St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata Courses

Indian Political Thought - I

The course aims to familiarize students with the various intellectual traditions of the Indian sub-continent prevalent from the Vedic period to the Muslim period of rule in India. The focus of the study will be to understand the core concepts of statecr…

• Swayam
• 12 weeks long
• 22nd Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course

Political Economy II

The course employs different perspectives from alternative schools of thoughts to explain the development and structure of the institutions of capitalist economies and their relationship to social and political forces. The study of texts and commentaries…

• Swayam
• 15 weeks long
• 22nd Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course

Sociology of Media

The course provides an introduction to the study of media and mediated communication from a sociological perspective, focusing on the societal role and importance of traditional and new media. To put it simply it provides a basic understanding of the cor…

• Swayam
• 15 weeks long
• 22nd Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course

Administration & Public Policy: Concepts and Theories

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It provides an insight into the management of affairs of the government at all levels-national, state and local. This will also help us to understand: how human and material resources can be used to reach its desired goals. This course will also highligh…

• Swayam
• 6 weeks long
• 4th Jul, 2021
• Free Online Course

Advertisement and Media

The Advertising course focuses on the study of diverse aspects of advertising. The course will guide students through various approaches to understand the complexities and processes of advertising and its role in the marketing. This course prepares stud…

• Swayam
• 8 weeks long
• 3rd Jul, 2022
• Free Online Course

Advanced Microbiology

The Advanced Microbiology is a 33 module course on advanced microbiology, which will equip the students with certain advanced aspects of basic microbiological techniques that include detailed classification of viruses, yeast and fungi. Production of ant…

• Swayam
• 12 weeks long
• 3rd Jul, 2022
• Free Online Course

Industrial Microbiology and Immunology

‘Industrial Microbiology and Immunology’ is a 41 module course, which will help the students to procure some knowledge on the basics and advanced ideas of industrial microbiology and immunology.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks long
• 3rd Jul, 2022
• Free Online Course

Econometrics

The proposed course on Econometrics is based on the template of the CBCS Curriculum of the University Grants Commission of India. It is a four credit course and can be taken up by undergraduate students of any discipline under the CBCS Curriculum with t…

• Swayam
• 15 weeks long
• 24th Jul, 2022
• Free Online Course

Indian Political Thought

This course focuses in detail on the political discourse and the actual functioning of the Indian political thought process. It simultaneously studies in detail the political philosophy & structure from Ancient to Modern India. In doing this it elabo…

• Swayam
• 6 weeks long
• 30th Jan, 2022
• Free Online Course

Integrated Marketing Communication and Sales force

The objective of this course is to help the students understand the principles, practice and elements of marketing communication and to provide a comprehensive managerial framework for integrated marketing communications programme. The course will give a…

• Swayam
• 6 weeks long
• 30th Jan, 2022
• Free Online Course

Microbial Genetics

This course on Microbial genetics will have discussions on the different basic aspects of genetics spread over 34 modules. The course content will include genome organization and different types, advantages, applications of mutation and mutagens. It will…

• Swayam
• 8 weeks long
• 9th Jan, 2022
• Free Online Course

Political Process in India

The course encompasses the functioning of electoral democracy in India in the context of a federal multicultural set up as well as the dynamics of political process in India, nature of party functioning and their impact on coalition politics and voting b…

• Swayam
• 12 weeks long
• 31st Jan, 2022
• Free Online Course

The CC- Botany 1 entitled Plant Groups is actually a course on basic plant diversity and comprises of 40 modules. It gives a detailed account of different plant groups like virus, bacteria, algae, fungi including and mycorrhizae, archegoniates including…

• Swayam
• 15 weeks long
• 3rd Jul, 2022
• Free Online Course

Introduction to Sociology I

This course covers the basic introduction to sociology through a wide and interesting range of topics. It is not limited to the usual topics covered in introductory courses in several places. The range makes this introduction contemporary and relevant a…

• Swayam
• 12 weeks long
• 1st Aug, 2021
• Free Online Course

Aspects of European History (1780-1939)

This course seeks to locate the fundamental transformation of European society and politics during the period under review. We begin with revolutionary Europe when the ancien regime gave way to a society of property owners; politics was divided over a wi…

• Swayam
• 8 weeks long
• 4th Jul, 2021
• Free Online Course