DEPARTEMENT OF HISTORY
Establishment: 1966-06-11
Intake Capacity: 50

Courses Offered

B.A. History(Honours)

Total No. of Teaching Faculty: 3
Total No. of Classrooms with size in sq. meter: 5 Nos Each of size 16x16 ft
Total No. of Laboratories with size in sq. meter: 0
No. of ICT Equipments Available: 2
No. of Books in College Library: 1268
No. of Books in Departmental Library: 300
Teaching Plan for All Courses

INTRODUCTION

The Department of History works constantly to create a congenial atmosphere for academic and co- curricular activities and guides its students to acquire purity of knowledge which is so vital for them to get established in this competitive world and to grow as ideal human being. It is concerned with the challenges in general that the system of higher education is facing today and that of history as a subject in particular. It holds the view that historical developments need to be presented as simply as they took place for the sake of pure and true picture of history. As ardent disciples of the subject, the teachers and students of the Department of History sincerely expect that historical events be compiled and interpreted with a free mind without being influenced by any particular ideology. The Department of History of B.H. College, Howly stands on with that ideology of impartiality.

VISION

The History Department aims to make the students aware of the past and its legacies through teaching, research and extension activities in Indian history in the context of world history. We believe that only a critical understanding of the past will enable the students to understand the present and help them look towards the future.

MISSION

• Transform the students into citizens who are critically informed about the past and its consequences for the present.
• Promote studies in history, society and culture of Assam in general and Assam History in particular including ancient , medieval and modern period.
• Empower students to cope with the challenges of globalization by instilling in them a life-long passion for learning about the past. The knowledge about the interconnections between the global, national, regional and local history will equip the students to face the challenges with confidence.

PROGRAMME OUTCOME

The following are the learning outcomes that we would like to see each History student graduate with.
• Capacity to explain how and why important events happen
• Understanding of the historical method of study
• A clear understanding of evidence collected from historical sources
• Critical understanding of developments in historiography
• Knowledge of the history of the India and 20th Century Modern World
• Informed familiarity with multiplecultures and diversity
• Awareness of current historical debates
• Understand the skills that historians use in research.

PROGRAMME SPECIFIC OUTCOMES

• Historiographical Literacy. Students will be able to identify and describe the contours and stakes of conversations among historians within defined historiographical fields
• Critical Thinking. Students will learn to apply historical methods to evaluate critically the record of the past and how historians and others have interpreted it.
• Research Skills. Students will acquire basic historical research skills, including (as appropriate) the effective use of libraries, archives, and databases.
• Communication Skills. Students will learn to organize and express their thoughts clearly and coherently both in writing and orally.
• Writing and Intellectual Integration. Students should demonstrate their mastery of the knowledge and skills involved in historical practice by conceptualizing and executing a significant piece of original research.

COURSE SPECIFIC OUTCOMES

1.HC- HIS-1016- History of India-1- The Course will be completed with 5 lectures and 1 tutorial per week. After completion of this paper, the students will be able to explore and effectively use historical tools in reconstructing the remote past of ancient Indian pre and proto history. The course will also train the students to analyse various stages of evolution of human cultures and the belief systems in the proto-history period.

2.HIS-HC-1026 - Social Formations and Cultural Patterns of the Ancient World- The course needs to be completed with 5 lectures and 1 tutorial per week. After the completion of this paper, the students will be able to explain the processes and stages of the evolution of the variety of cultural pattern throughout antiquarian periods in history. They will be able to relate the connections between the various Bronze Age civilizations in the ancient world as well as development of slave and polis societies in Ancient Greece.

3.HIS-HG-1016 -History of India( From the Earliest times upto c1206)- The course will be completed with 5lectures and 1 tutorial per week. Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to explain the emergence of state system in North India, development of imperial state structure and state formation in South India in the early period. They will be able to understand the changes and transformations in polity, economy and society in early India and the linkages developed through contacts with the outside world.

4.HIS-HC-2016- History of India-II- The Course will be completed with 5 lectures and 1 tutorial per week. After completion of this paper, the students will be able to explore and effectively use historical tools in reconstructing the remote past of ancient Indian pre and proto history. The course will also train the students to analyse various stages of evolution of human cultures and the belief systems in the proto-history period.

5.HIS-HC-2026 -Social formations and cultural Patterns of Medieval world- The course needs to be completed with 5 lectures and 1 tutorial per week. After the completion of this paper, the students will be able to explain the processes and stages of the evolution of the variety of cultural pattern throughout antiquarian periods in history. They will be able to relate the connections between the various Bronze Age civilizations in the ancient world as well as development of slave and polis societies in Ancient Greece.
5.HIS-HG-2016- History of India(c. 1206-1757) -The course will be completed through 5 Lectures and 1 tutorial per week. After the completion of this course, students will be able to explain the political and administrative history of medieval period of India from 1206 to 1550 AD. They will also be able to analyse the sources of history, regional variations, social, cultural and economic setup of the period. The course will be completed through 5 lectures and 1 tutorial per week. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to understand the major factors that led to the establishment and consolidation of British rule in India. They will also be able to identify the process of growth of resistance against British colonial rule and the eventual growth of Indian nation.

