GED Course Structure

GED Course Structure
GED courses are offered both through the program and existing departments.

GED courses are designed under the following five categories:

A. General Education Foundation Courses (GEF)
B. Essential Skills (ESK)
C. ULAB Core Courses (UCC)
D. Elective/ Optional Courses (GED)
E. Minor Courses

All the courses listed under the above-mentioned categories are already built into every undergraduate degree program and clearly indicated on their respective syllabi. Students following any given degree program will be automatically directed towards the required GEF, ESK, UCC and GED elective/optional and Minor, that they must take or choose from.

The GED elective/optional and Minor courses, may vary quite a bit from term to term, and students are advised to consult the listings for each term to know what they must take or may choose from.

Course Category	No of Courses	Course Code	Course Title	Credits
Pre-Uni (based on admission test performance)	2	ELL0098	Remedial English	Non-credit
Pre-Uni (based on admission test performance)	2	MAT0099	Remedial Math	Non-credit
General Education Foundation Courses (GEF)	2	GEF1101	Academic English I	3x2 = 6
		GEF1201	Academic English II
		GEF1202	Advanced English Writing Skills (for MSJ only)
		GEF1203	Advanced Bangla Writing Skills (for MSJ only)
		GEF2101	Introduction to Data and Statistics (for MSJ only)
Essential Skills (ESK)	4	ESK1110	Computer Skills	Non-credit
		ESK1111	Healthy Life Skills
		ESK1112	Social Skills
		ESK1113	Professional Skills
ULAB Core Courses (UCC)	3	UCC1101	Bangla Bhasha O Sahitya	3+3+3 = 9
		UCC1201	History of the Emergence of Independent Bangladesh
		UCC1202	Ethics
Elective/ Optional Courses (GED) any one from each tier (Tier I, Tier II and Tier III)	3	Tier I	Arts and Humanities	3x3 = 9
		Tier II	Social Sciences
		Tier III	Natural Sciences
Minor Courses	5		Sustainable Development	5x3 = 15

Catalogue

A. General Education Foundation Courses (GEF) (2 courses/6 credits)

Course Code	Course Title
GEF1101	Academic English I
GEF1201	Academic English II
GEF1202	Advanced English Writing Skills (for MSJ only)
GEF1203	Advanced Bangla Writing Skills (for MSJ only)
GEF2101	Introduction to Data and Statistics (for MSJ only)

B.Essential Skills (ESK) (4 courses/ Non-credit)

Course Code	Course Title
ESK1110	Computer/IT Skills
ESK1111	Healthy Life Skills
ESK1112	Social Skills
ESK1113	Professional Skills

C. ULAB Core Courses (UCC) (3 courses/9 credits)

The UCC Core Courses remain fixed over extended periods of time, and are offered in a fairly fixed sequence, so students following their departmental syllabi can know which UCC Core Courses to take when without reference to any other directions.

Course Code	Course Title
UCC1101	Bangla Bhasha
UCC1201	History of the Emergence of Independent Bangladesh
UCC1202	Ethics

D. GED Electives/Optional (3 courses/9 credits)

Students have to choose any three courses (one from each tier) from the Elective and/or Optional courses listed below (courses below in each set are a sample of the offerings and not a complete listing; offerings will be changed from time to time and students have to choose from what is on offer at a given time).

If a student’s 4-year distribution chart indicates that in his/her current term, s/he is required to take a “GED Elective” or an “Optional,” then s/he may choose a suitable course from the list below that does not conflict with his/her other required courses.

Arts and Humanities

Course Code	Course Title
GED2101	Art of Self Defense
GED2102	Bangladesh Studies
GED2103	Cultural Heritage of Bangladesh
GED2104	Current and Contemporary Art Forum
GED2105	Foreign Language
GED2106	History of Bangla Literature
GED2107	History of Pre-Modern South Asia
GED2108	Introduction to Dance
GED2109	Introduction to Drama
GED2110	Introduction to Music
GED2111	Introduction to Philosophy I
GED2112	Introduction to Photography
GED2113	Introduction to the History of Linguistics
GED2114	World Art and Architecture
GED2115	World Civilization
GED2201	Film History
GED2202	Folklore Studies
GED2203	History of Empire
GED2204	History of Modern South Asia
GED2205	Introduction to Performing Arts
GED2206	Introduction to Philosophy II
GED2207	Islamic Art and Architecture
GED2208	Literature and Human Rights
GED2209	Literature of Bangladesh
GED2210	Logic
GED2211	Modern Bangla Literature I
GED2212	Origin and Development of Bangla Language
GED2213	Peoples, Culture and Language
GED2214	Qazi Nazrul Islam: Life and Works
GED2215	Rabindranath Tagore: Life and Works
GED3101	Aesthetics of Film
GED3102	Bestseller Fiction
GED3103	Capitalism and Lyric Poetry: Charles Baudelaire
GED3104	Comparative Literature: Bangladesh and West Bengal
GED3105	Eastern Philosophy and Religion
GED3201	Education and Knowledge: South Asian Perspectives
GED3202	Ethics from Aristotle to Alain Badiou
GED3203	History, Memory and Amnesia
GED3204	Imagining the Global Eighteenth Century Art
GED3205	Introduction to Psychoanalysis: Freud and Lacan
GED4101	Jacques Lacan: Ethics of Psychoanalysis
GED4102	Modern Bangla Literature II
GED4103	Objectivity and its Loss
GED4104	Origin and Development of Bangla Prose
GED4105	Tragedy and Trauerspiel: Theater after Walter Benjamin
GED4106	Writing History: Approaches and Methods

