A. Complementary Course (Till 2024)
For B.A. Economics

• History of Modern India

• Understanding History
• Socio Religious Reform Movements in India
• Understanding New Social Movements in India
• Constitutional History of India
• India – Early Social Formations
• Science and Technology in Contemporary India

• Reflections on Film, History, and Culture
• History of Medicine
• Epigraphy and Numismatics
• Curating the Past: Indian Heritage and Its Management

• Practice of Oral History
• Principles and Techniques of Archaeology
• Museology

• Social Media and Public Life
• Digital Wellbeing: Cyber Space and Cyber Security in India
• Public History
• History for Better Living

The Department follows the Programme Outcomes prescribed under the University of Kerala FYUGP framework. The programme aims to develop:

1. Critical Thinking
2. Complex Problem Solving
3. Creativity
4. Communication Skills
5. Leadership Qualities
6. Lifelong Learning Skills
7. Digital and Technological Skills
8. Value Inculcation and Ethical Awareness

Students completing History courses are expected to:

• Inculcate nationalist, secular, socialist, and democratic values.
• Appreciate literary, artistic, and cultural legacies of the past.
• Understand historical wisdom, heritage, and social transformations.
• Develop reading, writing, and critical thinking skills in History.
• Analyse colonialism, nationalism, and socio-political ideologies.
• Understand human rights, peace, and legal awareness.
• Familiarize themselves with trends and theories in historiography.
• Acquire professional and research-oriented historical skills.

The Department emphasizes outcome-based education through the FYUGP curriculum.
Students completing the courses will be able to:

• Understand the concepts of history, historiography, and historical methods.
• Analyse social, political, cultural, and economic transformations historically.
• Develop critical thinking and interdisciplinary perspectives.
• Understand social reform movements, constitutional developments, and new social movements in India.
• Apply historical methodologies in research and academic inquiry.
• Develop awareness regarding human rights, democracy, social justice, and cultural heritage.
• Utilize digital tools and technological approaches in historical studies.
• Acquire skills related to archaeology, museology, oral history, and public history.

• Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning
• Student-Centred Academic Environment
• Outcome-Based Education
• Research and Skill-Oriented Curriculum
• Digital Humanities and AI-Oriented Historical Studies
• Heritage, Archaeology, and Public History Orientation
• Inclusive and Socially Relevant Historical Education