synthesize data from a variety of sources; draw valid conclusions and support them with evidence and addressing opposing viewpoints.

GA4. Research-related Skills:

A sense of inquiry and capability for asking relevant/appropriate questions, problematizing, synthesizing and articulating; ability to recognize cause-and-effect relationships, define problems, formulate hypotheses, test hypotheses, analyze, interpret and draw conclusions from data, establish hypotheses, predict cause-and-effect relationships; ability to plan, execute and report the results of an experiment or investigation.

GA5. Problem Solving:

Think laterally and originally, conceptualize and solve social/administrative problems, consider and examine a wide range of information for those problems and arrive at a rational, feasible, optimal decision after considering the legitimacy, democratic principles, efficiency and economy and above all the public interest in a specfic cultural, societal and environmental setting.

GA6. Usage of Modern Tools:

Create, select, learn and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and managerial/administrative practices and modern IT tools, including prediction and modeling to complex social/administrative situations.

GA7. Collaborative and Multidisciplinary Work:

Possess knowledge and understanding of group dynamics, recognize opportunities and contribute positively to collaborative multidisciplinary scientific research, demonstrate a capacity for self- management and teamwork, decision-making based on open-mindedness, objectivity and rational analysis in order to achieve common goals and further self-learning as also that of others.

GA8. Communication:

Communicate with all concerned stakeholders, community leadership and with society at large regarding complex social, political and administrative activities confidently and effectively, endowing the graduate with abilities such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation by adhering to appropriate standards, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.

GA9. Multicultural Competence:

Possess knowledge of the values and beliefs of multiple cultures and a global perspective and the capability to effectively engage in a multicultural society and interact respectfully with diverse groups.

GA10. Leadership Readiness/Qualities:

Capability for mapping out the tasks of a team or an organization, setting direction; motivating and inspiring team members to engage with the team objectives/vision; and using management skills to follow the mapped path to the destination in a smooth and efficient way.

GA11. Life-long Learning:

Recognize the need for and have acquired the ability to engage in life-long independent learning, with a high level of enthusiasm and commitment, to unceasingly improve knowledge and competence.

GA12. Ethical Practices and Social Responsibility:

Acquire professional and intellectual integrity, professional code of conduct, ethics of research and scholarship, thoughtfulness of the impact of research outcomes on professional practices and an understanding of the responsibility to contribute to the community for sustainable development of society.

Qualification Descriptors

A qualification descriptor indicates the generic outcomes and attributes expected for the award of a particular type of qualification. The learning experiences and assessment procedures are expected to be designed to provide every student with the opportunity to achieve the intended programme learning outcomes.

The qualification descriptors reflect the following:

• Disciplinary knowledge and understanding
• Skills & Ability
• Global competencies that all students in any academic field of study should acquire/attain and demonstrate.

Qualification descriptors for B. A. (Public Administration and Governance program):

Some of the expected learning outcomes that a student should be able to demonstrate on completion of a B. A. Public Administration and Governance program may include the following:

Knowledge & Understanding

• Demonstrate extensive knowledge of the disciplinary foundation in the various fields of Public Affairs and Administration, as well as insight into contemporary research and development.
• Demonstrate specialized methodological knowledge in the specialized areas of Public Administration/ Governance in terms of the principles, theoretical knowledge and practices adopted.

Skills & Ability

• Demonstrate the basic and conceptual understanding of the discipline and ability to apply this knowledge in comprehending administrative situations for arriving at a conclusion and suggest a set of alternatives.
• Demonstrate ability to evaluate an administrative phenomenon/system or administrative program and suggest necessary measures to realize the desired objectives in an effective manner.
• Demonstrate ability to apply one’s knowledge, skills, tools and techniques learned to identify and analyze complex real-life problems and take appropriate decisions and apply those decisions as per the social needs keeping in view the larger public interest.

Competence

• Communicate his or her understanding, knowledge and arguments effectively and professionally both in writing and by means of presentation to different audiences in the local, national and international context.
• Ability to work in a collaborative manner in a team, contributions to the management, planning and implementation.
• Ability to contribute as a team member in a developmental project plan and its implementation – evaluate its outcomes and report its results in a proper manner.
• Ability to identify the personal need for further knowledge relating to the current and emerging areas of study by engaging in lifelong learning practices.

