Department of Economics
Teaching methods adopted
Regular interactions in scheduled classes are principle method of teaching. Students are provided with reference photocopies, notes and soft copies pertaining to their curriculum. Teachers help to solve model questions and numerical problems from text and reference books and university question papers in the classes. Sometimes solutions are also provided for ready references. Students in Economics Honours improve their understanding regarding subject through solving the home task provided by the teachers. For interested students, database on economic performance indices and links of ‘Sodhaganga’ and ‘Sodhgangotri’ in NLIST-INFLIBNET are provided to improve their understanding on Indian Economy. Teaching based on interactive modes and regular question-answer session is found fruitful in our classes. Some topics of Microeconomics and Macroeconomics involving movements of graphs, diagrams, and interaction of different sectors of the economy are taught through Power-point presentation. Besides this faculty members of this department organizes group teaching programme where students having specific problems get an opportunity to express their problems and in most cases it is addressed.
Faculty Profiles
Courses Offered
B.A. GENERAL : 1965-1966B.Sc. HONOURS : 2003 - 2004
Syllabus
Program and Course Outcomes
Routine
Activities
- Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized
- Organized a UGC Sponsored State Level Seminar on “Political Economy of Industrialisation in West Bengal: Recent Trends” was organised by this Department jointly with Department of Political Science in collaboration with Bengal Economic Association on 23rd March 2011.
- Collaborated a UGC-Sponsored National Level Seminar on ‘Unorganised Sector in South 24 Parganas’, organized by Department of Geography, Raidighi College on September 11-12, 2015.