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Constitution among three compulsory subjects

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE, APRIL 27. All the B.A., B.Sc. and B.Com. students of Bangalore University will have to study three compulsory additional subjects — the Indian Constitution, Computer Fundamentals, and Environmental Studies — from the next academic year.

While the paper on the Constitution, introduced as a separate subject for the first time in the country, will be taught in the 3rd semester, the paper on Computer Fundamentals will be part of the 4th semester. Each of these papers has been allotted a maximum of 100 marks.

The paper on Environmental Studies has been included in the curriculum on the directions of the Supreme Court. This could be studied anytime during the six-semester degree course. The Vice-Chancellor, M.S. Thimmappa, has called a joint faculty meeting on Thursday to decide when to introduce the subject and other course modalities.

The court, on a petition by environmental activists, had constituted an expert committee to prepare the core module syllabus for the Environmental Studies paper. The syllabus was forwarded to the University Grants Commission (UGC) to be sent to all the universities. The universities were asked to introduce the paper as a mandatory subject in all undergraduate courses. Three universities were reportedly fined Rs. 15,000 each for not including the paper. The syllabus, divided into eight units, will be covered in 50 lectures. The first seven classroom-based units are designed to enhance knowledge skills and attitude to environment. The eighth unit is based on field activities.

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