Course Catalogue

05210124162 / MSJ4162
Course Code: 05210124162 / MSJ4162
Course Name:
Environmental Communication
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:

Environmental communication is an area of growing interest within the communication for development discipline; this course provides an overview of its theoretical approaches, research literature, and practical applications. Possible topics expected to cover on this course includes the social construction of nature, and human relationships with nature, through discourse, rhetoric, and communication practices, critical and cultural approaches to environmental discourse, communication about environmental issues in organizational, mass media, political, and international contexts, environment and social impact: knowledge, attitude and practices, communication in environmental advocacy, awareness and social change.

Through this course, students will identify ways in which public discourses socially construct relationships between nature and humans, demonstrate an understanding of critical and cultural approaches to environmental communication, identify and implement communication skills relevant to disseminating environmental information in organizational, political, and international contexts, identify key issues in norms, social change, participation and demonstrate an ability to critically evaluate environmental advocacy, awareness and social change.

05420123253 / MSJ3253
Course Code: 05420123253 / MSJ3253
Course Name:
Data Journalism
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:

The course provides students with the hands-on training needed to tell data-driven stories in the public interest. The goal is to train students on telling visual stories with — and about — data. They will learn to find stories in data, cleaning data - how to make the data make sense, scraping data - using the web as a data source, visualizing the data – charts, infographics and mapping. As part of the course, students are expected to complete 2/3 data-driven journalism projects, especially in election, health, and sports beats – working to discover and use the tools to fit the job and turning it into a compelling story.

05420545104/ MSJ 5104
Course Code: 05420545104/ MSJ 5104
Course Name:
Data and Statistics for Social Sciences
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:

The course introduces students with the basic principles and techniques, for example, descriptive and inferential statistical techniques, used in social science research. Students become familiar with different techniques related to organization, analysis, and visualization of research data, and communicating research results using texts and visuals. They also develop the ability of translating statistical data into meaningful text. The course mainly focuses on using statistical techniques for data analysis using computer – for example, MS Excel, not the mathematical procedure and theories involved in it.

06120123261 / MSJ3261
Course Code: 06120123261 / MSJ3261
Course Name:
ICT for Development
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:

The course is expected to deal with the following issues- Understand the various concepts of development, including how development is measured; Describe the basic concepts of ICT (which includes the social media); Trace the origin, growth and sustaining mechanisms for Digital Bangladesh in public, private and non-government sectors; Analyze the diverse applications of ICT in C4D using the UNESCAP (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific) aspects of service delivery, citizen uptake and connectivity, Frame policy documents of the Bangladesh government relating to ICT4D, Understand that ICT4D can be utilized for the upliftment of marginalized sectors in society such as women, poor farmers and fishermen, elderly, people with disabilities, etc.

Students will learn the basic concepts relating to ICTs, which includes social media.  They will also trace the development of ICT policies and strategies in the country. Finally, they will understand the challenges and prospects of utilizing ICT for development in Bangladesh in the settings of agriculture, health, environment, education, and women empowerment. They will also examine the flagship projects of Digital Bangladesh - Union Digital Centre (UDC), National Web Portal and National Teachers’ Portal, among others.

0731-000-2114 / HUM 2114
Course Code: 0731-000-2114 / HUM 2114
Course Name:
World Art and Architecture
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:

This course offers a comprehensive idea on South Asian art and architecture from the beginning to the 1800 century. Through this course students learn about the patterns of development in the field of art and architecture, painting, sculpture, minor, and major artists and architects of South Asia. Besides, they will be able to    interpret how the social, religious, cultural, political, and economic milieu of South Asia are reflected in South Asian art and architecture.

3231-000-2103 / HUM 2103
Course Code: 3231-000-2103 / HUM 2103
Course Name:
Foreign Language: Chinese
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:

This course is intended for learning elementary level Chinese Language (汉语). In choosing the dialect, Standard Mandarin (官话) has been prioritized due to its popularity and wide-spread use. The scope of this course spans the basic contexts of daily life such as introducing oneself, eating and dining, asking for road directions, shopping, discussing one’s studies, and campus life. It mainly focuses on spoken Chinese so that learners can communicate with Chinese nationals without a translator. Reading and comprehending Chinese texts have also been emphasized while writing and composing texts using Chinese characters have been kept to the minimum. In addition, basic knowledge of Chinese customs, rituals, and cultures are brought in the course for relevance.

BGE 501
Course Code: BGE 501
Course Name:
Business in the Global Environment
Prerequisite:
MBA 514, MBA 517
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:

Discusses the interrelationships of the various functions of the business enterprise in different environmental settings. Contextual analysis focuses on: global economic institutions, systems and mechanisms, business government relations and cultural diversity. The course also addresses such issues as ethics, social responsibility and the physical environment from a regulatory, as well as a corporate governance perspective.

BMG 504
Course Code: BMG 504
Course Name:
Management of Commercial Banks
Credit Hours:
3.00
BMG 504
Course Code: BMG 504
Course Name:
Management of Commercial Banks
Credit Hours:
3.00
BMG 506
Course Code: BMG 506
Course Name:
Central Banking
Credit Hours:
3.00

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