Profile

The Political Science Department being started in the year of 1 9 6 8 headed by V. D A M O D A R A N A I D U .The Lecuturers of Political Science of J.K.C College have been striving to supplement and complement the usual curricular, classroom instruction with seminars and quiz programmes on textual and general topics. The Department has also conducted Model Parliaments which awaken the minds of students. The percentage of passes in the Final Year B.A. Examination in the politics subject is more than 80 percent since 1971 on which year the Ist Batch Students appeared for the University Examination. The lecturers of the Departments attended refressher courses and came to know the latest developments in the subject. the lecturers of the department are coaching the students who are academically backward.

Courses offered(UG,   PG,   M.Phil.,   Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.)  :

a).B.A .Course

Student Profile Course-Wise: 2006

Strengths of the Department:

• Curricular aspects are updated on par with the syllabus of Competitive Examinations.
• The only member who heads the Department possesses a doctoral degree.
• The member asks the students to take part in co-curricular activities.
• The Library of the Department has a good collection of books.
• It is provided with computer and internet facility to browse research journals in N-LIST.

Opportunities Of The Depatrement:

• The UGC provides research grants.
• The Department has a good collection of books.
• Indian constitution is one of the focal areas in any competitive examinations. Providing coaching and guidance will be of great help.
• The N-LIST facility offered by the college helps us upgrade knowledge and skills in classroom teaching. Similarly the Internet provided by the college will be very beneficial to have an access to the world of knowledge and research.
• Opportunities are widened to appear for a number of competitive examinations.

Challanges of The Departement

• Changing the social outlook of the students and the parents is an up-hill task.
• Increasing the strength/enrolments of students and sustaining the strength
• Organizing an inter-disciplinary course for non-science students, and chalking out the modalities.
• To get the support of the UGC for research pursuits.
• To organize a national seminar with the limited strength of the faculty

Future Plans Of The Departement

• To apply for a UGC research project
• To help students prepare for various competitive examinations.
• To Inculcate political consciousness among students by conducting mock Parliament
• To organize Inter-Disciplinary Course for non-Social Science students.
• Arranging guest lectures to broaden the horizons of students’ knowledge.