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BA Hons or Bachelor of Arts with Honours, is a 3-year long undergraduate course. One needs to have a 10+2 level of degree in order to be eligible to pursue it. Students are required to do a lot of project work throughout the three years on their chosen specializations.

With various specializations like History, Geography, Sociology, Philosophy, Journalism, Hindi, English, Political Science, Economics and many more, BA Hons is one of the broad and major courses pursued every year.

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BA Hons Syllabus
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BA Hons Syllabus

One needs to check the tabularised below major BA Hons subjects and the core topics covered under them throughout the duration of the course.

BA Hons Subjects	Topics Covered
BA English	English Literature, Twentieth Century Indian Writing, Qualifying Language, Credit Language, Nineteenth Century European Realism, Classical Literature ,Forms of Popular Fiction, Contemporary Literature, Anglo-American Writing from 1930, Literary Theory, Women’s Writing of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries , Modern European Drama
BA Political Science	Environmental Science, Understanding Political Theory, Constitutional Government and Democracy in India, Generic Elective, Political Theory-Concepts and Debates, Political Process in India, Introduction to Comparative Government & Politics, Perspectives on Public Administration, Perspectives on International Relations, Public Policy and Administration in India, Global Politics, Classical Political Philosophy, Modern Indian Political Thought, Modern Political Philosophy
BA History	History of India, Social Formations and Cultural Patterns of the Ancient World, Social Formations and Cultural Patterns of the Medieval World, Rise of Modern West, History of Modern Europe, History Of Southeast Asia-The 19TH Century, History of Modern East Asia; Electives have to be taken.
BA Psychology	Introduction to Psychology, Statistical Methods for Psychological Research, Environmental Science, General Psychology, Biopsychology, Psychology of Individual Differences, English Communication, Youth, Gender and Identity, Development of Psychological, Psychological Research, Social Psychology, Emotional Intelligence, Psychology for Health and Well-being, Understanding Psychological Disorders, Applied Social Psychology, Stress Management, Psychology at Work, Dealing with Psychological Disorders, Developmental Psychology, Positive Psychology, Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, Counseling Psychology, Health Psychology, Community Psychology
BA Philosophy	Indian Philosophy, Logic, Greek Philosophy, Ethics, Western Philosophy: Descartes to Kant, Social & Political Philosophy: Indian and Western, Applied Ethics, Text of Indian Philosophy, Text of Western Philosophy, Truth Functional Logic, Analytic Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion (Indian & Western), Philosophy of Language (Indian & Western)
BA Economics	Introductory Microeconomics, Mathematical Methods for Economics, Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course, Introductory Macroeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Statistical Methods for Economics, Skill Enhancement Course, Introductory Econometrics, Indian Economy , Development Economics
BA Sociology	Introduction to Sociology, Sociology of India, Sociological Theories, Methods of Sociological Enquiry, Religion and Society, Marriage, Family and Kinship, Social Stratification, Gender and Sexuality, Polity and Society in India, Economy and Society, Techniques of Social Research, Gender Sensitization, Society through the Visual.
BA Geography	Geomorphology, Climatology, Cartographic Techniques, Geography of Population,, Analytical Physical Geography, Oceanography, Thematic Cartography (Practical), Geography of Settlements, Concurrent – Credit Language, Economic Geography, Environmental Geography, Remote Sensing (Practical), Urban Geography, Concurrent – Interdisciplinary, Geography of Natural Resources, Spatial Dimensions of Development, Statistical Methods in Geography, Geography of India, Concurrent – Discipline Centered, Evolution of Geographical Thought, Social Geography, Field Techniques, Agricultural Geography, BioGeography, Disaster Management, Regional Planning: Case Studies, Geographical Information System, Geography of Tourism Rural Development

BA Hons Books

Below mentioned are few popular BA Hons books for various subjects that can be utilized by the aspirants to cover the relevant topics.

Books	Authors
Statistical Methods in Economics	B.M Agarwal.
Medieval History of India	J.C Aggarwal
Political Science	Pravin Kumar Jha
History of English Literature	Prof. Ray and Chakraborty
Public Administration Theory and Practice	M.P.Sharma
An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis	John Hospers
Essentials of Educational Psychology	S.K.Mangal

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