Program Learning Outcomes

The learner who completes three years undergraduate program in Public Administration and Governance would earn an degree in the discipline. The learning outcomes that a student should be able to demonstrate on completion of this degree level program would involve academic, behavioural and social competencies.

Academic Competence

• Disciplinary knowledge and methods including data analysis and computer literacy.
• Basic professional skills pertaining to psychological testing, assessment and counselling.
• Ability to use skills in specific areas related to chosen specialization (e.g. cognitive, industrial-organizational, clinical, counselling, health, educational, social, community).
• Ability to relate and connect concepts with personal experiences and using critical thinking.
• Curiosity and ability to formulate psychology related problems and using appropriate concepts and methods to solve them.
• Ability to use various e-resources and social media and negotiating with technological challenges.
• Articulation of ideas, scientific writing and authentic reporting, effective presentation skills.
• Dealing with conflicting theories and approaches, learning to withstand ambiguities and understanding the limitations of the discipline.

Personal & Behavioural Competence

• Self-development, health and hygiene, self-regulation skills.
• Developing positive attributes such as empathy, compassion, social participation, and accountability.
• Developing cultural and historical sensibility particularly indigenous traditions, socio- cultural context and diversity.
• Having conversational competence including communication and effective interaction with others, listening, speaking, and observational skills.
• Appreciating and tolerating different perspectives.
• Ability to work both independently and in group and dealing effectively with clients and stakeholders, learning the art of negotiation.

Social Competence

• Collaboration, cooperation and realizing the power of groups and community.
• Analyzing social problems and understanding social dynamics.
• Gender sensitization including gender respect, respect for one’s own gender, dealing with gender confusion and gender identity issues.
• Ethical, social and ecological responsibility including acknowledging the dignity and presence of others, awareness of social order, learning of values and social concern reflected through activation of social participates (e.g. village surveys, visiting old age homes and spending time with elderly, orphanage community service etc.).
• Moral and ethical awareness and reasoning involving objective and unbiased work attitude, avoiding unethical behaviour such as data fabrication and plagiarism, observing code of conduct, respecting intellectual property rights and being aware of the implications and ethical concerns of research studies.
• Commitment to health and wellbeing at different levels (e.g. individual, organization, community, society

Programs Offered

UG COURSES

• B.A. - Public administration and Governance

Structure of B. A. (Public Administration and Governance)

The aims of B A (Public Administration and Governance) are achieved by Core (Foundation) Courses and Elective (Specialization) Courses. The Core Courses are essential to provide basic knowledge of a discipline and framed to promote common educational premises for the same. The specialized courses, on the other hand, allow the students to acquire knowledge in various specializations and subject combinations as per the CBCS requirements.

The courses are planned in a manner that the generic or foundational courses along with courses focusing on skill, with a wide range of application, are covered during the first two years of the undergraduate program. Specialized courses to prepare students to build professional competence can be introduced in later semesters. It is pertinent to understand that the educational institutions in India have varied level of physical infrastructure, faculty strength, academic resources and availability of expertise; therefore, the basket of courses or specialized courses of discipline to be offered to students would vary from institution to institution. Efforts need to be made to provide diversity of courses and specializations in order to develop necessary skills to enhance employment opportunities

The courses under CBCS are designed to have a strong interface between regular and online learning modes, thereby, actively utilizing national knowledge network resources. It is expected that the faculty would utilize both virtual and physical class rooms through video lectures, small group discussions, tutorials and individual presentations. Community engagement may be incorporated through socially driven small scale research projects, workshops, field training exercises and simulations utilizing currently available knowledge systems and technological facilities. The credit system used in this curriculum requires 40- 50 hours (minimum) of active academic engagement for one course in one semester.

Course Learning Outcomes

This document gives autonomy and freedom to the Board of Studies to design the structure and choose the course for the undergraduate program. This framework is not to create a uniform course across the country, but to reinforce the cornerstones of good quality, respect local concerns and equal global standards. Four kinds of courses have been suggested here- 1) Core Courses (CC), 2) Elective or Discipline Specific Elective Courses (DSC), 3) Skill Enhancement Courses and 4) General Elective Courses (GEC).

