Course :
Computer Science & Engineering
HIS 101
Government, Society & Culture
Credit
2
Course details
Government
Basic concepts of politics
State-
Concept, Elements, Forms, Nation State, Welfare State, Nation, Nationality, Federation and Confederation, UNO.
Government

Meaning, Organs and Forms
Democracy
Forms, Role & Functions of Political Parties, Structure & Determinants of Political Party, Interest Groups, Pressure Groups
Constitution
Nature, Features and Amendments of Bangladesh Constitution.
Bureaucracy
Nature, Characteristics and Role in Bangladesh
Society & Culture
Introduction to Science of Society
Sociology, Meaning, Scope and Major Branches, Methods of Research, Importance from engineering point of view
Primary Concepts
Society, Community, Group, Institution, Association
Social Structure
Concept, Views, Elements, Mode of Production, Pre-Industrial and Industrial Societies, Occidental and Oriental Social Structure.
Social Stratification
Forms, Class, Status and Power Inequality, Gender-roles, Race and Ethnic Relations, Social Mobility
Social Institution
Family, Property, Work, Science and Technology
Social Change
Meaning, Nature, Sources and Consequences, Social Evolution, Progress and Development, Industrialism and Urbanization, Information Revolution
Culture
Meaning, Characteristics, Elements, Values and Norms, Culture and Civilization, Cultural Change, Cultural Evolution, Diffusion, Cultural Variation, Cultural Integration, Culture and Development, Deviance and Crime, Social Control.
Social Problems
Social Pathology, Population, Environment, Corruption
Reference book
Political Science, Boston: Ginn and Company, 1949 by Gettell, Rymond G.
Sociology:An Introduction to the Science of Sociology, London: Barnes & Nobel, 1968 by Koening, Samuel:
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