CSI., KND., BMHEC’s
KITTEL ARTS COLLEGE, DHARWAD
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT
The Department of Economics was started
in 1970 with Prof. N. B. Ghodke as senier lecture and Principal, Prof. John
Satyanathan as lecturer. Later on Prof.
S. S. Salimath joined the Department in 1974 and Prof. M. K. Muley joined the
Department in 1975. Then Economics was
taught as major and minor subject.
During 1990-91 Major and Minor Pattern
was replaced by three equal optional subjects.
Prof. S. S. Salimath retired from his
regular duty in 1997. Prof. M. K. Muley
retired from his regular duty in 1999.
Dr. C. P. Manohar was appointed as
lecturer on 15th April 1999
and Dr. S. B. Nyamati was appointed as lecturer on 2nd
Janaury 2006. Currently Dr. C. P. Manohar is serving as Associate Professor and
Head of the department and Dr. S. B. Nyamati is serving as Assistant Professor.
From Academic Year 2005-06 Semester
system was introduced by Karnatak University and is implemented by the
Department of Economics also. From academic year 2020-21 CBCS was introduced by
Karnatak University Dharwad and same is implemented in the department.
Field Visits, Project Works, Industrial
Visits, visits to Krishi Mela, Live telecast and Analysis of Central Budget,
Financial literacy programme, Awareness about Practice of Less Cash Economic
activities, Awareness about Digitalization of the economy are some of the
salient features of the department.
Currently
UG Course in Economics is provided.
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CSI., KND., BMHEC’s
KITTEL ARTS COLLEGE, DHARWAD
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
COURSE SPECIFIC OUTCOMES
1. To impart in-depth
knowledge in the subject of Economics
2. To help students to learn
to be smarter consumers, savers and investors.
3. To equip the students with
necessary analytical and reasoning skills for understanding various Economic
Problems through Field Visits, Project Works, Budget Analysis, etc.,
4. To provide the foundation
for studying branches of Economics
5. To help the students to
understand the working of the Modern Economy.
6. To enlighten the students
on current Indian Economic Problems and Prospects by providing the basis of
past performance of Indian Economy.
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CSI., KND., BMHEC’s
KITTEL ARTS COLLEGE, DHARWAD
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
B A FIRST SEMESTER
PRINCIPLES OF MICRO ECONOMICS
Ø Objectives: The Objectives of the
Study of Micro Economics is to
familiarize the students with economic behavior of consumers and
producers. The course helps to learn the
theories of production, cost and revenue and get an understanding of product
Market structure and Price determination of products and factors of production.
Ø Learning
Outcomes: The student will be able to define and explain the
basic concepts and hypothesis in Microeconomic Theory and their relations:
analyze consumer equilibrium, obtain and interpret elasticity’s, define
production, costs of production and revenue, categorize and analyze markets,
and display an understanding of pricing of products and factors.
B A SECOND SEMESTER
MACRO
ECONOMICS
Ø Objectives : The objectives of this course are to acquaint
the students with the behavior of macroeconomic variables, to provide knowledge
of classical macro Economics, the
Keynesian economics, multiplier and Accelerator, business cycles, Inflation,
deflation and monetary economics
Ø Learning Outcomes:
The students will be able to understand the evolution of employment
theories and how equilibrium level of income gets determined. The student will be able to explain how
interaction of multiplier and accelerator lead to business cycles and apply the
concept in the working of the economy. And also they will be able to understand
the situation of inflation, deflation. They will be able to understand the role
functions, value of money etc.,
BA THIRD SEMESTER
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY
OF INDIA
Ø Course Objectives:
This course reviews major trends in aggregate economic indicators in
India and places these against the backdrop of major policy debates in India in
the post Independence period
Ø Learning outcomes:
The course enables the student to know the structure of the Indian
economy and also helps to know where it stands in the world and how it compares
with its neighbors and peers. The course
also enables the student to know the strengths and weaknesses of Indian economy
and makes the student aware of every Individual’s role in the metamorphosis of
our economy. The students will be understand the problems
BA FORTH SEMESTER
MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS FOR
ECONOMICS
Ø Introduction: To meet the growing needs of economy & society,
and also to cater to the changes in technology, there is a need to bring continuous modifications in the subject and its content, After all,
relevance is the touch stone of any syllabus.
