History Programmes/Courses

• Regular:
• The present  syllabus is the recently revised one.
• From the beginning of the department, it has been regularly revised.
• The most recent research findings are incorporated both at the Post-graduate level and in Ph.D.
• The syllabus enables our students to venture into Civil Service Examinations – both Central and State with confidence.​

SEMESTER – I

 Historiographical Traditions in Pre-Modern India. 

Colonialism and Nationalism in East Asia

Colonial Processes in India

Art and Architecture in Karnataka to A.D.14^th Century

Modern Karnataka (c.1750-1956)

SEMESTER – II

 Modern Indian Historiography

Colonialism and Nationalism in West Asia

Making of the Indian Nation

Social Formations in Early India

Society and Economy in Early Karnataka to A.D.1000

SEMESTER – III
Choice based paper : India’s Struggle for Freedom 1857 – 1947
Philosophy and Methods of History
Theories of Colonialism and Imperialism
Modern European Revolutions
Contemporary World

SEMESTER – IV
Historiography in Modern West
Modern World Systems
State in Early India
Intellectual History of Modern Europe
State and Society in Contemporary India