Maulana Azad College
Affiliated to the University of Calcutta
Affiliated to the University of Calcutta
The Economics Department of MAC has all along occupied a prominent place in the college in academic as well as extra-curricular matter. Students are largely academic and each session a number of students go for higher studies in the Universities of the State and outside. The department can boast of a number of ex-students who are successfully serving Govt. administration as WBCS and IAS, as media persons, corporate sector executives and as teachers. A number of ex-teachers of this department were well known for their scholarship and teaching ability. Prof. Tuhinangsu Bhattacharya, Prof. Dhiresh Bhattacharya, Prof. H. N. Ray, Prof. P. N. Ray are some of the renowned ex-teachers who also served the University in later phase. The department shows a very good teacher-student relationship. Students are enthusiastic in participating in seminars in or outside college. We hope that the department will continue to contribute to the society and to higher education in years to come.
Economics Honours is one of the most sought after courses in the University of Calcutta and in Maulana Azad College, Kolkata. Every year the college receives hundreds of applications for admission in Economics Honours course. The Department of Economics of the college is one of the largest social science departments and comprises of a many bright students who excel in their academic and professional careers.
The course structure for Economics Honours is a judicious mixture of theory and quantitative techniques supported by empirical and historical discourses. The students are thoroughly exposed to learning the basic theoretical tools and techniques and as well as learning Quantitative Economics, including Statistics and Econometrics. That Mathematics is a compulsory elective course as part of Economics Honours curriculum gives the students an edge at the competitive level and for pursuing higher studies in Economics and allied disciplines.
Students learn Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Mathematical Economics, Statistics and Econometrics, International Economics, Public Economics, among others as part of the core papers. Under SEC, the department at present offers course on Data Analysis, which is most sought after paper; however, the students may also opt for Rural Development. As part of the Data Analysis course, the students are being trained in statistical software ëRí. In the coming semester, the department is ready to impart both Managerial Economics and Research Methodology courses under SEC. As far as DSE courses are concerned, the Department of Economics is ready to offer maximum number of courses from the prescribed list. This means, the students will get chance to study Environmental Economics, Applied Econometrics, Financial Economics, among others.
B.A./B.Sc. Honours in Economics.
Learning outcome Economics : View
Syllabus of Economics under CCF-2022 Academic Session 2023-2024 : View
Old syllabus of Calcutta University (1+1+1 Regulations, 2010): View Syllabus
B.Sc. Economics (Honours) under CBCS system of CU : View
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Lesson Plan 19-20 UG : View
Lesson Plan - 2022-23 : View
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