Dept. of GCE

Department of General and Continuing Education

 

 

The Department of General and Continuing Education (GCE), established in March 1997, is a late addition to the curricula offered at North South University. It offers a degree program to support the general curricular requirements of other academic departments. Presently GCE offers courses from various disciplines such as anthropology. Bengali, dramatics, geography, history, international relations, political science, philosophy, psychology, religion, sociology and security studies to fulfill the general Education (GED) requirements of the university. Students of all other undergraduate programs/ departments at NSU are required to complete 27 credits of their. total credit requirement in general education courses. (.-GCE department offers and designs these courses, conducts examinations and publishes grades. In course of time, this department will offer minor and double major in one or more disciplines in the liberal arts and social sciences. In the future this department will also offer more degree program in general education.

The Continuing Education component, which is an integral part of the mission of NSU, intends to Cater services to diverse constituencies or populations throughout the country to promote economic and human resource development. The major goals of Continuing Education are 1) to provide programs that promote lifelong learning for professional development and personal enrichment; 2) to offer educational services that promote economic and community development; and 3) to establish outreach programs that build strong community identity and promote the value of general education.

Courses Offered:

ANT 101

Introduction to Anthropology

ANT 103

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

ANT 201

South Asian Civilizations

ANT 230

Introduction to Social Anthropology and Ethnology

BEN 205

Bengali Language and Literature

DEV 201

Contemporary Issues in Gender Relationship

DEV 202

Gender and Development

DVS 570

Methods and Tools for Development Research

GEO 205

Introduction to Geography

GEO 250

Economic Geography

HIS 205

World History

INT 101

Introduction to International Relations

INT 201

Global Security Perspectives

LBA 101

Bangladesh: Culture and Heritage

LBA 104

Introduction to Dramatics

PAD 201

Introduction to Public Administration

PHI 101

Introduction to Philosophy

PHI 102

Logic and Reasoning

PHI 270

Philosophy of Science

POL 101

Political Science

POL 210

Human Rights & Politics

POL 235

Women in Politics

POL 260

Introduction to Political Theory

POL 300

Good Governance

POL 328

Political Behavior

POL 385;

International Law

POL 390

Law of the Seas

PSY 101

Introduction to Psychology

PSY 105

Elements of Psychology

PSY 201

Introduction to Social Psychology

REL 205

Introduction to World Religions

SOC 101

Introduction to Sociology


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Master in Public Policy and Governance (MPPG)


 
 

North-South Partnership of the Program

MPPG program is a joint program of the Department of General and Continuing Education, NSU, and the Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Norway with partnership with the Central Department of Public Administration Tribhuvan University, Nepal. The MPPG program, the one of its kind in South Asia, aims to attract students from the South Asian region.

Norwegian students from the faculty of social sciences at University of Bergen are encouraged to take part of their studies in Bangladesh. The North-South University has competent members of the faculty and a very congenial academic atmosphere for knowledge production and dissemination. In this regard, the MPPG Program with relevant courses within the fields of social science will be attractive to Norwegian students.

Furthermore, the Department of Administration and Organization Theory at University of Bergen admits 5-8 students from South Asia (mainly from Bangladesh and Nepal) every year under the Quota Scholarship program and the erstwhile Norad Fellowship Program (NFP). In the future, a sandwich program will be established between Bergen and NSU to allow new quota students to take certain courses at NSU to prepare them for better utilization of their academic and scholarly activities in Bergen. The MPPG Program may admit quota students from this region to make full use of the MPPG Program at North-South University.


Master in Public Policy and Governance (MPPG) Core Program

Public Policy Analysis, Contemporary Issues in Governance and Public Management, Theories and Process of Accountability, Globalization and International Organizations, Theories of Organization and Institution, Organizational Culture and Leadership Comparative Local Governance, NGOs and the Civil Society, Research Methodology, Research design, Seminar on Individual course papers, Research / Dissertation seminar and MPPG Thesis.

Program at a glance The program consists of four six-monthly semesters—three of course work and the final of thesis writing. The students pursue research projects under the guidance of academic advisers.
 

eBook of MPPG program

For further information, please contact

Chair, GCE Department & Coordinator MPPG Program
North South University
Phone 88 02 8852000
or
Program Director
MPPG Program
Email: pdmpgg@northsouth.edu
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