Department of Philosophy (Day College)
Course Offered - Salient Features of the Course Content
Swami Vivekananda’s Philosophy of man-making education forms the basis and directive principle of our course–content. The syllabi of our courses have been framed with a view to mould the character and skills of the students and to enable them to become good, productive and dutiful citizens.
The main aim of our course content is to provide our students with not only a foundational knowledge but also a broad and modern perspective of the different philosophical systems. Both Indian as well as Western philosophical systems are taught. Besides these, allied subjects like sociology, psychology, etc., help the students in not only acquiring a broad-based knowledge, but also to secure suitable jobs and to join diverse courses in higher education. An application oriented subject entitled “Applied Yoga” has been introduced, which is received enthusiastically by our Under Graduate students.
The Department offers Logic – both Traditional as well as Modern Symbolic Logic – at the UG and PG levels. Symbolic Logic becomes the base for many scientific and technological courses. The optional papers on the Philosophy of Kant, Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Science are the other distinctive features of our PG course.
Many of the subjects offered by us at the UG and PG levels, especially, the papers on Logic, Sociology, Psychology and Political Philosophy, help our students to face the competitive examinations like UPSC, TNPSC, SLET and NET Examination of the UGC confidently and come out successfully.
Periodical review and revision of the syllabi with a view to keeping pace with the latest developments in the subject ensure that our course is one of the best at the International level. This is substantiated by the fact that the Buddhist Monasteries of Thailand send their monks every year to the Department to study M.A. Philosophy.
