This course is offered only as a generic elective for honours subjects and does not lead to an independent degree.
About the Department
Bethune College is the first Women's College in the whole
of Asia that was established in 1879.Women's Studies was
introduced as a general subject in the Undergraduate curricula
of Bethune College in the academic session 2010. It was under
1+1+1 system. Over the years, the interest for the subject has
led to a large number of students opting for the subject. The
students studying Women's Studies general have shown academic
excellence both in their College evaluation and University
examinations.
From the year 2018 students can pursue this subject as Generic
Elective for any two semester within sem- 1 to 4 under the new
CBCS system. We have average 35 students for each semester.
It includes holistic approach on gender studies like, emergence
of this subject, feminist theory, feminist thoughts, patriarchy
and its institutions, foeticide, infanticide, rape, dowry, child
labour, child marrige, domestic violence, trafficking, women
empowerment, indecent representation of women in media, existing
laws and LGBTQ, self-help group, micro finance for empowering
women etc. Under the new CBCS system new syllabus also focused
on feminist research and project works for internal
examinations. The method of teaching is series of lectures,
assignments, some projects on gender issues and gender
sensitization. Our students enjoy this subject a lot and they
secure a good percentage in each semester which help them to
raise their SGPA percentage more better.
Faculty
Saheli Dey
SACT (Category-II) and HOD
B.A., M.A., M.Phil., PGD.
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Titi Mukherjee
SACT (Category-II)
B.Sc., MRDM, M.Phil., PGDHRM
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Infrastructure
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