Core Courses (CC)

These are the courses which provide the basic understanding of the discipline of Public Administration and Governance. As stated earlier, Indian educational institutions are endowed with varying levels of physical, academic and human resources and also provided the autonomy to decide the structure of their undergraduate programmes and courses to be taught. However, in order to maintain a requisite standard certain core courses must be included in an academic program. This helps in providing a universal recognition to the said academic program.

The Core courses in the B A (Public administration and Governance) programme are:

• Introduction to Public Administration
• Administrative Theory
• Indian Administration
• Public Policy and Governance
• Public Personnel Administration
• Rural Local Governance
• Regulatory Governance
• Public Financial Administration
• Urban Local Governance
• Environment Policy and Administration
• Research Methods
• Comparative Public Administration
• Development Administration
• Administrative Ethics and Governance

Discipline Specific Elective Courses

These courses offer the flexibility of selection of options from a pool of courses. These are considered specialized or advanced to that particular programme and provide extensive exposure in the area chosen; these are also more applied in nature.

They are listed below:

• Ethics and Integrity
• Administrative Law
• Rights Based Governance
• Disaster Management
• Educational Administration
• NGOs and Sustainable Development

Skill Enhancement Courses

These courses focus on developing skills or proficiencies in the student, and aim at providing hands-on training. Skill enhancement courses can be opted by the students of any other discipline, but are highly suitable for students pursuing their academic program in Public Administration.

The suggested courses are:

• Personality Development and Communication Skills
• Aptitude and Reasoning skills
• Physical Geography and India Physical setting
• E-Governance
• History of India – Ancient, Medieval and Modern
• Indian Economy
• Science and Technology
• Current Affairs
• Internal Security
• International Relations
• CSAT
• Cyber Crime Administration

Credit Scheme

Universities may have the freedom to address the teaching requirements according to local, and regional conditions. The credits earned would depend on the scheme adopted by the University for the various subjects. It is expected that one course should carry 4 credits if it is taught for four hours throughout the week as per the UGC norms.

The 6 credits formula will be used as follows:

One theory period of one hour = 1 credit

One tutorial period of one hour = 1 credit

Two practicum period of one hour = 1 credit

Course Credit

Theory courses with tutorial per week:

5 hour + 1 tutorial for a group of 10 students of one hour ( 6 Credits)

Skill Enhancement Courses per week:

2 hour theory + 4 Practical for a group of 10 students (4 Credits)

Course Structure

B. A. (Public Administration and Governance)

Total Credits: 148

A. CORE COURSES(C)

Credits: 06 each

Semester-I

• Introduction to Public Administration
• Administrative Theory

Semester-II

• Indian Administration
• Public Policy and Governance

Semester-III

• Public Personnel Administration
• Rural Local Governance
• Regulatory Governance

Semester-IV

• Public Financial Administration
• Urban Local Governance
• Environment Policy and Administration

Semester-V

• Research Methods
• Comparative Public Administration

Semester-VI

• Development Administration
• Administrative Ethics and Governance

B. DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE COURSES(DSE)

Credits: 06 each (4 courses to be selected)

Semester-V

• Ethics and Integrity
• Administrative Law
• Rights Based Governance

Semester-VI

• Disaster Management
• Educational Administration
• NGOs and Sustainable Development

C. SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSES (SEC)

Credits: 04 each ( 02 courses to be selected)

Semester-III

• Personality Development and Communication Skills
• Aptitude and Reasoning skills
• Physical Geography and India Physical setting
• E-Governance
• History of India – Ancient, Medieval and Modern
• Indian Economy

Semester-IV

• Science and Technology
• Current Affairs
• Internal Security
• International Relations
• CSAT
• Cyber Crime Administration

D. GENERIC ELECTIVE COURSES (GE)

Credits: 06 each (For other Under-Graduate Programmes)

Semester-I

• Introduction to Public Administration

Semester-II

• Indian Administration

Semester-III

• Comparative Public Administration

Semester-IV

• Administrative Ethics and Governance