St. Mira's College For Girls, Pune

The course explores the Freudian binaries of Eros and Thanatos, Death and Desire, Love and Hate and the overriding will to power whether it be through the artist devoting everything to art, a citizen to their nation, two lovers or an archetypal postcolonial gender conflict. The course is wrought with intense electric passion and is a roller coaster ride of highs and lows giving an insight into much that drives human life.

This course aims to introduce students to major theorists and to expose them to various trends and movements in art. It will attempt to equip them with appropriate technical terms to aid their analysis and evaluation of art allow a more intimate understanding of the terms by associating them with practical examples. The course will also try to foster independent, creative as well as systematic critical thinking in order to have a more rich and in depth appreciation of art

The course introduces the students to some of the prominent ideas of modernity, modernism and the post-modern. Foucault states that the attitude of modernity is radical transgression, constant questioning and breaking away from earlier assumptions. The texts included are a philosophical essay, a poem representative of the beat generation, an expressive psychological drama and a science fiction novel thus encompassing a variety of genres. 

The themes and styles are radical as was the ethos of that time

This course provides an introduction to foundational concepts and topics within contemporary psychology. It focuses on historical traditions, perspectives and scientific methods in the discipline. Additionally, concepts pertaining to personality and human abilities like intelligence, problem solving and creative thinking are covered. This course provides a strong foundation to future learning in psychology.

Course Outcomes-

At the end of the course, the student will be equipped

·       Apply psychological insights and principles of adjustment to their own lives.

·       Understand the concept of self and the factors shaping it

·       Understand and apply the concepts of self-esteem, self efficacy and self presentation

·       Explain motivation, types of motivation ,how it is influenced, and major theories about motivation

·       Describe hunger and eating in relation to motivation, obesity, anorexia, and bulimia

·       Describe social motives

·       Explain elements  of emotion and how we express ,recognize  and manage emotions

·      Understand the process of interpersonal communication

·      Apply the principles of effective communication and overcome barriers to communication

·      Describe stress , types of stressors and coping mechanisms to deal with stress

This paper covers the important elements of Microeconomics covering areas of Demand, Supply Consumer Behaviour, Production and Cost

At the end of the course, the learner will have the ability to:

●       recognise and restate the fundamental connections and differences at the level of the collective unconscious that binds and divides peoples

●       examine the translation of text and culture

●       express awareness of contemporary treatment of ancient genres and conflicts whilst understanding and problematizing the concept of high and low art

●       express deep and heightened sensitivity to the human experience

●       compare and contrast the genre specifications of epic literature

●       analyze and evaluate the trajectory of mythical literature and its evolution whilst exploring Indian, Greek and Christian worldviews

• assess the contexts in which these mythical texts have been written (e.g., cultural, historical, social, political, economic) keeping in mind various genders