Hence the department has decided to bring necessary changes in the BA
Economics Course Structure and its syllabi.
In this backdrop, the department proposes to introduce Mathematics and
Statistics for Economics as a core course for BA Fourth Semester.
Ø Course Objectives: The objective of this course is to acquaint the
students of economics with basic methods of analyses using mathematics and
statistics. The Course aids the students
of economics in understanding the importance of decision sciences in
determining the choice.
Ø Nature : The course is intended for BA economics students who
perceptibly have an aversion to
Mathematics and statistics.
Therefore the basic nature of study would be descriptive. However as the subject demands it, the
subject is applicative also.
Ø Learning outcomes:
The Course enables the student to demonstrate an understanding of the
basic mathematical and statistical concepts, understand and solve the problems
based on the limit and differentiation concept.
The student will be able to demonstrate the understanding of basics of
probability theory and theoretical distributions. The student will be able to appreciate the
regression and correlation tools and be able to solve based on these concepts
in economics.
BA FIFTH SEMESTER
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
Ø Course Objectives: This course enables
students to acquaint with the concepts
and principles of International Economics and their influence on the
institutions promoting International Trade and Investment.
Ø Learning Outcomes: The course enables the student to have a demonstrable
understanding of classical and modern theories of international trade, the
trade barriers, international order in the trade, Balance of Payments, Foreign
Exchange and International Economic Institutions.
BA FIRTH SEMESTER
AGRICULTUREAL ECONOMICS
Ø Course Objectives : The objectives of this
course is to make the student to understand different farming systems, role of
agriculture economic development, to understand the progress, problems and
prospects of Indian agriculture in the global environment. The course also focuses on agriculture
marketing and agricultural credit which play a vital role in development of
agriculture.
Ø Learning Outcomes:
The course helps the student obtain a deeper understanding of the
various facets of agriculture such as, production and productivity, pricing
policies, land reforms, agricultural marketing and agricultural credit.
BA FIRTH SEMESTER
INDIAN BANKING SYSTEM
Ø Course Objectives: This course exposes students to the theory and functioning of
the monetary and financial sectors of India.
It highlights the organization, structure and role of financial markets
and institutions. It also discusses
monetary management, instruments of monetary control, Financial and banking
sector reforms and monetary policy in India.
Ø Learning Outcomes:
The students will have an explicable understanding of structure of
Indian money market, banking structure and functions in India, NBFCs, the organization and functions of RBI
and Monetary policy.
BA SIXTH SEMESTER
PUBLIC
ECONOMICS
Ø Course Objectives : The objectives of this course are to acquaint
the students with the concept of public and private goods, basics of public
expenditure, public revenue, canons of
taxation and theories of public expenditure, and also to familiarize the students with different
concepts of budgetary deficits, Union budget and fiscal policy.
Ø Learning Outcomes:
The course facilitates students to acquire understanding and compare the
concept of public good and private good,
provisioning of public good, principles of taxation, theories of public
expenditure, concept of public debt burden and its methods of redemption,
deficit financing. The students would
also be able to describe the meaning and types of budget, fiscal policy and its
tools.
BA SIXTH SEMESTER
RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
Ø Course Objectives : The objectives of this course are to understand the
basics of rural development, including characteristics, problems, theories and programmes of rural development and to
study the poverty and unemployment
trends and patterns of economic diversification in rural areas;
to study the role of infrastructural facilities in rural
development, rural credit and
agriculture markets in India.
Ø Learning Outcomes:
The student would demonstrate the comprehension of rural economy of
India with respect to its problems like poverty and unemployment, rural
industrialization, rural politico-economic institutions and rural finance.
BA SIXTH SEMESTER
KARNATAK
ECONOMY
Ø Course Objectives: The objectives of this
paper to understand the structural changes, sectoral aspects and features of
the Karnataka Economy since the formation
of the state, demographic
features of Karnataka, development of
agriculture, industry and service sectors, and Karnataka state finances.
Ø Learning Outcomes:
The student is expected to demonstrate an understanding of changing structure of Karnataka economy,
its challenges and its fiscal structure.