	South Asian Art and Architecture
	History of World Art and Architecture

II. Social Sciences(+)

Course Code	Course Title
GED2141	Anthropology and Global Social Problems
GED2142	Development Studies
GED2143	Economic Development and Social Change
GED2144	Environmental Policy and Law
GED2145	Global Political Economy
GED2146	Globalization
GED2147	International Law
GED2148	International Trade
GED2149	Introduction to Anthropology
GED2150	Introduction to Archaeology
GED2151	Introduction to Climate Change
GED2152	Introduction to Community Development
GED2153	Introduction to Museology
GED2154	Introduction to Political Thought
GED2155	Introduction to Public Policy and Governance
GED2156	Introduction to Sociology
GED2157	Introduction to Sustainable Development
GED2158	Principles of Economics I (Micro)
GED2159	Professional Ethics (Core for CSE)
GED2160	Urbanization and Ancient Cities
GED2241	Community Archaeology
GED2242	Development of Social and Political Theories
GED2243	Environment and Sustainability (for CSE)
GED2244	Ethnoarchaeology
GED2245	Experiencing the Past
GED2246	Health and Society
GED2247	Human Dimensions in Environmental Management
GED2248	Industrial Management (Core for CSE)
GED2249	International Human Rights and Justice
GED2250	International Relations
GED2251	Introduction to Social Studies
GED2252	Living with Conflict
GED2253	Movements of Indigenous Community
GED2254	Natural Hazards and Disaster Management
GED2255	Population Sciences and Demography
GED2256	Principles of Cultural Anthropology
GED2257	Principles of Economics II (Macro)
GED2258	Science, Perceptions and Reality
GED2259	Social Impact Assessment
GED2260	Who Owns the Past
GED3141	Body, Society and Culture
GED3142	Cultural Resource Management
GED3143	Cultural Studies: Film, Media, Literature
GED3144	Cyberspace and Crime
GED3145	Education, Society and Development
GED3146	Environmental Impact Assessment
GED3147	Environmental Information System
GED3148	Gender and Society
GED3149	Globalization and Social Conflict
GED3150	Grassroots, Community and Development
GED3151	History and Theory of International Relations
GED3152	Mind, Emotions and Self
GED3153	Political Ecology
GED3154	Power, Politics and State
GED3155	Terrorism and Security
GED3156	Underwater Archaeology
GED3241	Archaeological Ethics and Practice
GED3242	Business Ethics and Leadership
GED3243	Corporate Sustainability Management
GED3244	Crime and Criminology
GED3245	Entrepreneurship
GED3246	Ethnic Identity and Nationalism
GED3247	Islam and Islamism: A South Asian Perspective
GED3248	Marx and the Critique of Political Economy
GED3249	Social Inequality and Diversity
GED3250	World Geography
GED4141	Frantz Fanon and Colonial Psychiatry
GED4142	Methods of Social Research
GED4143	Migration and Contemporary Issues
GED4144	Religion
GED4145	Sexual Difference: Feminism and Psychoanalysis
GED4146	Women Studies

	Seminar on Grassroots Economic Development

III. Natural Sciences

Course Code	Course Title
GED2181	Evolutionary Theory and Human Behavior
GED2182	Food and Nutrition
GED2183	Introduction to Psychology
GED2184	Renewable Energy
GED2185	Sustainable Agriculture
GED2281	Archaeological Sciences
GED2282	Biodiversity and Nature Conservation
GED2283	Environmental Science
GED2284	History and Methods of Science
GED2285	Human Biology: Anatomy and Physiology
GED3181	Archaeological Geophysics
GED3182	Introduction to Science Studies
GED3183	Philosophy of Science
GED3184	Science of Climate Change
GED3185	Technology and Development
GED3281	Remote Sensing in Archaeology
GED3282	Public Health and Epidemiology
GED3283	Introduction to Mind and Behaviour
GED4181	Genetics
GED4182	Mathematics

E. Minor Courses (5 courses/15 credits)

Minor

(Sustainable Development)

Compulsory

Introduction to Sustainable Development (GED 205)

Social Theory and Methods of Social Research (GED 462)

Optional (Any Three)

Introduction to Climate Change Debate (GD 217)

Environmental Science (GED 209)

Biodiversity and Nature Conservation (GED 227)

Seminar of Economic Grassroots Development (GED 467)