6 .HIS-HC-3016 - History of India III (c750-1206)- The paper will be completed with 5 lectures and 1 tutorial per week. The completion of this paper will enable the students to relate and explain the developments in India in its political time period between c700 to 1206. They will also be able to analyse India’s interaction with another wave of foreign influence and the changes brought in its wake in the period.

7. HIS-HC-3026 -Rise of the Modern West-1- The course will be completed through 5 lectures and 1 tutorial per week. On completion of this course, the students will be able to explain the major trends and developments in the Western world between the 14th to the 16th century CE. They will be able to explore and analyse the significant historical shifts and events and the resultant effects on the civilization of Europe in the period.

8. HIS-HC-3036 -History of India IV(c.1206-1550)- The course will be completed through 5 Lectures and 1 tutorial per week. After the completion of this course, students will be able to explain the political and administrative history of medieval period of India from 1206 to 1550 AD. They will also be able to analyse the sources of history, regional variations, social, cultural and economic setup of the period.

9 . HIS- HG-3016 -History of India (c1757- 1947)- The course will be completed through 5 lectures and 1 tutorial per week. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to understand the major factors that led to the establishment and consolidation of British rule in India. They will also be able to identify the process of growth of resistance against British colonial rule and the eventual growth of Indian nation.

10. HIS-SE-3014 - Historical Tourism in North-East India- This course will be completed through 3 Lecture and 1 Tutorial class per week. After completing this course, students will be able to explain Tourism in North-East India with special reference to the historical monuments, cultural and ecological elements and places of the northeast India as tourist and heritage site of the nation. They will be able to relate to the growing vocation of tourism as an industry and the applicability of historical knowledge for its growth.
11. HIS-HC-4016- Rise of Modern west-II -The paper equips students understand and appreciate the events that unfolded in Europe during the period and how these events were not only results of previous political, historical, as well as economic and social events, but also shaped the future of European as well as World History. The paper analyses the French Revolution, the fall of Monarchy, the end of Feudalism, the growth of Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution and its relation to Colonialism.

12. HIS-HC-4026- History of India-V(c. 1550-1605)- This paper will basically focus on the advent of the European powers into India and intends to explore the factors of the establishment of British rule ultimately. The Paper will make the students aware of the various conquests of the British and the policies they implemented which had a long term impact upon the native states. They would also drive into factors that led to upsurge of political consciousness of the native powers.
13. HIS-HC-4036 -History of India-VI(c. 1605-1750) -This paper will basically focus on the advent of the European powers into India and intends to explore the factors of the establishment of British rule ultimately. The Paper will make the students aware of the various conquests of the British and the policies they implemented which had a long term impact upon the native states. They would also drive into factors that led to upsurge of political consciousness of the native powers.
14. HIS-HC-5016- History of Europe-I(c. 1780-1939) -The Paper makes the student aware of the different facets of European history with a understanding of the Concert of Europe and the Revolution of 1830 and 1848. Emphasis has also been made of the Italian and German unification as well as the First World War and ideologies like Nazism and Fascism.
15. HIS-HC-5026- History of India-VII(c.1752-1857)- This Paper speaks of the Colonial rule in India and its establishment through the different processes and the intrusion into the different spheres. The different diplomatic alliances besides the conquest have been thoroughly dealt with in the paper. The beginning of political consciousness were also articulately handled through the Revolt of 1857.

16. HIS-HC-6016-History of India-VIII(c. 1857-1950)- This paper will basically focus on the advent of the European powers into India and intends to explore the factors of the establishment of British rule ultimately. The Paper will make the students aware of the various conquests of the British and the policies they implemented which had a long term impact upon the native states. They would also drive into factors that led to upsurge of political consciousness of the native powers.

17. HIS-HC-6026- History of Modern Europe-II(c. 1780-1939)- The Paper makes the student aware of the different facets of European history with a understanding of the Concert of Europe and the Revolution of 1830 and 1848. Emphasis has also been made of the Italian and German unification as well as the First World War and ideologies like Nazism and Fascism.

MECHANISM FOR CONTINUOUS INTERNAL EVALUATION(CIE)

Departmental mechanism is primarly associated with class room teaching by deliberating lectures by following both the traditional and digital methods. Apart from it , the department is enthusiatic in seminars, field trips and conducting sessional examiations in order to justify their overall progress in connection with the course and programmes as offered by the parent university.