About The Department
The Department of Anthropology was established in the year 2016. At present the department has an intake capacity of 20 students per year. The department follows the course designed by the West Bengal State University and offers a holistic understanding of the study of humans.
Teaching includes lectures, tutorials, and screening of movies. Students are often asked to make presentations on pre-selected topics. Teachers give handouts to the students and the department also has a good e book collection and a library. Biological Anthropology and Archaeological anthropology laboratories are well equipped and each year students are taken for an intensive fieldwork for a better understanding of society and culture.
B.Sc. Honours Anthropology
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B.Sc. Honurs Intake: 20 (11UR, 4 SC, 1ST, 2 OBCA, 1 OBCB, 1 PWD)
ICT enabled classrooms:
The Department has a portable ICT device which faculties use as and when necessary.
E-contents:
While teachers give handouts to the students and the department also has a good e book collection. Teachers are active in developing E-contents which are available both within the college website and externally.
Click here for collection of course materials available online externally: Anthropology for beginners
Click here for collection of course materials available online within college website: Academic Resources
Library:
The central library of the college as well as seminar library at the department has a wide collection of books. Furthermore, the department has an e-library which are readily available to the students.
laboratory:
Biological Anthropology and Archaeological anthropology laboratories are well equipped. An exhaustive list of the items available at the departmental laboratories can be found by clicking here.
Fieldwork:
Each year students are taken for an intensive fieldwork for a better understanding of society and culture.
A student exploring a Gram Panchayat to understand the development dynamics of a village in West Bengal
Teaching includes lectures, tutorials, and screening of movies. Students are often asked to make presentations on pre-selected topics. Teachers give handouts to the students and the department also has a good e book collection and a library. Biological Anthropology and Archaeological anthropology laboratories are well equipped and each year students are taken for an intensive fieldwork for a better understanding of society and culture.
The department does Continuous Assessment through everyday class interaction, and practical performances of the students.
Students are asked to appear for surprise tests at regular intervals and they make presentations every once in a while.
A Value Added Course on Human Rights and Constitution of India in collaboration with IQAC and Department of Political Science (2022-2023)
Click here for Value added course brochure and syllabus
One day seminar in collaboration with AAMRA ek Sachetan prayas Forum with IQAC and Department of Political Science (14.09.2022)
Inter-college Instagram photostory competition
Students’ in-house activities in 2020-2021
Students’ outreach programme 2019-2020
The students of the department has made a thorough study of an artisan village in Bardhaman. For the detailed report click on this link:
Students’ in-house activities in 2019-2020
Students’ in-house activities in 2018-2019
Students in-house activities in 2017-2018
